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X77H2-A3 USER MANUAL
Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the follow-
ing conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference.
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
Canadian Department of Communications
This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-
causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement
sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada.
The manual consists of the following:
Describes features of the
motherboard.
H
page 1
Describes installation of
motherboard components.
H
page 7
H
page 27
H
page 59
Installing the Motherboard
Introducing the Motherboard
Provides information on us-
ing the BIOS Setup Utility.
Chapter 5
Describes the motherboard
software.
page 63
H
Limits and methods of mesurement of radio disturbance char-
acteristics of information technology equipment
EN 55022
EN 61000-3-2
Disturbances in supply systems caused
EN 61000-3-3
Disturbances in supply systems caused by household appli-
ances and similar electrical equipment “ Voltage fluctuations”
EN 55024
Information technology equipment-Immunity characteristics-
Limits and methods of measurement
EN 60950
Safety for information technology equipment including electri-
cal business equipment
CE marking
About the Manual
This device is in conformity with the following EC/EMC directives:
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
Using the Motherboard Software
Chapter 6
Trouble Shooting
Provides basic trouble
shooting tips.
page 69
H
Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager
RAID Configurations
Describes Intel
®
Matrix
Storage Manager RAID
Configurations.
Содержание
- Copyright 1
- Disclaimer 1
- Federal communications commission fcc 1
- Preface 1
- Trademark recognition 1
- X77h2 a3 user manual 1
- About the manual 2
- Canadian department of communications 2
- Declaration of conformity 2
- X77h2 a3 user manual 2
- Chapter 1 1 3
- Chapter 2 7 3
- Chapter 3 27 3
- Connecting case components 3 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
- Using bios 27 about the setup utility 7 3
- X77h2 a3 user manual 3
- Chapter 4 59 4
- Chapter 5 63 4
- Chapter 6 69 4
- X77h2 a3 user manual 4
- Chapter 1 5
- Chapter 1 introducing the motherboard 5
- Introduction 5
- Package contents 5
- X77h2 a3 user manual 5
- Chapter 1 6
- Specifications 6
- X77h2 a3 user manual 6
- Chapter 1 7
- X77h2 a3 user manual 7
- X77h2 a3 user manual 8
- Chapter 1 9
- Table of motherboard components 9
- X77h2 a3 user manual 9
- Chapter 1 10
- I o ports 10
- X77h2 a3 user manual 10
- 1 safety precautions 11
- 2 installing the motherboard in a chassis 11
- Chapter 2 11
- Chapter 2 installing the motherboard 11
- X77h2 a3 user manual 11
- 3 checking jumper settings 12
- Chapter 2 12
- X77h2 a3 user manual 12
- 4 1 installing the processor 13
- 4 installing hardware 13
- Chapter 2 13
- X77h2 a3 user manual 13
- Chapter 2 14
- X77h2 a3 user manual 14
- 4 2 installing the cpu cooler 15
- Chapter 2 15
- X77h2 a3 user manual 15
- 4 3 installing memory modules 16
- Chapter 2 16
- X77h2 a3 user manual 16
- Chapter 2 17
- 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
- X77h2 a3 user manual 17
- 4 4 installing add on cards 18
- Chapter 2 18
- X77h2 a3 user manual 18
- Chapter 2 19
- X77h2 a3 user manual 19
- 4 5 connecting optional devices 20
- Chapter 2 20
- Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard s optional devices 20
- X77h2 a3 user manual 20
- Case chassis intrusion detect header 21
- Chapter 2 21
- Usb3f front panel usb 3 header 21
- X77h2 a3 user manual 21
- Chapter 2 22
- F_usb1 2 front panel usb 2 headers f_usb1 supports ez charger 22
- Sata1 6 serial ata connectors 22
- X77h2 a3 user manual 22
- Chapter 2 23
- Com onboard serial port header 23
- Me_unlock me unlock header 23
- X77h2 a3 user manual 23
- Chapter 2 24
- F_audio front panel audio header 24
- Spdifo spdif out header 24
- X77h2 a3 user manual 24
- Ac 97 audio configuration to enable the front panel audio connector to sup port ac97 audio mode 25
- Chapter 2 25
- X77h2 a3 user manual 25
- 4 6 installing a sata hard drive 26
- About sata connectors 26
- Chapter 2 26
- Installing serial ata hard drives 26
- X77h2 a3 user manual 26
- 4 7 connecting case components 27
- Chapter 2 27
- Cpu_fan cpu cooling fan power connector 6 sys_fan system cool ing fan power connector 3 pwr_fan power cooling fan power connec tor 27
- X77h2 a3 user manual 27
- Atx_power atx 24 pin power connector 7 atx12v atx 12v power connector 28
- Chapter 2 28
- Connecting 24 pin power cable 28
- Connecting 4 pin power cable 28
- X77h2 a3 user manual 28
- Chapter 2 29
- Front panel header 29
- Hard drive activity led 29
- Power sleep message waiting led 29
- Power switch 29
- Reset switch 29
- X77h2 a3 user manual 29
- Chapter 2 30
- Spk speaker 30
- X77h2 a3 user manual 30
- About the setup utility 31
- Chapter 3 31
- Chapter 3 using bios 31
- X77h2 a3 user manual 31
- Chapter 3 32
- Resetting the default cmos values 32
- Using bios 32
- X77h2 a3 user manual 32
- Advanced 33
- Bios navigation keys 33
- Chapter 3 33
- Default 33
- Language 33
- X77h2 a3 user manual 33
- Chapter 3 34
- 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 34
- Main menu 34
- System language english this item is used to set system language 34
- This menu shows the information of bios and enables you to set the system language date and time 34
- X77h2 a3 user manual 34
- Advanced menu 35
- Chapter 3 35
- The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system 35
- X77h2 a3 user manual 35
- Chapter 3 36
- Ipv4 6 pxe support enabled use these items to enable or disable the ipv4 6 pxe boot support if disabled ipv4 6 pxe boot option will not be created 36
- Lan configuration 36
- Network stack enabled use this item to enable or disable uefi network stack 36
- Onboard lan controller enabled use this item to enable or disable onboard lan 1 controller 36
- The item in the menu shows the lan related information that the bios automatically detects 36
- To return to the advanced menu page 36
- X77h2 a3 user manual 36
- Chapter 3 37
- Cpu system power smart fan control enabled 37
- On motherboards support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages temperatures and fan speeds 37
- Pc health status 37
- This item enables 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 37
- To view the following screen smart fan function 37
- X77h2 a3 user manual 37
- Chapter 3 38
- X77h2 a3 user manual 38
- 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 39
- Chapter 3 39
- Eup function enabled this item allows user to enable or disable eup support 39
- Power led type dual color led this item shows the type of the power led 39
- Power management setup 39
- 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 modem or pci 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 card 39
- Resume by ps2 kb s3 disabled this item enables or disables you to allow keyboard activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 39
- Resume by ps2 ms s3 disabled this item enables or disables you to allow mouse activity to awaken the system from power saving mode 39
- Resume by ring disabled 39
- Resume by usb s3 disabled this item allows you to enable disable the usb device wakeup function from s3 mode 39
- This page sets up some parameters for system power management operation 39
- To return to the advanced menu page 39
- X77h2 a3 user manual 39
- Acpi configuration 40
- Acpi sleep state s3 suspend to ram this item allows user to enter the acpi s3 suspend to ram sleep state default 40
- Chapter 3 40
- The item in the menu shows the highest acpi sleep state when the system enters suspend 40
- To return to the advanced menu page 40
- X77h2 a3 user manual 40
- Chapter 3 41
- Cpu configuration 41
- Em64t supported this item shows the computer supports em64t 41
- Hyper threading enabled this item only available when the chipset supports hyper threading and you are using a hyper threading cpu 41
- Intel ht technology supported this item shows the computer supports intel ht technology 41
- Intel r core tm i7 2700k cpu 3 0ghz this is display only field and displays the information of the cpu installed in your computer 41
- Intel vt x technology supported this item shows the computer supports intel vt x technology 41
- Microcode revision 25 this item shows the microcode version 41
- Processor cores 4 this item shows the core number of the processor 41
- Processor speed 3500mhz this item shows the current processor speed 41
- Processor stepping 206a7 this item shows the processor stepping version 41
- The item in the menu shows the cpu 41
- X77h2 a3 user manual 41
- Chapter 3 42
- X77h2 a3 user manual 42
- Chapter 3 43
- Sata configuration 43
- Sata mode ide mode use this item to select sata mode 43
- Sata port 1 st3120827as 120 g this item shows the information of device installed in the port 43
- Sata port 2 6 not present this motherboard supports six sata channels and each channel allows one sata device to be installed use these items to configure each device on the sata channel 43
- To return to the advanced menu page 43
- Use this item to show the mode of serial sata configuration options 43
- X77h2 a3 user manual 43
- All usb devices enabled use this item to enable or disable all usb devices 44
- Chapter 3 44
- Legacy usb support enabled use this item to enable or disable support for legacy usb devices 44
- To return to the advanced menu page 44
- Usb configuration 44
- Use this item to show the information of usb configuration 44
- X77h2 a3 user manual 44
- Change settings auto 45
- Chapter 3 45
- Serial port enabled 45
- Super io chip it8728 this item shows the information of the super io chip 45
- Super io configuration 45
- This item allows you to enable or disable serial port device settings io 3f8h irq 4 45
- This item shows the information of the device settings 45
- To return to the advanced menu page 45
- To view the following screen 45
- Use this item to change device settings 45
- Use this item to show the information of super io configuration 45
- X77h2 a3 user manual 45
- Chapter 3 46
- Intel r rapid start technology 46
- Intel r rapid start technology disabled use this item to enable or disable the intel r rapid start technology 46
- Use this item to show the information of intel r rapid start technology 46
- X77h2 a3 user manual 46
- Chapter 3 47
- Intel r smart connect technology 47
- Isct configuration enabled use this item to enable disable isct configuration 47
- Isct notification control enabled use this item to enable disable isct notification control 47
- Isct sleep duration value format actual time use this item to select actual time or duration in seconds isct 2 47
- Isct wlan power control enabled use this item to enable disable isct wlan power control 47
- Isct wwan power control enabled use this item to enable disable isct wwan power control 47
- Use this item to show the information of intel r smart connect technology 47
- X77h2 a3 user manual 47
- Chapter 3 48
- Chipset menu 48
- Dvmt memory 256m 48
- Igd memory 64m 48
- Igd multi monitor disabled 48
- Initiate graphic adapter auto 48
- The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the north bridge chipset south bridge chipset and other system 48
- This item allows you to enable or disable the igd muti monitor 48
- This item allows you to select graphics controller to use as the primary boot device 48
- This item shows the information of the igd internal graphics device memory 48
- To view the following screen 48
- 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 48
- X77h2 a3 user manual 48
- Audio configuration 49
- Azalia hd audio enabled 49
- Azalia internal hdmi codec enabled 49
- Case open warning disabled 49
- Chapter 3 49
- Chassis opened no 49
- Restore ac power loss power off 49
- This item enables or disables azalia hd audio 49
- This item enables or disables azalia internal hdmi codec 49
- This item enables or disables the warning if the case is opened up and the item below indicates the current status of the case 49
- This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status 49
- This item indicates whether the case has been opened 49
- This item shows the information of the audio configuration 49
- To return to the chipset menu page 49
- To view the following screen 49
- X77h2 a3 user manual 49
- Chapter 3 50
- Me fw version 8 248 this item shows the me fw version 50
- To return to the chipset menu page 50
- To view the following screen 50
- X77h2 a3 user manual 50
- Chapter 3 51
- Cpu overclocking configuration scroll to this item to view the following screen 51
- M i b iii mb intelligent bios iii menu 51
- 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 51
- X77h2 a3 user manual 51
- Chapter 3 52
- X77h2 a3 user manual 52
- Active to active delay trrdmin 5 53
- Cas latency tcl 9 53
- Chapter 3 53
- Chipset overclocking configuration scroll to this item to view the following screen 53
- Memory multiplier configuration 53
- Memory timing configuration 53
- Ras active time tras 28 53
- Ras to cas delay trcd 9 53
- Row precharge time trp 9 53
- Row refresh cycle time trfc 128 53
- This item controls the active bank x to active bank y in memory clock cycles 53
- This item determines the operation of ddr sdram memory cas colulmn address strobe it is recommended that you leave this item at the default value the 2t setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode 53
- This item shows the information of memory multiplier configuration 53
- This item shows the information of memory timing 53
- This item specifies row precharge to active or auto refresh of the same bank 53
- This item specifies the ras active time 53
- This item specifies the ras to cas delay to rd wr command to the same bank 53
- This item specifies the row refresh cycle time 53
- This item specifies the write recovery time 53
- Write recovery time twr 12 53
- X77h2 a3 user manual 53
- Chapter 3 54
- X77h2 a3 user manual 54
- 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 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 55
- Boot menu 55
- Chapter 3 55
- This page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state 55
- X77h2 a3 user manual 55
- Boot option filter uefi and legacy this option controls what devices system can boot to 56
- Chapter 3 56
- Csm parameters oprom execution boot options filter etc 56
- Launch csm always 56
- Launch pxe oprom policy do not launch this controls the execution of uefi and legacy pxe oprom launch storage oprom policy legacy only this controls the execution of uefi and legacy storage oprom launch video oprom policy legacy only this controls the execution of uefi and legacy video oprom other pci device rom priority legacy oprom for pci devices other than network mass storage or video defines which oprom to launch 56
- This option controls if csm will be launched 56
- To see the submenu 56
- To view the following screen 56
- X77h2 a3 user manual 56
- Administrator password status not install this item shows administrator password installed or not 57
- Chapter 3 57
- Secure boot enabled this item is used to control the secure boot flow it is possible only if system runs in user mode secure boot mode custom this item is used to select secure boot mode when you select standard mode se cure boot policy is fixed when you select custom mode the image execution policy and secure boot key databases are changeable 57
- Secure boot state disabled this item allows you to enable or disable the secure boot state 57
- Security menu 57
- System mode state setup this item shows system mode setup or not 57
- This page enables you to set setup administrator password and user password 57
- User password status not install this item shows user password installed or not 57
- X77h2 a3 user manual 57
- Chapter 3 58
- Image execution policy scroll to this item to view the following screen 58
- Internal fv option rom removable media fixed media always execute deny ex ecute these items allow you to select image execution policy per device path on security violation only users logged with administrative password can exercise query user policy setting 58
- To return to the security menu page 58
- X77h2 a3 user manual 58
- Append an entry to kek db dbx this item launches the file browser to append new signature database from the file the file data must be formatted as efi variable with timebased authenticated header 59
- Authorized signature database db this item shows the information of the authorized signature database 59
- Chapter 3 59
- Default key provisioning disabled this item enables or disables you to force oem default secure boot keys if system is in setup mode 59
- Delete the pk kek db dbx this item is used to delete the variable key exchange key database kek this item shows the information of the key exchange key database 59
- Forbidden signature database dbx this item shows the information of the forbidden signature database 59
- Get pk kek db dbx to file this item is used to store secure variable to a file with a matching name in selected file system s root 59
- Key management scroll to this item to view the following screen 59
- Platform key pk this item shows the information of the platform key set pk kek db dbx from file this item launches the file browser to set efi variable from the file the file data must be formatted as efi variable with timebased authenticated header 59
- X77h2 a3 user manual 59
- Back to ez mode this item enables you to back to ez mode 60
- Boot override use this item to select the boot device 60
- Chapter 3 60
- Discard changes and reset this item enables you to reset system setup without saving any changes 60
- Exit menu 60
- 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 user defaults to all the setup options 60
- Save changes and exit this item enables you to exit system setup after saving the changes discard changes and exit this item enables you to exit system setup without saving any changes 60
- Save changes and reset this item enables you to reset the system setup after saving the changes 60
- 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 60
- Save options this item enables you to save the options that you have made 60
- This page enables you to exit system setup after saving or without saving the changes 60
- X77h2 a3 user manual 60
- Chapter 3 61
- Updating the bios 61
- X77h2 a3 user manual 61
- X77h2 a3 user manual 62
- Auto installing under windows xp 7 8 63
- Chapter 4 63
- Chapter 4 using the motherboard software 63
- X77h2 a3 user manual 63
- Chapter 4 64
- 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 64
- Windows 8 will show the following screen after system restart you must select desktop in the bottom left to install the next driver 64
- X77h2 a3 user manual 64
- Chapter 4 65
- Ecs utility software intelligent ez utility 65
- Manual installation 65
- X77h2 a3 user manual 65
- Chapter 4 66
- X77h2 a3 user manual 66
- Before creating a raid set 67
- Chapter 5 67
- Matrix storage manager raid configuration 67
- X77h2 a3 user manual 67
- Chapter 5 68
- Entering inte 68
- Matrix storage manager raid bios utility 68
- X77h2 a3 user manual 68
- Chapter 5 69
- Creating a raid set 69
- X77h2 a3 user manual 69
- Chapter 5 70
- Deletes all the data in the hdds 70
- X77h2 a3 user manual 70
- Chapter 5 71
- Deletes all the data in the hdds 71
- Deleting a raid set 71
- X77h2 a3 user manual 71
- Chapter 5 72
- Deletes all the data in the hdds 72
- Exiting setup 72
- Resetting disks to non raid 72
- To reset disks to non raid 72
- X77h2 a3 user manual 72
- Chapter 6 73
- Chapter 6 trouble shooting 73
- Start up problems during assembly 73
- X77h2 a3 user manual 73
- Chapter 6 74
- Maintenance and care tips 74
- Start up problems after prolong use 74
- X77h2 a3 user manual 74
- Basic troubleshooting flowchart 75
- S e y s e y 75
- Chapter 6 76
- X77h2 a3 user manual 76
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