Home
Главная
ECS Elitegroup
Материнская Плата
Z87H3-A2X EXTREME
Руководство пользователя Страница: 27

ECS Elitegroup Z87H3-A2X EXTREME [27/104] Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual

Chapter 2

Z87H3-A2X EXTREME (GOLDEN) USER MANUAL

7. COM: Onboard Serial Port Header

Connect a serial port extension bracket to this header to add a serial port to your

system.

8. SPDIFO: SPDIF Out Header

This is an optional header that provides an SPDIFO (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)

output to digital multimedia device through optical fiber or coaxial connector.

Содержание

Copyright 1
Disclaimer 1
Federal communications commission fcc 1
Preface 1
Trademark recognition 1
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 1
Canadian department of communications 2
Ce marking 2
Declaration of conformity 2
En 55022 2
En 55024 2
En 60950 2
En 61000 3 2 2
En 61000 3 3 2
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 2
About the manual 3
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 3
Chapter 1 1 5
Chapter 2 9 5
Chapter 3 31 5
Installing the motherboard 9 safety precautions installing the motherboard in a chassis installing hardware 0 5
Introducing the motherboard 1 introduction pakage contents specifications motherboard components i o ports 5
Preface i 5
Table of contents 5
Using bios 2 5
Using bios 31 about the setup utility 1 5
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 5
Chapter 4 71 6
Chapter 5 77 6
Chapter 6 81 6
Chapter 7 85 6
Chapter 8 91 6
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 6
Chapter 1 7
Chapter 1 introducing the motherboard 7
Introduction 7
Package contents 7
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 7
Chapter 1 8
Specifications 8
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 8
Chapter 1 9
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 9
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 10
Chapter 1 11
Table of motherboard components 11
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 11
A center woofer d front out 12
B back surround e mic_in rear 12
C line in 12
Chapter 1 12
I o ports 12
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 12
Chapter 1 13
Esata 6gb s ports use these ports to connect to external sata boxes or serial ata port multipliers 13
Hdmi port you can connect the display device to the hdmi port 13
Optical spidf output port this jack connects to external optical digital audio output devices 13
Table of onboard buttons 13
Usb 2 ports use the usb 2 ports to connect usb 2 devices 13
Usb 3 ports use the usb 3 ports to connect usb 3 devices 13
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 13
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 14
1 safety precautions 15
2 installing the motherboard in a chassis 15
Chapter 2 15
Chapter 2 installing the motherboard 15
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 15
4 1 installing the processor 16
4 installing hardware 16
Chapter 2 16
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 16
Chapter 2 17
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 17
4 2 installing the cpu cooler 18
Chapter 2 18
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 18
4 3 installing memory modules 19
Chapter 2 19
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 19
Channel a ddr3_1 ddr3_2 20
Channel b ddr3_3 ddr3_4 20
Chapter 2 20
Due to intel cpu spec definition please follow the table above for recommended memory configuration 20
For best performance and compatibility we recommend that users give priority to the white dimms ddr3_2 ddr3_4 when installing dimms 20
Recommend memory configuration 20
The four ddr3 memory sockets ddr3_1 ddr3_2 ddr3_3 and ddr3_4 are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following 20
We suggest users not to mix memory type it is recommended to use the same brand and type memory on this motherboard 20
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 20
4 4 installing add on cards 21
Chapter 2 21
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 21
Chapter 2 22
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 22
4 5 connecting optional devices 23
Chapter 2 23
Ezm1 easy measure point connector 23
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 23
Case chassis intrusion detect header 24
Chapter 2 24
Me_unlock me unlock header 24
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 24
Chapter 2 25
Sata3_1 7 serial ata cconnectors 25
Usb3f_1 front panel usb 3 header 25
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 25
Chapter 2 26
F_usb1 2 front panel usb 2 headers f_usb1 supports ez charger 26
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 26
Chapter 2 27
Com onboard serial port header 27
Spdifo spdif out header 27
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 27
Ac 97 audio configuration to enable the front panel audio connector to support ac97 audio mode 28
Chapter 2 28
F_audio front panel audio header 28
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 28
Chapter 2 29
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 29
4 6 installing a sata hard drive 30
About sata connectors 30
Chapter 2 30
Installing serial ata hard drives 30
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 30
4 7 connecting case components 31
After you have installed the motherboard into a case you can begin connecting the motherboard components refer to the following 31
Chapter 2 31
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 31
4 5 7 cpu_fan cpu cooling fan connector nb_fan north bridge cooling fan connector sys_fan system cooling fan connector pwr_fan power cooling fan connector 32
Chapter 2 32
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 32
6 atx_power atx 24 pin power connector atx12v atx 12v power connector 33
Chapter 2 33
Connecting 24 pin power cable 33
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 33
Chapter 2 34
Connecting 4 pin power cable 34
Connecting 8 pin power cable 34
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 34
Chapter 2 35
F_panel front panel header 35
Hard drive activity led 35
Power sleep message waiting led 35
Power switch 35
Reset switch 35
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 35
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 36
About the setup utility 37
Chapter 3 37
Chapter 3 using bios 37
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 37
Chapter 3 38
Resetting the default cmos values 38
Using bios 38
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 38
Advanced 39
Bios navigation keys 39
Chapter 3 39
Default 39
Language 39
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 39
Chapter 3 40
Main menu 40
System date time the date and time items show the current date and time on the computer if you are running a windows os these items are automatically updated whenever you make changes to the windows date and time properties utility 40
System language english this item is used to set system language 40
This menu shows the information of bios and enables you to set the system language date and time 40
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 40
Advanced menu 41
Chapter 3 41
The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system 41
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 41
Chapter 3 42
Lan configuration 42
Onboard lan 1 2 controller enabled use these items to enable or disable onboard lan 1 2 controller 42
The item in the menu shows the lan related information that the bios automatically detects 42
To return to the advanced menu page 42
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 42
Chapter 3 43
Cpu system power smart fan control enabled 43
On motherboards support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages temperatures and fan speeds 43
Pc health status 43
These items enable you to define the cpu system power by smartly adjusting the cpu system power fan when it is set at certain temperature the cpu system power fan pwm value will change accordingly 43
To view the following screen smart fan function 43
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 43
Chapter 3 44
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 44
An input signal on the serial ring indicator ri line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state 45
Chapter 3 45
Eup function enabled this item allows user to enable or disable eup support 45
Power led type dual color led this item shows the type of the power led 45
Power management setup 45
Resume by pme disabled the system can be turned off with a software command if you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the pci pci e modem or pci pci e lan card you must use an atx power supply in order to use this feature use this item to do wake up action if inserting the pci pci e card 45
Resume by ring disabled 45
Resume by rtc alarm disabled the system can be turned off with a software command if you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s rtc realtimeclock use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm you must use an atx power supply in order to use this feature 45
Resume by usb disabled this item allows you to enable or disable the usb device wakeup function from s3 mode 45
This page sets up some parameters for system power management operation 45
To return to the advanced menu page 45
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 45
Chapter 3 46
Pci express 16x speed auto this item allows user to configure the pci express 16x speed 46
Pci express configuration 46
The item in the menu shows the information of pci express configuration 46
To return to the advanced menu page 46
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 46
Acpi settings 47
Acpi sleep state s3 suspend to ram this item allows user to enter the acpi s3 suspend to ram sleep state default 47
Chapter 3 47
The item in the menu shows the highest acpi sleep state when the system enters suspend 47
To return to the advanced menu page 47
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 47
Active processor cores all use this item to control the number of active processor cores 48
Chapter 3 48
Cpu configuration 48
Hyper threading enabled this item is only available when the chipset supports hyper threading and you are using a hyper threading cpu 48
Intel r core tm i7 4770k cpu 3 0ghz this is display only field and displays the information of the cpu installed in your computer em64t supported this item shows the computer supports em64t processor speed 3700mhz this item shows the current processor speed processor stepping 306c3 this item shows the processor stepping version microcode revision 8 this item shows the microcode version processor cores 4 this item shows the core number of the processor intel ht technology supported this item shows the computer not supports intel ht technology 48
Intel vt x technology supported this item shows the computer supports intel vt x technology 48
The item in the menu shows the cpu configuration 48
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 48
Chapter 3 49
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 49
Chapter 3 50
Esata mode ahci mode use this item to select esata mode external sata port5 port6 ahci mode use this item to select external sata port5 port6 mode 50
Sata configuration 50
Sata mode ahci mode use this item to select sata mode 50
Sata port 1 4 7 msata not present this motherboard supports seven sata channels and one msata channel and each channel allows one sata msata device to be installed use these items to configure each device on the sata msata channel 50
To return to the advanced menu page 50
Use this item to show the mode of serial sata configuration options 50
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 50
All usb devices enabled use this item to enable or disable all usb devices 51
Chapter 3 51
Legacy usb support enabled use this item to enable or disable support for legacy usb devices 51
To return to the advanced menu page 51
Usb configuration 51
Use this item to show the information of usb configuration 51
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 51
Change settings auto 52
Chapter 3 52
Serial port enabled 52
Super io chip it8732 this item shows the information of the super io chip 52
Super io configuration 52
This item allows you to enable or disable serial port device settings io 3f8h irq 4 52
This item shows the information of the device settings 52
To return to the super io configuration page 52
To view the following screen 52
Use this item to change device settings 52
Use this item to show the information of super io configuration 52
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 52
Chapter 3 53
Intel r rapid start technology 53
Intel r rapid start technology disabled use this item to enable or disable the intel r rapid start technology 53
To return to the advanced menu page 53
Use this item to show the information of intel r rapid start technology 53
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 53
Chapter 3 54
Intel r smart connect technology 54
Isct support disabled use this item to enable or disable isct support 54
To return to the advanced menu page 54
Use this item to show the information of intel r smart connect technology 54
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 54
Chapter 3 55
Chipset menu 55
Dvmt memory 256m 55
Igd memory 64m 55
Igd multi monitor disabled 55
System agent configuration 55
The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the north bridge chipset south bridge chipset and other system 55
This item allows you to enable or disable the igd multi monitor 55
This item shows the information of the igd internal graphics device memory 55
To view the following screen 55
When set to fixed mode the graphics driver will reserve a fixed position of the system memory as graphics memory according to system and graphics requirements 55
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 55
Chapter 3 56
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 56
Chapter 3 57
Multi monitor technology 57
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 57
Chapter 3 58
Step 2 install all the drivers of pci express graphic cards click the browse cd item then appears the following screen select the driver you want to install e g nvidia geforce 8400 gs microsoft corporation wddm v1 and double click it 58
Step 3 enable igd multi monitor from bios in the following bios screen please set igd multi monitor to enabled 58
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 58
Chapter 3 59
Display devices 59
Enter the control panel menu select the display in the all control panel items and click the screen resolution then appears the following screen 59
Select display devices set the multiple displays option and to extend destop for display multi monitor technology 59
Set the multiple displays 59
Show the path of the setting location 59
Step 4 change the appearance of your displays under windows 7 8 59
The type of the display 59
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 59
Chapter 3 60
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 60
Chapter 3 61
Pch configuration 61
Restore ac power loss power off 61
This item enables or disables azalia hd audio case open warning disabled 61
This item enables or disables the warning if the case is opened up and the item below indicates the current status of the case chassis opened no 61
This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status azalia hd audio enabled 61
This item indicates whether the case has been opened 61
To return to the chipset menu page 61
To view the following screen 61
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 61
Chapter 3 62
Me configuration 62
Me control enabled use this item to enable or disable the me firmware 62
Me fw version 9 345 this item shows the me fw version 62
To return to the chipset menu page 62
To view the following screen 62
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 62
Chapter 3 63
Cpu configuration 63
Cpu ratio 35 63
M i b x mb intelligent bios x menu 63
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 63
This item allows you to control non turbo cpu ratio 63
This page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system the clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system 63
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 63
Chapter 3 64
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 64
Chapter 3 65
Graphics core ratio limit 25 this item allows you to control the internal gfx core ratio 65
North bridge configuration 65
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 65
To return to the m i b x menu page 65
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 65
Chapter 3 66
Memory configuration 66
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 66
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 66
Chapter 3 67
Dll weak lock support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the dll weak lock support 67
Enh interleave support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the enh interleave support 67
Mc lock enabled this item allows you to enable or disable capacity to lock mc registers or not 67
Memory frequency 1333 mhz this item shows the information of the memory frequency 67
Memory frequency 1333 this item shows the memory frequency 67
Memory profiles automatic this item enables you to set the memory profiles the selection of memory profiles impacts memory sizing behavior 67
Memory rc version 1 this item shows the information of the memory rc version 67
Ri support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the rank interleave support note ri and hori can not be enabled at the same time 67
Total memory 2048 mb ddr3 this item shows the information of the total memory 67
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 67
Chapter 3 68
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 68
Chapter 3 69
Dimm voltage 1 15 v auto this item allows you to adjust the dimm voltage 69
Over voltage configuration 69
Pch core voltage 1 46 v auto this item allows you to adjust the pch voltage 69
Pch io voltage 1 82 v auto this item allows you to adjust the sb voltage 69
Processor input voltage auto this item allows you to adjust the processor input voltage 69
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 69
Vdroop enabled use this item to enable or disable the vdroop 69
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 69
Chapter 3 70
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 70
Chapter 3 71
Profile configuration 71
Restore last setting disabled use this item to enable or disable the restore last setting configuration 71
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 71
Select profile use this item to select the profile to configure 71
To return to the m i b x menu page 71
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 71
Chapter 3 72
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 72
Boot configuration this item shows the information of the boot configuration operation system select windows 7 or other os this item is used to select the operation system launch pxe oprom disabled the item enables or disables launch pxe option rom launch storage oprom enabled use this item to enable or disable the storage oprom fast boot disabled this item enables or disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of device re quired to launch active boot option has no effect for bbs boot options bootup numlock state on this item enables you to select numlock state quiet boot enabled this item enables or disables quiet boot boot mode select legacy use this item to select boot mode set boot priority this item enables you to set boot priority for all boot devices boot option 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 these items show the boot priorities 73
Boot menu 73
Chapter 3 73
This page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state 73
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 73
Administrator password status not install this item shows administrator password installed or not 74
Chapter 3 74
Platform mode setup this item allows you to set the platform mode 74
Secure boot disabled this item is used to control the secure boot flow it is possible only if system runs in user mode 74
Security menu 74
This page enables you to set setup administrator password and user password 74
To setup the administrator password 74
User password status not install this item shows user password installed or not 74
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 74
Back to ez mode this item enables you to back to ez mode save changes and exit this item enables you to exi 75
Boot override use this item to select the boot device 75
Chapter 3 75
Discard changes and exit this item enables you to exit system setup without saving any changes 75
Discard changes and reset this item enables you to reset system setup without saving any changes 75
Exit menu 75
Save changes and reset this item enables you to reset system setup after saving the changes 75
Save options this item enables you to save the options that you have made save changes this item enables you to save the changes that you have made discard changes this item enables you to discard any changes that you have made restore defaults this item enables you to restore defaults to all the setup options 75
The system setup after saving the changes 75
This page enables you to exit system setup after saving or without saving the changes 75
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 75
Chapter 3 76
Updating the bios 76
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 76
Auto installing under windows 7 8 77
Chapter 4 77
Chapter 4 using the motherboard software 77
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 77
Chapter 4 78
Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart a few times to complete the installation 78
Windows 8 will show the following screen after system restart you must select desktop in the bottom left to install the next driver 78
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 78
Chapter 4 79
Ecs utility software intelligent ez utility 79
Manual installation 79
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 79
Chapter 4 80
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 80
Chapter 4 81
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 81
Chapter 4 82
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 82
Chapter 5 83
Chapter 5 amd crossfire 83
Graphics cards 83
Installing crossfire 83
Requirements 83
Technology support 83
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 83
Chapter 5 84
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 84
Chapter 5 85
Control center dialog box 85
The catalys 85
To enable crossfire 85
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 85
Chapter 5 86
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 86
Chapter 6 87
Chapter 6 nvidi 87
Hybrid sl 87
Installing your nvidi 87
Requirements 87
Sli ready components 87
Technology support 87
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 87
Chapter 6 88
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 88
Chapter 6 89
Enabling nvidi 89
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 89
Chapter 6 90
Control panel setting of 2 way sli 90
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 90
Before creating a raid set 91
Chapter 7 91
Rapid storage technology raid configuration 91
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 91
Chapter 7 92
Entering inte 92
Rapid storage technology raid bios utility 92
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 92
Chapter 7 93
Creating a raid set 93
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 93
Chapter 7 94
Deletes all the data in the hdds 94
The following screen appears displaying the relevant information about the raid set you created 94
Users please be noted that raid 0 stripe is set to accelerate the data access and raid 1 mirror is set to provide the data backup if you want to set raid 0 you need to set the 2nd boot device item in the bios to intel volume0 see section advanced setup for details 94
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 94
Chapter 7 95
Deletes all the data in the hdds 95
Deleting a raid set 95
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 95
Chapter 7 96
Deletes all the data in the hdds 96
Exiting setup 96
Resetting disks to non raid 96
To reset disks to non raid 96
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 96
Chapter 8 97
Chapter 8 trouble shooting 97
Start up problems during assembly 97
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 97
Chapter 8 98
Maintenance and care tips 98
Start up problems after prolong use 98
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 98
Basic troubleshooting flowchart 99
S e y s e y 99
Post code checkpoints 101
The post code checkpoints are the largest set of checkpoints during the bios pre boot process the following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the post portion of the bios 101
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 101
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 102
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 103
Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual 104

ECS Elitegroup Z87H3-A2X EXTREME [27/104] Z87h3 a2x extreme golden user manual

Содержание

Похожие устройства