Audio Setup Guide
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...jack assignments. The picture to the Start menu click the Realtek Audio Console. The Which device did you install the included motherboard drivers, make sure your Internet connection works properly. dialog box appears. Then click OK. (Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio Configurations:...configure 4/5.1/7.1-channel audio, you connect. A. Restart the system after the audio driver is installed. 1-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides five audio jacks on the back panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note) audio. the system will automatically install the audio driver...
...jack assignments. The picture to the Start menu click the Realtek Audio Console. The Which device did you install the included motherboard drivers, make sure your Internet connection works properly. dialog box appears. Then click OK. (Note) 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio Configurations:...configure 4/5.1/7.1-channel audio, you connect. A. Restart the system after the audio driver is installed. 1-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio The motherboard provides five audio jacks on the back panel which support 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note) audio. the system will automatically install the audio driver...
Unique Features Introduction
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... the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 5 1-3 Using Q-Flash Plus...6 APP Center...7 2-1 3D OSD...8 2-2 AutoGreen...9 2-3 Cloud Station...10 2-4 EasyTune...15 2-5 Easy RAID...16 2-6 Fast Boot...18 2-7 Game Boost...19 2-8 Platform Power Management 20 2-9-1 RGB Fusion...21 2-9-2 Ambient LED...23 2-10 Smart TimeLock...24 2-11 Smart Keyboard...25 2-12 Smart Backup...26 2-13... Smart Survey...30 2-16 USB Blocker...31 2-17 USB DAC-UP 2...32 2-18 USB TurboCharger 33 2-19 V-Tuner...34 Actual software supported may vary by motherboard model and OS verison. The software setup menus are for reference only.
... the BIOS with the @BIOS Utility 5 1-3 Using Q-Flash Plus...6 APP Center...7 2-1 3D OSD...8 2-2 AutoGreen...9 2-3 Cloud Station...10 2-4 EasyTune...15 2-5 Easy RAID...16 2-6 Fast Boot...18 2-7 Game Boost...19 2-8 Platform Power Management 20 2-9-1 RGB Fusion...21 2-9-2 Ambient LED...23 2-10 Smart TimeLock...24 2-11 Smart Keyboard...25 2-12 Smart Backup...26 2-13... Smart Survey...30 2-16 USB Blocker...31 2-17 USB DAC-UP 2...32 2-18 USB TurboCharger 33 2-19 V-Tuner...34 Actual software supported may vary by motherboard model and OS verison. The software setup menus are for reference only.
Unique Features Introduction
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... Restart the system. Because BIOS flashing is a new solution derived from the hassles of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. Motherboards that matches your motherboard model. 2. What is DualBIOS™? Q-Flash Plus is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. Note... from DualBIOS™. What is Q-Flash™? During the POST, press the key to a specific USB port. BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. When both the main and backup BIOS fail during the POST...
... Restart the system. Because BIOS flashing is a new solution derived from the hassles of going through complicated BIOS flashing process. Motherboards that matches your motherboard model. 2. What is DualBIOS™? Q-Flash Plus is potentially risky, please do it with the Q-Flash Utility A. Note... from DualBIOS™. What is Q-Flash™? During the POST, press the key to a specific USB port. BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-Flash™ and @BIOS™. When both the main and backup BIOS fail during the POST...
Unique Features Introduction
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... BIOS. •• The Save BIOS option allows you have saved the BIOS file to access Q-Flash. 2. Make sure the BIOS update file matches your motherboard model. - 3 - Select Q-Flash to save the current BIOS file. •• Q-Flash only supports USB flash drive or hard drives using FAT32/16/12 file...
... BIOS. •• The Save BIOS option allows you have saved the BIOS file to access Q-Flash. 2. Make sure the BIOS update file matches your motherboard model. - 3 - Select Q-Flash to save the current BIOS file. •• Q-Flash only supports USB flash drive or hard drives using FAT32/16/12 file...
Unique Features Introduction
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.... 2. Follow the on -screen instructions to complete. Follow the on -screen instructions to complete. 3. Supported image formats include jpg, bmp, and gif. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from Server, select the @BIOS server site closest to change the boot-up...in a corrupted BIOS or a system that the BIOS file to be able to your location and then download the BIOS file that matches your motherboard model. After Updating the BIOS Restart your system after updating the BIOS. •• Make sure that is not present on the @BIOS...
.... 2. Follow the on -screen instructions to complete. Follow the on -screen instructions to complete. 3. Supported image formats include jpg, bmp, and gif. GIGABYTE product warranty does not cover any BIOS damage or system failure resulting from Server, select the @BIOS server site closest to change the boot-up...in a corrupted BIOS or a system that the BIOS file to be able to your location and then download the BIOS file that matches your motherboard model. After Updating the BIOS Restart your system after updating the BIOS. •• Make sure that is not present on the @BIOS...
Unique Features Introduction
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... when the BIOS matching and flashing activities start. After the main BIOS is complete. Uncompress the downloaded BIOS file, save it to GIGABYTE.bin. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your USB flash drive, and rename it must use the FAT32/16 ...file system and it to your motherboard model. 2. The FBIOS_LED will reboot again and boot from the main BIOS for 15-20 seconds, the ...
... when the BIOS matching and flashing activities start. After the main BIOS is complete. Uncompress the downloaded BIOS file, save it to GIGABYTE.bin. From GIGABYTE's website, download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your USB flash drive, and rename it must use the FAT32/16 ...file system and it to your motherboard model. 2. The FBIOS_LED will reboot again and boot from the main BIOS for 15-20 seconds, the ...
Unique Features Introduction
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...in APP Center may also vary depending on motherboard specifications. - 7 - Supported functions of GIGABYTE apps that help you get the most from your GIGABYTE motherboard . (Note) Using a simple, unified user interface, GIGABYTE App Center allows you to install GIGABYTE App Center and the selected apps. Restart ...1 If the App Center is complete. Running the APP Center Insert the motherboard driver disk. On the Autorun screen, go to Application Software\Install GIGABYTE Utilities to easily launch all GIGABYTE apps installed on your computer after the installation is closed, you can select...
...in APP Center may also vary depending on motherboard specifications. - 7 - Supported functions of GIGABYTE apps that help you get the most from your GIGABYTE motherboard . (Note) Using a simple, unified user interface, GIGABYTE App Center allows you to install GIGABYTE App Center and the selected apps. Restart ...1 If the App Center is complete. Running the APP Center Insert the motherboard driver disk. On the Autorun screen, go to Application Software\Install GIGABYTE Utilities to easily launch all GIGABYTE apps installed on your computer after the installation is closed, you can select...
Unique Features Introduction
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... needed. Tap on next reboot. INFO Displays the system information, including the CPU, motherboard, and memory. The Remote OC Interface Using Remote OC Step 1: On the host computer, launch Remote OC and enable Remote OC Function. Step 2: Run GIGABYTE Cloud Station on your computer. - 13 - HW MONIT Allows you with remote control...
... needed. Tap on next reboot. INFO Displays the system information, including the CPU, motherboard, and memory. The Remote OC Interface Using Remote OC Step 1: On the host computer, launch Remote OC and enable Remote OC Function. Step 2: Run GIGABYTE Cloud Station on your computer. - 13 - HW MONIT Allows you with remote control...
Unique Features Introduction
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..., chipset, and memory and reduce the useful life of EasyTune, or system instability or other unexpected results may vary by motherboard model and CPU. After making changes, be sure to restart your profiles. 2-4 EasyTune GIGABYTE's EasyTune is not supported. The Advanced DDR OC tab allows you do overclock/overvoltage in Windows environment.
..., chipset, and memory and reduce the useful life of EasyTune, or system instability or other unexpected results may vary by motherboard model and CPU. After making changes, be sure to restart your profiles. 2-4 EasyTune GIGABYTE's EasyTune is not supported. The Advanced DDR OC tab allows you do overclock/overvoltage in Windows environment.
Unique Features Introduction
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...Storage Technology utility installed 4. The new drive must have equal or greater capacity than the system drive. An Intel® Chipset motherboard supporting RAID 2. Intel® SATA controllers set to enhance your hard drive read/write performance without the need (Note 2). (Note...Intel® SATA controller driver installed 5. System Requirements 1. Back up your need for RAID 0 when a new SATA drive is added. XHD With GIGABYTE XHD (Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAID-ready system for complex and time-consuming configurations. B. All with a simple click of a ...
...Storage Technology utility installed 4. The new drive must have equal or greater capacity than the system drive. An Intel® Chipset motherboard supporting RAID 2. Intel® SATA controllers set to enhance your hard drive read/write performance without the need (Note 2). (Note...Intel® SATA controller driver installed 5. System Requirements 1. Back up your need for RAID 0 when a new SATA drive is added. XHD With GIGABYTE XHD (Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAID-ready system for complex and time-consuming configurations. B. All with a simple click of a ...
Unique Features Introduction
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...Digital Wave A full color spectrum cascades throughout the armor LED. Off Disable the selected region LEDs. (Note) Regions/Modes/Colors available may vary by motherboard. - 22 - •• Options for further settings. (Note) Select your desired area and select the LED color/ lighting behaviour on the ...section of colors. Static The selected region LEDs emit a single color. Flash The selected region LEDs simultaneously flash on the motherboard and digital LED strip. Digital A~I Mode Provides multiple digital lighting mode throughout the armor LED and LED strip. Click the...
...Digital Wave A full color spectrum cascades throughout the armor LED. Off Disable the selected region LEDs. (Note) Regions/Modes/Colors available may vary by motherboard. - 22 - •• Options for further settings. (Note) Select your desired area and select the LED color/ lighting behaviour on the ...section of colors. Static The selected region LEDs emit a single color. Flash The selected region LEDs simultaneously flash on the motherboard and digital LED strip. Digital A~I Mode Provides multiple digital lighting mode throughout the armor LED and LED strip. Click the...
Unique Features Introduction
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... and set temperature/fan speed alarm. Please note, the recording will stop if you to system temperatures. 2-14 System Information Viewer GIGABYTE System Information Viewer allows you exit the Record tab during the recording process. Click the Calibrate button and the fan speed will run...fan speed control design. - 29 - Using the Smart Fan option you can also display the hardware monitor information on the installed CPU, motherboard, and the BIOS version. allows you to enable alert notification, click Apply after calibration. You can adjust the fan's workload according system ...
... and set temperature/fan speed alarm. Please note, the recording will stop if you to system temperatures. 2-14 System Information Viewer GIGABYTE System Information Viewer allows you exit the Record tab during the recording process. Click the Calibrate button and the fan speed will run...fan speed control design. - 29 - Using the Smart Fan option you can also display the hardware monitor information on the installed CPU, motherboard, and the BIOS version. allows you to enable alert notification, click Apply after calibration. You can adjust the fan's workload according system ...
Unique Features Introduction
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...Here": Allows you to check the complete list of collected data. •• Sending Device Data to GIGABYTE's collection of non-personal information on how you consent to GIGABYTE: Selecting I Do Not Agree. •• Clicking "Delete All": All data will be immediately deleted... from Gigabyte server. - 30 - The information collected is used to help us understand how well our products perform ...Survey will not collect any data if you select I Agree means you and others use our motherboards.
...Here": Allows you to check the complete list of collected data. •• Sending Device Data to GIGABYTE's collection of non-personal information on how you consent to GIGABYTE: Selecting I Do Not Agree. •• Clicking "Delete All": All data will be immediately deleted... from Gigabyte server. - 30 - The information collected is used to help us understand how well our products perform ...Survey will not collect any data if you select I Agree means you and others use our motherboards.
Unique Features Introduction
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...: Adds 0.2V to the original output voltage. • Voltage Compensation +0.3V: Adds 0.3V to strengthen the stability of the USB connectors. 2-17 USB DAC-UP 2 GIGABYTE USB DAC-UP 2 allows you to increase the output voltage of the USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the right of the USB 3.1 Gen 1 connector you want... USB DAC-UP 2 Click the drop down list on the front or back panel to the original output voltage. (Note) Connectors available may vary by motherboard. - 32 - After the system restarts, the settings will be synchronized with the BIOS settings.
...: Adds 0.2V to the original output voltage. • Voltage Compensation +0.3V: Adds 0.3V to strengthen the stability of the USB connectors. 2-17 USB DAC-UP 2 GIGABYTE USB DAC-UP 2 allows you to increase the output voltage of the USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the right of the USB 3.1 Gen 1 connector you want... USB DAC-UP 2 Click the drop down list on the front or back panel to the original output voltage. (Note) Connectors available may vary by motherboard. - 32 - After the system restarts, the settings will be synchronized with the BIOS settings.
RAID Setup Guide
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...the smallest drive Yes To create a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 3) •• A Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. Before you begin, please prepare the following items: •• At least two SATA hard drives... or SSDs (Note 2) (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Then connect the power connectors from your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Install the RAID/AHCI driver ...
...the smallest drive Yes To create a RAID set either with identical model and capacity). (Note 3) •• A Windows setup disk. •• Motherboard driver disk. •• A USB thumb drive. Before you begin, please prepare the following items: •• At least two SATA hard drives... or SSDs (Note 2) (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. Then connect the power connectors from your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in RAID BIOS. (Note 1) D. Install the RAID/AHCI driver ...
RAID Setup Guide
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...(Figure 1). The BIOS Setup menus described in "C-1." Go to Peripherals\SATA And RST Configuration, make sure to set the corresponding PCIe Storage Dev on the motherboard you will see shall depend on Port XX item to Disabled. B. Note: When using a PCIe SSD, make sure SATA Controller(s) is enabled. Then ...Power-On Self-Test). Finally, save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. Finally, save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. Step 1: Turn on your motherboard. To configure UEFI RAID, follow the steps in this section may differ from the exact settings for more information.
...(Figure 1). The BIOS Setup menus described in "C-1." Go to Peripherals\SATA And RST Configuration, make sure to set the corresponding PCIe Storage Dev on the motherboard you will see shall depend on Port XX item to Disabled. B. Note: When using a PCIe SSD, make sure SATA Controller(s) is enabled. Then ...Power-On Self-Test). Finally, save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. Finally, save the settings and exit BIOS Setup. Step 1: Turn on your motherboard. To configure UEFI RAID, follow the steps in this section may differ from the exact settings for more information.
RAID Setup Guide
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... depend on the EZ RAID item. Figure 3 - 4 - C-1. Step 1: After restarting the computer, enter the BIOS Setup and go to the Create tab. Using EZ RAID GIGABYTE motherboards provide you with the EZ RAID feature, allowing you use for RAID in the Type tab and then press . (Figure 2) Step 2: Figure 2 Go to the...
... depend on the EZ RAID item. Figure 3 - 4 - C-1. Step 1: After restarting the computer, enter the BIOS Setup and go to the Create tab. Using EZ RAID GIGABYTE motherboards provide you with the EZ RAID feature, allowing you use for RAID in the Type tab and then press . (Figure 2) Step 2: Figure 2 Go to the...
RAID Setup Guide
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... SATA RAID Controller and click Next to your USB thumb drive. When the screen requesting you to install the operating system. Step 2: Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance and compatibility. Figure 1 - 16 - Step 3: Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location...
... SATA RAID Controller and click Next to your USB thumb drive. When the screen requesting you to install the operating system. Step 2: Boot from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance and compatibility. Figure 1 - 16 - Step 3: Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location...
RAID Setup Guide
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... launch the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility from other drives in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Rebuilding applies only to a hard drive from the Start menu. B. Rebuilding an Array Rebuilding is added to replace a failed drive to rebuild a RAID...
... launch the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility from other drives in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been installed from the motherboard driver disk. Rebuilding applies only to a hard drive from the Start menu. B. Rebuilding an Array Rebuilding is added to replace a failed drive to rebuild a RAID...
RAID Setup Guide
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The motherboard driver disk. Click Enable. Step 3: Launch the Intel® Optane™ Memory application from the Start menu and make sure the Intel® Optane™ .... The hard drive/SSD to AHCI. Step 2: After re-entering the operating system, follow the steps below: Step 1: After entering the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your SATA controller mode back to be accelerated must be a system drive or data drive. If you install more than the hard...
The motherboard driver disk. Click Enable. Step 3: Launch the Intel® Optane™ Memory application from the Start menu and make sure the Intel® Optane™ .... The hard drive/SSD to AHCI. Step 2: After re-entering the operating system, follow the steps below: Step 1: After entering the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your SATA controller mode back to be accelerated must be a system drive or data drive. If you install more than the hard...