Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H - default chapter; Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Box Contents ...................................................................................................................6
Optional Items .................................................................................................................6
GA-F2A88XM-D3H Motherboard Layout .........................................................................7
GA-F2A88XM-D3H Motherboard Block Diagram ............................................................8
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation .....................................................................................9
1-1 Installation Precautions .................................................................................... 9
  .................................................................................... 10
1-3 Installing the APU and APU Cooler ................................................................ 13
1-3-1 Installing the APU ...................................................................................................13
1-3-2 Installing the CPU Cooler .......................................................................................15
1-4 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 16
  .....................................................................16
1-4-2 Installing a Memory ................................................................................................17
1-5 Installing an Expansion Card ......................................................................... 18
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1-7 Back Panel Connectors .................................................................................. 20
1-8 Internal Connectors ........................................................................................ 22
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................31
2-1 Startup Screen ............................................................................................... 32
2-2 The Main Menu .............................................................................................. 33
2-3 M.I.T. .............................................................................................................. 35
2-4 System Information ........................................................................................ 44
2-5 BIOS Features ............................................................................................... 45
2-6 Peripherals ..................................................................................................... 49
2-7 Power Management ....................................................................................... 53
2-8 Save & Exit ..................................................................................................... 55
  ................................................................... 57
  ......................................................................... 57
3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System ....................... 66