Asus ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING Series User Manual

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Contents
Safety information ....................................................................................................... v
About this guide ......................................................................................................... vi
ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING Series specifications summary .............................. vii
Connectors with shared bandwidth ....................................................................... xiii
Package contents ...................................................................................................... xv
Installation tools and components ......................................................................... xvi
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.1 Before you proceed ...................................................................................1-1
1.2 Motherboard layout ....................................................................................1-2
Chapter 2: Basic Installation
2.1 Building your PC system ...........................................................................2-1
2.1.1 CPU installation...........................................................................2-1
2.1.2 Cooling system installation..........................................................2-3
2.1.3 DIMM installation.........................................................................2-5
2.1.4 M.2 installation ............................................................................2-6
2.1.5 Additional cooling kit installation ...............................................2-14
2.1.6 Motherboard installation ............................................................2-15
2.1.7 ATX power connection .............................................................. 2-16
2.1.8 SATA device connection ........................................................... 2-17
2.1.9 Front I/O connector ...................................................................2-18
2.1.10 Expansion card installation .......................................................2-19
2.1.11 Wi-Fi moving antenna installation ............................................. 2-21
2.2 BIOS update utility ................................................................................... 2-22
2.3 Motherboard rear and audio connections .............................................2-24
2.3.1 Rear I/O connection .................................................................. 2-24
2.3.2 Audio I/O connections ............................................................... 2-25
2.4 Starting up for the first time ....................................................................2-28
2.5 Turning off the computer ........................................................................2-28
Chapter 3: BIOS and RAID Support
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-2
3.3 EZ Update ...................................................................................................3-2
3.4 ASUS EZ Flash 3 ........................................................................................3-3
3.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ............................................................................3-4
3.6 RAID configurations ..................................................................................3-5

Asus ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING Series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel Z590
CPU Socket	LGA 1200
Memory Slots	4 x DIMM
Maximum Memory	128GB
Memory Type	DDR4
Audio	ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
Form Factor	ATX
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2
RGB Lighting	Aura Sync RGB
Memory Speed	5333MHz (OC)
PCIe Slots	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16
Storage	3 x M.2, 6 x SATA 6Gb/s
USB Ports	4 x USB 2.0
Networking	Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet