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Table of Contents Box Contents...6 Optional Items...6 GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Block Diagram 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU ...
Table of Contents Box Contents...6 Optional Items...6 GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Block Diagram 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU ...
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... 6...70 4-4 Q-Share...71 4-5 Smart 6™ ...72 4-6 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 76 4-7 Cloud OC...77 4-8 TouchBIOS...78 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring Intel X79 SATA Controllers 79 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 85 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 91 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 98...
... 6...70 4-4 Q-Share...71 4-5 Smart 6™ ...72 4-6 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 76 4-7 Cloud OC...77 4-8 TouchBIOS...78 Chapter 5 Appendix...79 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 79 5-1-1 Configuring Intel X79 SATA Controllers 79 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 85 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 91 5-2 Configuring Audio Input and Output 98...
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... SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) 3.5" Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-X79-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield One 2-Way SLI bridge connector One 3-Way SLI bridge connector One 4-Way...
... SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) 3.5" Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) - 6 - Box Contents GA-X79-UD3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield One 2-Way SLI bridge connector One 3-Way SLI bridge connector One 4-Way...
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GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN KB_MS_USB R_SPDIF SYS_FAN1 USB_ESATA2 USB_ESATA1 ATX_12V_2X4 LGA2011 R_USB30 USB_LAN Fresco FL1009 Marvell 88SE9172 AUDIO PCIEX16_1 Intel® GbE LAN PCIEX_1 CODEC PCIEX8_1 PCIEX1_2 iTE IT8728 PCIEX16_2 PCI DDR3_4 DDR3_2 BAT M_BIOS B_BIOS GA-X79-UD3 PCIEX8_2 F_AUDIO SYS_FAN2 ATX F_USB30 DDR3_1 DDR3_3 Fresco FL1009 SATA2 SATA2 Intel® X79 3 2 5 4 Marvell 88SE9172 Marvell 88SE9172 GSATA3 CLR_CMOS 98 SATA3 1 0 GSATA3 7 6 SPDIF_O COMA SYS_FAN4 TPM F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL SYS_FAN3 - 7 -
GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN KB_MS_USB R_SPDIF SYS_FAN1 USB_ESATA2 USB_ESATA1 ATX_12V_2X4 LGA2011 R_USB30 USB_LAN Fresco FL1009 Marvell 88SE9172 AUDIO PCIEX16_1 Intel® GbE LAN PCIEX_1 CODEC PCIEX8_1 PCIEX1_2 iTE IT8728 PCIEX16_2 PCI DDR3_4 DDR3_2 BAT M_BIOS B_BIOS GA-X79-UD3 PCIEX8_2 F_AUDIO SYS_FAN2 ATX F_USB30 DDR3_1 DDR3_3 Fresco FL1009 SATA2 SATA2 Intel® X79 3 2 5 4 Marvell 88SE9172 Marvell 88SE9172 GSATA3 CLR_CMOS 98 SATA3 1 0 GSATA3 7 6 SPDIF_O COMA SYS_FAN4 TPM F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_PANEL SYS_FAN3 - 7 -
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GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x8 1 PCI 1 PCI Express x16 Express x8 or LGA2011 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/... Intel GbE LAN x1 x1 x1 DMI 2.0 PCI Express Bus PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x1 x1 Marvell Marvell 88SE9172 88SE9172 x1 Marvell 88SE9172 Intel® X79 2 SATA 6Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s Dual BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s 14 USB 2.0/1.1 PCI Express Bus PCI Bus PCI Bus LPC Bus IT8728 CODEC...
GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard Block Diagram 1 PCI Express x16 2 PCI Express x8 1 PCI 1 PCI Express x16 Express x8 or LGA2011 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/1866/... Intel GbE LAN x1 x1 x1 DMI 2.0 PCI Express Bus PCIe CLK (100 MHz) x1 x1 Marvell Marvell 88SE9172 88SE9172 x1 Marvell 88SE9172 Intel® X79 2 SATA 6Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s Dual BIOS 4 SATA 3Gb/s 2 SATA 6Gb/s 14 USB 2.0/1.1 PCI Express Bus PCI Bus PCI Bus LPC Bus IT8728 CODEC...
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...Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® X79 Express Chipset Memory Audio 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up... memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Realtek ALC898 codec High Definition Audio ...
...Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® X79 Express Chipset Memory Audio 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up... memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Realtek ALC898 codec High Definition Audio ...
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...GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 6) SATA2 2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel X79 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. The Intel X79 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, UG RAID 5, and RAID 10. T ing a RAID array...for instructions on configuring a RAID array. G.QBOFM G.QBOFPMin No. Hardware Installation 5) SATA3 0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel X79 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA ...
...GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND 6) SATA2 2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel X79 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. The Intel X79 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, UG RAID 5, and RAID 10. T ing a RAID array...for instructions on configuring a RAID array. G.QBOFM G.QBOFPMin No. Hardware Installation 5) SATA3 0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel X79 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA ...
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2-4 System This section provides information on the type of password protection used by Intel X79 Chipset. the User level only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all BIOS settings; Use to switch between the Hour, ...
2-4 System This section provides information on the type of password protection used by Intel X79 Chipset. the User level only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all BIOS settings; Use to switch between the Hour, ...
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... hot plug. (Default) Disabled Disables the SATA controllers. && Legacy USB Support Allows USB keyboard/mouse to be used in the Intel X79 Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. IDE Mode Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to...-in audio card instead of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled. && USB 2.0 Devices (Intel X79 Chipset) Enables or disables the USB 2.0 controllers integrated with the Intel X79 Chipset. (Default: Enabled) && Intel SATA Control Mode Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers. AHCI Mode...
... hot plug. (Default) Disabled Disables the SATA controllers. && Legacy USB Support Allows USB keyboard/mouse to be used in the Intel X79 Chipset or configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. IDE Mode Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to...-in audio card instead of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled. && USB 2.0 Devices (Intel X79 Chipset) Enables or disables the USB 2.0 controllers integrated with the Intel X79 Chipset. (Default: Enabled) && Intel SATA Control Mode Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers. AHCI Mode...
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... to access Q-Flash. 2. Select the BIOS update file. The following procedure assumes that you sure to a USB flash drive. Q-Flash Utility v1.00 Model Name : X79-UD3 BIOS Version : F2a BIOS Date : 10/27/2011 Flash Type/Size : MXIC 25L6465E/6406E 8MB Update BIOS From Drive SaSveeleBcItODSetvoicDe rive Return to reboot the...
... to access Q-Flash. 2. Select the BIOS update file. The following procedure assumes that you sure to a USB flash drive. Q-Flash Utility v1.00 Model Name : X79-UD3 BIOS Version : F2a BIOS Date : 10/27/2011 Flash Type/Size : MXIC 25L6465E/6406E 8MB Update BIOS From Drive SaSveeleBcItODSetvoicDe rive Return to reboot the...
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...not want to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this motherboard, the SATA3 0/1 (Note 4) and SATA2 2/3/4/5 ports are supported by the X79 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to create RAID, you may vary depending on this step if you use two ...drive (needed during Windows XP installation) (Note 3) •• An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) (Note 3) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel X79 SATA Controllers A. Appendix To install Windows XP 64-bit, search for the SATA port. (For example, on the devices being connected. - 79 - C....
...not want to the hard drive. (Note 1) Skip this motherboard, the SATA3 0/1 (Note 4) and SATA2 2/3/4/5 ports are supported by the X79 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your power supply to create RAID, you may vary depending on this step if you use two ...drive (needed during Windows XP installation) (Note 3) •• An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) (Note 3) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel X79 SATA Controllers A. Appendix To install Windows XP 64-bit, search for the SATA port. (For example, on the devices being connected. - 79 - C....
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... Marvell 91xx SATA 6G RAID Controller (Figure 2). Installing Windows 7/Vista (The following instructions use Windows 7 as follows: For the Intel X79: RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 32-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\32Bit RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 64-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\64Bit For the Marvell 88SE9172...amd64 AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64 Step 3: For Intel X79, select Intel(R) C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller (Figure 1). Appendix Figure 1 Figure 2 - 91 - 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver ...
... Marvell 91xx SATA 6G RAID Controller (Figure 2). Installing Windows 7/Vista (The following instructions use Windows 7 as follows: For the Intel X79: RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 32-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\32Bit RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 64-Bit:\BootDrv\iRST\64Bit For the Marvell 88SE9172...amd64 AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy32 AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\Marvell\AHCI\Floppy64 Step 3: For Intel X79, select Intel(R) C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller (Figure 1). Appendix Figure 1 Figure 2 - 91 - 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver ...
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... during the OS installation. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the motherboard driver disk to the floppy disk. Figure 3 (Note) The X79 SATA RAID/AHCI driver does not support Windows XP 32-bit. Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your...
... during the OS installation. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the motherboard driver disk to the floppy disk. Figure 3 (Note) The X79 SATA RAID/AHCI driver does not support Windows XP 32-bit. Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your...
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...-22LS Serial # 3JT354CP WD-WMAM9W736333 Size 111.7GB 111.7GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Volumes with a new one .) For the Intel X79: Turn off your computer. •• Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + to Non-RAID 4. All Rights...
...-22LS Serial # 3JT354CP WD-WMAM9W736333 Size 111.7GB 111.7GB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Volumes with a new one .) For the Intel X79: Turn off your computer. •• Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + to Non-RAID 4. All Rights...