Introducing The Motherboard; Introduction; Pakage Contents - ECS Z97 MACHINE User Manual

Chapter 1

Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Z97-MACHINE motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA1150
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socket for 4 and 5 Generation Intel
This motherboard is based on Intel
solution. It supports up to 32 GB of system memory with dual channel DDR3
3000+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600 MHz. High resolution graphics via two PCIe x16
Gen3 slots . It supports 2-way AMD CrossfireX
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Multi graphic cards with identical GPU running at PCIe Gen3 speed. In addition, three
PCI Express x1 Gen2 slots are for extending usage.
It integrates USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to six USB 2.0 ports (four
USB 2.0 ports at rear panel and one USB 2.0 header supports additional two USB 2.0
ports) and six USB 3.0 ports (four USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0
header supports additional two USB 3.0 ports). The USB 2.0 header provides EZ
charger technology, please refer to Front Panel USB 2.0 headers of chapter 2 for
more details.
The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 Combo & USB connectors, one VGA port, one DVI port, one HDMI port,
one RJ45 LAN connector, four USB 2.0 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, one optical SPDIF Out
and audio jacks for line-in, 8-ch line-out.
In addition, this motherboard supports four SATA 6Gb/s for expansion.
*The PCIEX16_2 slot supports PCI-E Gen 3.0 running at X8 mode and shares bandwidth with
the PCIEX16_1 slot.
*If installing two graphic cards into PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots, both two slots will run
at X8 mode.
Package Contents
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
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Z97-MACHINE Motherboard
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Quick Installation Guide
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User Manual
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DVD
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I/O Shield
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4 SATA 6G cable
The package contents above are for reference only, please take the actual package items as
standard.
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