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Z170GT7

Chapter 4: Useful help

4.1

Driver Installation

After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Driver DVD into your

optical drive and install the driver for better system performance.

You will see the following window after you insert the DVD

The setup guide will auto detect your motherboard and operating system.

A. Driver Installation

To install the driver, please click on the Driver icon. The setup guide will list the compatible

driver for your motherboard and operating system. Click on each device driver to launch the

installation program.

B. Software Installation

To install the software, please click on the Software icon. The setup guide will list the software

available for your system, click on each software title to launch the installation program.

C. Manual

Aside from the paperback manual, we also provide manual in the Driver DVD. Click on the

Manual icon to browse for available manual.

Note

If this window didn’t show up after you insert the Driver DVD, please use file browser to locate and

execute the file SETUP.EXE under your optical drive.

You will need Acrobat Reader to open the manual file. Please download the latest version of Acrobat

Reader software from http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Summary of Contents for Z170GT7

Page 1: ...this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining...

Page 2: ...sink 9 2 3 Connect Cooling Fans 10 2 4 Install System Memory 10 2 5 Expansion Slots 12 2 6 Jumper Switch Setting 13 2 7 Headers Connectors 14 2 8 Buttons Indicators LEDs 18 Chapter 3 UEFI BIOS Softwar...

Page 3: ...not try to bend or flex the board Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the case after installation Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment Keep the computer fro...

Page 4: ...pability Audio Codec ALC898 7 1 Channels High Definition Audio Hi Fi Front Rear USB ASMedia ASM1142 1x USB 3 1 Type C port on rear I Os INTEL Z170 7x USB 3 0 port 5 on rear I Os and 2 via internal hea...

Page 5: ...an Intel integrated Graphics Processor Maximum resolution HDMI 4096 x 2160 24Hz compliant with HDMI 1 4a VGA 1920 x 1200 60Hz DVI D 1920 x 1200 60Hz The mainboard supports three onboard display output...

Page 6: ...6 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Motherboard Layout Note represents the 1st pin...

Page 7: ...ore installation and make good preservation for future use When the CPU is removed cover the pin cap on the empty socket to ensure pin legs won t be damaged The motherboard might equip with two differ...

Page 8: ...or straight down without tilting or sliding the processor in the socket Step 5 Hold the CPU down firmly and then lower the lever to locked position to complete the installation Note Ensure that you in...

Page 9: ...s closest to the CPU fan connector Step 2 Press down two fasteners at one time in a diagonal sequence to secure the CPU fan assembly in place As each fastener locks into position a click should be hea...

Page 10: ...V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan SYS_FAN1 2 3 System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan Note CPU_FAN1 2 SYS_FAN1 2 3 support 4 pi...

Page 11: ...again Memory Capacity DIMM Socket Location DDR4 Module Total Memory Size DIMMA1 4GB 8GB 16GB Max is 64GB DIMMA2 4GB 8GB 16GB DIMMB1 4GB 8GB 16GB DIMMB2 4GB 8GB 16GB Dual Channel Memory Installation P...

Page 12: ...hen installing M 2 SSD module please place the screw and hex pillar to correct position The M 2 slot supports M 2 SATA III 6 0 Gb s module and M 2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 32Gb s Note When PEX...

Page 13: ...r line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 1 2 close you can use a metal object like a screwdriver to touch the two pins 3 Wait for five seconds 4 After clearing the CMOS values be sure the jumper is Pin 1 2 open...

Page 14: ...g 2 7 Headers Connectors ATXPWR1 ATX Power Source Connector For better compatibility we recommend to use a standard ATX 24 pin power supply for this connector Make sure to find the correct orientation...

Page 15: ...g a system with more power consuming devices PANEL1 Front Panel Header This 16 pin header includes Power on Reset HDD LED Power LED and speaker connection Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Functi...

Page 16: ...3 0 Ports at Front Panel This header allows user to add additional USB ports on the PC front panel and also can be connected with a wide range of external peripherals Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 V...

Page 17: ...Line Out 7 Front Sense 7 Reserved 8 Key 8 Key 9 Left line in 9 LFT Line Out 10 Jack Sense 10 LFT Line Out Note It is recommended that you connect a high definition front panel audio module to this co...

Page 18: ...ORT mode buttons will only be available when running RACING GT Utility in Windows environment Indicators BIOS POST Code Indicator The indicator will show POST code while booting Please refer to Chapte...

Page 19: ...OS Update Utility It enables automated updating while in the Windows environment Using this utility the BIOS can be updated from a file on a hard disk a USB drive a flash drive or a USB hard drive or...

Page 20: ...e BIOS setup please go to the Save Exit using the Restore Defaults function to load Optimized Defaults and select Save Changes and Reset to restart the computer Then the BIOS Update is completed BIOS...

Page 21: ...up press DEL key to enter BIOS setup After entering the BIOS setup please go to the Save Exit using the Restore Defaults function to load Optimized Defaults and select Save Changes and Reset to resta...

Page 22: ...hile the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up press DEL key to enter BIOS setup After entering the BIOS setup please go to the Save Exit using the Restore Defaults function to load Optimi...

Page 23: ...nformation and content about following software are subject to be changed without notice For better performance the software is being continuously updated The information and pictures described below...

Page 24: ...may have encountered and then send these information to our tech support department to help you fix the problem After filling up this information click Send to send the mail out A warning dialog woul...

Page 25: ...ase set Outlook Express as your default e mail client application program We will not share customer s data with any other third parties so please feel free to provide your system information while us...

Page 26: ...s to configure these utilities simultaneously and seamlessly System Information This System Information tab provides you an overview of the basic system information 1 2 3 4 1 Clocks Shows core speed m...

Page 27: ...f the motherboard properly 2 Install the RACING GT program from the driver DVD 3 Connect the earphone or headphone to the front audio jack of the chassis or audio line out port of rear I Os If you wan...

Page 28: ...be available when running RACING GT program in Windows environment The color schemes of Normal ECO Sport mode can be adjusted by below setting items 5 Auto LEDs will automatically change the color 6 L...

Page 29: ...mperature 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Temperature Shows the current CPU and system temperature 2 Fan Shows the current fans speed 3 Voltage Shows the current voltages of CPU and memory 4 CPU Fan System Fan Choose...

Page 30: ...le values for future use 4 Load Load the profile values from the file 5 Apply Apply your changes Note Not all types of CPU perform above overclock setting ideally the difference will be based on the s...

Page 31: ...ng system Click on each device driver to launch the installation program B Software Installation To install the software please click on the Software icon The setup guide will list the software availa...

Page 32: ...on Cache initialization 34 CPU post memory initialization Application Processor s AP initialization 35 CPU post memory initialization Boot Strap Processor BSP selection 36 CPU post memory initializati...

Page 33: ...gn Resources 97 Console Output devices connect 98 Console input devices connect 99 Super IO Initialization 9A USB initialization is started 9B USB Reset 9C USB Detect 9D USB Enable A0 IDE initializati...

Page 34: ...files 2 Reformat the hard drive Re install applications and data using backup disks Screen message shows Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Review system s equipment Make sure correct information...

Page 35: ...for parity Drawbacks Does not deliver any fault tolerance If any drive in the array fails all data is lost Fault Tolerance No Total Capacity Minimal HDD Capacity x Connected HDDs Amount Data are stor...

Page 36: ...e as RAID level 1 Fault Tolerance Yes A RAID 5 array can withstand a single disk failure without losing data or access to data Although RAID 5 can be achieved in software a hardware controller is reco...

Page 37: ...Express 16Gb s 3x SATAIII 6Gb s 1 x PCIe 3 0 x4 M 2 Key M 32Gb s RAID 0 1 5 10 AHCI LAN Intel i219V 1 x 10 100 1000 ALC898 7 1 Hi Fi Rear Front USB ASMedia ASM1142 1 x USB 3 1 TYPE C 1 INTEL Z170 7 x...

Page 38: ...g Audio Codec ALC898 7 1 Kan le HD Audio Hi Fi Front Rear USB ASMedia ASM1142 1x USB 3 1 TYPE C Port 1 hintere I Os INTEL Z170 7x USB 3 0 Port 5 hintere I Os und 2 via interne Header 4x USB 2 0 Port 4...

Page 39: ...TA III 6Gb s 1x PCIe 3 0 x4 M 2 Key M 32Gb s RAID 0 1 10 5 AHCI Intel i219V 1x 10 100 1000 ALC898 7 1 Hi Fi Front Rear USB ASMedia ASM1142 1 USB 3 1 TYPE C 1 INTEL Z170 7 USB 3 0 5 2 4 USB 2 0 4 3x PC...

Page 40: ...1 Hi Fi Front Rear USB ASMedia ASM1142 Ranura 1x USB 3 1 TYPE C 1 en las entrada salidas posteriores INTEL Z170 Ranura 7x USB 3 0 5 en las entrada salidas posteriores y 2 por los distribuidores intern...

Page 41: ...y M 32Gb s RAID 0 1 5 10 AHCI Intel i219V 1x 10 100 1000 Mb s Half Full ALC898 7 1 Channels High Definition Audio Hi Fi Front Rear ASMedia ASM1142 1x USB 3 1 Type C 1 I O INTEL Z170 7x USB 3 0 6 I O 2...

Page 42: ...42 APPENDIX I Specifications in Other Languages this page intentionally left blank...

Page 43: ...FCC FCC 15 Class B BIOSTAR BIOSTAR BIOSTAR CE 2004 108 CE 2006 95 CE 1999 05 CE...

Page 44: ...1 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 4 5 1 5 6 7 2 1 CPU 7 2 2 9 2 3 10 2 4 10 2 5 12 2 6 13 2 7 14 2 8 LED 18 UEFI BIOS 19 3 1 UEFI BIOS 19 3 2 BIOS 19 3 3 23 31 4 1 31 4 2 AMI BIOS 32 4 3 AMI BIOS 32 4 4 34 4 5 RAID 3...

Page 45: ...3 Z170GT7 1 1 0 45 1 2 Serial ATA x4 ATX I O x1 x1 x1 LED x1...

Page 46: ...RAID 0 1 10 5 AHCI PCI E RAID 0 1 5 SSD PCIE M2_1 SATA_EXPRESS_2 Intel i219V 1x 10 100 1000 Mb s ALC898 8 Hi Fi USB ASMedia ASM1142 1 USB 3 1 Type C 1 INTEL Z170 7 USB 3 0 5 2 4 USB 2 0 4 3 PCIe 3 0...

Page 47: ...5 Z170GT7 1 4 Intel HDMI DVI D VGA HDMI 4096 x 2160 24Hz HDMI 1 4 VGA 1920 x 1200 60Hz DVI D 1920 x 1200 60Hz 3...

Page 48: ...6 1 5 1...

Page 49: ...7 Z170GT7 2 1 CPU 1 CPU CPU 2 3...

Page 50: ...8 4 CPU CPU 5 CPU LGA1151 CPU CPU CPU CPU...

Page 51: ...9 Z170GT7 2 2 1 CPU CPU CPU 2 2 CPU CPU CPU CPU...

Page 52: ...10 2 3 CPU_FAN1 2 CPU 1 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan SYS_FAN1 2 3 1 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan CPU_FAN1 2 SYS_FAN1 2 3 4 3 GND 2 4 DDR4...

Page 53: ...7 1 DIMM DIMM DIMM 2 DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMMA1 4GB 8GB 16GB 64GB DIMMA2 4GB 8GB 16GB DIMMB1 4GB 8GB 16GB DIMMB2 4GB 8GB 16GB DIMMA1 DIMMA2 DIMMB1 DIMMB2 Enabled O X O X Enabled X O X O Enabled O...

Page 54: ...CI Express 3 0 1GB s 2GB s PCI Express PEX16_1 PEX16_2 PEX16_3 PEX16_4 PEX1_1 PEX1_2 PEX1_3 PCIe x16 x2 x4 x1 x1 x1 x16 x4 x4 x1 x8 x8 x2 x4 x1 x1 x1 x8 x8 x4 x4 x1 PCIe PCIE M2_1 M 2 Key M M 2 M 2 Ty...

Page 55: ...se open Pin Pin Pin 1 2 JCMOS1 CMOS CMOS BIOS Pin 1 2 Pin 1 2 CMOS CMOS 1 AC 2 1 2 1 2 3 5 4 CMOS 1 2 5 AC 6 Del BIOS BIOS_SW1 BIOS BIOS ROM1 ROM2 BIOS ROM1 LED ROM1_LED1 BIOS BIOS ROM2 LED ROM2_LED1...

Page 56: ...14 LN2_SW1 LN2 LN2 CPU 800MHz OFF ON 2 7 ATXPWR1 ATX ATX24 pin 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 3 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 5 18 6 5V 19 7 20 NC 8 PW_OK 21 5V 9 5V 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 12 3 3V...

Page 57: ...5V 9 N A N A 2 N A 10 N A 3 N A 11 N A N A 4 12 Power LED 5 HDD LED 13 Power LED 6 HDD LED 14 Power LED 7 15 8 Reset control 16 TPM1 TPM TPM1 2 TPM 1 CLK_PCI_TPM 2 3 LFRAME 4 Key 5 PL_RST2 6 VCC5 7 FW...

Page 58: ...DEVSLP S4 S11 P4 IFDet S5 S12 RX S6 S13 RX S7 S14 SSD PCIE M2_1 SATA_EXPRESS_2 JFRONT_USB3_1 USB 3 0 PC USB 1 VBUS0 11 D2 2 SSRX1 12 D2 3 SSRX1 13 4 14 SSTX2 5 SSTX1 15 SSTX2 6 SSTX1 16 7 17 SSRX2 8 D...

Page 59: ...3 Mic Right in 3 Mic Power 4 GPIO 4 Audio Power 5 Right line in 5 RT Line Out 6 Jack Sense 6 RT Line Out 7 Front Sense 7 Reserved 8 Key 8 Key 9 Left line in 9 LFT Line Out 10 Jack Sense 10 LFT Line Ou...

Page 60: ...18 UEFI BIOS 2 8 LED ECO ECO SPORT SPORT Reset Power ECO SPORT Windows RACING GT BIOS 4 3 BIOS CPU LED CPU 70 70 90 90 LED LED RACING GT 3 3 1 MOSFET LED 2 RGB LED LED 3 LED x12...

Page 61: ...S DEL BIOS UEFI BIOS UEFI BIOS 3 2 BIOS BIOS BIOSTAR BIOS Flasher BIOS USB CD ROM BIOSTAR BIOS Windows BIOS USB CD ROM BIOSTAR BIOS Flasher FAT32 16 BIOS BIOSTAR BIOS Flasher BIOS 1 BIOS 2 BIOS U 3 BI...

Page 62: ...20 UEFI BIOS 7 BIOS Y 8 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS 1 DVD BIOS Update Utility 2 3 BIOS Online Update 4 BIOS Yes BIOS 5 BIOS Yes 6 BIOS Yes...

Page 63: ...21 Z170GT7 7 OK 8 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS BIOS 1 DVD BIOS 2 www biostar com tw BIOS 3 BIOS Updat Utility Update BIOS 4 BIOS OK BIOS 5 BIOS BIOS Open BIOS...

Page 64: ...22 UEFI BIOS 7 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS BIOS Save...

Page 65: ...UEFI BIOS 23 Z170GT7 3 3 1 Autorun 2 Software Installation 3 BIOScreen BMP Load Image Transform BIOS Update Bios BIOS...

Page 66: ...24 UEFI BIOS eHot Line eHot Line Send Send Do Not Send Save As...

Page 67: ...UEFI BIOS 25 Z170GT7 Save BIOS CPU OS Outlook Express eHot Line Outlook Express http www biostar com tw app en about contact php...

Page 68: ...26 UEFI BIOS RACING GT Utility RACING GT 1 2 3 4...

Page 69: ...UEFI BIOS 27 Z170GT7 1 2 3 Windows 7 8 1 64bit 10 64bit 1 2 DVD RACING GT 3 RACING AC 97 1 2 3 LO HI...

Page 70: ...28 UEFI BIOS LED LED LED MOSFET LED RGB LED 1 Normal 2 3 ECO 4 Sport ECO Sport LED Windows RACING GT Normal ECO Sport 5 LED 6 LED LED 7 LED 8 LED 9 LED 10 LED 11 LED RACING GT 12 LED...

Page 71: ...UEFI BIOS 29 Z170GT7 1 CPU 2 3 CPU 4 CPU 5 6 7...

Page 72: ...30 UEFI BIOS 1 2 3 4 5 CPU CPU...

Page 73: ...31 Z170GT7 4 1 DVD A B C Manual SETUP EXE Acrobat Reader manual http get adobe com reader Acrobat Reader...

Page 74: ...ry 2B SPD 2C Memory presence 2D 2E 2F 31 32 CPU post memory 33 CPU post memory Cache 34 CPU post memory 35 CPU post memory BSP 36 CPU post memory 37 Post Memory 3B Post Memory 4F DXE IPL 60 DXE F0 F1...

Page 75: ...MM 72 78 DXE 79 ACPI 90 91 92 PCI 93 PCI 94 PCI 95 PCI 96 PCI 97 98 99 IO 9A USB 9B USB 9C USB 9D USB A0 IDE A1 IDE A2 IDE A3 IDE A4 SCSI A5 SCSI A6 SCSI A7 SCSI A8 A9 AB AD AE AF B0 B1 B2 ROM B3 B4 U...

Page 76: ...34 4 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 CMOS 2 1 2 Invalid Configuration CMOS Failure 1 2 CPU CPU CPU CPU 1 CPU CPU 2 CPU 3 CPU CPU CPU 1 2 3 1 CMOS Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 2 3...

Page 77: ...35 Z170GT7 4 5 RAID RAID Block 2 6 8 Uses RAID 0 RAID 1 2 RAID 1 RAID1 RAID 2 2 RAID 1 100 2...

Page 78: ...36 RAID 10 RAID 0 RAID 1 4 6 8 RAID RAID1 RAID 5 3 3 RAID 5 CPU http www intel com p en_US support highlights chpsts imsm Intel RST PCI E RAID 0 1 5...

Page 79: ...I 37 Z170GT7 I Pb Hg Cd Cr VI PBB PBDE PCB O O O O O O O O O O O O X O O O O O X O O O O O X O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O SJ T11363 2006 X SJ T11363 2006 Pb X Pb SJ T11363 2006 ROHS...

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