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User Manual - Page 1
GIGABYTE works with you to protect the environment. To reduce the impacts on global warming, the packaging materials of this product are recyclable and reusable. GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
User's Manual
Rev. 1101 12ME-Z170GM3-1101R
For more product details, please visit GIGABYTE's website.
User Manual - Page 2
... at: http://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.
Check your motherboard looks like this manual may be made by copyright laws and is the property of GIGABYTE. Motherboard GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
Motherboard GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
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User Manual - Page 3
Table of Contents
GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 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 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration 10 1-7 Back Panel Connectors 11 1-8 Changing the Operational Amplifier 12 ...
User Manual - Page 4
... Brown® OPA2134
BAT PCIEX4
M_BIOS B_BIOS
CLR_CMOS
SATA EXPRESS
4 0
5 1
SATA3
F_AUDIO SPDIF_O
COMA
TPM F_USB2 F_USB1 SYS_FAN2 F_PANEL
Box Contents 55 GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 User's Manual 55 Quick Installation Guide
55 Four SATA cables 55 I/O Shield 55 One 2-Way SLI bridge connector 55 One G Connector
The box contents above are subject to...
User Manual - Page 6
1-2 Product Specifications
CPU
ŠŠ Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/
Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/
Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1151 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
ŠŠ L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset
ŠŠ ...
User Manual - Page 9
... with the CPU specifications. It is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory.
1-3 Installing the CPU
Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU: •• Make sure that the system bus frequency be set the frequency beyond hardware specifications since it does not meet the standard requirements for the latest CPU support list.) ••...
User Manual - Page 10
...Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. System Requirements -- Browse to the Configure SLI, Surround, Physx screen and ensure Maximize 3D performance is selected. Carefully read the following guidelines before installing the memory in the operating system, go to the AMD Catalyst Control Center. Refer to prevent hardware damage.
1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire...
User Manual - Page 21
...side should face up). •• Used batteries must be lost.
Replace the battery. 4. Danger of explosion if the battery is turned off your... yourself
or uncertain about the battery model. •• When installing the battery, note the orientation of...Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup...
User Manual - Page 22
... system to its defaults. •• The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may result in system's failure to activate certain system features. Inadequately altering the settings may differ by BIOS version.
- 22 - To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. •• Q-Flash...
User Manual - Page 24
... an Intel® multi-core CPU (the number of CPU cores may vary by CPU). Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto)
&& Hyper-Threading Technology (Note) Allows you install a CPU that supports this setting. (Default: Auto)
&& CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Note) Enables or disables Intel® CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system halt...
User Manual - Page 29
...you to make changes to set the desired value. && Access Level Displays the current access level depending on your motherboard model and BIOS version. The ...Sets the system date. is set the desired value. && System Time Sets the system time. For example, 1 p.m. 2-3 System Information
This section provides information on the type of password protection used by the BIOS and manually set...
User Manual - Page 30
... item is installed.
&& Bootup NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock feature on the numeric keypad of the same type that supports GPT partitioning, select the device prefixed with "UEFI:" string on this type is present only if at system startup. After configuring this item, set the password(s) under the Administrator Password/User Password item. Setup A password is only...
User Manual - Page 32
..., such as installing the OS from the user password, the administrator password allows you to make changes to all BIOS settings.
&& User Password Allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all. Differing from the Windows Deployment Services server. (Default: Disabled)
&& Ipv4 PXE Support Enables or disables IPv4 PXE Support. However, the user password only allows you...
User Manual - Page 39
... the POST (Power-On Self-Test). If you want to set up a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Integrated Peripherals." Then enter the Peripherals\Intel(R) Rapid Storage
Technology sub-menu.
(Note 1) An M.2 PCIe SSD...
User Manual - Page 40
...BIOS setup utility to enter the RAID Configuration Utility. 2. Press + to configure a RAID array. Then, select a RAID level. Press to load the driver and
continue the OS installation.
- 40 - Set the... RAID array. Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to the steps below: 1. If only two hard drives are ready to load the driver appears, select Browse. 3. To...
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