Gigabyte X299X AORUS XTREME WATER User Manual - Page 4

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Table of Contents Box Contents...6 Optional Items...6 X299X AORUS XTREME WF (X299X AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE) Motherboard Layout ...7 X299X AORUS XTREME WF (X299X AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE) 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 14 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 14 1-3-2 Installing the Water Cooling Kit 16 1-4 Installing the Memory 18 1-4-1 4 Channel Memory Configuration 18 1-4-2 Installing a Memory 19 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 20 1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration 21 1-7 Back Panel Connectors 22 1-8 Onboard Buttons, Switches and LEDs 25 1-9 Internal Connectors 27 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 43 2-1 Startup Screen 44 2-2 The Main Menu 45 2-3 Favorites (F11 47 2-4 Tweaker...48 2-5 Settings...54 2-6 System Info...62 2-7 Boot...63 2-8 Save & Exit...66 Chapter 3 Configuring a RAID Set 67 3-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 67 3-2 Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 78 3-3 Installing an Intel® Optane™ Memory 81 3-4 Configuring Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC 83 - 4 -

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Table of Contents
Box Contents
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6
Optional Items
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6
X299X AORUS XTREME WF (X299X AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE) Motherboard
Layout
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7
X299X AORUS XTREME WF (X299X AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE) Motherboard
Block Diagram
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8
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
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9
1-1
Installation Precautions
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9
1-2
Product Specifications
...................................................................................
10
1-3
Installing the CPU and CPU Cooler
...............................................................
14
1-3-1
Installing the CPU
..................................................................................................
14
1-3-2
Installing the Water Cooling Kit
.............................................................................
16
1-4
Installing the Memory
....................................................................................
18
1-4-1
4 Channel Memory Configuration
..........................................................................
18
1-4-2
Installing a Memory
................................................................................................
19
1-5
Installing an Expansion Card
.........................................................................
20
1-6
Setting up AMD CrossFire
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
Configuration
.............................
21
1-7
Back Panel Connectors
.................................................................................
22
1-8
Onboard Buttons, Switches and LEDs
..........................................................
25
1-9
Internal Connectors
.......................................................................................
27
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
..................................................................................................
43
2-1
Startup Screen
...............................................................................................
44
2-2
The Main Menu
..............................................................................................
45
2-3
Favorites (F11)
...............................................................................................
47
2-4
Tweaker
..........................................................................................................
48
2-5
Settings
..........................................................................................................
54
2-6
System Info.
..................................................................................................
62
2-7
Boot
................................................................................................................
63
2-8
Save & Exit
....................................................................................................
66
Chapter 3 Configuring a RAID Set
...............................................................................
67
3-1
Configuring SATA Controllers
........................................................................
67
3-2
Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
...............................
78
3-3
Installing an Intel
®
Optane
Memory
.............................................................
81
3-4
Configuring Intel
®
Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel
®
VROC)
.................................
83