ECS Z97I-DRONE, User Manual

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Z97I-DRONE USER MANUAL
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Z97I-DRONE motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA1150
socket for
4 th and 5 th Generation Intel
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Core TM processors.
This motherboard is based on Intel
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Z97 Express Chipset for best desktop platform
solution. It supports up to 16 GB of system memory with dual channel DDR3
3000+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600 MHz. High resolution graphics via one PCIe x16
Gen3 slot
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. It supports one PCIe Gen3x16 slot to install graphic card.
It integrates USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to six USB 2.0 ports (four
USB 2.0 ports at 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). Please refer to Front Panel USB 2.0
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 DP port, one DVI port, one HDMI port, one RJ45 LAN connector, four
USB 2.0 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, one optical SPDIF Out and audio jacks for line-in, 8-
ch line-out.
In addition, this motherboard supports five SATA 6Gb/s for expansion.
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
Package Contents
Z97I-DRONE Motherboard
Quick Installation Guide
User Manual
DVD
I/O Shield
4 SATA 6G cable
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The package contents above are for reference only, please take the actual package items as
standard.