EVGA 160-CX-W999, Руководство по установке

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a successful POST, various tones for USB initialization, and other beeps to
indicate an issue during the post process. Please see Page 151 for more details.
30. BIOS SafeBoot Button
Pressing this button while the system is running will reboot the motherboard
directly into the BIOS without clearing CMOS. This feature is very useful for
situations where the motherboard is unable to complete boot due to a failed
overclock and the user does not want to erase the previous settings used.
31. USB to SPI for BIOS Flash
This USB port is designed to connect directly to the motherboard to allow the
motherboard BIOS to be flashed, even if no CPU is installed. For more
information on how to flash your BIOS using this method, please see Page 143.
32. SW Slow Mode Switch
This switch forces the CPU clock ratio to the lowest possible value in real-time.
This can be helpful for benchmarking and performance tuning, especially with
extreme overclocking. Active Slow Mode is indicated by a red LED near the
switch. This is a hardware-based function and does not need any BIOS settings
or software to operate.
33. VROC Header
VROC stands for Virtual RAID On CPU. The VROC header works in
conjunction with PCIe SSDs. The header is used to provide an Intel
®
hardware
key that will unlock advanced RAID functions, such as RAID 1/5/10. SATA
RAID does not require a VROC key.
VROC will work with many SSDs, but is only bootable with Intel
®
SSDs.
34. Rear Panel IO (Figure 2)
This is the section referred to as the I/O Hub. This panel contains the
hardwired USB, Sound, and Ethernet connections. Please see Page 18 for a
component level breakdown.
* There are two numeric references for PCI-Express: one is mechanical, which is the
actual slot-length footprint, and the second is electrical, which is a reference of how
many PCIe lanes are routed to the slot. PCI-Express is a universal architecture,
permitting installation of x1 cards, such as audio card into an x16 slot. Many types of
cards can use a portion of PCIe lanes, while some applications only use a limited
number of lanes, such as compute apps. Using the entire length of a PCIe slot is
unnecessary, nor does it cause an adverse effect to use a shorter form-factor bus card in
a slot that physically can hold a larger form-factor bus card.