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Z390 UD
User's Manual
Rev. 1001
12ME-Z39UD-1001R
For more product details, please visit GIGABYTE's website.
To reduce the impacts on global warming, the packaging materials of this product
are recyclable and reusable. GIGABYTE works with you to protect the environment.

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  • Page 1 Z390 UD User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-Z39UD-1001R For more product details, please visit GIGABYTE's website. To reduce the impacts on global warming, the packaging materials of this product are recyclable and reusable. GIGABYTE works with you to protect the environment.
  • Page 2 The trademarks mentioned in this manual are legally registered to their respective owners. Disclaimer Information in this manual is protected by copyright laws and is the property of GIGABYTE. Changes to the speciications and features in this manual may be made by GIGABYTE without prior notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, transmitted, or published in any form or by any means without GIGABYTE's prior written permission.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Z390 UD Motherboard Layout ..................4 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ..................5 Installation Precautions ..................5 1-2 Product Speciications ..................6 Installing the CPU .................... 9 Installing the Memory ..................9 Installing an Expansion Card ................. 10 Back Panel Connectors .................. 10 Internal Connectors ..................

  • Page 4: Z390 Ud Motherboard Layout

    Z390 UD Motherboard Layout ATX_12V_2X4 KB_MS CPU_FAN SYS_FAN1 LGA1151 R_USB30_1 HDMI R_USB30_2 USB30_LAN AUDIO PCIEX1_1 Z390 UD Realtek ® PCIEX16 GbE LAN Intel Z390 ® PCIEX1_2 ® Super I/O PCIEX4_1 CODEC PCIEX1_3 M_BIOS THB_C PCIEX4_2 CLR_CMOS F_AUDIO CPU DRAM SPDIF_O...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 1 Hardware Installation Installation Precautions The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Prior to installation, carefully read the user's manual and follow these procedures: • Prior to installation, make sure the chassis is suitable for the motherboard. •...

  • Page 6: Product Speciications

    Dual channel memory architecture Š Support for DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz memory modules Š S upport for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) Š Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules Š Support for Extreme Memory Proile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Š Onboard Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel ® HD Graphics support: 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz Graphics Š...
  • Page 7 Š Chipset: 8 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header) 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB header Š Internal 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector Š...
  • Page 8 * G IGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to the product speciications and product-related information without prior notice. Please visit GIGABYTE's website Please visit the Support\Utility List for support lists of CPU, memory page on GIGABYTE's website to modules, SSDs, and M.2 devices. download the latest version of apps. - 8 -...

  • Page 9: Installing The Cpu

    • Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory. It is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to prevent hardware damage.

  • Page 10: Installing An Expansion Card

    The four memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory sockets as following: Channel A: DDR4_A1, DDR4_A2 Channel B: DDR4_B1, DDR4_B2 Dual Channel Memory Conigurations Table DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2 DDR4_A1 DDR4_A2 2 Modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS 4 Modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS (SS=Single-Sided, DS=Double-Sided, "- -"=No Memory) Due to CPU limitations, read the following guidelines before installing the memory in Dual Channel mode. Dual Channel mode cannot be enabled if only one memory module is installed.
  • Page 11 • When removing the cable, pull it straight out from the connector. Do not rock it side to side to prevent an electrical short inside the cable connector. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on coniguring the audio software. - 11 -...

  • Page 12: Internal Connectors

    Internal Connectors SPDIF_O ATX_12V_2X2/ATX_12V_2X4 F_USB30 CPU_FAN F_USB SYS_FAN1/2/3 LED_C SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 THB_C F_PANEL CLR_CMOS CPU/DRAM/VGA/BOOT F_AUDIO Read the following guidelines before connecting external devices: • First make sure your devices are compliant with the connectors you wish to connect. • Before installing the devices, be sure to turn off the devices and your computer. Unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the devices.
  • Page 13 1/2) ATX_12V_2X2/ATX_12V_2X4/ATX (2x4, 2x2, 12V Power Connectors and 2x12 Main Power Connector) With the use of the power connector, the power supply can supply enough stable power to all the components on the motherboard. Before connecting the power connector, irst make sure the power supply is turned off and all devices are properly installed. The power connector possesses a foolproof design. Connect the power supply cable to the power connector in the correct orientation.
  • Page 14 Pin 1 (12V) of the digital LED strip header. Incorrect connection may lead to the damage of the LED strip. For how to turn on/off the lights of the LED strip please visit the "Unique Features" webpage of GIGABYTE's website. Before installing the devices, be sure to turn off the devices and your computer. Unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the devices.
  • Page 15 6) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA Chipset supports RAID 0, 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel ® RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Refer to Chapter 3, "Coniguring a RAID Set," for instructions on coniguring a RAID array. Pin No. Deinition SATA3 SATA3 To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals\SATA And RST Coniguration," for more information.
  • Page 16 8) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header) Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker, chassis intrusion switch/sensor and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below. Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables. • PLED/PWR_LED (Power LED, Yellow/Purple): Power LED Power Switch Speaker...
  • Page 17 10) SPDIF_O (S/PDIF Out Header) This header supports digital S/PDIF Out and connects a S/PDIF digital audio cable (provided by expansion cards) for digital audio output from your motherboard to certain expansion cards like graphics cards and sound cards. For example, some graphics cards may require you to use a S/PDIF digital audio cable for digital audio output from your motherboard to your graphics card if you wish to connect an HDMI display to the graphics card and have digital audio output from the HDMI display at the same time.
  • Page 18 NCTS- NDTR- NRI- No Pin 15) THB_C (Thunderbolt ™ Add-in Card Connector) ™ This connector is for a GIGABYTE Thunderbolt add-in card. ™ Supports a Thunderbolt add-in card. 16) BAT (Battery) The battery provides power to keep the values (such as BIOS conigurations, date, and time information) in the CMOS when the computer is turned off. Replace the battery when the battery voltage drops to a low level, or the CMOS values may not be accurate or may be lost.
  • Page 19 17) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to clear the BIOS coniguration and reset the CMOS values to factory defaults. To clear the CMOS values, use a metal object like a screwdriver to touch the two pins for a few seconds. Open: Normal Short: Clear CMOS Values • Always turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before clearing the CMOS values.

  • Page 20: Chapter 2 Bios Setup

    To access the BIOS Setup program, press the <Delete> key during the POST when the power is turned on. To upgrade the BIOS, use either the GIGABYTE Q-Flash or @BIOS utility. • Q-Flash allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade or back up BIOS without entering the operating system.

  • Page 21: The Main Menu

    The Main Menu System Time Setup Menus Hardware Information Coniguration Items Current Settings Quick Access Bar allows you to enter Easy Mode, select BIOS default language, conigure fan settings, or enter Q-Flash. Classic Setup Function Keys <f><g> Move the selection bar to select a setup menu Move the selection bar to select an coniguration item on a menu <h><i> <Enter>...
  • Page 22 2-3 M.I.T. Whether the system will work stably with the overclock/overvoltage settings you made is dependent on your overall system conigurations. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components. This page is for advanced users only and we recommend you not to alter the default settings to prevent system instability or other unexpected results.
  • Page 23 & FCLK Frequency for Early Power On Allows you to set the FCLK frequency. Options are: Normal(800Mhz), 1GHz, 400MHz. (Default: 1GHz) ` Advanced CPU Core Settings & CPU Clock Ratio, CPU Frequency, FCLK Frequency for Early Power On The settings above are synchronous to those under the same items on the Advanced Frequency Settings menu. & AVX Offset (Note) AVX offset is the negative offset of AVX ratio. & TJ-Max offsett (Note) Allows you to ine-tune the TJ Max offset value. (Default: Auto) &...
  • Page 24 & Intel(R) Speed Shift Technology (Intel Speed Shift Technology) ® (Note) Enables or disables Intel ® Speed Shift Technology. Enabling this feature allows the processor to ramp up its operating frequency more quickly and then improves the system responsiveness. (Default: Auto) & CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Note) ® Enables or disables Intel CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system halt state.
  • Page 25 & Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Allows you to determine whether to enable the adjacent cache line prefetch mechanism that lets the processor retrieve the requested cache line as well as the subsequent cache line. (Default: Auto) & Extreme Memory Proile (X.M.P.) (Note) Allows the BIOS to read the SPD data on XMP memory module(s) to enhance memory performance when enabled.
  • Page 26 & Memory Multiplier Tweaker Provides different levels of memory auto-tuning. (Default: Auto) & Channel Interleaving Enables or disables memory channel interleaving. Enabled allows the system to simultaneously access different channels of the memory to increase memory performance and stability. Auto lets the BIOS automatically conigure this setting. (Default: Auto) &...
  • Page 27 & C PU Vcore/CPU VCCSA/DRAM Channel A/B Voltage/+3.3V/+5V/+12V/CPU VAXG Displays the current system voltages. ` Miscellaneous Settings & Max Link Speed Allows you to set the operation mode of the PCI Express slots to Gen 1, Gen 2, or Gen 3. Actual operation mode is subject to the hardware speciication of each slot. Auto lets the BIOS automatically conigure this setting. (Default: Auto) &...

  • Page 28: System

    System This section provides information on your motherboard model and BIOS version. You can also select the default language used by the BIOS and manually set the system time. & Access Level Displays the current access level depending on the type of password protection used. (If no password is set, the default will display as Administrator.) The Administrator level allows you to make changes to all BIOS settings;...

  • Page 29: Bios

    A password is required for booting the system and for entering the BIOS Setup program. (Default) & Full Screen LOGO Show Allows you to determine whether to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. Disabled skips the GIGABYTE Logo when the system starts up. (Default: Enabled) & Boot Option Priorities Speciies the overall boot order from the available devices. Removable storage devices that support GPT...
  • Page 30 & SATA Support Last Boot HDD Only Except for the previous boot drive, all SATA devices are disabled before the OS boot process completes. (Default) All Sata Devices All SATA devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. This item is conigurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast.
  • Page 31 & Other PCI devices Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers. Do not launch Disables option ROM. UEFI Enables UEFI option ROM only. (Default) Legacy Enables legacy option ROM only. This item is conigurable only when CSM Support is set to Enabled. & Administrator Password Allows you to conigure an administrator password. Press <Enter> on this item, type the password, and then press <Enter>. You will be requested to conirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup.

  • Page 32: Peripherals

    Peripherals & PCIE Bifurcation Support Allows you to determine how the bandwidth of the PCIEX16 slot is divided. Options: PCIE x16, PCIE x8/ x8, PCIE x8/x4/x4. (Default: PCIE x16) & Initial Display Output Speciies the irst initiation of the monitor display from the installed PCI Express graphics card or the onboard graphics. IGFX Sets the onboard graphics as the irst display. PCIe 1 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX16 slot as the irst display. (Default) PCIe 2 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX4_1 slot as the irst display. PCIe 3 Slot Sets the graphics card on the PCIEX4_2 slot as the irst display.
  • Page 33 ` OffBoard SATA Controller Coniguration Displays information on your M.2 PCIe SSD if installed. ` Trusted Computing Enables or disables Trusted Platform Module (TPM). ` Super IO Coniguration & Serial Port Enables or disables the onboard serial port. (Default: Enabled) ` Intel(R) Bios Guard Technology ® Enables or disables the Intel BIOS Guard feature, which protects the BIOS from malicious attacks.
  • Page 34 & PXE boot wait time Allows you to conigure how long to wait before you can press <Esc> to abort the PXE boot. This item is conigurable only when Network Stack is enabled. (Default: 0) & Media detect count Allows you to set the number of times to check the presence of media. This item is conigurable only when Network Stack is enabled. (Default: 1) ` NVMe Coniguration Displays information on your M.2 NVME PCIe SSD if installed. ` SATA And RST Coniguration & SATA Controller(s) Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) &...

  • Page 35: Chipset

    Chipset & VT-d (Note) Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O. (Default: Enabled) ® Enables or disables Intel & Internal Graphics Enables or disables the onboard graphics function. (Default: Auto) & DVMT Pre-Allocated Allows you to set the onboard graphics memory size. Options are: 32M~1024M. (Default: 64M) & DVMT Total Gfx Mem Allows you to allocate the DVMT memory size of the onboard graphics. Options are: 128M, 256M, MAX. (Default: 256M) & Audio Controller Enables or disables the onboard audio function. (Default: Enabled) If you wish to install a 3rd party add-in audio card instead of using the onboard audio, set this item to Disabled.

  • Page 36: Power

    Power & Platform Power Management Enables or disables the Active State Power Management function (ASPM). (Default: Disabled) & PEG ASPM Allows you to conigure the ASPM mode for the device connected to the CPU PEG bus. This item is conigurable only when Platform Power Management is set to Enabled. (Default: Disabled) &...
  • Page 37 & Power On Password Set the password when Power On By Keyboard is set to Password. Press <Enter> on this item and set a password with up to 5 characters and then press <Enter> to accept. To turn on the system, enter the password and press <Enter>. Note: To cancel the password, press <Enter>...

  • Page 38: Save & Exit

    2-9 Save & Exit & Save & Exit Setup Press <Enter> on this item and select Yes. This saves the changes to the CMOS and exits the BIOS Setup program. Select No or press <Esc> to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. & Exit Without Saving Press <Enter>...

  • Page 39: Chapter 3 Appendix

    The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and the BIOS version. C-1. Using EZ RAID GIGABYTE motherboards provide you with the EZ RAID feature, allowing you to quickly conigure a RAID array with simpliied steps. Steps: 1. After restarting the computer, enter the BIOS Setup and go to Peripherals. Press <Enter> on the EZ RAID item. Select the type of hard drives you use for RAID in the Type tab and then press <Enter>.
  • Page 40 5. Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the Create Volume item to begin creating the RAID array. When prompted to conirm whether to create this volume, press <Y> to conirm or <N> to cancel. 6. When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> or select 6. Exit in MAIN MENU. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on coniguring a RAID array. - 40 -...

  • Page 41: Installing An Intel Optane Memory

    Installing the RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system. Installing the Operating System As some operating systems already include RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance and compatibility. If the operating system to be installed requires that you provide additional SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation process, please refer to the steps below: 1.
  • Page 42 A-2: Installation in Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration mode If the SATA controller has been conigured in Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration mode, please follow the steps below: 1. After system restarts, go to the BIOS Setup, make sure CSM Support under the BIOS menu is disabled. 2. Go to Peripherals\SATA And RST Coniguration and make sure USE RST Legacy OROM is disabled. memory installed in the M2A connector, set PCIe Storage Dev on Port ™...

  • Page 43: Drivers Installation

    Run.exe program.) "Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all of the drivers that are recommended to install. You can click the Xpress Install button and "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Or click the arrow icon to individually install the drivers you need. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for Please visit GIGABYTE's website for more software information. more troubleshooting information. - 43 -...

  • Page 44: Regulatory Statements

    Contravention will be prosecuted. We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing. GIGABYTE cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by GIGABYTE.
  • Page 45 FCC Notice (U.S.A. Only) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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  • Page 48: Contact Us

    Contact Us GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Address: No.6, Baoqiang Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan TEL: +886-2-8912-4000, FAX: +886-2-8912-4005 Tech. and Non-Tech. Support (Sales/Marketing) : https://esupport.gigabyte.com WEB address (English): https://www.gigabyte.com WEB address (Chinese): https://www.gigabyte.com/tw GIGABYTE eSupport • To submit a technical or non-technical (Sales/Marketing) question, please link to: https://esupport.gigabyte.com - 48 -...

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