GA-Z68AP-D3
Rev. 1001
12MC-Z68APD3-1001R
Motherboard
GA-Z68AP-D3
May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011
Motherboard
GA-Z68AP-D3
© 2011
http://www .gigabyte.tw/
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0
BIOS
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GA-Z68AP-D3 .......................................................................................7
GA-Z68AP-D3 ..............................................................................8
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1-1 ......................................................................................... 9
1-2 ........................................................................................................ 10
1-3 ..................................................................... 13
1-3-1 (CPU) .......................................................................................13
1-3-2 .....................................................................................................15
1-4 ........................................................................................... 16
1-4-1 .............................................................................................16
1-4-2 .................................................................................................17
1-5 .................................................................................................... 18
1-6 ....................................................................................... 19
1-7 ........................................................................................... 21
BIOS ............................................................................................29
2-1 ........................................................................................................ 30
2-2 BIOS ................................................................................... 31
2-3 MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) (/) ............................................ 33
2-4 Standard CMOS Features (CMOS) ................................................. 41
2-5 Advanced BIOS Features (BIOS) ........................................... 43
2-6 Integrated Peripherals () ......................................................... 45
2-7 Power Management Setup () .................................................. 48
2-8 PC Health Status () ................................................................. 50
2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults () .............................................. 52
2-10 Load Optimized Defaults () ............................................ 52
2-11 Set Supervisor/User Password (/) ......................... 53
2-12 Save & Exit Setup () ..................................... 54
2-13 Exit Without Saving () .............................. 54
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3-1 ........................................................................................... 55
3-2 ................................................................................................ 56
3-3 () ............................................................................................. 56
3-4 .................................................................................................... 57
3-5 ........................................................................................................ 57
3-6 Download Center .............................................................................................. 58
3-7 .................................................................................................... 58
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4-1 Xpress Recovery2 .................................................................................... 59
4-2 BIOS ....................................................................................... 62
4-2-1 Q-FlashBIOS ................................................................................62
4-2-2 @BIOSBIOS ................................................................................65
4-3 EasyTune 6 .............................................................................................. 66
4-4 Q-Share .................................................................................................... 67
4-5 Smart 6 .................................................................................................. 68
4-6 Auto Green ............................................................................................... 72
4-7 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D) .................................................................... 73
4-8 Cloud OC ................................................................................................. 74
4-9 TouchBIOS ............................................................................................... 75
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5-1 Serial ATA ............................................................................... 77
5-1-1 Intel Z68 SA TA .........................................................................77
5-1-2 SA TA RAID/AHCI ....................................................85
5-2 / ............................................................................. 90
5-2-1 2 / 4 / 5.1 / 7.1 .......................................................................................90
5-2-2 S/PDIF ..................................................................................................93
5-2-3 .................................................................................................94
5-2-4 .................................................................................................96
5-3 ........................................................................................................ 97
5-3-1 ..................................................................................................................97
5-3-2 ..............................................................................................................98
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GA-Z68AP-D3 - 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
SATA - 4
I/O- 1
2USB 2.0 (12CR1-1UB030-5*R)
2SA TA (12CF1-2SERPW -0*R)
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GA-Z68AP-D3
KB_MS_USB CPU_FAN
LGA1155
ATX
AUDIO
DDR3_4
DDR3_2
DDR3_3
DDR3_1
BAT
ATX_12V
Intel® Z68
CODEC
CLR_CMOS
M_BIOS
B_BIOS
COMA
LPT
USB_LAN
Etron
EJ168
PCIe to PCI
Bridge
PCIEX16
PCIEX4
mSATA
PCIEX1_2
PCI1
PCI2
PCIEX1_3
SYS_FAN1
OPTICAL
Realtek
RTL8111E
iTE
IT8728
GA-Z68AP-D3
R_USB30/20
HDMI
F_PANELF_USB2 F_USB1F_USB3F_AUDIO
SPDIF_O
TPMSYS_FAN2
PWR_FAN
SATA3_1
SATA2_3
SATA3_0
SATA2_2
SATA2_5
SATA2_4
PCIEX1_1
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GA-Z68AP-D3
PS/2 KB/Mouse
COM Port
LPT
LPC
Bus iTE
IT8728
2 USB 3.0/2.0
Line Out (Front Speaker Out)
MIC (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out)
Line In (Rear Speaker Out)
S/PDIF Out
CODEC
LGA1155
CPU
Intel® Z68
PCI Express Bus
CPU CLK+/- (100 MHz)
PCIe CLK
(100 MHz)
1 PCI Express x16
x16
PCI Express Bus
LAN
RJ45
Realtek
RTL8111E
Etron
EJ168
10 USB 2.0/1.1
1 SATA 3Gb/s 1 mSATA
Dual BIOS
2 PCI
PCI Bus
PCI CLK
(33 MHz)
PCIe to PCI
Bridge
2 SATA 6Gb/s
3 SATA 3Gb/s
x1
x1x1x1
1 PCI Express x1
DMI 2.0
FDI
HDMI
DDR3 2133/1866/1600/
1333/1066 MHz
Dual Channel Memory
Switch
x4 x1
3 PCI Express x1
Switch
1 PCI Express x4
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1-1
(C PU)
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1-2
(CPU)
LGA1155
Intel® Core i7 / I ntel® Core i5 / I ntel® Core i3 /
Intel® Pentium® / I ntel® Celeron®
( )
L3 CPU
Intel
® Z68
4 1.5V DDR3 DIMM 32 GB
* Windows 32-bit 4 GB
4 GB
DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz
non-ECC
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)
( )
- 1H DMI 1920x1200
Realtek ALC889
High Denition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1
* 7.1 HD (High Denition )
S/PDIF
1R ealtek RTL8111E (10/100/1000 Mbit)
1P CI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16)
* PCIEX16
1P CI Express x16 x4 (PCIEX4)
* PCIEX4 PCIEX1_2 PCIEX1_3 PCIEX1_2
PCIEX1_3 PCIEX4 x1
3P CI Express x1
( PCI Express PCI Express 2.0)
2P CI
AMD CrossFireX
* AMD CrossFireXPCIEX16 x4
- 2 SATA 6Gb/s (SATA3_0 SATA3_1) 2 SATA 6Gb/s
- 4 SATA 3Gb/s (SATA2_2~SATA2_5) 4 SATA 3Gb/s
* mSATA SATA2_5
- RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
* SATA 6Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s RAID
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USB
- 10 USB 2.0/1.1 (4 6
USB )
Etron EJ168
- 2 USB 3.0/2.0
1 24-pin ATX
1 4-pin ATX 12V
2 SATA 6Gb/s
4 SATA 3Gb/s
1 mSATA
1 CPU
2
1
1
1
1 S/PDIF
3 USB 2.0/1.1
1 CMOS
1 (TPM)
1PS/2/
1
1
1S/PDIF
1HDMI
4USB 2.0/1.1
2USB 3.0/2.0
1RJ-45
3(//)
I/O iTE IT8728
CPU/
CPU/ /
CPU
CPU/ /
CPU/
* CPU/ CPU/
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BIOS 2 32 Mbit ash
AWARD BIOS
DualBIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.0 SM BIOS 2.4 ACPI 1.0b
@BIOS
Q-Flash
Xpress BIOS Rescue
Download Center
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovery2
EasyTune
* EasyTune
Smart 6
Auto Green
eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)
ON/OFF Charge
Cloud OC
3TB+ Unlock
TouchBIOS
Q-Share
Norton Internet Security (OEM )
Intel
® Smart Response Technology
LucidLogix Virtu
*
Microsoft
® Windows 7/Vista/XP
ATX 30.5 x 21.5
*
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1-3
(CPU)
CPU
( CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU CPU ( CPU
CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
1-3-1 (CPU)
A. CPUCPU
LGA1155 CPU
LGA1155 CPU
CPU
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B. CPUCPU
CPUCPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU CPU
( ) CPU
( CPU
)
CPU
CPU
("R EMOVE")
( CPU
CPU CPU
CPU)
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1-3-2
CPUCPU(Intel ®)
CPU CPU
CPUCPU
CPU
(
)
CPU
' '
(
)
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
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1-4
( )
1-4-1
4D DR3 (Dual Channel Technology)
BIOS
4D DR3 (Channel)
A (Channel A) DDR3_2 DDR3_4 ( 2 4)
B (Channel B) DDR3_1 DDR3_3 ( 1 3)
DDR3_4
DDR3_2
DDR3_3
DDR3_1
CPU
DDR31.
DDR3 (2.
) DDR3
DDR3 DDR3_1 DDR3_2
(SSDS--)
DDR3_4 DDR3_2 DDR3_3 DDR3_1
2 - - DS/SS - - DS/SS
DS/SS - - DS/SS - -
4 DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
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1-4-2
DDR3
DDR2DDRDDR3
DDR3
DDR3
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1-5
PCI
PCI Express x1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
BIOS6.
7.
PCI Express x16
/PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
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1-6
USB 2.0/1.1
USB 2.0/1.1 USB USB / USB
USB
PS/2 /
PS/2
S/PDIF
HDMI
HDMI (High-Denition Multimedia Interface) /
HDCP Dolby TrueHD DTS HD
Master Audio HDMI HDMI
1920x1200
HDMI HDMI (
)
Windows 7 > >
> > Intel(R)
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7.1 HD (High Definition )
2/4/5.1/7.1
//
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Mbps
USB 3.0/2.0
USB 3.0 USB 2.0/1.1 USB
USB / USB USB
(RJ-45)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
1 GB (1 Gbps)
()
()
2
4/5.1/7.1
()
/