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ECS Elitegroup Z87H3-A4 [29/96] Z87h3 a4 user manual

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Z87H3-A4 USER MANUAL

About mSATA Connector

Your motherboard features one Mini SATA slot, you can install a Mini SATA (MSATA)

card into it.

Refer to the illustration below for proper installation:

1 Insert a Mini SATA (MSATA) card into the MSATA Slot.

2 Lower the handle and tighten the screws.

The SATA6 connector will become unavailable when mSATA connector is

installed.

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Copyright 1
Disclaimer 1
Federal communications commission fcc 1
Preface 1
Trademark recognition 1
Z87h3 a4 user manual 1
About the manual 2
Canadian department of communications 2
Declaration of conformity 2
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Chapter 1 1 3
Chapter 2 7 3
Chapter 3 31 3
Connecting case components 6 3
Installing the motherboard 7 safety precautions installing the motherboard in a chassis checking jumper settings installing hardware 3
Introducing the motherboard 1 introduction pakage contents specifications motherboard components i o ports 3
Preface i 3
Table of contents 3
Updating the bios 2 3
Using bios 2 3
Using bios 31 about the setup utility 1 3
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Chapter 4 73 4
Chapter 5 79 4
Chapter 6 85 4
Chapter 7 89 4
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Chapter 1 5
Chapter 1 introducing the motherboard 5
Introduction 5
Package contents 5
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Specifications 6
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Table of motherboard components 9
The sata6 connector will become unavailable when msata connector is installed 9
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I o ports 10
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1 safety precautions 11
2 installing the motherboard in a chassis 11
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Chapter 2 installing the motherboard 11
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3 checking jumper settings 12
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4 1 installing the processor 13
4 installing hardware 13
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4 2 installing the cpu cooler 15
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4 3 installing memory modules 16
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Due to intel cpu spec definition please follow the table above for recommended memory configuration 17
For best performance and compatibility we recommend that users give priority to the white dimms ddr3_2 ddr3_4 when installing dimms 2 we suggest users not to mix memory type it is recommended to use the same brand and type memory on this motherboard 17
Recommend memory configuration 17
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4 4 installing add on cards 18
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4 5 connecting optional devices 20
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Cir consumer infrared header 21
Usb3f front panel usb 3 header 21
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Me_unlock me unlock header 22
Sata1 6 serial ata connectors 22
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Case chassis intrusion detect header 23
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F_usb1 2 front panel usb 2 headers 23
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Com onboard serial port header 24
Tpm trusted platform module header 24
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Lpt onboard parallel port header 25
Spdifo spdif out header 25
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Ac 97 audio configuration to enable the front panel audio connector to support ac97 audio mode 26
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F_audio front panel audio header 26
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4 6 installing a sata hard drive 28
About sata connectors 28
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Installing serial ata hard drives 28
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About msata connector 29
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4 7 connecting case components 30
After you have installed the motherboard into a case you can begin connecting the motherboard components refer to the following 30
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Atx_power atx 24 pin power connector 7 atx12v atx 12v power connector 31
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Cpu_fan cpu cooling fan power connector 3 pwr_fan power cool ing fan power connector 6 7 sys_fan1 2 system cooling fan power connector 31
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Connecting 24 pin power cable 32
Connecting 4 pin power cable 32
Spk speaker header 32
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F_panel front panel header 33
Hard drive activity led 33
Power sleep message waiting led 33
Power switch 33
Reset switch 33
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About the setup utility 35
Chapter 3 35
Chapter 3 using bios 35
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Resetting the default cmos values 36
Using bios 36
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Advanced 37
Bios navigation keys 37
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Default 37
Language 37
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Main menu 38
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 38
System language english this item is used to set system language 38
This menu shows the information of bios and enables you to set the system language date and time 38
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Advanced menu 39
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The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system 39
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Lan configuration 40
Onboard lan controller enabled use this item to enable or disable onboard lan controller 40
The item in the menu shows the lan related information that the bios automatically detects 40
To return to the advanced menu page 40
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Cpu system fan 1 system fan 2 smart fan control enabled 41
On motherboards support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages temperatures and fan speeds 41
Pc health status 41
These items enable you to define the cpu system fan 1 system fan 2 by smartly adjusting the cpu system fan 1 system fan 2 fan when it is set at certain tempera ture the cpu system fan 1 system fan 2 pwm value will change accordingly 41
To view the following screen smart fan function 41
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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 43
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Eup function enabled this item allows user to enable or disable eup support 43
Power led type dual color led this item shows the type of the power led 43
Power management setup 43
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 43
Resume by ps2 kb disabled this item enables or disables you to allow keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 43
Resume by ps2 ms disabled this item enables or disables you to allow mouse activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 43
Resume by ring disabled 43
Resume by usb disabled this item allows you to enable or disable the usb device wakeup function from s3 mode 43
This page sets up some parameters for system power management operation 43
To return to the advanced menu page 43
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Acpi settings 44
Acpi sleep state s3 suspend to ram this item allows user to enter the acpi s3 suspend to ram sleep state default 44
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The item in the menu shows the highest acpi sleep state when the system enters suspend 44
To return to the advanced menu page 44
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Active processor cores all use this item to control the number of active processor cores 45
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Cpu configuration 45
Genuine intel r cpu 0000 2 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 2800mhz this item shows the current processor speed processor stepping 306c2 this item shows the processor stepping version microcode revision ffff0006 this item shows the microcode version processor cores 4 this item shows the core number of the processor intel ht technology not supported this item shows the computer not supports intel ht technology 45
Intel vt x technology supported this item shows the computer supports intel vt x technology 45
Limit cpuid maximum disabled use this item to enable or disable the maximum cpuid value limit you can enables this item to prevent the system from rebooting when trying to install windows nt 4 45
The item in the menu shows the cpu 45
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Intel r rapid start technology 47
Intel r rapid start technology disabled use this item to enable or disable the intel r rapid start technology 47
To return to the advanced menu page 47
Use this item to show the information of intel r rapid start technology 47
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Sata configuration 48
Sata mode ahci mode use this item to select sata mode 48
Use this item to show the mode of serial sata configuration options 48
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Hdd unlock enabled use this item to enable or disable the hdd unlock if enabled indicates that the hdd password unlock in the os is enabled led locate enabled use this item to enable or disable the led locate if enabled indicates that the led sgpio hardware is attached and ping to locate feature is enabled on the os 49
Intel rapid recovery technology enabled use this item to enable or disable the intel rapid recovery technology 49
Irrt only on esata enabled use this item to enable or disable the irrt only on esata if enabled then only irrt volumes can span internal and esata drives if disabled then any raid volumes can span internal and esata drives 49
Orom ui and banner enabled use this item to enable or disable the orom ui and banner if enabled then the orom ui is shown otherwise no oram banner or information will be displayed if all disks and raid volumes are normal 49
Raid0 1 10 5 enabled use these items to enable or disable the raid0 1 10 5 49
Smart response technology enabled use this item to enable or disable the smart response technology orom ui delay 2 seconds use this item to set the orom ui delay if enabled indicates the delay of the oram ui splash screen in a normal status 49
To return to the sata configuration page 49
To view the following screen 49
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Intel r smart connect technology 50
Isct support disabled use this item to enable or disable isct support 50
Sata port 1 6 not present sony dvd rw atapi st3160815as 160 gb this motherboard supports six sata channels and each channel allows one sata de vice to be installed use these items to configure each device on the sata channel 50
To return to the advanced menu page 50
Use this item to show the information of intel r smart connect technology 50
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All usb devices enabled use this item to enable or disable all usb devices 51
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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
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Change settings auto 52
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Serial port enabled 52
Super io chip it8728 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
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Device settings io 378h irq 5 dma 3 53
Parallel port enabled 53
This item allows you to enable or disable parallel port 53
This item shows the information of the device mode 53
This item shows the information of the device settings change settings auto 53
To return to the super io configuration page 53
To view the following screen 53
Use this item to change device settings device mode ecp mode 53
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Cir controller enabled 54
This item allows you to enable or disable cir controller 54
To return to the advanced menu page 54
To return to the super io configuration page 54
To view the following screen 54
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Tpm support enabled use this item to enable or disable the tpm support o s will not show tpm reset of platform is required 55
Trusted computing 55
Use this item to show the information of trusted computing configuration 55
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Chipset menu 56
Dvmt memory 256m 56
Igd memory 64m 56
Initiate graphic adapter auto 56
System agent configuration 56
The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the north bridge chipset south bridge chipset and other system 56
This item allows you to select graphics controller to use as the primary boot device 56
This item shows the information of the igd internal graphics device memory 56
To view the following screen 56
When set to fixed mode the graphics driver will reserve a fixed position of the sys tem memory as graphics memory according to system and graphics requirements 56
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Multi monitor technology 58
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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 59
Step 3 enable igd multi monitor from bios in the following bios screen please set igd multi monitor to enabled 59
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Display devices 60
Enter the control panel menu select the display in the all control panel items and click the screen resolution then appears the following screen 60
Select display devices set the multiple displays option and to extend destop for display multi monitor technology 60
Set the multiple displays 60
Show the path of the setting location 60
Step 4 change the appearance of your displays under windows 7 8 60
The type of the display 60
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Pch configuration 62
Restore ac power loss power off 62
This item enables or disables azalia hd audio case open warning disabled 62
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 62
This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status azalia hd audio enabled 62
This item indicates whether the case has been opened 62
To return to the chipset menu page 62
To view the following screen 62
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Me configuration 63
Me control enabled use this item to enable or disable the me firmware 63
Me fw version 9 310 this item shows the me fw version 63
To return to the chipset menu page 63
To view the following screen 63
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Cpu configuration 64
M i b iii mb intelligent bios iii menu 64
Non turbo ratio override 25 64
Package current lock disabled 64
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 64
This item allows you to enable or disable the package current lock 64
This item allows you to set the non turbo ratio override value 64
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 64
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Graphics core ratio limit 16 this item allows you to control the internal gfx core ratio 66
North bridge configuration 66
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 66
To return to the m i b iii menu page 66
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Memory configuration 67
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 67
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Dll weak lock support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the dll weak lock support 68
Enh interleave support enabled this item allows you to enable or disable the enh interleave support 68
Memory frequency 1067 mhz this item shows the information of the memory frequency 68
Memory rc version 1 this item shows the information of the memory rc version 68
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 68
These items show the information of performance memory profiles memory profiles automatic this item enables you to set the memory profiles the selection of memory profiles impacts memory sizing behavior 68
Total memory 1024 mb ddr3 this item shows the information of the total memory 68
Xmp profile 1 2 not supported 68
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Ch0writevref 0 78 v auto this item allows you to adjust the ch0writevref from 0 to 108 and the default is 54 1 step is 4mv 70
Ch1writevref 0 50 v auto this item allows you to adjust the ch1writevref from 0 to 108 and the default is 54 1 step is 4mv 70
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Cpu voltage 1 00 v auto this item allows you to adjust the cpu voltage 70
Dimm voltage 1 00 v auto this item allows you to adjust the dimm voltage 70
Over voltage configuration 70
Pch voltage 1 56 v auto this item allows you to adjust the pch voltage 70
Scroll to this item to view the following screen 70
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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
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This page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state 73
To see the submenu 73
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Administrator password status not install this item shows administrator password installed or not 74
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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
User password status not install this item shows user password installed or not 74
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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
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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 as user defaults this item enables you to save the changes that you have made as user defaults restore user defaults this item enables you to restore the user defaults 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
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Updating the bios 76
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Auto installing under windows xp 7 8 77
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Chapter 4 using the motherboard software 77
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Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to re start 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
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Ecs utility software intelligent ez utility 79
Manual installation 79
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Before creating a raid set 83
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Matrix storage manager raid configuration 83
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Entering inte 84
Matrix storage manager raid bios utility 84
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Creating a raid set 85
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Deletes all the data in the hdds 86
The following screen appears displaying the relevant information about the raid set you created 86
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 86
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Deletes all the data in the hdds 87
Deleting a raid set 87
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Deletes all the data in the hdds 88
Exiting setup 88
Resetting disks to non raid 88
To reset disks to non raid 88
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Chapter 6 89
Chapter 6 ati crossfire 89
Graphics cards 89
Installing crossfire 89
Requirements 89
Technology support 89
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Control center dialog box 91
The catalys 91
To enable crossfire 91
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Chapter 7 trouble shooting 93
Start up problems during assembly 93
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Maintenance and care tips 94
Start up problems after prolong use 94
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Basic troubleshooting flowchart 95
S e y s e y 95
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