Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3HP, User Manual

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Table of Contents
Box Contents ...................................................................................................................6
Optional Items .................................................................................................................6
GA-F2A88X-D3HP Motherboard Layout .........................................................................7
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation .....................................................................................9
1-1 Installation Precautions .................................................................................... 9
1-2 Product Speciications
.................................................................................... 10
1-3 Installing the APU and APU Cooler ................................................................ 13
1-3-1 Installing the APU ...................................................................................................13
1-3-2 Installing the APU Cooler ........................................................................................15
1-4 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 16
1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory Coniguration
.....................................................................16
1-4-2 Installing a Memory ................................................................................................17
1-5 Installing an Expansion Card ......................................................................... 18
1-6 Setup of the AMD Dual Graphics Coniguration
............................................. 19
1-7 Back Panel Connectors .................................................................................. 20
1-8 Internal Connectors ........................................................................................ 22
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................31
2-1 Startup Screen ............................................................................................... 32
2-2 The Main Menu .............................................................................................. 33
2-3 M.I.T. .............................................................................................................. 34
2-4 System Information ........................................................................................ 43
2-5 BIOS Features ............................................................................................... 44
2-6 Peripherals ..................................................................................................... 48
2-7 Power Management ....................................................................................... 50
2-8 Save & Exit ..................................................................................................... 52
Chapter 3 Coniguring a RAID Set
................................................................................53
3-1 Coniguring SATA Controllers
......................................................................... 53
3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
....................... 62
Chapter 4 Drivers Installation ........................................................................................65
4-1 Drivers & Software ......................................................................................... 65
4-2 Application Software ...................................................................................... 66
4-3 Information ..................................................................................................... 66