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Contents
Safety information ....................................................................................................... v
About this guide ......................................................................................................... vi
ROG STRIX Z590-A GAMING Series
specifications summary ........................................................................................... vii
Connectors with shared bandwidth ........................................................................ xii
Package contents ..................................................................................................... xiii
Installation tools and components ......................................................................... xiv
Chapter 1:
Product Introduction
1.1
Before you proceed ...................................................................................1-1
1.2
Motherboard layout ....................................................................................1-2
Chapter 2:
Basic Installation
2.1
Building your PC system ...........................................................................2-1
2.1.1
CPU installation...........................................................................2-1
2.1.2
Cooling system installation..........................................................2-3
2.1.3
DIMM installation.........................................................................2-5
2.1.4
M.2 installation ............................................................................2-6
2.1.5
Additional cooling kit installation ...............................................2-14
2.1.6
Motherboard installation ............................................................2-15
2.1.7
ATX power connection ..............................................................2-16
2.1.8
SATA device connection ...........................................................2-17
2.1.9
Front I/O connector ...................................................................2-18
2.1.10
Expansion card installation .......................................................2-19
2.1.11
Wi-Fi antenna moving installation .............................................2-20
2.2
BIOS update utility ...................................................................................2-21
2.3
Motherboard rear and audio connections .............................................2-23
2.3.1
Rear I/O connection ..................................................................2-23
2.3.2
Audio I/O connections ...............................................................2-24
2.4
Starting up for the first time ....................................................................2-27
2.5
Turning off the computer ........................................................................2-27
Chapter 3:
BIOS and RAID Support
3.1
Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2
BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-2
3.3
EZ Update ...................................................................................................3-2
3.4
ASUS EZ Flash 3 ........................................................................................3-3
3.5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ............................................................................3-4
3.6
RAID configurations ..................................................................................3-5
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