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Table of Contents
Box Contents
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5
Optional Items
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5
Z490 AORUS MASTER WF (Z490 AORUS MASTER WATERFORCE)
Motherboard Layout
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6
Z490 AORUS MASTER WF (Z490 AORUS MASTER WATERFORCE)
Motherboard Block Diagram
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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 Specifications
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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 Water Cooling Kit
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16
1-4
Installing the Memory
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19
1-4-1
Dual Channel Memory Configuration
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19
1-4-2
Installing a Memory
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20
1-5
Installing an Expansion Card
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21
1-6
Setting up AMD CrossFire
™
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Configuration
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22
1-7
Back Panel Connectors
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23
1-8
Onboard Buttons, Switches and LEDs
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25
1-9
Internal Connectors
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27
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
Favorites (F11)
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45
2-4
Tweaker
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46
2-5
Settings
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53
2-6
System Info.
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62
2-7
Boot
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63
2-8
Save & Exit
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66
Chapter 3 Configuring a RAID Set
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67
3-1
Configuring SATA Controllers
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67
3-2
Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
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81
3-3
Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
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84