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..., check on our website at: https://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. The ...GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. In order to their respective owners. Disclaimer Information in the use of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by copyright laws and is 1.0. Example: All rights reserved. Motherboard B450 GAMING X Motherboard B450 GAMING...
..., check on our website at: https://www.gigabyte.com Identifying Your Motherboard Revision The revision number on your motherboard revision before updating motherboard BIOS, drivers, or when looking for technical information. The ...GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. In order to their respective owners. Disclaimer Information in the use of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by copyright laws and is 1.0. Example: All rights reserved. Motherboard B450 GAMING X Motherboard B450 GAMING...
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Table of Contents B450 GAMING X Motherboard Layout 4 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 1-1 Installation Precautions 5 1-2 Product Specifications 6 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 Internal ... 2-2 The Main Menu 22 2-3 M.I.T...23 2-4 System...27 2-5 BIOS...28 2-6 Peripherals...31 2-7 Chipset...34 2-8 Power...36 2-9 Save & Exit...38 Chapter 3 Appendix...39 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 39 3-2 Drivers Installation 41 Regulatory Statements 42 Contact Us...44 - 3 -
Table of Contents B450 GAMING X Motherboard Layout 4 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 1-1 Installation Precautions 5 1-2 Product Specifications 6 1-3 Installing the CPU 9 1-4 Installing the Memory 9 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 10 1-6 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 Internal ... 2-2 The Main Menu 22 2-3 M.I.T...23 2-4 System...27 2-5 BIOS...28 2-6 Peripherals...31 2-7 Chipset...34 2-8 Power...36 2-9 Save & Exit...38 Chapter 3 Appendix...39 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 39 3-2 Drivers Installation 41 Regulatory Statements 42 Contact Us...44 - 3 -
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... iTE® Super I/O F_USB1 SATA3 1 0 SYS_FAN3 CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO D_LED1 LED_C COMA TPM F_USB30 F_PANEL Box Contents 55 B450 GAMING X Motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Two SATA cables * The box contents above are subject to change without notice. - 4 - The box contents are for reference only ...
... iTE® Super I/O F_USB1 SATA3 1 0 SYS_FAN3 CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO D_LED1 LED_C COMA TPM F_USB30 F_PANEL Box Contents 55 B450 GAMING X Motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Two SATA cables * The box contents above are subject to change without notice. - 4 - The box contents are for reference only ...
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... the connector at a_3n angle.U Step 3: Press the M.2 SSD down and then secure it with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive. Step 1: Use a screw driver to be installed and refasten the screw and nut. Refer to the following table for the M.2 SSD to unfasten the screw and nut from the...
... the connector at a_3n angle.U Step 3: Press the M.2 SSD down and then secure it with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive. Step 1: Use a screw driver to be installed and refasten the screw and nut. Refer to the following table for the M.2 SSD to unfasten the screw and nut from the...
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... whether to enable the Core Performance Boost (CPB) technology, a CPU performance-boost technology. (Default: Auto) && AMD Cool&Quiet function Enabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disables this feature. (Note 2) This...
... whether to enable the Core Performance Boost (CPB) technology, a CPU performance-boost technology. (Default: Auto) && AMD Cool&Quiet function Enabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disabled Disables this feature. (Note 2) This...
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...the operating system and during the POST. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network. This item is configurable only when Fast Boot ...&& Other PCI Device ROM Priority Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support ...
...the operating system and during the POST. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network. This item is configurable only when Fast Boot ...&& Other PCI Device ROM Priority Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support ...
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... you wish to be decoded in system S3/S4/S5 state. Set to Enabled if more than one advanced graphics card are installed and their drivers are not able to be launched when entering the operating system (because of the limited 4 GB memory address space). (Default: Disabled) (Note) This item is...
... you wish to be decoded in system S3/S4/S5 state. Set to Enabled if more than one advanced graphics card are installed and their drivers are not able to be launched when entering the operating system (because of the limited 4 GB memory address space). (Default: Disabled) (Note) This item is...
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...) && XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an operating system without XHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Enabled) && USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enables or disables support for IPv6.
...) && XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an operating system without XHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Enabled) && USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enables or disables support for IPv6.
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Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. (Default) && NVMe RAID mode (M2A_SOCKET Connector) Allows you to determine whether ...
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. (Default) && NVMe RAID mode (M2A_SOCKET Connector) Allows you to determine whether ...
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... BIOS Setup menus described in the RAID array and set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. To enter the legacy RAID ROM, save the settings and restart your computer. (If you want to enter the...
... BIOS Setup menus described in the RAID array and set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. To enter the legacy RAID ROM, save the settings and restart your computer. (If you want to enter the...
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...on the number of the screen. Options include Read/Write, Read Only, and None. When completed, you provide additional RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press and then press to Enabled. Installing the Operating System ...to adjust the size and press . 5. C-2. Then follow the on the Create Array option. 3. Finally, continue the OS installation. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for a message which says "Confirm Creation of the screen. 4. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot ...
...on the number of the screen. Options include Read/Write, Read Only, and None. When completed, you provide additional RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press and then press to Enabled. Installing the Operating System ...to adjust the size and press . 5. C-2. Then follow the on the Create Array option. 3. Finally, continue the OS installation. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for a message which says "Confirm Creation of the screen. 4. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot ...
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... information. - 41 - Please visit GIGABYTE's website for more troubleshooting information. 3-2 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and then list all of the drivers that are recommended to individually install the drivers you need. Or click the....exe." (Or go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers.
... information. - 41 - Please visit GIGABYTE's website for more troubleshooting information. 3-2 Drivers Installation • Before installing the drivers, first install the operating system. • After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and then list all of the drivers that are recommended to individually install the drivers you need. Or click the....exe." (Or go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers.