Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - default chapter; Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Box Contents ...................................................................................................................6
Optional Items .................................................................................................................6
Z390 AORUS MASTER Motherboard Layout ..................................................................7
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 CPU Cooler .......................................................................................16
1-4 Installing the Memory ........................................................................................ 17
1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory Conguration .....................................................................17
1-4-2 Installing a Memory ................................................................................................18
1-5 Installing an Expansion Card ............................................................................ 19
1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire
™
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
Conguration ................................. 20
1-7 Back Panel Connectors .................................................................................... 21
1-8 Onboard LEDs and Buttons .............................................................................. 24
1-9 Internal Connectors........................................................................................... 26
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................41
2-1 Startup Screen .................................................................................................. 42
2-2 The Main Menu ................................................................................................. 43
2-3 M.I.T. ................................................................................................................. 45
2-4 System .............................................................................................................. 57
2-5 BIOS ................................................................................................................. 58
2-6 Peripherals ........................................................................................................ 61
2-7 Chipset .............................................................................................................. 64
2-8 Power ................................................................................................................ 65
2-9 Save & Exit ....................................................................................................... 67
Chapter 3 Conguring a RAID Set ................................................................................69
3-1 Conguring SATA Controllers ........................................................................... 69
3-2 Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System ................................... 83
3-3 Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory................................................................. 86
Chapter 4 Drivers Installation ........................................................................................89
4-1 Drivers & Software ............................................................................................ 89
4-2 Application Software ......................................................................................... 90
4-3 Information ........................................................................................................ 90