Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER WATERFORCE User Manual - Page 3

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Table of Contents Box Contents...5 Optional Items...5 Z490 AORUS MASTER WF (Z490 AORUS MASTER WATERFORCE) Motherboard Layout...6 Z490 AORUS MASTER WF (Z490 AORUS MASTER WATERFORCE) Motherboard Block Diagram 7 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 19 1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory Configuration 19 1-4-2 Installing a Memory 20 1-5 Installing an Expansion Card 21 1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration 22 1-7 Back Panel Connectors 23 1-8 Onboard Buttons, Switches and LEDs 25 1-9 Internal Connectors 27 Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 41 2-1 Startup Screen 42 2-2 The Main Menu 43 2-3 Favorites (F11 45 2-4 Tweaker...46 2-5 Settings...53 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 81 3-3 Installing an Intel® Optane™ Memory 84 - 3 -

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Table of Contents
Box Contents
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5
Optional Items
.................................................................................................................
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
.....................................................................................
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
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16
1-4
Installing the Memory
....................................................................................
19
1-4-1
Dual Channel Memory Configuration
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19
1-4-2
Installing a Memory
................................................................................................
20
1-5
Installing an Expansion Card
.........................................................................
21
1-6
Setting up AMD CrossFire
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
Configuration
.............................
22
1-7
Back Panel Connectors
.................................................................................
23
1-8
Onboard Buttons, Switches and LEDs
..........................................................
25
1-9
Internal Connectors
.......................................................................................
27
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
..................................................................................................
41
2-1
Startup Screen
...............................................................................................
42
2-2
The Main Menu
..............................................................................................
43
2-3
Favorites (F11)
...............................................................................................
45
2-4
Tweaker
..........................................................................................................
46
2-5
Settings
..........................................................................................................
53
2-6
System Info.
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62
2-7
Boot
................................................................................................................
63
2-8
Save & Exit
....................................................................................................
66
Chapter 3 Configuring a RAID Set
...............................................................................
67
3-1
Configuring SATA Controllers
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67
3-2
Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
...............................
81
3-3
Installing an Intel
®
Optane
Memory
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84