Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH - Page 22

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Hardware Installation
USB 2.0/1.1 Port
The USB 2.0/1.1 port supports the USB 3.0 specication and is compatible to the USB 2.0/1.1 specication.
Use this port for USB devices such as a USB keyboard/mouse, USB printer, USB ash drive and etc.
eSATA 6Gb/s Connector
This connector supports SATA 6Gb/s specication. Use the port to connect an external SATA device or a
SATA port multiplier. The Marvell 88SE9172 chip supports RAID function. Refer to Chapter 5, "Conguring
SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on conguring a RAID array.
RJ-45 LAN Port
The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port provides Internet connection at up to 1 Gbps data rate. The following
describes the states of the LAN port LEDs.
Thunderbolt Port
(Note 2)
Use this port for Thunderbolt devices or Mini-DisplayPort monitors. Thunderbolt device connectivity is
dependent on PC I/O resources availability. Each Thunderbolt port can be daisy chain around 3 Thunderbolt
devices. If you need to connect more Thunderbolt devices, adjust Reserved IO for Thunderbolt under
Peripherals\Intel(R) Thunderbolt in BIOS Setup. (Refer to Chapter 2, "Peripherals\Intel(R) Thunderbolt"
for more information.)
This motherboard built-in 2 Thunderbolt ports and support up to 2 DisplayPort monitors. 2 DisplayPort
monitors daisy chain in the same port must separate by one Thunderbolt device. The maximum supported
resolution is 2560x1600, but the actual resolutions supported are dependent on the monitor being used.
Triple-Display Congurations for the Onboard Graphics:
This motherboard provides four video output ports: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI, and Thunderbolt. Triple monitor
congurations are supported in operating system environment only, but not during the BIOS Setup or
POST process.
Activity LED
Connection/
Speed LED
LAN Port
Activity LED:
Connection/Speed LED:
State Description
Orange 1 Gbps data rate
Green 100 Mbps data rate
Off 10 Mbps data rate
State Description
Blinking Data transmission or receiving is occurring
On No data transmission or receiving is occurring
After installing the DisplayPort device, make sure the default device for sound playback is the
DisplayPort device. (The item name may differ from operating system. For example, in Windows 7,
go to Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Playback and set the DisplayPort device
as the default playback device. Refer to the HDMI settings information on the previous page for
the conguration dialog box.)
(Note 2) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and the MDP2 Thunderbolt port is not supported. When a monitor
connected to the DVI-D port, the MDP2 Thunderbolt port can support Thunderbolt storage device(s)
only.