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... owners. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. For quick set-up of the motherboard is 1.0. Copyright © 2016 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO...132; For product-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 like this...
... owners. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without GIGABYTE's prior written permission. For quick set-up of the motherboard is 1.0. Copyright © 2016 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO...132; For product-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 like this...
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Table of Contents GA-Z170N-WIFI/GA-H170N-WIFI Motherboard Layout 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Installation Precautions 6 1-2 Product Specifications 7 1-3 Installing the CPU 10 1-4 Installing the Memory 10 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 11 1-6 Back Panel Connectors ... 20 2-2 M.I.T...21 2-3 System Information 26 2-4 BIOS Features 27 2-5 Peripherals...30 2-7 Chipset...32 2-8 Power Management 33 2-9 Save & Exit...35 Chapter 3 Appendix...36 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 36 3-2 Drivers Installation 38 Regulatory Statements 39 Contact Us...44 - 4 -
Table of Contents GA-Z170N-WIFI/GA-H170N-WIFI Motherboard Layout 5 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 6 1-1 Installation Precautions 6 1-2 Product Specifications 7 1-3 Installing the CPU 10 1-4 Installing the Memory 10 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 11 1-6 Back Panel Connectors ... 20 2-2 M.I.T...21 2-3 System Information 26 2-4 BIOS Features 27 2-5 Peripherals...30 2-7 Chipset...32 2-8 Power Management 33 2-9 Save & Exit...35 Chapter 3 Appendix...36 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set 36 3-2 Drivers Installation 38 Regulatory Statements 39 Contact Us...44 - 4 -
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...on the back of the motherboard. MM Only for GA-H170N-WIFI. - 5 - NN Only for GA-Z170N-WIFI. GA-Z170N-WIFI/GA-H170N-WIFI Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN SYS_FAN KB_MS_USB3 ATX_12V WIFI Module DDR4_1 DDR4_2 ATX DVI WIFI-BRACKET M2_WIFI GA-Z170N-WIFI GA-H170N-WIFI SATA3 SATA EXPRESS SATA3 32 10 F_PANEL SPEAKER DOUBLE_HDMI... PCIEX16 CODEC Intel® Z170j Intel® H170k M.2 (Note) 4 5 CLR_CMOS Box Contents 55 GA-Z170N-WIFI or GA-H170N-WIFI motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 Two SATA cables 55 User's Manual 55 I/O Shield 55 Quick Installation Guide 55 Wireless module...
...on the back of the motherboard. MM Only for GA-H170N-WIFI. - 5 - NN Only for GA-Z170N-WIFI. GA-Z170N-WIFI/GA-H170N-WIFI Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN SYS_FAN KB_MS_USB3 ATX_12V WIFI Module DDR4_1 DDR4_2 ATX DVI WIFI-BRACKET M2_WIFI GA-Z170N-WIFI GA-H170N-WIFI SATA3 SATA EXPRESS SATA3 32 10 F_PANEL SPEAKER DOUBLE_HDMI... PCIEX16 CODEC Intel® Z170j Intel® H170k M.2 (Note) 4 5 CLR_CMOS Box Contents 55 GA-Z170N-WIFI or GA-H170N-WIFI motherboard 55 Motherboard driver disk 55 Two SATA cables 55 User's Manual 55 I/O Shield 55 Quick Installation Guide 55 Wireless module...
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...that your headphone/speaker to the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. Line In (Blue) The line in jack. Line Out (Green) The line out jack. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for line in devices such as an optical drive, walkman, etc. RJ-45 LAN Port The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at... short inside the cable connector. - 12 - Use this audio jack for USB devices. This jack can be Side Speaker out through the audio driver. HDMI Port The HDMI port is compatible to this jack (actual effects may vary by the device being used to connect center/subwoofer speakers in...
...that your headphone/speaker to the USB 2.0/1.1 specification. Line In (Blue) The line in jack. Line Out (Green) The line out jack. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for line in devices such as an optical drive, walkman, etc. RJ-45 LAN Port The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at... short inside the cable connector. - 12 - Use this audio jack for USB devices. This jack can be Side Speaker out through the audio driver. HDMI Port The HDMI port is compatible to this jack (actual effects may vary by the device being used to connect center/subwoofer speakers in...
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Please note that an M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with the screw. Step 1: Use a screw driver to build a RAID set either with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive and can only be used to unfasten the screw and nut from ...
Please note that an M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with the screw. Step 1: Use a screw driver to build a RAID set either with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive and can only be used to unfasten the screw and nut from ...
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...&& LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support Disabled... before the OS boot process completes. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network. This function is disabled when Fast Boot is set...
...&& LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. && USB Support Disabled... before the OS boot process completes. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Ultra Fast. && NetWork Stack Driver Support Disabled Disables booting from the network. (Default) Enabled Enables booting from the network. This function is disabled when Fast Boot is set...
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...) && XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an operating system without XHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Disabled) && USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enables or disables support for USB storage devices. (Default: Enabled) && USB Storage Devices Displays a list of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express...
...) && XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an operating system without XHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Disabled) && USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enables or disables support for USB storage devices. (Default: Enabled) && USB Storage Devices Displays a list of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express...
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Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. `` Super IO Configuration `` Intel(R) Bios Guard Technology Enables or disables the Intel® BIOS Guard feature, which protects the BIOS from malicious ...
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to AHCI mode. `` Super IO Configuration `` Intel(R) Bios Guard Technology Enables or disables the Intel® BIOS Guard feature, which protects the BIOS from malicious ...
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... to "C-2" for your power supply to set up a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. For the BIOS Setup menus, refer to configure UEFI RAID, follow...
... to "C-2" for your power supply to set up a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 2) •• Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB flash drive. After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. For the BIOS Setup menus, refer to configure UEFI RAID, follow...
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... special characters) under the Name item and press . Installing the Operating System As some operating systems already include Intel® SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you are marked with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be included in the RAID array. On the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology menu, press... operating system for information on the volume to install the operating system. When the screen requesting you provide additional SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. Then, select a RAID level. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set from 4 KB to...
... special characters) under the Name item and press . Installing the Operating System As some operating systems already include Intel® SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you are marked with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be included in the RAID array. On the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology menu, press... operating system for information on the volume to install the operating system. When the screen requesting you provide additional SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. Then, select a RAID level. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set from 4 KB to...
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...then list all of the drivers that are recommended to install. Or click the arrow icon to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on ...configuring the audio software. - 38 - Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array. You can click the Xpress Install button and "...
...then list all of the drivers that are recommended to install. Or click the arrow icon to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on ...configuring the audio software. - 38 - Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array. You can click the Xpress Install button and "...