Hello all. I have a question about the motherboard markings. The name of the GA-Z170-Gaming K3 board is on the board case. Using the cpu-z program, the name of the GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF board is displayed, so only the additional cf. On the manufacturer's website Link only the ending eu appears plus rev 1.1 or 1.0 markings. They all have the same cipset. I'm not sure which CD to download the drivers for. What do the numbers in parentheses and the extra letters mean?
I thought so too, I do not understand why there are these markings. I just noticed the cd which was in the box and there is the name of the disc and ver at the bottom. 1.9. I guess it's about the driver version?
That's right, but they will certainly be the latest on the manufacturer's website. Install from CD and they will update themselves via Windows Update or the manufacturer's upgrade program if there is one on the CD.
Everything else is "the work of Gigabyte", and on the main page (Taiwan (whether for example Pl, UK or Australia) there are significant differences in the description and naming of the company's plates Why? > question for the company. - looking at the discs, the difference is only in power phases - type of PCI Express slots - the same chipset ps One of the better sites about hardware Link
- has 7 phases and ISL95856 - has 6 slots 1.PCI Express 3.0 x1; 2.PCI Express 3.0 x16 (?16 mode); 3.PCI Express 3.0 x1; 4.PCI Express 3.0 x16 (?4 mode); 5.PCI Express 3.0 x1; 6.PCI Express 3.0 x1. - for hdmi and DP it has PTN3360DBS - And? That's ITE 8628E
Interestingly, the GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 5-EU motherboard has two systems for LAN
1 x Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2201 (10/100/1000 Mbit / s) 1 x Intel WGI219V (10/100/1000 Mbit / s) better sound on the ALC1150 -11-phase power supply on ISL95856 - for HDMI and Display Port the PTN3360DBS chip - I / O ITE 8628E - PCI slots (6)
Install from CD and they will update themselves via Windows Update or the manufacturer's upgrade program if there is one on the CD.
And that's how this post was made. The Gigabyte APP Center program reported an update to the network kiler program, I used this option, which unfortunately failed and I was disconnected from the network due to the lack of a driver. I had to use the cd to reinstall the driver and I would like to have the latest version of the drivers, generally everything works and thank you for your help. I will leave the topic open for a few days if someone wants to add something to the motherboard markings. Ps. I'll try to recover the installation failure report file for you to see.
The discussion revolves around the GA-Z170-Gaming K3 motherboard and its various markings, including the GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF, EU, and Rev variants. Users express confusion regarding the significance of these markings, particularly in relation to driver downloads. It is noted that the drivers and BIOS are generally the same across these variants. The importance of the disc imprint and versioning is highlighted, with suggestions to install drivers from the CD and update them via Windows Update. Additionally, differences in power phases and PCI Express slot configurations are mentioned, indicating that while the chipsets are the same, there may be hardware variations. A user shares an experience of a driver installation failure, emphasizing the need for the latest drivers and the potential for issues related to damaged disks or memory. Summary generated by the language model.
