User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Box Contents
- Optional Items
- TRX40 AORUS XTREME Motherboard Layout
- TRX40 AORUS XTREME Motherboard Block Diagram
- Chapter 1 Hardware Installation
- Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
- Chapter 3 Configuring a RAID Set
- Chapter 4 Drivers Installation
- Chapter 5 Unique Features
- Chapter 6 Appendix
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Hardware Installation
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Follow the steps below to correctly install an M.2 SSD in the M.2 connector.
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14) M2M/M2Q/M2P/M2C_SOCKET (M.2 Socket 3 Connectors)
TheM.2connectorssupportM.2SATASSDsandM.2PCIeSSDsandsupportRAIDconguration.Please
note that an M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with an M.2 SSD or a SATA hard drive.
RefertoChapter3,"ConguringaRAIDSet,"forinstructionsonconguringaRAIDarray.
Step 2:
If you want to install the M.2 SSD in the M2P or
M2C_SOCKET connector, use a screwdriver to
unfasten the four screws from the heatsink as
indicated in the picture above and then remove
the heatsink.
Step 1:
Get a screw and a standoff from the included M.2
screw and standoff packs. If you want to install
the M.2 SSD in the M2M or M2Q connector, use
a screwdriver to unfasten the four screws from the
heatsink as indicated in the picture above and then
remove the heatsink.
Step 3:
Locate the proper mounting hole for the M.2 SSD to be installed and
thentightenthestandoffrst.InserttheM.2SSDintotheM.2connector
at an angle. Press the M.2 SSD down and then secure it with the screw.
Replace the heatsink and secure it to the original hole.
• Select the proper hole for the M.2 SSD to be installed and refasten the screw and standoff.
• Makesuretoremovetheprotectivelmfromthebottomoftheheatsinkbeforereplacingthe
heatsink.
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