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Gigabyte Z690 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE Owner's manual

  • Hello! I've reviewed the user manual for the GIGABYTE AORUS XTREME Z690 AORUS XTREME WB and Z690 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE motherboards. This document provides comprehensive information on hardware installation, BIOS settings, and various features, including its audio capabilities and support for multiple storage devices. I'm here to help answer your questions about the motherboard detailed in this manual.
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    Does this motherboard support RAID?
    What are the network connection options?
Z690 AORUS XTREME WB
(Z690 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE)
Rev. 1001
© 2023
https://www.gigabyte.com/tw
REV : X.X X.X
REV : 1.0 1.0 BIOS
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1-1 .................................................................................................. 4
1-2 .......................................................................................... 5
1-3 ........................................................................................................... 6
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2-1 .......................................................................................... 7
2-2 ........................................................................................................... 8
2-3 ........................................................................ 12
2-4 ............................................................................................. 17
2-5 ..................................................................................................... 19
2-6 ........................................................................................ 20
2-7 ............................................................................................ 22
BIOS ............................................................................................34
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4-1 ................................................................................................. 36
4-2 ................................................................................................ 37
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5-1 ................................................................................................ 38
5-2 ........................................................................................ 39
Regulatory Notices ..................................................................................................... 43
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1-1
( )
M2_WIFI
LGA1700
ATX
U32G2_1
Intel® Z690
M_BIOS
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub PCIEX16
PCIEX8
F_U320G
DB_PORT ()
EC_TEMP2
SYS_FAN1
60
80
110
M2A_CPU
M2P_SB
CPU_FAN
iTE®
Super I/O
LED_C1
LED_C2
PW_SW
ATX_12V_2X4_2
ATX_12V_2X4_1
SATA3 5 7
4 6
REAR_BUTTON
CPU_OPT
EC_TEMP1
RST_SW
SYS_FAN5_
PUMP
SYS_FAN4
SYS_FAN3
SYS_FAN2
SYS_FAN6_
PUMP
F_PANEL
NOISE_
SENSOR
F_U32_2
SYS_FAN8_
PUMP
F_USB1
PCIEX4_1
U32G2_3
Intel® 2.5GbE
LAN
M2Q_SB
M2M_SB
DDR5_A1
DDR5_A2
DDR5_B1
DDR5_B2
BAT
USB 3.2
Gen 1 Hub F_U32_1
60
80
110
60
80
110
60
80
110
Marvell® AQtion AQC113C
10GbE LAN
CMOS
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
SYS_FAN7_
PUMP
LED_DDR
Z690 AORUS XTREME WB
(Z690 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE)
LED_CPU
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1-2
LGA1700 CPU
CPU CLK+/- (80~800 MHz)
DMI 4.0
LAN1
RJ45
4 SATA 6Gb/s
(SATA3 4~7)
eSPI
Bus
SPI
Bus
PCI Express 4.0 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
6 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
Intel® Z690
x4 x2
1 PCI Express x4
USB 3.2
Gen 1 Hub
4 USB 2.0/1.1
BIOS
M.2 WIFI
PCI Express 5.0 Bus
PCI Express 4.0 Bus
1 M.2 Socket 3
(M2A_CPU)
3 M.2 Socket 3
(M2P_SB, M2Q_SB, M2M_SB)
Marvell® AQtion
AQC113C
10GbE LAN
1 USB Type-C®,
with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
DDR5 4800/4000 MHz
LAN2
RJ45
x1
Intel®
2.5GbE LAN
USB 2.0
Hub
4 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
USB 3.2
Gen 2 Hub
x16
1 PCI Express x16
x8
2 PCI Express x8
Switch
Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4
Controller
2 Intel® Thunderbolt™4
2 USB Type-C®, with
USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
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2-1
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2-2
(CPU)
LGA1700 Intel® Core™Intel® Core™
Pentium® Gold C eleron®
( )
L3 CPU
Intel® Z690
Intel® Core™ i9/i7
- DDR5 5600/5200/4800/4400 MT/s
Intel® Core™ i5/i3 Intel® Core™ Pentium® 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 ( 2-7
)
* 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 AQC113C 10GbE
(10 Gbps/5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) (LAN1)
Intel® 2.5GbE (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) (LAN2)
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
- WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax 2.4/5/6 GHz
- BLUETOOTH 5.3
- 11ax 160MHz 2.4 Gbps
*
1P CI Express x16 x16 (PCIEX16)
* PCIEX16
1P CI Express x16 x8 (PCIEX8)
* PCIEX8 PCIEX16 PCIEX8
PCIEX16 x8
(PCIEX16 PCIEX8 PCI Express 5.0)
1P CI Express x16 x4 (PCIEX4_1)
(PCIEX4_1 PCI Express 3.0)
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CPU
- 1 M.2 ( Socket 3 M key type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2
SSD) (M2A_CPU)
- 2 M.2 ( Socket 3 M key type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2
SSD) (M2P_SB M2Q_SB)
- 1 M.2 ( Socket 3 M key type 2260/2280/22110 SATA PCIe
4.0 x4/x2 SSD) (M2M_SB)
- 4 SATA 6Gb/s
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
* M.2 Intel® Optane™ Memory
USB +Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4
- 2 USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2
- 1 USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
USB
- 6 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )
+USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub
- 4 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ( )
+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub
- 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB
+USB 2.0 Hub
- 4 USB 2.0/1.1 USB
1 24-pin ATX
2 8-pin ATX 12V
1 CPU
1 CPU /
4
4 /
1 C PU LED (LED_CPU)
1 AORUS RGB (LED_DDR)
1
2 LED /RGB LED
4 SATA 6Gb/s
4M .2 Socket 3
1
1 USB Type-C®USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
2 USB 3.2 Gen 1
1 USB 2.0/1.1
2
1
1
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1 Q-Flash Plus
1
1 CMOS
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 flash
AMI UEFI BIOS
PnP 1.0a DMI 2.7 WfM 2.0 SM BIOS 2.7 ACPI 5.0
APP Center
* APP Center
- @BIOS
- EasyTune
- RGB Fusion
- Smart Backup
- System Information Viewer
Q-Flash Plus
Q-Flash
Xpress Install
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SSD M.2
/ \
Norton® Internet Security (OEM )
cFosSpeed
Windows 11 64-bit
Windows 10 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
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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
* CPU CPU
j
k
l
j
k
l
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C.
•
•M.2 SSD
•G1/4
•
•OC Ignition
CPU
Type-C®
LED_CPU
CPU
M2*6 M3*10.8 M3*6.5 ()
2.0~2.5 (kgf-cm) 3.5~4.0 (kgf-cm) 3.5~4.0 (kgf-cm)
247
LED_CPU
M.2 SSD ( )
( ) M.2 SSD
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3 M3*6.5 CPU ( ) 4 M3*6.5
( )
(M3*6.5)
CPU 4 M3*10.8
(M3*10.8)
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2 M2*6 M.2
(M2*6)
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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_A1
DDR5_A2
DDR5_B1
DDR5_B2
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LED_DDR AORUS RGB RGB
LED_DDR ( AORUS RGB LED_DDR )
(M2*6)
AORUS RGB 3 M2*6
AORUS RGB ( )
AORUS RGB
( ) AORUS RGB AORUS Memory DDR5
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2-5
•
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. BIOS
7.
PCIEX16
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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
CMOS
CMOS CMOS ( BIOS )
•
•
( ) Q-Flash Plus
•CMOS
•CMOS
•CMOS BIOS (Load Optimized Defaults)
( BIOS )
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
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Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB Type-C®)
DisplayPort Thunderbolt™DisplayPort
Thunderbolt™Thunderbolt™5
PC I/O Thunderbolt™PCI 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
(RJ-45)(LAN2)
(Gigabit Ethernet)
2.5 GB (2.5 Gbps)
2.5 Gbps
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
10 Gbps
5 Gbps/ 2.5 Gbps/
1 Gbps/ 100 Mbps
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