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... (both SATA & PCIE mode)* - 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) - ESD Guards on the next page) vii Stainless Steel Back I/O - Fan Xpert 3 featuring Fan Auto Tuning function and multiple thermistors selection for optimized system cooling control (continued on VGA, LAN, Audio, KBMS and USB 3.0/ 2.0 ports - Z97-PRO GAMER specifications summary Multi-GPU Support Audio Storage LAN USB ASUS gaming features...
... (both SATA & PCIE mode)* - 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) - ESD Guards on the next page) vii Stainless Steel Back I/O - Fan Xpert 3 featuring Fan Auto Tuning function and multiple thermistors selection for optimized system cooling control (continued on VGA, LAN, Audio, KBMS and USB 3.0/ 2.0 ports - Z97-PRO GAMER specifications summary Multi-GPU Support Audio Storage LAN USB ASUS gaming features...
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...Z97-PRO GAMER specifications summary Internal connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD OS support Form factor 1 x 19-pin USB 3.0 / 2.0 connector support additional 2 USB 3.0 / 2.0 ports 3 x USB 2.0 / 1.1 connectors support additional 6 USB 2.0 / 1.1 ports 1 x System panel connector 1 x S/PDIF out header 1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP) 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (gray) 1 x M.2 Socket 3 for M Key, type 2260/2280 devices 1 x SATA..., DMI 2.7, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.8, ACPI 5.0, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F11 EZ Tuning Wizard, F6 Qfan Control, F3 My...
...Z97-PRO GAMER specifications summary Internal connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD OS support Form factor 1 x 19-pin USB 3.0 / 2.0 connector support additional 2 USB 3.0 / 2.0 ports 3 x USB 2.0 / 1.1 connectors support additional 6 USB 2.0 / 1.1 ports 1 x System panel connector 1 x S/PDIF out header 1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP) 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (gray) 1 x M.2 Socket 3 for M Key, type 2260/2280 devices 1 x SATA..., DMI 2.7, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.8, ACPI 5.0, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F11 EZ Tuning Wizard, F6 Qfan Control, F3 My...
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...SATA port. The SATA Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to create a RAID configuration from 0 (immediately) to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you to enable or disable hybrid hard disk support. ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER... 2-33 Ensure that increases storage performance on S3 RTC Wake [Enabled] The system automatically wakes up time.The values range from the SATA hard disk drives. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to...
...SATA port. The SATA Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to create a RAID configuration from 0 (immediately) to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you to enable or disable hybrid hard disk support. ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER... 2-33 Ensure that increases storage performance on S3 RTC Wake [Enabled] The system automatically wakes up time.The values range from the SATA hard disk drives. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to...
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...options: [On] [Off] SATA6G_1~6 (Gray) [Enabled] These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [On] [Off] Graphics Configuration Allows you to enable/disable the SATA ports. Configuration options: [Auto] [CPU Graphics] [PCIE] [PCI] DVMT Pre-Allocated for Haswell ...174; Graphics Render Standby support to reduce iGPU power use when the system is a monitor system. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] DVI Port Audio [Off] Allows you to enable or disable VT-d function on MCH. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-34 Chapter 2:...
...options: [On] [Off] SATA6G_1~6 (Gray) [Enabled] These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [On] [Off] Graphics Configuration Allows you to enable/disable the SATA ports. Configuration options: [Auto] [CPU Graphics] [PCIE] [PCI] DVMT Pre-Allocated for Haswell ...174; Graphics Render Standby support to reduce iGPU power use when the system is a monitor system. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] DVI Port Audio [Off] Allows you to enable or disable VT-d function on MCH. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-34 Chapter 2:...
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...devices will be available during POST. This process will extend the POST time. [Hard Drive Only] Only hard drives connected to SATA ports will be detected during POST. USB Support [Partial Initialization] [Disabled] All USB devices will not be available until your computer ...driver from loading during POST. [Enabled] Select to load the network stack driver during POST. ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER 2-45 SATA Support [All Devices] [All Devices] All devices connected to SATA ports will be available during POST. Hide the logo during POST. These settings only apply when ...
...devices will be available during POST. This process will extend the POST time. [Hard Drive Only] Only hard drives connected to SATA ports will be detected during POST. USB Support [Partial Initialization] [Disabled] All USB devices will not be available until your computer ...driver from loading during POST. [Enabled] Select to load the network stack driver during POST. ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER 2-45 SATA Support [All Devices] [All Devices] All devices connected to SATA ports will be available during POST. Hide the logo during POST. These settings only apply when ...