User manual

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING
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• ThepluggedUSB3.0devicemayrunonxHCIorEHCImode,dependingonthe
operating system’s setting.
• USB3.0devicescanonlybeusedfordatastorage.
• WestronglyrecommendthatyouconnectUSB3.0devicestoUSB3.0portsforfaster
andbetterperformancefromyourUSB3.0devices.
• DuetothedesignoftheIntel
®
100serieschipset,allUSBdevicesconnectedtothe
USB2.0andUSB3.0portsarecontrolledbythexHCIcontroller.SomelegacyUSB
devicesmustupdatetheirrmwareforbettercompatibility.
• Multi-VGAoutputsupportsuptothreedisplaysunderWindows
®
OSenvironment,two
displaysunderBIOS,andonedisplayunderDOS.
• Inteldisplayarchitecturedesignsupportsthefollowingmaximumsupportedpixel
clocks(PixelClock=HtotalxVTotalxFrameRate(Screenrefreshrate)):
- DisplayPortport:553MHz
- DVIport:165MHz
- VGAport:180MHz
 - HDMIport:300MHz
14. DVI-Dport.ThisportisforanyDVI-Dcompatibledevice.
DVI-DcannotbeconvertedtooutputfromRGBSignaltoCRTandisnotcompatiblewith
DVI-I.
15. HDMI port.ThisportisforaHigh-DenitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)connector,
andisHDCPcompliantallowingplaybackofHDDVD,Blu-ray,andotherprotected
content.
16. USB 2.0 ports 13 and 14.Thesetwo4-pinUniversalSerialBus(USB)portsarefor
USB2.0/1.1devices.
13. USB 3.0 ports 3~6.These9-pinUniversalSerialBus(USB)portsareforUSB3.0
devices.