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ENVIROMENTAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION .............................................................................iii
USER’S NOTICE .......................................................................................................................iv
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.......................................................................................iv
ITEM CHECK LIST ..................................................................................................................iv
COOLING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................iv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF INTEL H67/Z68 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARDS
1-1 MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATION...........................................................................1
1-2 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.............................................................2
1-3 LAYOUT DIAGRAM....................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS.......................................................................4
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................4
2-3 INSTALLING CPU.......................................................................................................6
2-3-1 ABOUT INTEL LGA 1155 CPU SOCKET ....................................................6
2-3-2 LGA 1155 CPU INSTALLATION GUIDE......................................................7
2-3-3 INTEL REFERENCE THERMAL SOLUTION ASSEMBLY..........................8
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY ....................................................................................................9
2-5 EXPANSION CARDS INSTALLATION ......................................................................10
2-5-1 EXPANSION SLOTS.....................................................................................10
2-5-2 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION..........................10
2-5-3 INSTALLING CARD BRIDGE .......................................................................11
2-6 CONNECTORS AND HEADERS................................................................................12
2-6-1 I/O BACK PANEL CONNECTORS...............................................................12
2-6-2 INTERNAL CONNECTORS..........................................................................13
2-6-3 INTERNAL HEADERS..................................................................................15
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP .....................................................................................................18
3-2 BIOS MENU SCREEN ................................................................................................18
3-3 FUNCTION KEY..........................................................................................................19
3-4 GETTING HELP ..........................................................................................................19
3-5 MENU BAR..................................................................................................................19
3-6 MAIN MENU................................................................................................................19
3-7 ADVANCED MENU.....................................................................................................20
3-7-1 ACPI SETTINGS..........................................................................................21
3-7-2 SATA CONFIGURATION ............................................................................22
3-7-3 INTEL IGD SWSCI OPREGION ..................................................................23
3-7-4 USB CONFIGURATION...............................................................................23
3-7-5 SUPER IO CONFIGURATION.....................................................................24
3-7-6 H/W MONITOR.............................................................................................25
3-8 CHIPSET MENU..........................................................................................................26
3-8-1 NORTH BRIDGE ........................................................................................26
3-8-2 SOUTH BRIDGE ........................................................................................27
3-8-3 ME SUBSYSTEM.........................................................................................29
3-9 BOOT MENU..............................................................................................................30
3-10 SECURITY MENU .....................................................................................................31
3-11 TURBO OC ................................................................................................................31
3-11-1 CPU CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................32
3-11-2 CPU PERFORMANCE TUNING ..............................................................33
3-11-3 MEMORY PERFORMANCE TUNING .....................................................34
3-11-4 VOLTAGE CONFIGURATION .................................................................35
3-12 SAVE & EXIT MENU .................................................................................................36
3-13 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS ............................................................................................36
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
4-1 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION.................................................................................37
4-2 INSTALL INTEL AHCI/RAID DRIVER........................................................................38
4-3 INTEL PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ............................................39
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