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Asus Z97I-PLUS 2.1.8Expansion Card installation

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2.1.8Expansion Card installation

To install PCIe x16 cards

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2-12	Chapter 2: Basic installation

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Page Page Contents Page Page Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions used in this guide Typography Z97I-PLUSspecifications summary Page Page Page Package contents Installation tools and components Product introduction 1.1.1Product highlights 1.1.25X Protection 1.1.3ASUS Exclusive Features Page 1.1.4ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution 1.1.5ASUS EZ DIY 1.1.6Other special features Page 1.2.1Before you proceed 1.2.2Motherboard layout 1.2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1.2.4System memory Page 1.2.5Expansion slots 1.2.6Headers 1.2.7Onboard buttons and switches 1.2.8Onboard LEDs 1.2.9Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Basic installation 2.1.1Motherboard installation 2 Chapter Page Page 2.1.2CPU installation 2.1.3CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation Page 2.1.4DIMM installation 2.1.5ATX Power connection 2.1.6SATA device connection 2.1.7Front I/O Connector 2.1.8Expansion Card installation 2.2.1Rear I/O connection Page 2.2.2Audio I/O connections Page 2.3Starting up for the first time 2.4Turning off the computer Page BIOS setup 3.2BIOS setup program 3 Chapter 3.2.1EZ Mode 3.2.2Advanced Mode Page Page 3.2.3QFan Control Page 3.2.4EZ Tuning Wizard Page 3.3My Favorites Page 3.4Main menu Page 3.5Ai Tweaker menu Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 3.6Advanced menu 3.6.1CPU Configuration Page Page 3.6.2PCH Configuration 3.6.3PCH Storage Configuration 3.6.4System Agent Configuration Page 3.6.5USB Configuration 3.6.6Platform Misc Configuration 3.6.7Onboard Devices Configuration 3.6.8APM Configuration 3.6.9Network Stack Configuration 3.7Monitor menu Page Page 3.8Boot menu Page Page Page Page Page 3.9.1ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility 3.9.2ASUS Overclocking Profile 3.9.3ASUS SPD Information 3.10Exit menu 3.11.1EZ Update 3.11.2ASUS EZ Flash 3.11.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3.11.4ASUS BIOS Updater Page Page Software support 4.2.1Running the support DVD 4.2.2Obtaining the software guides 4.3Software information 4.4AI Suite Page Page 4.4.1DIGI+ Power Control Page 4.4.2EPU 4.4.3TurboV EVO 4.4.4Fan Xpert Page 4.4.5USB 3.0 Boost 4.4.6EZ Update 4.4.7USB BIOS Flashback Page 4.4.8USB Charger+ 4.4.9Push Notice Page Page 4.4.10System Information 4.4.11Version 4.5Audio configurations RAID support 5.1.1RAID definitions 5.1.2Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5.1.4Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility Page Page Page 5.2.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5.2.2Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® 5.2.3Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation Appendices Federal Communications Commission Statement IC: Canadian Compliance Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement VCCI: Japan Compliance Statement VCCI Class B Statement KC: Korea Warning Statement REACH ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)