Audio Setup Guide
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...) to the following instructions use Windows 10 as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, restart your computer. If you have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. all at the same time. The picture to instructions on the back panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note) audio. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Line In Front...
...) to the following instructions use Windows 10 as the example operating system.) Step 1: After installing the audio driver, restart your computer. If you have an Internet chat, make a telephone call over the Internet, and etc. all at the same time. The picture to instructions on the back panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note) audio. Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Line In Front...
Audio Setup Guide
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...on the front panel. It is recommended that you 'll not be used at a middle level. To hear the sound being recorded during the recording process, do not mute the playback volume. 1-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, restart your ...panel or the Mic in the notification area to access the HD Audio Manager. Step 4: To raise the recording and playback volume for microphone functionality. On the Windows desktop, click the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon in jack (pink) on the front panel and back panel cannot be able to the Microphone screen...
...on the front panel. It is recommended that you 'll not be used at a middle level. To hear the sound being recorded during the recording process, do not mute the playback volume. 1-3 Configuring Microphone Recording Step 1: After installing the audio driver, restart your ...panel or the Mic in the notification area to access the HD Audio Manager. Step 4: To raise the recording and playback volume for microphone functionality. On the Windows desktop, click the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon in jack (pink) on the front panel and back panel cannot be able to the Microphone screen...
RAID Setup Guide
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After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you provide additional SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. When the screen requesting you are as follows: Windows 32-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-x86 Windows 64-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-x64 Step 4: When a screen as shown in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive. The locations of the driver. Step 2: Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to install the operating system. Figure 1 - 16...
After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you provide additional SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. When the screen requesting you are as follows: Windows 32-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-x86 Windows 64-bit: \iRST\f6flpy-x64 Step 4: When a screen as shown in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive. The locations of the driver. Step 2: Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to install the operating system. Figure 1 - 16...
Users Manual
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Table of Contents GA-H270-HD3 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 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 20 2-1 Startup Screen 20 2-2 M.I.T...21 2-3 System...27 2-4 BIOS...28 2-5 Peripherals...31 2-6 Chipset...33 2-7 Power...34 2-8 Save & Exit...36 Chapter 3 Appendix...37 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 37 3-2 Drivers Installation 39 Regulatory Statements 40 Contact Us...44 - 3 -
Table of Contents GA-H270-HD3 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 Internal Connectors 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 20 2-1 Startup Screen 20 2-2 M.I.T...21 2-3 System...27 2-4 BIOS...28 2-5 Peripherals...31 2-6 Chipset...33 2-7 Power...34 2-8 Save & Exit...36 Chapter 3 Appendix...37 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 37 3-2 Drivers Installation 39 Regulatory Statements 40 Contact Us...44 - 3 -
Users Manual
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... to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® H270 Express Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory...
... to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L3 cache varies with CPU Chipset Intel® H270 Express Chipset Memory Onboard Graphics Audio 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory...
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... 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector 1 x SATA Express connector 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 3 x system fan headers 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 headers 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x serial port header 1 x parallel port header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port 1 x D-Sub port 1 x DVI-D port 1 x HDMI port 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker...
... 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector 1 x SATA Express connector 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 3 x system fan headers 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 headers 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x serial port header 1 x parallel port header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port 1 x D-Sub port 1 x DVI-D port 1 x HDMI port 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker...
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... on motherboard specifications. - 3D OSD - @BIOS - Game Boost - Smart Keyboard - V-Tuner Support for 3TB+ Unlock Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress Install Norton® Internet Security (OEM version) Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready cFosSpeed Support for Windows 10/8.1 64-bit Support for support lists of apps. BIOS Setup - Easy RAID - ON/OFF Charge - Form Factor ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.5cm * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to download...
... on motherboard specifications. - 3D OSD - @BIOS - Game Boost - Smart Keyboard - V-Tuner Support for 3TB+ Unlock Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress Install Norton® Internet Security (OEM version) Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready cFosSpeed Support for Windows 10/8.1 64-bit Support for support lists of apps. BIOS Setup - Easy RAID - ON/OFF Charge - Form Factor ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.5cm * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to download...
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... inserting the CPU. After the memory is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. If you may pop off the computer and unplug the power cord from the load plate automatically during the process of the CPU Socket Triangle Pin One Marking on the CPU. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the CPU may occur. •• Set the CPU host frequency in only...
... inserting the CPU. After the memory is recommended that the motherboard supports the memory. If you may pop off the computer and unplug the power cord from the load plate automatically during the process of the CPU Socket Triangle Pin One Marking on the CPU. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the CPU may occur. •• Set the CPU host frequency in only...
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... Memory) DDR4_3 - When enabling Dual Channel mode with your expansion card. •• Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. 1-6 Back Panel Connectors USB 2.0/1.1 Port The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. DS/SS Due to the DVI-D specification and supports a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz (the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used). Use this port for USB devices...
... Memory) DDR4_3 - When enabling Dual Channel mode with your expansion card. •• Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage. 1-6 Back Panel Connectors USB 2.0/1.1 Port The USB port supports the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. DS/SS Due to the DVI-D specification and supports a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz (the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used). Use this port for USB devices...
Users Manual
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... Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for 5 seconds.) 3. Danger of explosion if the battery is turned off your computer and unplug the power cord. Plug in the CMOS when the computer is replaced with local environmental regulations. 1 23 1 B SS B_ 1 15) TPM (Trusted Platform Module Header) _S You may connect a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to this jumper to clear the BIOS configuration...
... Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for 5 seconds.) 3. Danger of explosion if the battery is turned off your computer and unplug the power cord. Plug in the CMOS when the computer is replaced with local environmental regulations. 1 23 1 B SS B_ 1 15) TPM (Trusted Platform Module Header) _S You may connect a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to this jumper to clear the BIOS configuration...
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... updates the BIOS. •• Because BIOS flashing is turned on your system to its defaults. •• The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter or introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper in system's failure to boot. Or you can use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. •• Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• @BIOS is a Windows-based utility...
... updates the BIOS. •• Because BIOS flashing is turned on your system to its defaults. •• The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter or introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper in system's failure to boot. Or you can use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. •• Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system. •• @BIOS is a Windows-based utility...
Users Manual
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... the CPU being used. && Uncore Frequency Displays the current CPU Uncore frequency. && CPU Flex Ratio Override Enables or disables the CPU Flex Ratio. Auto sets the power limit according to the CPU specifications. (Default: Auto) && No. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this function. Enabling this setting. (Default: Auto) (Note) This item is present only when you to set the CPU Turbo ratios for operating systems that supports this setting. (Default: Auto) && Hyper-Threading Technology (Note) Allows you to set the CPU Flex...
... the CPU being used. && Uncore Frequency Displays the current CPU Uncore frequency. && CPU Flex Ratio Override Enables or disables the CPU Flex Ratio. Auto sets the power limit according to the CPU specifications. (Default: Auto) && No. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this function. Enabling this setting. (Default: Auto) (Note) This item is present only when you to set the CPU Turbo ratios for operating systems that supports this setting. (Default: Auto) && Hyper-Threading Technology (Note) Allows you to set the CPU Flex...
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... processor. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) && Voltage Optimization Allows you to determine whether to enable voltage optimization to reduce power consumption. (Default: Disabled) && RSR Allows you to determine whether to automatically lower the CPU turbo ratio if the CPU voltage/temperature is too high. (Default: Enabled) && Hardware Prefetcher Allows you to determine whether to enable hardware prefetcher to prefetch data and instructions from the memory into the cache. (Default: Enabled...
... processor. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) && Voltage Optimization Allows you to determine whether to enable voltage optimization to reduce power consumption. (Default: Disabled) && RSR Allows you to determine whether to automatically lower the CPU turbo ratio if the CPU voltage/temperature is too high. (Default: Enabled) && Hardware Prefetcher Allows you to determine whether to enable hardware prefetcher to prefetch data and instructions from the memory into the cache. (Default: Enabled...
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... to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. (Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper in Chapter 1 for how to clear the CMOS values.) Enable Fast Boot Skip memory detection and training in odd frequency. (Default: Auto) && Memory Frequency (MHz) The first memory frequency value is present only when you install a CPU and a memory module that support this setting. (Default: Auto) && Rank Interleaving Enables or disables memory rank interleaving. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) (Note...
... to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values. (Refer to the introductions of the battery/clear CMOS jumper in Chapter 1 for how to clear the CMOS values.) Enable Fast Boot Skip memory detection and training in odd frequency. (Default: Auto) && Memory Frequency (MHz) The first memory frequency value is present only when you install a CPU and a memory module that support this setting. (Default: Auto) && Rank Interleaving Enables or disables memory rank interleaving. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) (Note...
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... presents the devices of the keyboard after the POST. (Default: On) && Security Option Specifies whether a password is prefixed with "UEFI:" string on the boot device list. Ultra Fast provides the fastest bootup speed. (Default: Disabled) - 28 - Or if you enter BIOS Setup. This item is installed. && Fast Boot Enables or disables Fast Boot to install an operating system that supports GPT partitioning such as hard drives, optical drives, floppy disk drives, and devices that are connected. 2-4 BIOS && Bootup NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock...
... presents the devices of the keyboard after the POST. (Default: On) && Security Option Specifies whether a password is prefixed with "UEFI:" string on the boot device list. Ultra Fast provides the fastest bootup speed. (Default: Disabled) - 28 - Or if you enter BIOS Setup. This item is installed. && Fast Boot Enables or disables Fast Boot to install an operating system that supports GPT partitioning such as hard drives, optical drives, floppy disk drives, and devices that are connected. 2-4 BIOS && Bootup NumLock State Enables or disables Numlock...
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... enable the legacy option ROM for the previous boot drive, all SATA devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled. This item is configurable only when Windows 8/10 Features is set to Windows 8/10 or Windows 8/10 WHQL. && LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to select the operating system to be installed. (Default: Other OS) && CSM Support Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support...
... enable the legacy option ROM for the previous boot drive, all SATA devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled. This item is configurable only when Windows 8/10 Features is set to Windows 8/10 or Windows 8/10 WHQL. && LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to select the operating system to be installed. (Default: Other OS) && CSM Support Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support...
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...SATA port. (Default: Enabled) && Hot plug Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. (Default: Disabled) && Configured as eSATA Enables or disables support for external SATA devices. 2-6 Chipset && VT-d (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Virtualization Technology for the SATA controller. AHCI Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. For more information about Intel® CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website. - 33 - Options are : 32M~1024M. (Default: 32M) && DVMT Total Gfx Mem Allows you to set the onboard graphics memory size. Options...
...SATA port. (Default: Enabled) && Hot plug Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. (Default: Disabled) && Configured as eSATA Enables or disables support for external SATA devices. 2-6 Chipset && VT-d (Note) Enables or disables Intel® Virtualization Technology for the SATA controller. AHCI Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. For more information about Intel® CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website. - 33 - Options are : 32M~1024M. (Default: 32M) && DVMT Total Gfx Mem Allows you to set the onboard graphics memory size. Options...
Users Manual
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...Press on the number of the hard drives being installed). Turn on the motherboard you use for the M.2 and SATA connectors. - 37 - Then save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. Select the type of hard drives you have and the BIOS version. Configuring SATA Controllers A. Using EZ RAID GIGABYTE motherboards provide you with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• A Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. RAID levels supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on...
...Press on the number of the hard drives being installed). Turn on the motherboard you use for the M.2 and SATA connectors. - 37 - Then save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. Select the type of hard drives you have and the BIOS version. Configuring SATA Controllers A. Using EZ RAID GIGABYTE motherboards provide you with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• A Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. RAID levels supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on...
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... Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology screen. Step: 1. If you press + , the MAIN MENU screen will be brought back to Select Disks. 4. Set the stripe block size if necessary. C-2. UEFI RAID Configuration Only Windows 10/8.1 64-bit supports UEFI RAID configuration. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press . 5. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set Windows 8/10 Features to Windows 8/10 and CSM Support to enter Configuration Utility". After completing...
... Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology screen. Step: 1. If you press + , the MAIN MENU screen will be brought back to Select Disks. 4. Set the stripe block size if necessary. C-2. UEFI RAID Configuration Only Windows 10/8.1 64-bit supports UEFI RAID configuration. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press . 5. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set Windows 8/10 Features to Windows 8/10 and CSM Support to enter Configuration Utility". After completing...
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... to be installed requires that you install all required drivers from the Windows setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to install. You can click the Xpress Install button and "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all of the selected drivers. When the screen requesting you to your USB thumb drive. 2. When a screen as shown, select Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller and click...
... to be installed requires that you install all required drivers from the Windows setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to install. You can click the Xpress Install button and "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all of the selected drivers. When the screen requesting you to your USB thumb drive. 2. When a screen as shown, select Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller and click...