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ECS Elitegroup Z77H2-A3 [8/76] Z77h2 a3 user manual

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Z77H2-A3 USER MANUAL

Motherboard Components

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Copyright 1
Disclaimer 1
Federal communications commission fcc 1
Preface 1
Trademark recognition 1
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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 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
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Chapter 4 57 4
Chapter 5 63 4
Chapter 6 69 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
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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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Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard s optional devices 20
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Case chassis intrusion detect header 21
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Usb3f front panel usb 3 header 21
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F_usb1 2 front panel usb 2 headers f_usb1 supports ez charger 22
Sata1 6 serial ata connectors 22
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Com onboard serial port header 23
Me_unlock me unlock header 23
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F_audio front panel audio header 24
Spdifo spdif out header 24
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Ac 97 audio configuration to enable the front panel audio connector to sup port ac97 audio mode 25
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4 6 installing a sata hard drive 26
About sata connectors 26
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Installing serial ata hard drives 26
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4 7 connecting case components 27
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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
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Atx_power atx 24 pin power connector 7 atx12v atx 12v power connector 28
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Connecting 24 pin power cable 28
Connecting 4 pin power cable 28
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Front panel header 29
Hard drive activity led 29
Power sleep message waiting led 29
Power switch 29
Reset switch 29
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Spk speaker 30
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About the setup utility 31
Chapter 3 31
Chapter 3 using bios 31
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Resetting the default cmos values 32
Using bios 32
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Advanced 33
Bios navigation keys 33
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Default 33
Language 33
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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
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Advanced menu 35
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The advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the cpu and other system 35
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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
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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
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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 39
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
To return to the sata configuration page 43
Use this item to show the mode of serial sata configuration options 43
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All usb devices enabled use this item to enable or disable all usb devices 44
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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
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Change settings auto 45
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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
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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
Intel r smart connect technology 46
Isct configuration enabled use this item to enable disable isct configuration 46
Isct notification control enabled use this item to enable disable isct notification control 46
Isct sleep duration value format actual time use this item to select actual time or duration in seconds isct 2 46
Isct wlan power control enabled use this item to enable disable isct wlan power control 46
Isct wwan power control enabled use this item to enable disable isct wwan power control 46
Use this item to show the information of intel r rapid start technology 46
Use this item to show the information of intel r smart connect technology 46
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Chipset menu 47
Dvmt memory 256m 47
Igd memory 64m 47
Igd multi monitor disabled 47
Initiate graphic adapter auto 47
The chipset menu items allow you to change the settings for the north chipset south chipset and other system 47
This item allows you to enable or disable the igd muti monitor 47
This item allows you to select graphics controller to use as the primary boot device 47
This item shows the information of the igd internal graphics device memory 47
To view the following screen 47
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 47
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Audio configuration 48
Azalia hd audio enabled 48
Azalia internal hdmi codec enabled 48
Case open warning disabled 48
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Chassis opened no 48
Restore ac power loss power off 48
This item enables or disables azalia hd audio 48
This item enables or disables azalia internal hdmi codec 48
This item enables or disables the warning if the case is opened up and the item below indicates the current status of the case 48
This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status 48
This item indicates whether the case has been opened 48
This item shows the information of the audio configuration 48
To return to the chipset menu page 48
To view the following screen 48
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Me fw version 8 248 this item shows the me fw version 49
To return to the chipset menu page 49
To view the following screen 49
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Cpu overclocking configuration scroll to this item to view the following screen 50
M i b iii mb intelligent bios iii menu 50
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 50
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Active to active delay trrdmin 5 52
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Chipset overclocking configuration scroll to this item to view the following screen 52
Memory multiplier configuration 52
Memory timing configuration 52
Ras active time tras 28 52
Ras to cas delay trcd 9 52
Row precharge time trp 9 52
Row refresh cycle time trfc 128 52
These items show the information of performance memory profiles 52
This item controls the active bank x to active bank y in memory clock cycles 52
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 52
This item shows the information of memory multiplier configuration 52
This item shows the information of memory timing cas latency tcl 9 52
This item specifies row precharge to active or auto refresh of the same bank 52
This item specifies the ras active time 52
This item specifies the ras to cas delay to rd wr command to the same bank 52
This item specifies the row refresh cycle time 52
This item specifies the write recovery time 52
Write recovery time twr 12 52
Xmp profile 1 2 supported 52
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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 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 54
Boot menu 54
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This page enables you to set the keyboard numlock state 54
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Boot option filter uefi and legacy this option controls what devices system can boot to 55
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Csm parameters oprom execution boot options filter etc 55
Launch csm always 55
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 55
This option controls if csm will be launched 55
To see the submenu 55
To view the following screen 55
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Administrator password status not install this item shows administrator password installed or not 56
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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 56
Secure boot state disabled this item allows you to enable or disable the secure boot state 56
Security menu 56
System mode state setup this item shows system mode setup or not 56
This page enables you to set setup administrator password and user password 56
User password status not install this item shows user password installed or not 56
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Image execution policy scroll to this item to view the following screen 57
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 57
To return to the security menu page 57
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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 58
Authorized signature database db this item shows the information of the authorized signature database 58
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Default key provisioning disabled this item enables or disables you to force oem default secure boot keys if system is in setup mode 58
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 58
Forbidden signature database dbx this item shows the information of the forbidden signature database 58
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 58
Key management scroll to this item to view the following screen 58
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 58
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Back to ez mode this item enables you to back to ez mode 59
Boot override use this item to select the boot device 59
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Discard changes and reset this item enables you to reset system setup without saving any changes 59
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 59
Save changes and reset this item enables you to reset the system setup after saving the changes 59
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 59
Save exit menu 59
Save options this item enables you to save the options that you have made 59
This page enables you to exit system setup after saving or without saving the changes 59
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Updating the bios 60
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Auto installing under windows xp 7 8 61
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Chapter 4 using the motherboard software 61
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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 62
Windows 8 will show the following screen after system restart you must select desktop in the bottom left to install the next driver 62
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Ecs utility software intelligent ez utility 63
Manual installation 63
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Before creating a raid set 67
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Matrix storage manager raid configuration 67
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Entering inte 68
Matrix storage manager raid bios utility 68
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Creating a raid set 69
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Deletes all the data in the hdds 70
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Deletes all the data in the hdds 71
Deleting a raid set 71
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Deletes all the data in the hdds 72
Exiting setup 72
Resetting disks to non raid 72
To reset disks to non raid 72
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Chapter 6 trouble shooting 73
Start up problems during assembly 73
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Maintenance and care tips 74
Start up problems after prolong use 74
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Basic troubleshooting flowchart 75
S e y s e y 75
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