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    1 Z77E-ITX User Manual V ersion 1.1 Published July 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.[...]

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    2 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis- tered trade[...]

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    3 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 7 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 7 1.2 Specications ................................................................. 8 1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 13 1.4 I/O Panel[...]

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    4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 39 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 39 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 39 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 40 3.2 Main Screen ................[...]

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    5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock Z77E-ITX motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains introduction of the mothe[...]

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    6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) CPU - Supports 3 rd and 2 nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - Digi Power Design - 6 + 2 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boos[...]

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    7 - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) (see CAUTION 7 ) - Supports HDCP[...]

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    8 SA T A3 - 2 x SA T A3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response T echnology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions USB3.0 - 2 x R ear U SB 3 .0 po rts by I ntel ® Z7 7 , s uppor t US B 1.0 /2.0 /3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042 , support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0[...]

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    9 W ARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking T echnology , or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system’s stability , or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done a[...]

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    10 CAUTION! 1. About the settings of “Hyper Threading T echnology”, please check page 47. 2. This mo therboa rd sup ports Dual Ch annel Memo ry T ec hnology. B efore you implement Dual Channel Memory T echnology , make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 22 for proper installation. 3. Due to the operating system limita[...]

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    11 without entering operating systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows ® . With thi s util ity , y ou can pr ess t he <F6 > key du ring the PO ST or th e <F2> key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS le to your USB ash drive, oppy disk or hard drive, then yo[...]

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    12 16. ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS update process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will automatically nish the BIOS update procedure after regaining power . Please note that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of your USB disk. Only USB2.0 ports suppo[...]

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    13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 SA T A2 Connector (SA T A_3, Black) 2 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_1, Gray) 3 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_0, Gray) 4 SA T A2 Connector (SA T A_2, Black) 5 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3, Black) 6 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5, Black) 7 Consumer Infrared Module Header (CIR1, Gray) 8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_3_4, Black) 9 SPI Flash Memory (64Mb[...]

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    14 23 mSA T A Connector (Black) 17 . 0c m ( 6. 7 i n) 17 .0 cm (6 .7 in ) m SATA 23[...]

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    15 1.4 I/O P anel * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Of f 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection 1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mo[...]

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    16 T o enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header . After restarting your computer , you will nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer T oolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8[...]

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    17 1.5 WiFi-802.11n Module and ASRock WiF i 2.4GHz Antenna WiFi-802.1 1n module is an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter to support WiFi function. With WiFi-802.1 1n module, you can easily create a wireless environment and enjoy the convenience of wireless network connectivity . Therefore, from anywhere within the signal range, [...]

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    18 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physica[...]

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    19 1 155-Pin Socket Overview 2.3 CPU Installation In order to provide the LGA 1 155 CPU sock- et s m or e p ro te ct io n a nd m ak e t he in st al - la tio n pr oce ss e asi er, AS Ro ck ha s a dd ed a ne w pr otec tion c over o n to p o f th e l oad pla te to r epla ce the form er P nP c aps th at were under the load plate. For the installa - tio[...]

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    20 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU For proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. Step 2-3. C a r e f u l l y p l a c e t h e C P U i n t o t h e socket. Step 2-4. Verify that the CPU is within the sock- et and p ro per ly m at ed t o t he o r[...]

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    21 2.4 Installation of CPU F an and Heatsink Thi s m other board is equ ippe d wi th 1 155 -Pin s ocket that s uppor ts Int el 1155-P in CPUs. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you install the heatsink, you need to spray ther- mal interface material between the CPU and th[...]

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    22 2.5 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) This mot herboar d pr ovides t wo 2 40-pin D DR3 (Dou ble Data R ate 3) DI MM slots , and su pport s Dual C hannel M emory T e chnol ogy . For du al cha nnel c onfig urati on, yo u alw ays n eed to i nst all tw o ide nti cal (t he sa me b ran d, s peed , si ze a nd ch ip- type) memory modules in the DDR[...]

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    23 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There is 1 PCI Express slot and 1 mini-PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards. MINI_PCIE1 (mini-PCIE slot) is used for WiFi module. Only PCIE1 slot supports Gen 3 speed. T o run the PCI Express in Gen 3 speed, please[...]

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    24 2. If you have already installed the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system, you can freely enjoy the benets of dual monitor function after your system boots. If you haven’t installed the onboard VGA driver yet, please install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your computer . 2.7 Dual Monit[...]

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    25 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort) and external add-on PCI Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benets of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Install the PCI E[...]

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    26 For Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, and select the “Display Settings” tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi-monitors according to the steps below . A. Click the number ”2” icon. B. Click the items “This is my main monitor” and “Extend the desktop onto this monitor”. [...]

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    27 USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.8 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide AS Roc k S mar t Re mot e i s o nly u sed fo r AS Roc k m oth erb oar d wi th C IR he ade r . Plea se ref er to b elow pr ocedur es for th e q uick i nstall ation a nd usa ge of ASR ock Smart Remote. Step1. Find the CIR header located next to the US[...]

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    28 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://www .asrock.com 1. Only one of the front USB port can support CIR function. When the CIR function is enabled, the other port will remain USB function. 2. Multi-Angle CIR Receiver is used for front USB on[...]

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    29 2.9 Jumpers Setup T h e i l l u s t r a t io n s ho w s ho w ju m p e r s a r e setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The i l lu s t r at i o n s h ow s a 3- p i n j u mp e r w h o se pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on these 2[...]

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    30 2.10 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboar d headers and con nectors a re NOT jum pers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial A T A2 Connectors These two Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) (SA T A_2: see p.13, No. 4) connectors s[...]

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    31 USB 3.0 Header Besides four default USB 3.0 (19-pin USB3_3_4) ports on the I/O panel, there is (see p.13, No. 8) one USB 3.0 header on this motherboard. This USB 3.0 head er ca n supp ort tw o USB 3.0 ports. Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.13, No. 19) convenient conne[...]

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    32 System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin P ANEL1) several system front panel (see p.13, No. 17) functions. Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below . Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables. PWRBTN (Power Switch): Co[...]

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    33 Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. 3-Pin Fan Installation Pin 1-3 Connected A TX Power Connector Please co[...]

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    34 2.11 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) / Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® Z77 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) / Serial A T A3 (SA T A3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, R AID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response T echnology[...]

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    35 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs provide both SA T A 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is denitely not able to[...]

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    36 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T A2 / SA T A3 connector . Connect [...]

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    37 2.14 Driver Installation Guide T o install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you i[...]

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    38 2.16 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64- bit OS on your SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.16.1 Instal[...]

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    39 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Y ou may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> o r <De l> d uring the Power-On- Self-T est (POST) to [...]

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    40 3.1.2 Navigation K eys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key . Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - T o change option for the selected items <T ab> Switch to next function <Enter> T o bring u[...]

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    41 3.3 OC T weak er Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. Advanced T urbo 30 Y ou can use this option to increase your system performance. This option appears only when your CPU supports this function. Load Optimized CPU OC Setting Y ou ca n u se t h is o p ti o n t o l oa d o pt i mi ze d C PU ov er c lo c ki ng s[...]

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    42 Intel T urbo Boost T echnology Use t his ite m to enabl e or disabl e I ntel Turb o Bo ost Mo de T ec hnolo gy . T urbo Boost Mode allows processor cores to run faster than marked fre- quency in specic conditions. The default value is [Enabled]. Additional T urbo V oltage Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in T urbo mode. Internal PLL O[...]

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    43 DRAM Timing Control DRAM tCL Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRCD Use this item to change RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge T ime (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRAS Use thi s item[...]

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    44 DRAM tRTP Use this item to change Read to Precharge (tRTP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tF A W Use this item to change Four Activate Wi ndow (tF AW) Auto/Manual set- ting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tCWL Use this item to change CAS# W rite Latency (tCWL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. ODT WR (CH A) Use this item[...]

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    45 User Defaults In this option, you are allowed to load and save three user defaults according to your own requirements.[...]

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    46 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu- ration, North Bridge Conguration, South Bridge Conguration, Storage Congura - tion, Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology , Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology , [...]

  • Page 47

    47 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading T echnology T o enable this feature , a computer system with an Intel processor that sup- ports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology , such as Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / Vista TM / 7 is required. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft ® Win[...]

  • Page 48

    48 to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. Intel Virtualization T echnology When this option is se t to [Enabled], a VMM ([...]

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    49 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority . The default value is [PCI Express]. VT -d Use this to enable or disable Intel ® VT -d technology (Intel ® Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O). The default value of this feature is [Disab[...]

  • Page 50

    50 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. Onboard HDMI HD Audio This allows you to enable or dis[...]

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    51 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SA T A Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SA T A Controller feature. SA T A Mode Selection Use this to select SA T A mode. Conguration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode]. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. AHC I (Ad vanc ed Ho st C ontro ller I nter face) sup ports N CQ a nd ot her ne[...]

  • Page 52

    52 3.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology . Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology is a new zero power hibernation mode which al- lows users to resume in just 5-6 seconds. The default is [Enabled]. Entry After Select a time to enable RTC wake timer at S3 [...]

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    53 3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Use this i tem t o e nabl e o r d isab le In tel( R) Sm art C onne ct T echn olo gy . Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology keeps your e-mail an d social networks, such as T witter , Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode. The default is [E[...]

  • Page 54

    54 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration CIR Controller Use this item to enable or disable the CIR controller . The default value is [Enabled].[...]

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    55 3.4.8 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Selecting [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. ACPI HPET T able Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The d[...]

  • Page 56

    56 OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at spec ied times via OMG. Y ou may choose from [Eve ryday], [Day of the week] or [Weekdays and weekends], then schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users. In order to prevent users from bypas[...]

  • Page 57

    57 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. CPU Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set CPU fan 1’s speed. Conguration options[...]

  • Page 58

    58 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong- ure the boot settings and the boot priority . Setup Prompt Timeout T hi s s h ow s t he nu m be r o f s ec o nd s t o w ai t f o r s e tu p a c ti v at i on ke y . 65535(0XFFFF) means indenite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this item is set [...]

  • Page 59

    59 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it.[...]

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    60 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Y es] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes and exit setup?” will pop-out[...]

  • Page 61

    61 Chapter 4: Sof tware Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary , use the setup procedures in this chapter for general refer- ence only . Refer to your OS docume[...]

  • Page 62

    62 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP2 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) . 2[...]

  • Page 63

    63 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) . 2. Copy Intel ® RAID drivers into a USB ash dis[...]

  • Page 64

    64 If yo u ins tall W ind ows ® 7 6 4-bi t on a l arge har d dis k (e x. D isk v olum e > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows ® or install driver/utilities. If you encounter this problem, you will need to follow the instructions below to x this problem. A. Please request the hotx KB2505454 through this link: http://support.m[...]