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GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

User's Manual

Rev. 1001
12ME-Z68XU3H-1001R

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Page 1: ...GA Z68X UD3H B3 User s Manual Rev 1001 12ME Z68XU3H 1001R...

Page 2: ...Motherboard GA Z68X UD3H B3 Apr 29 2011 Apr 29 2011 Motherboard GA Z68X UD3H B3...

Page 3: ...IGABYTE s prior written permission Documentation Classifications Inordertoassistintheuseofthisproduct GIGABYTEprovidesthefollowingtypesofdocumentations For quick set up of the product read the Quick I...

Page 4: ...nfiguration 16 1 4 2 Installing a Memory 17 1 5 Installing an Expansion Card 18 1 6 Setup of ATI CrossFireX NVIDIA SLI Configuration 19 1 7 Back Panel Connectors 20 1 8 Internal Connectors 23 Chapter...

Page 5: ...t 6 76 4 7 Auto Green 80 4 8 eXtreme Hard Drive X H D 81 4 9 Cloud OC 82 Chapter 5 Appendix 83 5 1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive s 83 5 1 1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers 83 5 1 2 Configuring Ma...

Page 6: ...0 5 R 2 port IEEE 1394a bracket Part No 12CF1 1IE008 0 R 2 port SATA power cable Part No 12CF1 2SERPW 0 R COM port cable Part No 12CF1 1CM001 3 R 3 5 Front Panel with 2 USB 3 0 2 0 ports Part No 12CR1...

Page 7: ...EL SHIFTER Intel Z68 SATA3_1 GSATA3_6 SATA3_0 GSATA3_5 CODEC PWR_FAN TPM SYS_FAN1 M_BIOS VGA_DVI DP_HDMI_SPDIF USB30_LAN PCIEX16 SPDIF_O F_USB30 F_USB1 F_USB2 F_USB3 F_USB4 COMA F_PANEL CLR_CMOS SYS_F...

Page 8: ...Dual BIOS LPC Bus DDR3 2133 1866 1600 1333 1066 MHz Dual Channel Memory PCI Express Bus 2 SATA 6Gb s PCIe CLK 100 MHz PCIe CLK 100 MHz x1 x1 LAN RJ45 Realtek RTL8111E PCIe CLK 100 MHz 2 PCI PCI Bus PC...

Page 9: ...and first touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity Prior to installing the motherboard please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an electrostatic shielding container Before unp...

Page 10: ...Sub port 1 x DVI D port supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 The DVI D port does not support D Sub connection by adapter 1 x HDMI port supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 1 x DisplayP...

Page 11: ...B brackets connected to the internal USB headers 2 x Etron EJ168 chips Up to 4 USB 3 0 2 0 ports 2 on the back panel 2 via the USB bracket connected to the internal USB header IEEE 1394 VIA VT6308 chi...

Page 12: ...t flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Support for DualBIOS PnP 1 0a DMI 2 0 SM BIOS 2 4 ACPI 1 0b Unique Features Support for BIOS Support for Q Flash Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue Support for Download...

Page 13: ...revent hardware damage Locate the pin one of the CPU The CPU cannot be inserted if oriented incorrectly Or you may locate the notches on both sides of the CPU and alignment keys on the CPU socket Appl...

Page 14: ...the CPU notches with the socket alignment keys and gently insert the CPU into position Step 5 Push the CPU socket lever back into its locked position Step 4 Once the CPU is properly inserted use one h...

Page 15: ...re installing the cooler note the direction of the arrow sign on the male push pin Turn ing the push pin along the direction of arrow is to remove the cooler on the contrary is to install Step 3 Place...

Page 16: ...ns and capacity of the memory En abling Dual Channel memory mode will double the original memory bandwidth The four DDR3 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory so...

Page 17: ...on the socket As indicated in the picture on the left place your fin gers on the top edge of the memory push down on the memory and insert it vertically into the memory socket Step 2 The clips at both...

Page 18: ...66 expansion card s Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system 777 Example Installing and Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card Installing a Graphics Card Gently push...

Page 19: ...in the CrossFireX SLI gold edge connectors on top of the two cards Step 3 Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot C Configuring the Graphics Card Driver C 1 To Enable CrossFi...

Page 20: ...Before using this feature ensure that your audio system provides an optical digital audio in connector HDMI Port The HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface provides an all digital audio video inter...

Page 21: ...abilities Use this port for an IEEE 1394a device eSATA 3Gb s Connector The eSATA 3Gb s port conforms to SATA 3Gb s standard and is compatible with SATA 1 5Gb s stan dard Use the port to connect an ext...

Page 22: ...n devices such as an optical drive walkman etc Line Out Jack Green The default line out jack Use this audio jack for a headphone or 2 channel speaker This jack can be used to connect front speakers in...

Page 23: ...g the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the devices After installing the device and before turning on the computer make sure the device cable has been securely attached to the conn...

Page 24: ...12V power connector is not connected the computer will not start To meet expansion requirements it is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used 500W or greater...

Page 25: ..._FAN SYS_FAN2 SYS_FAN1 PWR_FAN 1 1 1 6 BAT Battery The battery provides power to keep the values such as BIOS configurations date and time information in the CMOS when the computer is turned off Repla...

Page 26: ...l number of hard drives does not have to be an even number A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives 8 SATA2_2 3 4 SATA 3Gb s Connectors Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset The SATA connectors con...

Page 27: ...CLR_CMOS Clearing CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the CMOS values e g date information and BIOS configurations and reset the CMOS values to factory defaults To clear the CMOS values place a jumpe...

Page 28: ...writing data RES Reset Switch Green Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front panel Press the reset switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restar...

Page 29: ...ide a front panel audio module that has separated connectors on each wire instead of a single plug For information about connecting the front panel audio module that has different wire assignments ple...

Page 30: ...orts routed to the F_USB1 header can sup port the ON OFF Charge function UG T 10 9 2 1 15 F_USB30 USB 3 0 2 0 Header The header conforms to USB 3 0 2 0 specification and can provide two USB ports For...

Page 31: ...the power outlet to prevent damage to the IEEE 1394a bracket To connect an IEEE 1394a device attach one end of the device cable to your computer and then attach the other end of the cable to the IEEE...

Page 32: ...this header Pin No Definition Pin No Definition 1 LCLK 11 LAD0 2 GND 12 GND 3 LFRAME 13 NC 4 No Pin 14 ID 5 LRESET 15 SB3V 6 NC 16 SERIRQ 7 LAD3 17 GND 8 LAD2 18 NC 9 VCC3 19 NC 10 LAD1 20 SUSCLK 19...

Page 33: ...IOS without entering the operating system BIOS is a Windows based utility that searches and downloads the latest version of BIOS from the Internet and updates the BIOS For instructions on using the Q...

Page 34: ...irectly boot from the device configured in Boot Menu Note The setting in Boot Menu is effective for one time only After system restart the device boot order will still be based on BIOS Setup settings...

Page 35: ...the right submenus only F5 Restore the previous BIOS settings for the current submenus F6 Load the Fail Safe BIOS default settings for the current submenus F7 Load the Optimized BIOS default settings...

Page 36: ...adapter Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to configure all peripheral devices such as IDE SATA USB integrated audio and integrated LAN etc Power Management Setup Use this menu to configure all the...

Page 37: ...ess Enter BIOS Version F1r BCLK 99 80 MHz CPU Frequency 3193 86 MHz Memory Frequency 1330 65 MHz Total Memory Size 1024 MB CPU Temperature 30 0 o C Vcore 1 200V DRAM Voltage 1 548V Move Enter Select P...

Page 38: ...ory frequencies parameters Advanced Frequency Settings CPU Clock Ratio Allows you to alter the clock ratio for the installed CPU The adjustable range is dependent on the CPU being installed CPU Freque...

Page 39: ...f active cores Auto sets the CPU Turbo ratios according to the CPU specifications Default Auto Turbo Power Limit Watts Allows you to set a power limit for CPU Turbo mode When the CPU power consumption...

Page 40: ...te 1 Auto Lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting Default Enabled When the CPU or chipset detects that an overheating is occurring PROCHOT signals will be emitted to lower CPU performance t...

Page 41: ...level Turbo Lets the system operate at its good performance level Default Extreme Lets the system operate at its best performance level DRAM Timing Selectable SPD Quick and Expert allows the Channel I...

Page 42: ...atency Time Options are Auto default 5 15 tRCD Options are Auto default 1 15 tRP Options are Auto default 1 15 tRAS Options are Auto default 1 40 Channel A B Advanced Timing Control tRC Options are Au...

Page 43: ...o x Dynamic Vcore DVID 0 000V Auto QPI Vtt Voltage 1 050V Auto System Agent Voltage 0 925V Auto Graphics Core 1 070V Auto x Graphics DVID 0 000V Auto MCH ICH CPU PLL 1 800V Auto DRAM Voltage 1 500V Au...

Page 44: ...e The default is Auto Dynamic Vcore DVID This option is configurable only when CPU Vcore is set to Normal The default is Auto QPI Vtt Voltage The default is Auto System Agent Voltage The default is Au...

Page 45: ...o enable specific streams within the CPU and Chipset Default Enabled Virtualization Technology Note Enables or disables Intel Virtualization Technology Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization...

Page 46: ...the two methods below Auto Lets the BIOS automatically detect SATA devices during the POST Default None If no SATA devices are used set this item to None so the system will skip the detection of the d...

Page 47: ...ot will stop No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error but stop for all other errors Default Memory These fields are rea...

Page 48: ...exit this menu when finished Quick Boot Enables or disables the quick boot function to speed up the system boot up process to shorten the waiting time for entering the operating system and to deliver...

Page 49: ...m startup Disabled displays normal POST message Default Enabled Init Display First Specifies the first initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI graphics card PCI Express graphics card...

Page 50: ...is enabled Default Enabled SATA Port0 3 Native Mode Intel Z68 Chipset Specifies the operating mode of the integrated SATA controllers Disabled Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Legacy IDE mode...

Page 51: ...en Length 0m Part4 5 Status Open Length 0m Part7 8 Status Open Length 0m Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults...

Page 52: ...5 and GSATA3_6 connectors Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the Marvell 88SE9172 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode IDE Configures the SATA controller to...

Page 53: ...e system will enter suspend mode PME Event Wake Up Allows the system to be awakened from an ACPI sleep state by a wake up signal from a PCI or PCIe device Note To use this function you need anATX powe...

Page 54: ...k on left button on the PS 2 mouse to turn on the system Power On By Keyboard Allows the system to be turned on by a PS 2 keyboard wake up event Note you need an ATX power supply providing at least 1A...

Page 55: ...ware PC Health Status CPU Smart FAN Control Normal x Slope PWM 1 75 PWM value o C CPU Smart FAN Mode Auto Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Saf...

Page 56: ...mperature You can adjust the fan speed with EasyTune based on your system requirements Default Silent Allows the CPU fan to run at slow speeds Manual Allows you to control the CPU fan speed under the...

Page 57: ...sor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Press Enter on this item and then press the Y key to load the optimal BIOS default settings The BIOS de...

Page 58: ...pass word at system startup to continue system boot In BIOS Setup you must enter the supervisor password if you wish to make changes to BIOS settings The user password only allows you to view the BIOS...

Page 59: ...ervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Press Enter on this item and press the Y key This exits the BIOS Setup without saving the changes made in BIOS Setup to the CMOS...

Page 60: ...BIOS Setup 60...

Page 61: ...gnore the popup dialog box es e g the Found New Hardware Wizard displayed when Xpress Install is installing the drivers Failure to do so may affect the driver installation Some device drivers will res...

Page 62: ...ties and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software You can click the Install button on the right of an item to install it 3 3 Technical Manuals This page provides GIGABYTE s applicati...

Page 63: ...4 Contact For the detailed contact information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter or worldwide branch offices click the URL on this page to link to the GIGABYTE website 3 5 System This page provides t...

Page 64: ...d Center button to link to the GIGABYTE website The latest version of the BIOS drivers or applications will be displayed 3 7 New Utilities This page provides a quick link to GIGABYTE s lately develope...

Page 65: ...drive access speed may affect the speed at which the data is backed up restored It takes longer to back up a hard drive than to restore it System Requirements At least 512 MB of system memory VESA co...

Page 66: ...ress Recovery2 cannot save the backup file Step 1 Select BACKUP to start backing up your hard drive data Step 2 When finished go to Disk Management to check disk allocation B Accessing Xpress Recovery...

Page 67: ...p to your hard drive in case the system breaks down The RESTORE option will not be present if no backup is created before Select REBOOT to exit Xpress Recovery2 Step 2 After the backup file is removed...

Page 68: ...d BIOS flashing process What is BIOS BIOS allows you to update the system BIOS while in the Windows environ ment BIOS will download the latest BIOS file from the nearest BIOS server site and update th...

Page 69: ...on allows you to save the current BIOS file Q Flash only supports USB flash drive or hard drives using FAT32 16 12 file system If the BIOS update file is saved to a hard drive in RAID AHCI mode or a h...

Page 70: ...Exit Setup and then press Y to save settings to CMOS and exit BIOS Setup The proce dure is complete after the system restarts Press Y to load BIOS defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2011 Aw...

Page 71: ...Internet Update Function Click Update BIOS from GIGABYTE Server select the BIOS server site closest to your location and then download the BIOS file that matches your motherboard model Follow the on...

Page 72: ...he installed memory module s You can select memory module on a specific slot to see its information The Tuner tab allows you to change system clock settings and voltages Quick Boost mode provides you...

Page 73: ...motherboard model CPU Power and Power Scores are for reference only Actual results may vary based on testing method Meter Mode Button Information Table Button Description 1 Dynamic Energy Saver On Off...

Page 74: ...h Mode In Stealth Mode the system continues to work with the user defined power saving settings even after the system is restarted Re enter the application only if you want to make any changes or comp...

Page 75: ...n area and right click on this icon to configure the data sharing settings Note This option is available only when data sharing is NOT enabled Figure 1 Data Sharing Disabled Figure 2 Data Sharing Enab...

Page 76: ...tem and then click Save to save the settings SMART QuickBoot SMART QuickBoot speeds up the system boot up process and shortens the waiting time for en tering the operating system delivering greater ef...

Page 77: ...click OK The initial backup will start after 10 minutes and regular backup will be performed hourly Note By default all partitions on the system drive are selected as the backup source The backup des...

Page 78: ...restore immediately or later Once you respond Yes the system will re start to the Windows recovery environment Follow the on screen instructions to restore your system Recovering your system using th...

Page 79: ...d is required before you make any changes to the previous settings Instructions Note 3 Click the lock icon on the bottom left corner and enter the Smart 6 password Set the time when a user can or cann...

Page 80: ...if it does not detect it ranging from 2 to 5 times Auto Green will keep rescanning according to the times you set When the times limit is reached and your Bluetooth cell phone key is still not detecte...

Page 81: ...pported RAID array depending on your needs and hardware components 3 Exits the X H D utility Click Cancel to exit the X H D utility Instructions Note 2 Before launching X H D make sure the newly added...

Page 82: ...ables real time PC system status monitoring for values such as CPU temperature cooling fan speeds CPU VCore and system tem perature Control System Status Control The Control tab allows for controlling...

Page 83: ...ows XP installation 5 1 1 Configuring Intel Z68 SATA Controllers A Installing SATA hard drive s in your computer Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the othe...

Page 84: ...reate RAID set this item to IDE or AHCI Step 2 Save changes and exit BIOS Setup Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2011 Award Software Integrated Peripherals eXtreme Hard Drive XHD Disabled...

Page 85: ...Enter Figure 3 Intel R Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM 10 0 0 1008 Copyright C 2003 10 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved RAID Volumes None defined Physical Devices Port Device Model Serial Si...

Page 86: ...k size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB Once you have selected the stripe block size press Enter Figure 4 Figure 5 Intel R Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM 10 0 0 1008 Copyright C 2003 10 Intel Corpo...

Page 87: ...03 10 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Press ENTER to create the specified volume hi Change TAB Next ESC Previous Menu ENTER Select HELP Name Volume0 RAID Level RAID0 Stripe Disks Select Disks St...

Page 88: ...s hidden Step 1 Select Create RAID Volume in MAIN MENU and press Enter Figure 8 Intel R Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM 10 0 0 1008 Copyright C 2003 10 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 3 Rese...

Page 89: ...JT354CP 111 7GB Non RAID Disk R1 ST3120026AS 3JT329JX 111 7GB Non RAID Disk Select 1 Master and 1 Recovery disk to create volume Step 4 Under Sync select Continuous or On Request Figure 11 When set to...

Page 90: ...pid Storage Technology Option ROM 10 0 0 1008 Copyright C 2003 10 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non RAID WARNING ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED This do...

Page 91: ...up Step 1 Turn on your computer and press Delete to enter BIOS Setup during the POST In BIOS Setup go to In tegrated Peripherals To enable RAID set GSATA3 Controller to Enabled and set GSATA3 Ctrl Mod...

Page 92: ...ell 88SE91xx Adapter BIOS Version 1 0 0 0017 PCIe x2 5 0Gbps Mode RAID Virtual Disks No Virtual Disk Physical Disks Adapter 0 Port Disk Name Size Max Speed S0 SATA WDC WD800JD 22LSA0 76 3GB SATA 3Gb s...

Page 93: ...fig menu appears Figure 4 Press Enter on the Create VD item Figure 5 ENTER SPACE Select ESC Back Exit Selection Adapter Devices RAID Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd RAID Config...

Page 94: ...press Enter to begin creating the array When prompted to confirm press Y to confirm or N to cancel Figure 7 ENTER SPACE Select ESC Back Exit Selection Adapter Devices RAID Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Ma...

Page 95: ...t to delete the VD s MBR appears press Y to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore Figure 9 Selection Adapter Devices RAID Marvell BIOS Setup C 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd RAID Config ID Na...

Page 96: ...re Install Ap plication Software and select Marvell Storage Utility to install Note After the installation you must login the utility with the same account name and password that you use to login the...

Page 97: ...u are ready to install Windows 7 Vista XP For the Marvell 88SE9172 Step 1 Boot from the Windows 7 Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps When you arrive at the Where do you want t...

Page 98: ...ther you want to install the 32 or 64 bit version copy the files in the AHCI Floppy32 or AHCI Floppy64 folder Method B Steps 1 Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk 2 From y...

Page 99: ...ce support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen ENTER Select F3 Exit Intel R ICH7R DH SATA RA...

Page 100: ...Marvell shared library for 32bit install first and press Enter On the next screen press S to return to the screen in Figure 4 Then select Marvell 91xx SATA RAID Controller 32bit Driver and press Enter...

Page 101: ...us Next ENTER Select ESC Exit Degraded volume and disk available for rebuilding detected Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild Rebuild completes in the operating system Select the port of the destinati...

Page 102: ...aunch the Intel Rapid Storage Technology utility from All Programs in the Start menu Step 1 Go to the Manage menu and click Rebuild to another disk in Manage Volume The Status item on the left of the...

Page 103: ...1008 Copyright C 2003 10 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Choose the RAID level RAID0 Stripes data performance RAID1 Mirrors data redundancy Recovery Copies data between a master and a recovery...

Page 104: ...hen press En ter on Spare Management Step 2 The new hard drive will be displayed on the screen Press Enter or Space on the new hard drive to select it and then press Enter on NEXT When prompted press...

Page 105: ...ing rebuilt When completed the status will display as Done Step 1 Under Virtual Disk 0 click the Operation tab and se lect Rebuild Step 2 The screen will display the new hard drive Click on the hard d...

Page 106: ...ake a telephone call over the Internet and etc all at the same time A Configuring Speakers The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating system To install a microphone connect your...

Page 107: ...vides an AC 97 front panel audio mod ule to activate the AC 97 functionality click the tool icon on the Speaker Configuration tab On the Connector Settings dialog box select the Disable front panel ja...

Page 108: ...ut The S PDIF Out jack can transmit audio signals to an external decoder for decoding to get the best audio quality 1 Connecting a S PDIF Out Cable Connect a S PDIF optical cable to the corresponding...

Page 109: ...5 1 or 7 1 channel audio effects With Dolby Home Theater enabled 2 channel stereo content will be transformed into multi channel audio creating a virtual sur round sound environment Step 1 Locate the...

Page 110: ...ute the record ing volume or you ll not be able to record the sound To hear the sound being recorded during the recording process do not mute the playback volume It is recom mended that you set the vo...

Page 111: ...g Devices Step 2 On the Recording tab right click on an empty space and select Show Disabled Devices Enabling Stereo Mix If the HD Audio Manager does not display the recording device you wish to use r...

Page 112: ...Make sure you have connected the sound input device e g microphone to the computer 2 To record the audio click the Start Recording button 3 To stop recording audio click the Stop Recording button Be s...

Page 113: ...e onboard HD audio driver successfully For Windows XP only A Step 1 First make sure Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 has been installed check in My Computer Properties Gen eral System If not please up...

Page 114: ...lem is verified and solved The problem is verified and solved The problem is verified and solved No No No Yes Yes Insert the graphics card Connect the ATX main power cable and the 12V power cable Turn...

Page 115: ...le might fail No The problem is verified and solved The problem is verified and solved The problem is verified and solved No No Yes Yes Yes Reinstall the operating system Reinstall other devices one b...

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