Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force - Using GIGABYTE HW OC

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5-1-4 Using GIGABYTE HW OC
GIGABYTE HW OC allows you to use your smart phone/tablet device to overclock or monitor your computer.
A. Before You Begin
1. Install GIGABYTE HW OC on your smart phone/tablet device. (For Android systems, please download the
appfromGooglePlay;foriOSsystems,pleasedownloaditfromAppStore.)
2. Your smart phone/tablet device must have Android 4.0/iOS 7.1 or above version.
3. Connect one end of your USB charging cable to the white USB port on the motherboard back panel and the
other end to your smart phone/tablet device.
4. Press the OCPSW button on the motherboard back panel.
B. Using GIGABYTE HW OC
B-1 For Android Platforms
1. After your computer is powered on, open the GIGABYTE HW OC app on your smart phone/tablet device.
2. Amessagewillappear,promptingyoutoturnonUSBtetheringforyourdevicerst.AfterenablingUSB
tethering, re-open GIGABYTE HW OC.
3. WaitforafewsecondsandtheFBIOS_LED(nexttothewhiteUSBport)onthemotherboardbackpanelwill
lit up, indicating a successful connection between your smart phone/tablet device and your computer. Then
you can adjust the overclock/overovoltage options on the Advanced CPU OC menu or check the hardware
monitoring items on the Hardware Monitor menu.
B-2 For iOS Platforms
1. After your computer is powered on, enable Personal Hotspot on your smart phone/tablet device (go to
Settings>PersonalHotspot).MakesuretoselectUSBOnly.
2. After Personal Hotspot is enabled, you should now see a bar at the top of your screen that reads
"PersonalHotspot:1Connection."AndtheFBIOS_LED(nexttothewhiteUSBport)onthemotherboard
back panel will lit up, indicating a successful connection between your smart phone/tablet device and your
computer.
3. Next, tap on the GIGABYTE HW OC app on your smart phone/tablet device to open it. After a few seconds,
you can adjust the overclock/overovoltage options on the Advanced CPU OC menu or check the hardware
monitoring items on the Hardware Monitor menu.