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Table of Contents
Box Contents
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6
Optional Items
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6
Z390 AORUS MASTER Motherboard Layout
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7
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
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9
1-1
Installation Precautions
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9
1-2
Product Speci
fi
cations
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10
1-3
Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler
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14
1-3-1
Installing the CPU
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14
1-3-2
Installing the CPU Cooler
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16
1-4
Installing the Memory
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17
1-4-1
Dual Channel Memory Con
fi
guration
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17
1-4-2
Installing a Memory
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18
1-5
Installing an Expansion Card
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19
1-6
Setting up AMD CrossFire
™
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Con
fi
guration
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20
1-7
Back Panel Connectors
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21
1-8
Onboard LEDs and Buttons
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24
1-9
Internal Connectors
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26
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
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41
2-1
Startup Screen
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42
2-2
The Main Menu
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43
2-3
M.I.T.
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45
2-4
System
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57
2-5
BIOS
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58
2-6
Peripherals
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61
2-7
Chipset
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64
2-8
Power
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65
2-9
Save & Exit
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67
Chapter 3 Con
fi
guring a RAID Set
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69
3-1
Con
fi
guring SATA Controllers
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69
3-2
Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
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83
3-3
Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
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86
Chapter 4 Drivers Installation
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89
4-1
Drivers & Software
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89
4-2
Application Software
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90
4-3
Information
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90