EVGA 730a manual Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation

System Memory support

Supports dual channel JEDEC DDR-800. Supports up to 8 GBs DDR2 memories.

Twelve USB 2.0 Ports

¾Supports hot plug

¾Twelve USB 2.0 ports (four rear panel ports, eight onboard headers)

¾Supports wake-up from S1 and S3 mode

¾Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate

Onboard Serial ATA II

¾300MBps data transfer rate

¾Six Serial ATA II connectors

¾NVIDIA MediaShield RAID with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD

¾Supports hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )

Onboard LAN

¾LAN interface built-in onboard

¾Supports 10/100/1000 Mbit/sec Ethernet

Onboard Audio

¾Azalia High-Definition audio

¾Supports 8-channel audio

¾Supports S/PDIF output

¾Supports Jack-Sensing function

Green Function

¾Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

¾Supports S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to disk - depends on OS), and S5 (soft - off)

Expansion Slots

¾Three PCI slots

¾Two PCI Express x1 slot

¾One PCI Express x16 Graphics slots with PCI Express 2.0

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Contents User’s Guide Evga nForce 730a MotherboardEvga Table of Contents Fan Connections First/Second/Third Boot Device Evga K8-NB HT Width List of Figures Intentions of the Kit Parts not in the KitEvga nForce 730a Motherboard Motherboard SpecificationsHardware Installation Equipment UnpackingEvga nForce 730a Motherboard Sata Signal CableEvga nForce 730a Motherboard Layout Chassis Back Panel Connectors Safety Instructions Hardware InstallationPreparing the Motherboard Installing the CPUInstalling the CPU Fan ‰ Four DIMMs Installing Memory DIMMs‰ One Dimm ‰ Two DIMMsInstalling the I/O Shield Installing the MotherboardSecuring the Motherboard into the Chassis Connecting Cables and Setting Switches‰ FDD ‰ IDE PW1 Motherboard Connector PW1 Pin Assignments Pin ATX Power PW1Pin ATX 12V Power PW12 Connecting IDE Hard Disk DrivesConnecting Serial ATA Cables Front Panel Header Connecting Internal HeadersUSB Headers USB 2.0 Header PinsAudio Front Audio ConnectorSPK Header Cspk Header PinsFan Connections COM1 FDD ConnectorExpansion Slots PCI Express x16 Slot PCI SlotsPCI Express x1 Slots Clear Cmos Button Reset and Power ButtonOnboard Buttons Post Port Debug LED Post Port Debug LED and LED Status IndicatorsLED Status Indicators Configuring the Bios Main Menu Enter Bios Setup‰ Power Management Setup ‰ Standard Cmos Features‰ Advanced Bios Features ‰ Advanced Chipset Features‰ Save & Exit Setup ‰ Load Fail-Safe Defaults‰ Load Optimized Defaults ‰ Set Supervisor Password/Set User PasswordStandard Cmos Features Menu Standard Cmos Features MenuIDE Channel and Sata Channel Date and Time¾ Large ‰ None‰ Auto ‰ ManualHalt On ‰ All Errors‰ No Errors Drive aMemory Cdrom Advanced Bios Features MenuRemovable Device Priority Hard Disk Boot PriorityCD-ROM Boot Priority First/Second/Third Boot DeviceSecurity Option Boot Other DeviceBoot Up NumLock Status Full Screen Logo Show Apic ModeMPS Version Control For OS Init Display First Advanced Chipset Features MenuFrame Buffer Size Hybrid SLIDisplay Detection IGPU Frame Buffer ControlHpet Support SSE/ SSE2 InstructionsCPU Thermal-Throttling MCP78 Pcie trainingUSB Integrated Peripherals MenuIDE Function Setup ‰ Sata Salp Features MCP Storage Config‰ IDE HDD Block Mode ‰ Sata Operation ModeLegacy Devices USB Device Setting‰ USB Keyboard Function ‰ USB Operation Mode‰ USB 1.0 Controller ‰ USB 2.0 ControllerAcpi Function Power Management Setup MenuSoft-Off by Pbnt Power On by AlarmPower on Function Acpi Suspend Type‰ Ctrl-Esc ‰ Ctrl-F1 ‰ Ctrl-Space ‰ Anykey Hot Key Power On‰ Disabled ‰ Mouse ‰ Keyboard ‰ Both Keyboard and Mouse Pwron After PWR-FailPnP/PCI Configuration Menu PnP/PCI Configuration MenuPCI/VGA Palette Snoop Resources Controlled ByIRQ Resources Maximum Payload Size 3VSB PC Health Status MenuSmartFan Function Shutdown TemperatureIGPU Frequency Frequency/Voltage Control Menu‰ Virtualization CPU Feature‰ AMD C1E Support ‰ K8 SMM base Lock‰ AMD CPU Stepping ‰ Secure Virtual Machine Mode‰ Always Update DMI Pool Dram Configuration Menu Dram ConfigurationŠ Dram Access Mode ‰ CKE Base Powerdown ‰ Timing Mode‰ DCTs Mode ‰ CKE Base Power Down ModeK8-NB HT Width CPU FrequencyPCI Clock K8-NB HT SpeedLoad Timing/Voltage Set Chipset VoltageHT Voltage Save Timing/Voltage Set Drivers Installation Installing Drivers SoftwareEvga Page Appendix a Post Codes for the Evga nForce 730a Motherboard Award Post Codes Name Description Evga Execute Eisa initialization. If not, execute ISA tests Interrupt vectors Award Post Codes Name Description Evga