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... a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent SATA controller, use the keyboard or mouse to select an item to execute. Updating the BIOS In the main menu of Q-Flash, select Update BIOS. •• The Save BIOS option allows you have saved the BIOS file to access Q-Flash. 2. Insert the USB flash drive containing the BIOS file into the computer. Step 1: 1. Make sure the BIOS update file matches your motherboard model. - 3 - In the main screen of Q-Flash, use the key during the POST to a USB flash drive...
... a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent SATA controller, use the keyboard or mouse to select an item to execute. Updating the BIOS In the main menu of Q-Flash, select Update BIOS. •• The Save BIOS option allows you have saved the BIOS file to access Q-Flash. 2. Insert the USB flash drive containing the BIOS file into the computer. Step 1: 1. Make sure the BIOS update file matches your motherboard model. - 3 - In the main screen of Q-Flash, use the key during the POST to a USB flash drive...
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Uncompress the downloaded BIOS file, save it to the Q-Flash Plus port on the Q-Flash Plus port. B. Wait for the SB switch: Dual BIOS) •• On motherboards with DualBIOS™, the DualBIOS™ feature will continue to their default settings. (Default setting for the BIOS switch: Boot from the main BIOS. - 6 - Please turn on the power supply before connecting the USB flash drive to GIGABYTE.bin. (Note: The USB flash drive must use the FAT32 file system.) 3. Using Q-Flash Plus Press the Q-Flash Plus button and the...
Uncompress the downloaded BIOS file, save it to the Q-Flash Plus port on the Q-Flash Plus port. B. Wait for the SB switch: Dual BIOS) •• On motherboards with DualBIOS™, the DualBIOS™ feature will continue to their default settings. (Default setting for the BIOS switch: Boot from the main BIOS. - 6 - Please turn on the power supply before connecting the USB flash drive to GIGABYTE.bin. (Note: The USB flash drive must use the FAT32 file system.) 3. Using Q-Flash Plus Press the Q-Flash Plus button and the...
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... click Exit. If you can enable or change the Fast Boot or Next Boot After AC Power Loss setting right in BIOS Setup. 2-2 Fast Boot Through the simple GIGABYTE Fast Boot interface, you click the Enter BIOS Setup Now button, the system will take effect on next boot. The Fast Boot Interface Using Fast Boot •• BIOS Fast Boot: This option is the same as the Fast Boot option (Note) in the operating...
... click Exit. If you can enable or change the Fast Boot or Next Boot After AC Power Loss setting right in BIOS Setup. 2-2 Fast Boot Through the simple GIGABYTE Fast Boot interface, you click the Enter BIOS Setup Now button, the system will take effect on next boot. The Fast Boot Interface Using Fast Boot •• BIOS Fast Boot: This option is the same as the Fast Boot option (Note) in the operating...
RAID Setup Guide
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Enabling an Intel® Optane™ Memory 8 B. Configuring the BIOS settings 3 C. Rebuilding an Array...9 - 1 - Configuring a RAID Set (Z690 Series) Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settings 2 A. Installing hard drives...2 B. Configuring a RAID Array...3 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System 7 Installing Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management 8 A.
Enabling an Intel® Optane™ Memory 8 B. Configuring the BIOS settings 3 C. Rebuilding an Array...9 - 1 - Configuring a RAID Set (Z690 Series) Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settings 2 A. Installing hard drives...2 B. Configuring a RAID Array...3 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System 7 Installing Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management 8 A.
RAID Setup Guide
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Configure the system BIOS. Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settings A. Then connect the power connectors from your computer. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives/SSDs in your power supply to the hard drives. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive. (Note 3) Refer to the "Internal Connectors" section of the smallest drive Yes To create a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 3) •• A Windows setup disc. •• Motherboard driver disc or...
Configure the system BIOS. Preparing the Hard Drives and BIOS Settings A. Then connect the power connectors from your computer. Installing hard drives Install the hard drives/SSDs in your power supply to the hard drives. (Note 1) Skip this step if you use two hard drives with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive. (Note 3) Refer to the "Internal Connectors" section of the smallest drive Yes To create a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 3) •• A Windows setup disc. •• Motherboard driver disc or...
RAID Setup Guide
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... VMD Controller driver first during the OS installation process. Method 2: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on an M.2 PCIe SSD or a RAID volume, you need to your USB thumb drive. Step 2: Boot from the Windows setup disc and perform standard OS installation steps. If you want to install an operating system on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and...
... VMD Controller driver first during the OS installation process. Method 2: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on an M.2 PCIe SSD or a RAID volume, you need to your USB thumb drive. Step 2: Boot from the Windows setup disc and perform standard OS installation steps. If you want to install an operating system on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... the settings may result in the CMOS. BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in system's failure to boot. If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. •• Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper/button in user's manual or refer to the "Load Optimized Defaults" section for "BIOS Update Utilities." •• Because BIOS flashing is...
... the settings may result in the CMOS. BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in system's failure to boot. If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. •• Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper/button in user's manual or refer to the "Load Optimized Defaults" section for "BIOS Update Utilities." •• Because BIOS flashing is...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... motherboard chipset and the CPU used support this setting. && Active P-Core/E-Core (Note) Allows you to select the number of CPU cores to decrease power consumption. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this feature. When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to Random Mode. This item is configurable only when C-States Control is set to Enabled. (Note) This item is set to decrease power consumption. When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage...
... motherboard chipset and the CPU used support this setting. && Active P-Core/E-Core (Note) Allows you to select the number of CPU cores to decrease power consumption. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this feature. When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to Random Mode. This item is configurable only when C-States Control is set to Enabled. (Note) This item is set to decrease power consumption. When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... enabled. Disabled Disables this feature. - 13 - Auto sets memory multiplier according to memory SPD data. && Memory Ref Clock Allows you to manually adjust the memory reference clock. && Gear Mode (Note) Allows you to improve the maximum OC frequency potential. (Note) This item is set to Enabled. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. Auto sets the settings according to the CPU specifications. && Power Limit TDP (Watts) / Power Limit Time Allows you to set a power limit for the processor. Auto sets the settings...
... enabled. Disabled Disables this feature. - 13 - Auto sets memory multiplier according to memory SPD data. && Memory Ref Clock Allows you to manually adjust the memory reference clock. && Gear Mode (Note) Allows you to improve the maximum OC frequency potential. (Note) This item is set to Enabled. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. Auto sets the settings according to the CPU specifications. && Power Limit TDP (Watts) / Power Limit Time Allows you to set a power limit for the processor. Auto sets the settings...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... of using the onboard LAN, set the maximum amount of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGFX (Note 2) Sets the onboard graphics as the first display. PCIe 1 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot as the first display. PCIe 2 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX8 slot as the first display. PCIe 3 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX4 slot as the first display. Options: Auto, PCIE x8/x8, PCIE x8/x4/x4. && OnBoard LAN Controller Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. IO Ports...
... of using the onboard LAN, set the maximum amount of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGFX (Note 2) Sets the onboard graphics as the first display. PCIe 1 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot as the first display. PCIe 2 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX8 slot as the first display. PCIe 3 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX4 slot as the first display. Options: Auto, PCIE x8/x8, PCIE x8/x4/x4. && OnBoard LAN Controller Enables or disables the onboard LAN function. IO Ports...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... disables support for USB storage devices. && Port 60/64 Emulation Enables or disables support for IPv6. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. && IPv6 HTTP Support Enables or disables HTTP boot support for USB storage devices. && Mass Storage Devices Displays a list of the limited 4 GB memory address space). && IOAPIC 24-119 Entries Enables or disables this function. APP Center Download & Install Configuration && APP Center Download & Install Allows you to determine whether to automatically download and install GIGABYTE APP Center after entering...
... disables support for USB storage devices. && Port 60/64 Emulation Enables or disables support for IPv6. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. && IPv6 HTTP Support Enables or disables HTTP boot support for USB storage devices. && Mass Storage Devices Displays a list of the limited 4 GB memory address space). && IOAPIC 24-119 Entries Enables or disables this function. APP Center Download & Install Configuration && APP Center Download & Install Allows you to determine whether to automatically download and install GIGABYTE APP Center after entering...
BIOS Setup Guide
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... PCIe SSD if installed. SATA Configuration && SATA Controller(s) Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. && Aggressive LPM Support Enables or disables the power saving feature, ALPM (Aggressive Link Power Management), for the chipset SATA controllers. && Port Enables or disables each SATA port. && SATA Port DevSlp Allows you to determine whether to let the connected SATA device go into sleep mode. && Hot plug Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. && Configured as eSATA Enables or disables support for instructions on configuring a RAID array...
... PCIe SSD if installed. SATA Configuration && SATA Controller(s) Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. && Aggressive LPM Support Enables or disables the power saving feature, ALPM (Aggressive Link Power Management), for the chipset SATA controllers. && Port Enables or disables each SATA port. && SATA Port DevSlp Allows you to determine whether to let the connected SATA device go into sleep mode. && Hot plug Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. && Configured as eSATA Enables or disables support for instructions on configuring a RAID array...
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... HW Reset Use the button to reset your system. Set this button to Switch LED On/Off Use the button to turn on/off the motherboard LEDs. Set this button to Enter BIOS Setup Use the button to enter the BIOS Setup. Set this button to Boot on . && Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) Enables or disables Intel® PTT Technology. && 3DMark01 Enhancement Allows you to determine whether to enhance some legacy benchmark performance. && CPU PCIe Link Speed Allows you to set the operation mode of the chipset-controlled PCI Express slots...
... HW Reset Use the button to reset your system. Set this button to Switch LED On/Off Use the button to turn on/off the motherboard LEDs. Set this button to Enter BIOS Setup Use the button to enter the BIOS Setup. Set this button to Boot on . && Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) Enables or disables Intel® PTT Technology. && 3DMark01 Enhancement Allows you to determine whether to enhance some legacy benchmark performance. && CPU PCIe Link Speed Allows you to set the operation mode of the chipset-controlled PCI Express slots...
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...set the mouse cursor movement speed. && Windows 10 Features Allows you to select the operating system to be installed. && CSM Support Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to support a legacy PC boot process. Disabled Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only. Enabled Enables UEFI CSM. && LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers. Do not launch Disables option ROM. UEFI Enables UEFI option ROM...
...set the mouse cursor movement speed. && Windows 10 Features Allows you to select the operating system to be installed. && CSM Support Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to support a legacy PC boot process. Disabled Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only. Enabled Enables UEFI CSM. && LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers. Do not launch Disables option ROM. UEFI Enables UEFI option ROM...
User Manual
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... 1-2 Motherboard Block Diagram 5 1-3 Box Contents...6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 2-1 Installation Precautions 7 2-2 Product Specifications 8 2-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 12 2-4 Installing the Memory 15 2-5 Installing an Expansion Card 16 2-6 Setting up an AMD CrossFire™ Configuration 17 2-7 Back Panel Connectors 18 2-8 Internal Connectors 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 34 Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers 36 4-1 Operating System Installation 36 4-2 Drivers Installation 37 Chapter 5 Appendix...38 5-1 Configuring a RAID Set 38 5-2 Debug LED Codes...
... 1-2 Motherboard Block Diagram 5 1-3 Box Contents...6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 2-1 Installation Precautions 7 2-2 Product Specifications 8 2-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 12 2-4 Installing the Memory 15 2-5 Installing an Expansion Card 16 2-6 Setting up an AMD CrossFire™ Configuration 17 2-7 Back Panel Connectors 18 2-8 Internal Connectors 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 34 Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers 36 4-1 Operating System Installation 36 4-2 Drivers Installation 37 Chapter 5 Appendix...38 5-1 Configuring a RAID Set 38 5-2 Debug LED Codes...
User Manual
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..., the number of Thunderbolt™ devices that can be used is dependent on the number of the PCI Express devices being installed. (Refer to Chapter 2-7, "Back Panel Connectors," for more information.) * Support for DisplayPort 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3. Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support: - 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3. (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.) Audio Realtek®...
..., the number of Thunderbolt™ devices that can be used is dependent on the number of the PCI Express devices being installed. (Refer to Chapter 2-7, "Back Panel Connectors," for more information.) * Support for DisplayPort 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3. Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support: - 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.3. (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.) Audio Realtek®...
User Manual
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... to BIOS Setup to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in your card. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Secure the card's metal bracket to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card in the slot. 3. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the expansion slot. 1. Carefully read the manual that supports your...
... to BIOS Setup to the chassis back panel with the expansion card in your card. Install the driver provided with a screw. 5. Secure the card's metal bracket to make any required BIOS changes for your expansion card in the slot. 3. Locate an expansion slot that came with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the expansion slot. 1. Carefully read the manual that supports your...
User Manual
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... LED DRAM: Memory status LED VGA: Graphics card status LED BOOT: Operating system status LED F_USB30 3 - 33 - The QFLED will flash when the BIOS matching and flashing activities start and will stop flashing when the main BIOS flashing is not working properly after system power-on. S_ SF _ _ _B _ 22) QFLASH_PLUS (Q-Flash Plus Button) Q-Flash Plus allows you haven't entered the operating system yet. If the CPU/DRAM/VGA LED is on a USB thumb drive and plug it into the dedicated port...
... LED DRAM: Memory status LED VGA: Graphics card status LED BOOT: Operating system status LED F_USB30 3 - 33 - The QFLED will flash when the BIOS matching and flashing activities start and will stop flashing when the main BIOS flashing is not working properly after system power-on. S_ SF _ _ _B _ 22) QFLASH_PLUS (Q-Flash Plus Button) Q-Flash Plus allows you haven't entered the operating system yet. If the CPU/DRAM/VGA LED is on a USB thumb drive and plug it into the dedicated port...
User Manual
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... easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• @BIOS is turned on configuring BIOS Setup. - 34 - If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. •• Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper in Chapter 2 or navigate to the "BIOS Setup" page of GIGABYTE's website and search for "Load Optimized Defaults" for "BIOS Update Utilities." •• Because BIOS flashing is...
... easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• @BIOS is turned on configuring BIOS Setup. - 34 - If this occurs, try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. •• Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper in Chapter 2 or navigate to the "BIOS Setup" page of GIGABYTE's website and search for "Load Optimized Defaults" for "BIOS Update Utilities." •• Because BIOS flashing is...
User Manual
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... on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to your USB thumb drive. Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers 4-1 Operating System Installation With the correct BIOS settings, you to load the driver appears, select Browse. When a screen as shown below : Step 1: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on a RAID volume, you need to install the Intel...
... on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to your USB thumb drive. Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers 4-1 Operating System Installation With the correct BIOS settings, you to load the driver appears, select Browse. When a screen as shown below : Step 1: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall driver file on a RAID volume, you need to install the Intel...