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... the @BIOS Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 6...70 4-4 Q-Share...71 4-5 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 72 4-6 Auto Green...73 4-7 Intel Rapid Start Technology 74 4-8 Intel Smart Connect Technology 76 4-9 Intel Smart Response 78 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z77 SATA Controllers 81 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 89 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver...
... the @BIOS Utility 69 4-3 EasyTune 6...70 4-4 Q-Share...71 4-5 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D 72 4-6 Auto Green...73 4-7 Intel Rapid Start Technology 74 4-8 Intel Smart Connect Technology 76 4-9 Intel Smart Response 78 Chapter 5 Appendix...81 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 81 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z77 SATA Controllers 81 5-1-2 Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers 89 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver...
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GA-Z77X-D3H Motherboard Layout SYS_FAN2 KB_MS_USB DVI VGA SYS_FAN3 ATX_12V CPU_FAN LGA1155 HDMI R_USB30_1 R_USB30_2 USB30_LAN VIA VL800 AUDIO BAT F_USB30 PCIEX1_1 MSATA ATX Atheros GbE LAN PCIEX16 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 0 1 CODEC PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX8 B_BIOS M_BIOS GA-Z77X-D3H PCI PCIe to PCI Bridge PCIEX4 F_AUDIO TPM SPDIF_O COMA F_USB2 F_USB1 SATA3 42 53 Intel® Z77 SATA2 Marvell 88SE9172 6 7 iTE Super I/O CLR_CMOS F_PANEL GSATA3 SYS_FAN1 - 7 -
GA-Z77X-D3H Motherboard Layout SYS_FAN2 KB_MS_USB DVI VGA SYS_FAN3 ATX_12V CPU_FAN LGA1155 HDMI R_USB30_1 R_USB30_2 USB30_LAN VIA VL800 AUDIO BAT F_USB30 PCIEX1_1 MSATA ATX Atheros GbE LAN PCIEX16 DDR3_3 DDR3_1 DDR3_4 DDR3_2 0 1 CODEC PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX8 B_BIOS M_BIOS GA-Z77X-D3H PCI PCIe to PCI Bridge PCIEX4 F_AUDIO TPM SPDIF_O COMA F_USB2 F_USB1 SATA3 42 53 Intel® Z77 SATA2 Marvell 88SE9172 6 7 iTE Super I/O CLR_CMOS F_PANEL GSATA3 SYS_FAN1 - 7 -
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GA-Z77X-D3H Motherboard Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 or 2 PCI Express x8 LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 1600/1333/1066 MHz ... x8 Switch DMI 2.0 FDI PCI Express Bus LAN 2 SATA 6Gb/s 4 USB 3.0/2.0 RJ45 Atheros Marvell GbE LAN 88SE9172 PCI Express Bus x1 x1 VIA VL800 x1 Intel® Z77 x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge Switch x1 x4 D-Sub DVI-D HDMI Dual BIOS 3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA or Switch 2 SATA 6Gb/s PCI Bus...
GA-Z77X-D3H Motherboard Block Diagram PCIe CLK (100 MHz) 1 PCI Express x16 or 2 PCI Express x8 LGA1155 CPU CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 1600/1333/1066 MHz ... x8 Switch DMI 2.0 FDI PCI Express Bus LAN 2 SATA 6Gb/s 4 USB 3.0/2.0 RJ45 Atheros Marvell GbE LAN 88SE9172 PCI Express Bus x1 x1 VIA VL800 x1 Intel® Z77 x1 PCIe to PCI Bridge Switch x1 x4 D-Sub DVI-D HDMI Dual BIOS 3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA or Switch 2 SATA 6Gb/s PCI Bus...
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...; Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron®processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z77 Express Chipset Memory Onboard...
...; Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron®processors in the LGA1155 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® Z77 Express Chipset Memory Onboard...
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... SATA3 7 7 11 10 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 7) SATA2 2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z77 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA... device. The Intel Z77 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. 6) SATA3 0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z77 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with the ...
... SATA3 7 7 11 10 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 7) SATA2 2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z77 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA... device. The Intel Z77 Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. 6) SATA3 0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z77 Chipset) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with the ...
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...)(X58A-OC) SMB_CPT (GA-IVB) nts(G1.Sniper 3) Hardware Installation BIOS Switcher (SW4) - 26 - When the mSATA connector is installed with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. 8) GSATA3 6/7 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by the Intel Z77 Chipset) The mSATA connector...
...)(X58A-OC) SMB_CPT (GA-IVB) nts(G1.Sniper 3) Hardware Installation BIOS Switcher (SW4) - 26 - When the mSATA connector is installed with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. 8) GSATA3 6/7 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by the Intel Z77 Chipset) The mSATA connector...
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... Level Displays the current access level depending on your CPU, memory, motherboard model, and BIOS version. You can also select the default language used by Intel Z77 Chipset. You can enable/disable each SATA port controlled by the BIOS. && System Date Sets the system date. The time format is hour, minute, and...
... Level Displays the current access level depending on your CPU, memory, motherboard model, and BIOS version. You can also select the default language used by Intel Z77 Chipset. You can enable/disable each SATA port controlled by the BIOS. && System Date Sets the system date. The time format is hour, minute, and...
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2-6 Peripherals && LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to decide whether to activate the boot ROM integrated with the onboard LAN chip. (Default: Disabled) && SATA Controller(s) (Intel Z77 Chipset) Enables or disables the SATA controller integrated in the Intel Z77 chipset. (Default: Enabled) - 51 - BIOS Setup
2-6 Peripherals && LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to decide whether to activate the boot ROM integrated with the onboard LAN chip. (Default: Disabled) && SATA Controller(s) (Intel Z77 Chipset) Enables or disables the SATA controller integrated in the Intel Z77 chipset. (Default: Enabled) - 51 - BIOS Setup
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... controller. (Default) Disabled Corresponding USB 3.0 port is turned off. All USB 3.0 devices function as High-Speed. && xHCI Streams (Intel Z77 Chipset) Enables or disables multi-stream data transfer. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is the recommended mode when BIOS does NOT have pre...vendors to be automatically set to Enabled, the xHCI Mode below will become unconfigurable. && HS Port #1 Switchable~HS Port #4 Switchable (Intel Z77 Chipset) Enabled Corresponding USB 3.0 port is available only when the BIOS supports the xHCI controller in OS. Smart Auto This mode...
... controller. (Default) Disabled Corresponding USB 3.0 port is turned off. All USB 3.0 devices function as High-Speed. && xHCI Streams (Intel Z77 Chipset) Enables or disables multi-stream data transfer. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is the recommended mode when BIOS does NOT have pre...vendors to be automatically set to Enabled, the xHCI Mode below will become unconfigurable. && HS Port #1 Switchable~HS Port #4 Switchable (Intel Z77 Chipset) Enabled Corresponding USB 3.0 port is available only when the BIOS supports the xHCI controller in OS. Smart Auto This mode...
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...) && Port 60/64 Emulation Enables or disables emulation of connected USB mass storage devices. This should be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Enabled) && USB Controller (Intel Z77 Chipset USB3.0 Controller) Enables or disables the integrated USB 3.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) && XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an...) && Internal Graphics Memory Size Allows you to allocate the DVMT memory size of the onboard graphics. BIOS Setup Options are : 128M, 256M, MAX. (Default: MAX) && Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Enables or disables...
...) && Port 60/64 Emulation Enables or disables emulation of connected USB mass storage devices. This should be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Enabled) && USB Controller (Intel Z77 Chipset USB3.0 Controller) Enables or disables the integrated USB 3.0 controller. (Default: Enabled) && XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an...) && Internal Graphics Memory Size Allows you to allocate the DVMT memory size of the onboard graphics. BIOS Setup Options are : 128M, 256M, MAX. (Default: MAX) && Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Enables or disables...
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... floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) •• An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z77 SATA Controllers A. If there is more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the ... the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3 0/1 (Note 3) and SATA2 2/3/4/5 ports are supported by the Z77 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. If you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Installing SATA ...
... floppy disk drive (needed during Windows XP installation) •• An empty formatted floppy disk (needed during Windows XP installation) 5-1-1 Configuring Intel Z77 SATA Controllers A. If there is more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1," "Hardware Installation," to identify the ... the SATA port. (For example, on this motherboard, the SATA3 0/1 (Note 3) and SATA2 2/3/4/5 ports are supported by the Z77 Chipset.) Then connect the power connector from your computer. If you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Installing SATA ...
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... as shown in Figure 1 appears, select Marvell 91xx SATA 6G RAID Controller and click Next to install Windows 7/XP. Installing Windows 7 For the Intel Z77: As Windows 7 already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do you install all required drivers from the Windows 7 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. After...
... as shown in Figure 1 appears, select Marvell 91xx SATA 6G RAID Controller and click Next to install Windows 7/XP. Installing Windows 7 For the Intel Z77: As Windows 7 already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do you install all required drivers from the Windows 7 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. After...
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... the Menu.exe file in the AHCI\Floppy32 or AHCI\Floppy64 folder. Figure 2 Appendix - 96 - Method A: •• For the Intel Z77, copy all files in Figure 2, •• For the Intel Z77, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit operating system. •• For the Marvell 88SE9172, select...
... the Menu.exe file in the AHCI\Floppy32 or AHCI\Floppy64 folder. Figure 2 Appendix - 96 - Method A: •• For the Intel Z77, copy all files in Figure 2, •• For the Intel Z77, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit operating system. •• For the Marvell 88SE9172, select...
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...see the message "Press F6 if you want from the following for use the up arrow key on the keyboard to scroll to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will ...following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Press . Appendix Step 2: For the Intel Z77: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press . A screen will appear. Windows Setup You...
...see the message "Press F6 if you want from the following for use the up arrow key on the keyboard to scroll to the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller item and press . Then a controller menu similar to that in Figure 3 will ...following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen. Press . Appendix Step 2: For the Intel Z77: Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press . Select Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press . A screen will appear. Windows Setup You...
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...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 Z77: Turn off your computer. •• Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + ... the failed hard drive with "Rebuild" status will be performed after you enter the operating system (look for more details). Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Reset Disks to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Select the port of restoring data to fault-tolerant arrays...
...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 Z77: Turn off your computer. •• Enabling Automatic Rebuild Step 1: When the message "Press to enter Configuration Utility" appears, press + ... the failed hard drive with "Rebuild" status will be performed after you enter the operating system (look for more details). Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Reset Disks to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. Select the port of restoring data to fault-tolerant arrays...