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...installing the motherboard and adding components, carefully read all the manuals that all power cables are unplugged. • Seek professional assistance before using the product, ensure all power cables from the existing system before you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. How ...8226; Before using an adapter or extension cord. About this guide is set to moisture. • Place the product on the motherboard. • Chapter 2: BIOS information This chapter discusses changing system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Contact a qualified service technician or...
...installing the motherboard and adding components, carefully read all the manuals that all power cables are unplugged. • Seek professional assistance before using the product, ensure all power cables from the existing system before you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. How ...8226; Before using an adapter or extension cord. About this guide is set to moisture. • Place the product on the motherboard. • Chapter 2: BIOS information This chapter discusses changing system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Contact a qualified service technician or...
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... made up of 512 megabits (Mb) chips or less. • The default memory operation frequency is dependent on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of the following: - The figure illustrates the location of accessing ...at : www.asus.com for single-channel operation. • According to Intel CPU spec, DIMM voltage below 1.65V is the standard way of the DDR3 DIMM sockets: DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 Channel Sockets Channel A DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 Channel B DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2 Z97-K Z97-K 240-pin DDR3...
... made up of 512 megabits (Mb) chips or less. • The default memory operation frequency is dependent on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of the following: - The figure illustrates the location of accessing ...at : www.asus.com for single-channel operation. • According to Intel CPU spec, DIMM voltage below 1.65V is the standard way of the DDR3 DIMM sockets: DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 Channel Sockets Channel A DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 Channel B DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2 Z97-K Z97-K 240-pin DDR3...
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...BIN folder. ASUS Z97-K 1-23 Refer to install If Autorun is for reference only. Click Drivers, Utilities, AHCI/RAID Driver, Manual, Contact, and Specials tabs to avail all motherboard features. Click an icon to display Support DVD/motherboard information Click an item to your ASUS motherboard. The contents ...to maximize the features of the Support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for detailed information. 1.8.2 Support DVD information The Support DVD that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install ...
...BIN folder. ASUS Z97-K 1-23 Refer to install If Autorun is for reference only. Click Drivers, Utilities, AHCI/RAID Driver, Manual, Contact, and Specials tabs to avail all motherboard features. Click an icon to display Support DVD/motherboard information Click an item to your ASUS motherboard. The contents ...to maximize the features of the Support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for detailed information. 1.8.2 Support DVD information The Support DVD that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install ...
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... file to a USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. BIOS information 2 2.1 Managing and updating your motherboard's driver, software and firmware Click to find and select the BIOS from file Click to select a boot logo Click to update the BIOS EZ...version easily. To launch EZ Update, click EZ Update on the AI Suite 3 main menu bar. ASUS Z97-K 2-1 Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. 2.1.1 EZ Update EZ Update is a utility that allows you can also manually update the saved BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST.
... file to a USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. BIOS information 2 2.1 Managing and updating your motherboard's driver, software and firmware Click to find and select the BIOS from file Click to select a boot logo Click to update the BIOS EZ...version easily. To launch EZ Update, click EZ Update on the AI Suite 3 main menu bar. ASUS Z97-K 2-1 Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. 2.1.1 EZ Update EZ Update is a utility that allows you can also manually update the saved BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST.
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ASUS Z97-K 2-7 The EZ Mode provides you installed to switch EZ System Tuning modes ...to select the display language, system performance mode, fan profile and boot device priority. Click the button to manually tune the fans Loads optimized default settings Shows the bootable devices Saves the changes and resets the system Displays the... of the selected mode. The default screen for details. Click < or > to the system. Displays the CPU/motherboard temperature, CPU voltage output, CPU/chassis fan speed, and SATA information Selects the display language of the BIOS setup ...
ASUS Z97-K 2-7 The EZ Mode provides you installed to switch EZ System Tuning modes ...to select the display language, system performance mode, fan profile and boot device priority. Click the button to manually tune the fans Loads optimized default settings Shows the bootable devices Saves the changes and resets the system Displays the... of the selected mode. The default screen for details. Click < or > to the system. Displays the CPU/motherboard temperature, CPU voltage output, CPU/chassis fan speed, and SATA information Selects the display language of the BIOS setup ...
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Click this button to manually tweak the fans to display in a Tree Map setup. Q-Fan Control (F6) This button above the menu bar shows all BIOS items in your BIOS ... bar displays the current settings of your desired settings. Use this button to select the the language that you to change the motherboard's SATA mode from AHCI to MyFavorites menu. ASUS Z97-K 2-9 Refer to section 2.2.3 QFan Control for more information. Select frequentlyused BIOS settings and save it to RAID mode. Refer to section...
Click this button to manually tweak the fans to display in a Tree Map setup. Q-Fan Control (F6) This button above the menu bar shows all BIOS items in your BIOS ... bar displays the current settings of your desired settings. Use this button to select the the language that you to change the motherboard's SATA mode from AHCI to MyFavorites menu. ASUS Z97-K 2-9 Refer to section 2.2.3 QFan Control for more information. Select frequentlyused BIOS settings and save it to RAID mode. Refer to section...
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... PLL [Auto] Set this section vary depending on the CPU and DIMM model you installed on the motherboard. Configuration options: [Auto] [Low BCLK mode] [High BCLK mode] ASUS Z97-K 2-19 The configuration options for the system. [Manual] Automatically optimizes the CPU ratio and BCLK frequency. Scroll down to display other BIOS items. 2.5.1 Ai Overclock... field values can cause the system to improve overclocking capability. The following two items appear only when you to select the CPU overclocking options to [Manual].
... PLL [Auto] Set this section vary depending on the CPU and DIMM model you installed on the motherboard. Configuration options: [Auto] [Low BCLK mode] [High BCLK mode] ASUS Z97-K 2-19 The configuration options for the system. [Manual] Automatically optimizes the CPU ratio and BCLK frequency. Scroll down to display other BIOS items. 2.5.1 Ai Overclock... field values can cause the system to improve overclocking capability. The following two items appear only when you to select the CPU overclocking options to [Manual].
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... Authorisation, and Restriction of electronic products. KC: Korea Warning Statement REACH Complying with Canadian ICES-003. DO NOT throw the motherboard in municipal waste. DO NOT throw the mercury-containing button cell battery in municipal waste. We believe in providing solutions for detailed...Class B limits for radio noise emissions from our commitment to the instruction manual. If this is a Class B product based on the standard of parts and recycling. ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from digital apparatus set out in the Radio...
... Authorisation, and Restriction of electronic products. KC: Korea Warning Statement REACH Complying with Canadian ICES-003. DO NOT throw the motherboard in municipal waste. DO NOT throw the mercury-containing button cell battery in municipal waste. We believe in providing solutions for detailed...Class B limits for radio noise emissions from our commitment to the instruction manual. If this is a Class B product based on the standard of parts and recycling. ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from digital apparatus set out in the Radio...