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Manual - Page 2
Motherboard GA-Z68XP-D3
May. 31, 2011
Motherboard GA-Z68XP-D3
May. 31, 2011
Manual - Page 4
Table of Contents
Box Contents...6 Optional Items...6 GA-Z68XP-D3 Motherboard Layout 7 GA-Z68XP-D3 Motherboard Block Diagram 8
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 1-1 Installation Precautions 9 1-2 Product Specifications 10 1-3 Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler 13
1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13 1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler 15 1-4 Installing the Memory 16 1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory ...
Manual - Page 6
Optional Items
2-port USB 2.0 bracket (Part No. 12CR1-1UB030-5*R) 2-port SATA power cable (Part No. 12CF1-2SERPW-0*R) COM port cable (Part No. 12CF1-1CM001-3*R) 3.5" Front Panel with 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Part No. 12CR1-FPX582-0*R)
- 6 - Box Contents
GA-Z68XP-D3 motherboard Motherboard driver disk User's Manual Quick Installation Guide Four SATA cables I/O Shield
The box contents above are ...
Manual - Page 7
...
PHASE LED
PWR_FAN ATX
PCIEX1_1
mSATA
DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1
Realtek RTL8111E
PCIEX16
CODEC
PCIEX1_2 PCI1
B_BIOS BAT
M_BIOS
PCIEX4 GA-Z68XP-D3
PCI2
PCIe to PCI
Bridge
PCI3
Marvell GSATA3_7 88SE9172
Intel® Z68
GSATA3_6 SATA3_1 SATA3_0
SATA2_3 SATA2_2 SATA2_5 SATA2_4
Etron EJ168
iTE IT8728
F_AUDIO
CLR_CMOS
SYS_FAN2 COMA F_USB3 F_USB2 F_USB1 F_USB30...
Manual - Page 8
GA-Z68XP-D3 Motherboard Block Diagram
1 PCI Express x16
PCIe CLK (100 MHz)
LGA1155 CPU
CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz) DDR3 2133/... Bus
LAN 2 SATA 6Gb/s
RJ45
Realtek RTL8111E
Marvell 88SE9172
x1
x1
PCI Express Bus Switch
x1
x1
x4
PCIe to PCI Bridge or
Intel® Z68
2 USB 3.0/2.0 2 USB 3.0/2.0
Etron EJ168
Etron EJ168
x1
x1
PCI Express Bus HDMI Dual BIOS
3 SATA 3Gb/s 1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA
...
Manual - Page 18
... card with a screw. 555 After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover(s). 666 Turn on...supports the expansion card. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for your
expansion card(s). 777 Install the driver provided with your computer.
Hardware Installation
- 18 - Carefully read the manual that supports your operating system.
• Installing...
Manual - Page 29
... CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," for a few seconds. Hardware Installation Failure to do so may cause damage to the motherboard.
•• After system restart, go to BIOS Setup to load factory defaults (select Load Optimized Defaults) or manually configure the BIOS settings (refer to clear the CMOS values (e.g. For purchasing...
Manual - Page 37
... to Disabled if you want to manually configure CPU Turbo ratios in OS (Note)
Enabled allows you to set a power limit for different number of active cores. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto)
(Note) This item is present only when you install a CPU that support multi-processor mode. (Default: Enabled) CPU...
Manual - Page 43
...specific streams within the CPU and Chipset. (Default: Enabled) Virtualization Technology (Note)
Enables or disables Intel Virtualization Technology. The default is Auto.
Miscellaneous Settings
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2011 Award Software Miscellaneous Settings
Isochronous Support... is present only when you install a CPU that supports this feature. With virtualization, one...
Manual - Page 59
...driver support under the Windows XP operating system, please install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later.
After installing the SP1 (or later), if a question mark still exists in Universal Serial Bus Controller in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to install new GIGABYTE utilities. The driver Autorun screen is installing the drivers...
Manual - Page 66
... POST, press the key to your motherboard model.
2. However, if the BIOS update file is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility
A. Z68XP-D3 F1d . . . .
: BIOS Setup : XpressRecovery2 : Boot Menu : Qflash 05/17/2011-Z68-7A89WG0BC-00
Because BIOS flashing is saved to a hard drive in BIOS Setup.
Motherboards that matches your USB flash drive...
Manual - Page 79
... the SATA controller driver first. A.
All with which you 'll not be recognized during the Windows setup process. (For more details, refer to automatically install all of your data to individually install the X.H.D utility later. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) Instructions: (Note 2) Before launching X.H.D, make sure the new drive is added. To automatically set up a RAID...
Manual - Page 100
... Marvell shared library and Marvell 91xx SATA RAID Controller need to continue the driver installation. Windows Setup
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for 32bit (install first) and press .
Below we assume that you can proceed with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer. Then select Marvell 91xx SATA RAID Controller...
Manual - Page 106
...106 -
A.
woofer speaker out jack, you want to mute the back panel audio (only supported when using an HD front panel audio module), refer to MP3 music, have an Internet chat... manually configure the jack for each jack through the audio driver.
The picture to the following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating system.)
Step 1: After installing the audio driver,...
Manual - Page 112
... > Gen-
Then make sure Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 has been installed (check in Device Manager or Sound, video, and game controllers. A: The following Award BIOS beep code descriptions may help you identify possible computer problems.
(For reference only.)
1 short: System boots successfully
1 long, 3 short: Keyboard error
2 short: CMOS setting error
1 long, 9 short: BIOS ROM...
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