Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 [10/48] 5 installing an expansion card

The four memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following:

ChannelA:DDR4_2,DDR4_4

ChannelB:DDR4_1,DDR4_3

1-5 Installing an Expansion Card

Read the following guidelines before you begin to install an expansion card:

• Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual that came

with your expansion card.

• Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing an

expansion card to prevent hardware damage.

DualChannelMemoryCongurationsTable

DDR4_4 DDR4_2 DDR4_3 DDR4_1

2 Modules

- - DS/SS - - DS/SS

DS/SS - - DS/SS - -

4 Modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS

(SS=Single-Sided,DS=Double-Sided,"--"=NoMemory)

DuetoCPUlimitations,readthefollowingguidelinesbeforeinstallingthememoryinDualChannelmode.

1. DualChannelmodecannotbeenabledifonlyonememorymoduleisinstalled.

2. WhenenablingDualChannelmodewithtwoorfourmemorymodules,itisrecommendedthatmemory

of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used.

1-6 Back Panel Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

Use this port to connect a PS/2 mouse or keyboard.

USB 3.1 Gen 1 Port

TheUSB3.1Gen1portsupportstheUSB3.1Gen1specicationandiscompatibletotheUSB2.0

specication.UsethisportforUSBdevices.

OC Button

The OC button helps enthusiasts and overclockers not only get the most performance from their hardware,

butalsotheabsolutemostenjoyableOCexperience.PressthisbuttontoloadthemostoptimizedGIGABYTE

overclockingcongurationforyourhardware.

HDMI Port

TheHDMI port supportsHDCP2.2 and DolbyTrueHDand DTSHD Master

Audioformats.Italsosupportsupto192KHz/16bit8-channel LPCMaudio

output.YoucanusethisporttoconnectyourHDMI-supportedmonitor.Themaximumsupported

resolutionis4096x2160@30 Hz, but theactualresolutionssupported are dependent onthemonitor

being used.

AfterinstallingtheHDMIdevice,makesuretosetthedefaultsoundplaybackdevicetoHDMI.(The

itemnamemaydifferdependingonyouroperatingsystem.)

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