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GA-X150-PLUS WS
User's Manual
Rev. 1001
12ME-X150PLW-1001R
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  • Page 1 GA-X150-PLUS WS User's Manual Rev. 1001 12ME-X150PLW-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 specifications 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 GA-X150-PLUS WS Motherboard Layout ...............4 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ..................5 Installation Precautions ..................5 1-2 Product Specifications ..................6 Installing the CPU .................... 9 Installing the Memory ..................9 Installing an Expansion Card ................. 10 Back Panel Connectors .................. 10 Internal Connectors ..................

  • Page 4: Ga-X150-Plus Ws Motherboard Layout

    F_AUDIO F_USB2 F_PANEL Box Contents 5 GA-X150-PLUS WS motherboard 5 Two SATA cables 5 Motherboard driver disk 5 I/O Shield 5 User's Manual * The box contents above are for reference only and the actual items shall depend on the product package you obtain.

  • 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. • Prior to installation, do not remove or break motherboard S/N (Serial Number) sticker or warranty sticker provided by your dealer.

  • Page 6: 1-2 Product Specifications

    Dual channel memory architecture Š Support for DDR4 2133 MHz memory modules Š Š Support for non-ECC UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Realtek Š ® Audio ALC892 codec High Definition Audio Š...
  • Page 7 Š Chipset: 6 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header) 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers) Š...
  • Page 8 Windows 7. Š ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 20.0cm Form Factor * GIGABYTE reserves the right to make any changes to the product specifications and product-related information without prior notice. Please visit GIGABYTE's website Please visit the Support\Utility List...

  • Page 9: Installing The Cpu

    • Memory modules have a foolproof design. A memory module can be installed in only one direction. If you are unable to insert the memory, switch the direction. Dual Channel Memory Configuration This motherboard provides four memory sockets and supports Dual Channel Technology. After the memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically detect the specifications and capacity of the memory. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode will double the original memory bandwidth. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on hardware installation. - 9 -...

  • 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_2, DDR4_4 Channel B: DDR4_1, DDR4_3 Dual Channel Memory Configurations Table DDR4_4 DDR4_2 DDR4_3 DDR4_1 DS/SS DS/SS 2 Modules DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS DS/SS 4 Modules (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. When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used and installed in the same colored sockets.
  • Page 11 The line out jack. Use this audio jack for a headphone or 2-channel speaker. This jack can be used to connect front speakers in a 4/5.1/7.1-channel audio configuration. Mic In (Pink) The Mic in jack. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring the audio software. • When removing the cable connected to a back panel connector, first remove the cable from your device and then remove it from the motherboard. • 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.

  • Page 12: Internal Connectors

    Internal Connectors ATX_12V_2X4 SPDIF_O F_AUDIO CPU_FAN F_USB30_1 SYS_FAN1/2/3 F_USB1/F_USB2 SATA EXPRESS COMA SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 M2F_32G THB_C F_PANEL CLR_CMOS 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_2X4/ATX (2x4 12V Power Connector 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, first 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 5) SATA EXPRESS (SATA Express Connector) The SATA Express connector supports a single SATA Express device. 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 ®...
  • Page 15 The PCI slots share bandwidth with the M2F_32G and SATA Express connectors. Whether the SATA Express connector can be used is dependent on the type of M.2 SSD being installed. Please refer to the table below: Connector Type of SATA Express SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_4 SATA3_5 SSD Installed M.2 SATA SSD Installed (Note 2) M.2 PCIe x4 SSD (Note 1) Installed M.2 PCIe x2 SSD Installed No M.2 SSD Installed a: Available,r: Not Available (Note 1) The M.2 PCIe x4 SSD will run at x2 speed if a PCI slot is populated.
  • Page 16 9) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header) Connect the power switch, reset switch, speaker, 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 11) F_AUDIO (Front Panel Audio Header) The front panel audio header supports Intel High Definition audio (HD) and AC'97 audio. You may connect your chassis front panel audio module to this header. Make sure the wire assignments of the module connector match the pin assignments of the motherboard header. Incorrect connection between the module connector and the motherboard header will make the device unable to work or even damage it. For HD Front Panel Audio: For AC'97 Front Panel Audio: Pin No.
  • Page 18 13) F_USB1/F_USB2 (USB 2.0/1.1 Headers) The headers conform to USB 2.0/1.1 specification. Each USB header can provide two USB ports via an optional USB bracket. For purchasing the optional USB bracket, please contact the local dealer. Pin No. Definition Pin No. Definition Power (5V) USB DY+ Power (5V) USB DX- USB DY- No Pin USB DX+ • Do not plug the IEEE 1394 bracket (2x5-pin) cable into the USB header. • Prior to installing the USB bracket, be sure to turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the USB bracket.
  • Page 19 LRESET SB3V SERIRQ LAD3 LAD2 VCC3 LAD1 SUSCLK 17) THB_C (Thunderbolt Add-in Card Connector) ™ This connector is for a GIGABYTE Thunderbolt add-in card. ™ Pin No. Definition GPIOA GPIOB Supports a Thunderbolt add-in card. ™ N_-SLP_S3 N_-S4_S5 18) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS Jumper) Use this jumper to clear the BIOS configuration and reset the CMOS values to factory defaults. To clear...

  • Page 20: Chapter 2 Bios Setup

    When the power is turned off, the battery on the motherboard supplies the necessary power to the CMOS to keep the configuration values in the CMOS. 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 M.I.T. This section provides information on the BIOS version, CPU base clock, CPU frequency, memory frequency, total memory size, CPU temperature and CPU voltage, etc. Whether the system will work stably with the overclock/overvoltage settings you made is dependent on your overall system configurations. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to CPU, chipset, or memory and reduce the useful life of these components.
  • Page 22 & Intel(R) Turbo Boost Technology (Note) Allows you to determine whether to enable the Intel CPU Turbo Boost technology. Auto lets the BIOS ® automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) & Turbo Ratio (Note) Allows you to set the CPU Turbo ratios for different number of active cores. Auto sets the CPU Turbo ratios according to the CPU specifications. (Default: Auto) &...
  • Page 23 & CPU EIST Function (Note 1) Speed Step Technology (EIST). Depending on CPU loading, Intel Enables or disables Enhanced Intel ® ® EIST technology can dynamically and effectively lower the CPU voltage and core frequency to decrease average power consumption and heat production. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) & Voltage Optimization Allows you to determine whether to enable voltage optimization to reduce power consumption. (Default: Enabled) &...
  • Page 24 & 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 configure this setting. (Default: Auto) & Rank Interleaving Enables or disables memory rank interleaving.
  • Page 25 & CPU Vcore/CPU VCCSA/DRAM Channel A/B Voltage/+3.3V/+5V/+12V/CPU VAXG Displays the current system voltages. & CPU/System Temperature Displays current CPU/system temperature. & CPU/System Fan Speed Displays current CPU/system fan (SYS_FAN1~SYS_FAN2) speeds. & CPU/System Temperature Warning Sets the warning threshold for CPU/system temperature. When temperature exceeds the threshold, BIOS will emit warning sound. Options are: Disabled (default), 60 C/140 F, 70 C/158 F, 80 C/176 F, 90...

  • Page 26: System Information

    ` 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 specification of each slot. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) & 3DMark01 Enhancement Allows you to determine whether to enhance some legacy benchmark performance. (Default: Disabled) System Information 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.

  • Page 27: Bios Features

    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) & Fast Boot Enables or disables Fast Boot to shorten the OS boot process.
  • Page 28 & SATA Support  All Sata Devices A ll SATA devices are functional in the operating system and during the POST. (Default) Last Boot HDD Only E xcept for the previous boot drive, all SATA devices are disabled before the OS boot process completes. This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast. & VGA Support Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot. Auto Enables legacy option ROM only. EFI Driver Enables EFI option ROM. (Default) This item is configurable only when Fast Boot is set to Enabled or Ultra Fast.
  • Page 29 & Other PCI Device ROM Priority 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. Disabled Disables option ROM. Enables legacy option ROM only. Legacy Only UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only. (Default) This item is configurable only when CSM Support is set to Enabled. & Network Stack Disables or enables booting from the network to install a GPT format OS, such as installing the OS from the Windows Deployment Services server. (Default: Disabled) & Ipv4 PXE Support Enables or disables IPv4 PXE Support. This item is configurable only when Network Stack is enabled. &...

  • Page 30: Peripherals

    Peripherals & Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) PTT Technology. (Default: Disabled) Enables or disables Intel ® & Audio LED Enables or disables the onboard audio LED function. (Default: On) & Legacy USB Support Allows USB keyboard/mouse to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled) & XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI Hand-off feature for an operating system without XHCI Hand-off support. (Default: Disabled) &...
  • Page 31 & Device Select Allows you to select whether to support TPM 1.2 or TPM 2.0 device. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto) ` Super IO Configuration & Serial Port 1 Enables or disables the onboard serial port. (Default: Enabled) & Parallel Port Enables or disables the onboard parallel port. (Default: Enabled) ` Intel(R) Bios Guard Technology Enables or disables the Intel BIOS Guard feature, which protects the BIOS from malicious attacks.

  • Page 32: Chipset

    Chipset & VT-d (Note) Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O. (Default: Disabled) Enables or disables Intel ® & 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. & Audio DSP Enables or disables the DSP functionality of the PCH audio unit. (Default: Disabled) &...

  • Page 33: Power Management

    Power Management & AC BACK Determines the state of the system after the return of power from an AC power loss. Always Off T he system stays off upon the return of the AC power. (Default) Always On The system is turned on upon the return of the AC power. Memory The system returns to its last known awake state upon the return of the AC power. &...
  • Page 34 & Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Configures the way to turn off the computer in MS-DOS mode using the power button. Instant-Off Press the power button and then the system will be turned off instantly. (Default) P ress and hold the power button for 4 seconds to turn off the system. If the power Delay 4 Sec. button is pressed for less than 4 seconds, the system will enter suspend mode. & Power Loading Enables or disables dummy load. When the power supply is at low load, a self-protection will activate causing it to shutdown or fail.

  • Page 35: Save & Exit

    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> on this item and select Yes. This exits the BIOS Setup without saving the changes made in BIOS Setup to the CMOS. Select No or press <Esc> to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu. &...

  • Page 36: Chapter 3 Appendix

    Chapter 3 Appendix 3-1 Configuring a RAID Set RAID Levels RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Minimum ≥2 ≥3 ≥4 Number of Hard Drives Array Capacity Number of hard Size of the smallest (Number of hard (Number of hard drives -1) * Size of drives/2) * Size of the drives * Size of the drive smallest drive...
  • Page 37 3. On the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology menu, press <Enter> on Create RAID Volume to enter the Create RAID Volume screen. Enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) under the Name item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID levels supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed). Next, use the down arrow key to move to Select Disks. 4. Under Select Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the <Space> key on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Then set the stripe block size. The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set the volume capacity.

  • Page 38: Drivers Installation

    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 details on configuring a RAID array. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for more software information. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring the audio software. - 38 -...

  • Page 39: 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 40 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 44: 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) : http://esupport.gigabyte.com WEB address (English): http://www.gigabyte.com WEB address (Chinese): http://www.gigabyte.tw • GIGABYTE eSupport To submit a technical or non-technical (Sales/Marketing) question, please link to: http://esupport.gigabyte.com - 44 -...

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