Gigabyte X299X AORUS XTREME WF - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Box Contents ...................................................................................................................6
Optional Items .................................................................................................................6
X299X AORUS XTREME WF (X299X AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE) Motherboard
Layout ............................................................................................................................7
X299X AORUS XTREME WF (X299X AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE) Motherboard
Block Diagram ................................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation .....................................................................................9
1-1 Installation Precautions ................................................................................... 9
1-2 ProductSpecications ................................................................................... 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 .................................................................................... 18
1-4-1 4ChannelMemoryConguration..........................................................................18
1-4-2 Installing a Memory ................................................................................................19
1-5 Installing an Expansion Card ......................................................................... 20
1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire
™
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Conguration ............................. 21
1-7 Back Panel Connectors ................................................................................. 22
1-8 Onboard Buttons, Switches and LEDs .......................................................... 25
1-9 Internal Connectors ....................................................................................... 27
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................43
2-1 Startup Screen ............................................................................................... 44
2-2 The Main Menu .............................................................................................. 45
2-3 Favorites (F11) ............................................................................................... 47
2-4 Tweaker .......................................................................................................... 48
2-5 Settings .......................................................................................................... 54
2-6 System Info. .................................................................................................. 62
2-7 Boot ................................................................................................................ 63
2-8 Save & Exit .................................................................................................... 66
Chapter3 ConguringaRAIDSet ...............................................................................67
3-1 ConguringSATAControllers ........................................................................ 67
3-2 Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System ............................... 78
3-3 Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory ............................................................. 81
3-4 ConguringIntel
®
Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel
®
VROC) ................................. 83