Gigabyte B450M AORUS ELITE [10/44] 5 installing an expansion card

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.

1-6 Back Panel Connectors

USB 2.0/1.1 Port

TheUSBportsupportstheUSB2.0/1.1specication.UsethisportforUSBdevices.

PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

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

DVI-D Port

(Note 1)(Note 2)

TheDVI-DportconformstotheDVI-Dspecicationandsupportsamaximumresolutionof1920x1200@60Hz

(theactualresolutionssupporteddependonthemonitorbeingused).Connectamonitorthatsupports

DVI-Dconnectiontothisport.

HDMI Port

(Note 2)

TheHDMIportisHDCP2.2compliantandsupportsDolbyTrueHDandDTS

HDMasterAudioformats.Italsosupportsupto192KHz/24bit8-channelLPCM

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

resolutionis4096x2160@60Hz,but the actual resolutionssupportedaredependenton the monitor

being used.

(Note1) TheDVI-DportdoesnotsupportD-Subconnectionbyadapter.

(Note2) ActualsupportmayvarybyCPU.

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.)

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. For optimum performance, when enabling

DualChannelmodewithtwomemorymodules,werecommendthatyouinstallthemintheDDR4_1

andDDR4_2sockets.

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.

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