User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Box Contents
- Optional Items
- X299X AORUS MASTER Motherboard Layout
- X299X AORUS MASTER 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
• M2Q
(Note)
:
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 SATA3 4 SATA3 5 SATA3 6 SATA3 7
M.2 PCIe SSD *
a a a a a a a a
No M.2 SSD Installed
a a a a a a a a
a: Available, r: Not available
* The M2Q connector supports only PCIe SSDs.
Connector
Type of
M.2 SSD
• M2M
(Note)
:
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 SATA3 4 SATA3 5 SATA3 6 SATA3 7
M.2 PCIe SSD *
a a a a a a a a
No M.2 SSD Installed
a a a a a a a a
a: Available, r: Not available
* The M2M connector supports only PCIe SSDs.
Connector
Type of
M.2 SSD
Installation Notices for the M.2 and SATA Connectors:
The M2P connector shares bandwidth with the SATA3 0 connector. Refer to the following tables for details.
(Note) The M2M and M2Q connectors become unavailable when an Intel
®
Core
™
X series 28-lane processor
is used.
• M2P:
SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 SATA3 4 SATA3 5 SATA3 6 SATA3 7
M.2 SATA SSD
r
a a a a a a a
M.2 PCIe SSD
a a a a a a a a
No M.2 SSD Installed
a a a a a a a a
a: Available, r: Not available
Connector
Type of
M.2 SSD