Gigabyte Z790 AORUS XTREME X Owner's manual

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Z790 AORUS XTREME X
Rev. 1001
© 2023
https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_quick-guide_am5.pdf?m=sw
https://www.gigabyte.com/tw
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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1-2 .......................................................................................... 5
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2-1 .......................................................................................... 6
2-2 ........................................................................................................... 7
2-3 ........................................................................ 10
2-4 ............................................................................................. 13
2-5 ..................................................................................................... 14
2-6 ........................................................................................ 15
2-7 ......................................................................................................... 17
2-8 ............................................................................................ 18
BIOS ............................................................................................30
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4-1 ................................................................................................. 32
4-2 ................................................................................................ 33
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5-1 ................................................................................................ 34
5-2 ........................................................................................ 35
Regulatory Notices ..................................................................................................... 39
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( )
M2_WIFI
LGA1700
ATX
U32G2_1
Intel® Z790
M_BIOS
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub
PCIEX16
F_U320G
DB_PORT ()
EC_TEMP2
SYS_FAN1
80
110
M2C_CPU
M2A_CPU
CPU_FAN
iTE®
Super I/O
F_U320G_1
PW_SW
ATX_12V_2X4_2
ATX_12V_2X4_1
SATA3
4567
REAR_BUTTON
CPU_OPT
EC_TEMP1
CLR_SW
3_FANS_2
3_FANS_1
F_PANEL
NOISE_
SENSOR
F_U32_2
F_USB_FAN
PCIEX4
U32G2_3
Intel® 2.5GbE
LAN
M2P_SBM2Q_SB
DDR5_A1
DDR5_A2
DDR5_B1
DDR5_B2
BAT
USB 3.2
Gen 1 Hub
F_U32_1
80
110
80
110
80
110
Marvell® AQtion AQC107
10GbE LAN
U32G2_2
TYPEC_1
U32G2
_LAN2
TYPEC_2
U32G2
_LAN1
Intel®
Thunderbolt 4
Controller
USB 2.0 Hub
OPTICAL
MIC_IN
LINE_OUT
ESS ES9280AC
DAC
ESS ES9080
ESS ES9080
Z790 AORUS XTREME X
RST_SW
M2M_SB
60
80
1-1
USB 2.0 Hub
I/O LCD
LED_C
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub
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1-2
LGA1700 CPU
CPU CLK+/- (80~800 MHz)
DMI 4.0
4 SATA 6Gb/s
eSPI
Bus
SPI
Bus
PCI Express 3.0 Bus
Line Out
MIC
S/PDIF Out
ESS ES9280AC DAC
+
2 ESS ES9080
iTE®
Super I/O
4 USB 3.2 Gen 1
2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
Intel® Z790
x4
USB 3.2
Gen 1 Hub
BIOS
PCI Express 5.0 Bus
2 USB Type-C®,
with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
LAN2
RJ45
Intel®
2.5GbE LAN
8 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
Intel® Thunderbolt 4
Controller
2 Intel® Thunderbolt4 2 USB Type-C®, with
USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
x4
PCI Express 4.0 Bus
1 M.2 Socket 3
(M2A_CPU)
1 PCI Express x4
PCI Express 4.0 Bus
x4 x4 x4
3 M.2 Socket 3
(M2P_SB, M2Q_SB, M2M_SB)
4 USB 2.0/1.1
x4
DDR5 5600 ( )/5200 ( )/4800/4400 MT/s
( ) CPU
USB 3.2
Gen 2 Hub
x16
x16
1 PCI Express x16
1 PCI Express x8
1 M.2 Socket 3
(M2C_CPU)
x4x8
Switch
LAN1
RJ45
Marvell® AQtion
AQC107 10GbE LAN
x1
x2
CNVi
x1
M.2 WIFI
USB 2.0
Hub
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2-1
(CPU)
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2-2
(CPU)
LGA1700 Intel® CorePentium®
Gold C eleron®
( )
L3 CPU
Intel® Z790
Intel® Core i9/i7
- DDR5 5600/5200/4800/4400 MT/s
Intel® Core i5/i3 Intel® CorePentium® Gold Celeron®
- DDR5 4800/4400 MT/s
4D DR5 DIMM 192 GB ( 48 GB )
ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 (non-ECC )
non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)
(CPU DRAM
)
+Intel® Thunderbolt 4
- 2 Intel® Thunderbolt 4 (USB Type-C®) DisplayPort
Thunderbolt
5120 x 2880@60 Hz with 24 bpp
( )
* PC I/O Thunderbolt
PCI Express ( 2-6 )
* DisplayPort 1.4 HDCP 2.3
( CPU )
1 ESS ES9280AC DAC +2 ESS ES9080
DTS® Sound Unbound
High Denition Audio
2
S/PDIF
* S/PDIF
Marvell® AQtion AQC107 10GbE
(10 Gbps/5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) (LAN1)
Intel® 2.5GbE (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) (LAN2)
Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 7 QCNCM865
- 802.11a, b, g, n, ac, ax, be 2.4/5/6 GHz
- BLUETOOTH 5.3
- 11be 320MHz
( )
CPU
- 1P CI Express x16 PCIe 5.0 x16 (PCIEX16)
* PCIEX16 M2C_CPU M2C_CPU
PCIEX16 x8
* PCIEX16
- 1P CI Express x16 PCIe 3.0 x4 (PCIEX4)
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CPU
- 1 M.2 ( Socket 3 M key type 25110/2280 PCIe 5.0 x4/x2 SSD)
(M2C_CPU)
- 1 M.2 ( Socket 3 M key type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD)
(M2A_CPU)
- 2 M.2 ( Socket 3 M key type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD)
(M2P_SB M2Q_SB)
- 1M .2 ( Socket 3 M key type 2280/2260 SATA PCIe 4.0 x4/
x2 SSD) (M2M_SB)
- 4 SATA 6Gb/s
NVMe SSD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10
SATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10
USB +Intel® Thunderbolt 4
- 2 USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2
- 2 USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
USB
- 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )
+2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub
- 8 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )
+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub
- 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB
+2 USB 2.0 Hub
- 4 USB 2.0/1.1 USB
1 24-pin ATX
2 8-pin ATX 12V
1 CPU
1 CPU /
1
1 ( 3 )
1 / ( 3 / )
1
1 RGB Gen2 LED RGB LED ( 3
RGB Gen2 LED 3R GB LED )
4 SATA 6Gb/s
5M .2 Socket 3
1
2 USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
2 USB 3.2 Gen 1
1 / USB 2.0/1.1 ( 1
/ 2 USB 2.0/1.1 )
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2
1
1
1 CMOS
1 Q-Flash Plus
1
2 SMA (2T2R)
2 Thunderbolt 4 (USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2)
10 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )
2R J-45
1 S/PDIF
2
*
I/O iTE® I/O
* ( ) ( )
BIOS 1 256 Mbit ash
AMI UEFI BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.7 WfM 2.0 SM BIOS 2.7 ACPI 5.0
GIGABYTE Control Center (GCC)
* GCC
Q-Flash
Q-Flash Plus
Smart Backup
Norton® Internet Security (OEM )
LAN bandwidth management software
Windows 11 64-bit
E-ATX 30.5 x 28.5
*
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2-3
(CPU)
CPU
( CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU CPU ( CPU
CPU )
CPU
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
A.
CPU CPU
CPU CPU
LGA1700 CPU
LGA1700 CPU
CPU
&
https://www.gigabyte.com/WebPage/210/quick-guide.html?m=sw
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B.
CPU CPU
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u
CPU CPU CPU C PU
v
jCPU
kCPU
l
CPU
CPU CPU
( ) CPU
( CPU
)
CP U
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j
k
l
j
k
l
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C.
CPU (
)
u
v
CP U
CP U
j
j
k
k
w
CPU (CPU_FAN)
CPU
CPU_FAN
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2-4
( )
4 (Dual Channel Technology)
BIOS
4 (Channel)
A (Channel A) DDR5_A1 DDR5_A2
B (Channel B) DDR5_B1 DDR5_B2
DDR5_A1 DDR5_A2 DDR5_B1 DDR5_B2
2 - - DS/SS - - DS/SS
4 DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS
(SSDS--)
CPU
1.
2. (
)
DDR5_A2 DDR5_B2
DDR5_A1
DDR5_A2
DDR5_B1
DDR5_B2
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2-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCIEX16
&PCIe EZ-Latch Plus
https://www.gigabyte.com/WebPage/922/removePCIE.html
PCIEX4
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2-6
Q-Flash Plus ( )
Q-Flash Plus (S5 ) B IOS USB
Q-Flash Plus Q-Flash Plus
( ) Q-Flash Plus BIOS
SMA ( 2T2R)
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )
USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB 2.0 USB
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )(Q-Flash Plus )
USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB 2.0 USB
Q-Flash Plus ( ) USB
(RJ-45)(LAN2)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
2.5 GB (2.5 Gbps)
( ) Q-Flash Plus
2.5 Gbps
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
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Thunderbolt 4 (USB Type-C®)
DisplayPort ThunderboltDisplayPort
ThunderboltThunderbolt5
PC I/O ThunderboltPCI Express
BIOS Settings\IO Ports\Thunderbolt(TM) Conguration
5120 x 2880@60 Hz with 24 bpp
USB 3.2 Gen 2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB 2.0 USB
(RJ-45)(LAN1)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
10 GB (10 Gbps)
(
)
S/PDIF
10 Gbps
5 Gbps/ 2.5 Gbps/
1 Gbps/ 100 Mbps
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https://www.gigabyte.com/WebPage/698/realtek1220-audio.html
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2-7
PW_SW
RST_SW
CMOS
CMOS BIOS
CMOS_SW CMOS
PW_SW
RST_SW
CMOS
CMOS
CMOS BIOS (Load Optimized Defaults)
( BIOS )
CMOS_SW
BIOS
RST_SW (MULTIKEY)
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2-8
1) ATX_12V_2X4_1/ATX_12V_2X4_2
2) ATX
3) CPU_FAN
4) SYS_FAN1
5) 3_FANS_1
6) 3_FANS_2
7) CPU_OPT
8) LED_C
9) EC_TEMP1/EC_TEMP2
10) NOISE_SENSOR
11) M2C_CPU/M2A_CPU/
M2Q_SB/M2P_SB/M2M_SB
12) SATA3 4/5/6/7
13) BAT
14) F_PANEL
15) F_U320G/F_U320G_1
16) F_U32_1/F_U32_2
17) F_USB_FAN
2
10
15
14
14
7 9
8
15
17
11
11
3
16
12
11
11
1113
5
6
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2x4-pin 12V ( )
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1/2) ATX_12V_2X4_1/ATX_12V_2X4_2/ATX (2x4-pin 12V 2x12-pin )
12V CPU 12V
(500 )
ATX_12V_2X4_1/ATX_12V_2X4_2
1 ( 2 x4-pin
)
2 ( 2 x4-pin
)
3
4
5 +12V ( 2x4-pin
)
6 +12V ( 2x4-pin
)
7 +12V
8 +12V
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2 3.3V 14 -12V
3 15
4 +5V 16 PS_ON (soft On/Off)
5 17
6 +5V 18
7 19
8 Power Good 20
9 5VSB (stand by +5V) 21 +5V
10 +12V 22 +5V
11 +12V ( 2x12-pin
)
23 +5V ( 2x12-pin
)
12 3.3V ( 2x12-pin
)
24 ( 2x12-pin
)
ATX_12V_2X4_1/ATX_12V_2X4_2
DEBUG
PORT
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