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...-related information, check on our website 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...GIGABYTE. Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by any means without prior notice. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to assist in any form or by copyright laws and is the property of the motherboard is 1.0. Motherboard GA-990FX-Gaming Motherboard GA-990FX-Gaming...
...-related information, check on our website 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...GIGABYTE. Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by any means without prior notice. The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to assist in any form or by copyright laws and is the property of the motherboard is 1.0. Motherboard GA-990FX-Gaming Motherboard GA-990FX-Gaming...
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Table of Contents GA-990FX-Gaming 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 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 Onboard ... 2-1 Startup Screen 21 2-2 M.I.T...21 2-3 System Information 25 2-4 BIOS Features 26 2-5 Peripherals...28 2-6 Power Management 30 2-7 Save & Exit...31 Chapter 3 Appendix...32 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 32 3-2 Drivers Installation 35 3-3 Debug LED Codes 36 Regulatory Statements 40 Contact Us...44 - 3 -
Table of Contents GA-990FX-Gaming 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 Back Panel Connectors 10 1-7 Onboard ... 2-1 Startup Screen 21 2-2 M.I.T...21 2-3 System Information 25 2-4 BIOS Features 26 2-5 Peripherals...28 2-6 Power Management 30 2-7 Save & Exit...31 Chapter 3 Appendix...32 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 32 3-2 Drivers Installation 35 3-3 Debug LED Codes 36 Regulatory Statements 40 Contact Us...44 - 3 -
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... the product package you obtain. GA-990FX-Gaming Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB R_USB ATX_12V TYPEC R_USB31 ASMedia® USB 3.1 Controller CPU_FAN Socket AM3+ PW_SW Debug LED (Note) CMOS_SW RST_SW PWR_FAN R_USB30 ATX USB_LAN AUDIO PCIEX1_1 AMD 990FX Rivet Networks Killer™ E2201...0 3 1 M_BIOS B_BIOS iTE® Super I/O CLR_CMOS SPDIF_O SYS_FAN2 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30 TPM F_PANEL Box Contents 55 GA-990FX-Gaming 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...
... the product package you obtain. GA-990FX-Gaming Motherboard Layout KB_MS_USB R_USB ATX_12V TYPEC R_USB31 ASMedia® USB 3.1 Controller CPU_FAN Socket AM3+ PW_SW Debug LED (Note) CMOS_SW RST_SW PWR_FAN R_USB30 ATX USB_LAN AUDIO PCIEX1_1 AMD 990FX Rivet Networks Killer™ E2201...0 3 1 M_BIOS B_BIOS iTE® Super I/O CLR_CMOS SPDIF_O SYS_FAN2 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30 TPM F_PANEL Box Contents 55 GA-990FX-Gaming 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...
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...8226;• When removing the cable connected to prevent an electrical short inside the cable connector. - 11 - This jack can be used ). Please visit GIGABYTE's website for line in a 5.1/7.1-channel audio configuration. Line In The line in jack. Line Out The line out jack. Rear Speaker Out This jack can... be Side Speaker out through the audio driver. For better sound quality, it is occurring Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Use this feature, ensure that you need to retask either the Line in...
...8226;• When removing the cable connected to prevent an electrical short inside the cable connector. - 11 - This jack can be used ). Please visit GIGABYTE's website for line in a 5.1/7.1-channel audio configuration. Line In The line in jack. Line Out The line out jack. Rear Speaker Out This jack can... be Side Speaker out through the audio driver. For better sound quality, it is occurring Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Use this feature, ensure that you need to retask either the Line in...
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Step 1: Use a screw driver to create a RAID set with SATA drive(s). Step 3: Press the M.2 SSD down and then secure it with SATA drive(s). - 16 - On the motherboard there are ...
Step 1: Use a screw driver to create a RAID set with SATA drive(s). Step 3: Press the M.2 SSD down and then secure it with SATA drive(s). - 16 - On the motherboard there are ...
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.... (Default: Auto) && CPU Unlock (Note) Allows you to determine whether unlock hidden CPU cores. (Default: Disabled) && Cool & Quiet Enabled Disabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disables this feature. - 22 - The adjustable...
.... (Default: Auto) && CPU Unlock (Note) Allows you to determine whether unlock hidden CPU cores. (Default: Disabled) && Cool & Quiet Enabled Disabled Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default) Disables this feature. - 22 - The adjustable...
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... disables RAID for the SATA controller. Configures the SATA controllers to confirm. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as the first display. && Audio LED Enables or disables the onboard audio LED function. Off Disables this function...
... disables RAID for the SATA controller. Configures the SATA controllers to confirm. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as the first display. && Audio LED Enables or disables the onboard audio LED function. Off Disables this function...
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... that an M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. You can select Select File in HDD/FDD/USB to input the profile previously created from your M.2 SSD in...
... that an M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. You can select Select File in HDD/FDD/USB to input the profile previously created from your M.2 SSD in...
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... example operating system.) Step 1: You need to create RAID array on configuring a RAID array. - 34 - Copy the Hw8 folder under BootDrv in the driver disk. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for a message which says "Press to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. When the screen requesting you do not want to install the...
... example operating system.) Step 1: You need to create RAID array on configuring a RAID array. - 34 - Copy the Hw8 folder under BootDrv in the driver disk. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for a message which says "Press to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility. When the screen requesting you do not want to install the...
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... into your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc" on configuring the audio software. - 35 - Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on the top-right corner of the screen and select "Run Run.exe." (Or go to... My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will install all the...
... into your system and then list all the recommended drivers. Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc" on configuring the audio software. - 35 - Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on the top-right corner of the screen and select "Run Run.exe." (Or go to... My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) After inserting the driver disk, "Xpress Install" will install all the...
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... (PCH module specific). Reserved for AMI use (OEM DXE initialization codes). CPU PEI initialization. Reserved. ACPI Core initialization. Reserved. NVRAM initialization. Phase transfer to connect drivers. - 36 - Reserved. Pre-memory CPU initialization is started . IOH PEI initialization. Installation of the PCH runtime services. PCH devices initialization. Pre-memory South-Bridge initialization...
... (PCH module specific). Reserved for AMI use (OEM DXE initialization codes). CPU PEI initialization. Reserved. ACPI Core initialization. Reserved. NVRAM initialization. Phase transfer to connect drivers. - 36 - Reserved. Pre-memory CPU initialization is started . IOH PEI initialization. Installation of the PCH runtime services. PCH devices initialization. Pre-memory South-Bridge initialization...