ECS Elitegroup Z77H2-AX [5/84] Chapter 1 introducing the motherboard

Z77H2-AX USER MANUAL

Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Z77H2-AX motherboard. This motherboard is a high per-

formance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA1155 socket

for latest 3

Generation Intel Core

i7/ i5/ i3/ Pentium/ Celeron Processors.

This motherboard is based on Intel

Z77 Express Chipset for best desktop platform

solution. It supports up to 32 GB of system memory with dual channel DDR3

2400(OC)+/1600/1333/1066 MHz. Three PCI Express x16 slots, intended for Graphics

Interface, are fully conformed to PCI Express 3.0 Standard. In addition, two PCI Ex-

press x1 slots and two PCI slots are for extending usage.

It integrates USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to six USB 2.0 ports (four

USB 2.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 2.0 header supports additional two USB

2.0 ports) and six USB 3.0 ports (four USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0

header supports additional two USB 3.0 ports). The USB 2.0 header provides EZ

charger technology, please refer to

Front Panel USB headers of chapter 2 for more

details.

The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,

including one D-sub (VGA) port, one HDMI port, one RJ45 LAN connector, one

CLEAR_CMOS Button, one WIFI connector, one Bluetooth, two eSATA 3.0 connectors,

four USB 2.0 ports, four USB 3.0 ports and audio jacks for line-in, line-out and Optical

SPDIF Out.

In addition, this motherboard supports four SATA 6Gb/s and two SATA 3Gb/s connec-

tors for expansion.

Your motherboard package ships with the following items:

Package Contents

Z77H2-AX Motherboard

Quick Installation Guide

User Manual

DVD

I/O Shield

2 SATA 3Gb/s Cables

4 SATA 6Gb/s Cables

1 USB3.0 Frant Panel

2 USB CAP

3 SLI bridge

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