EVGA manual Evga nForce 730a Motherboard, Sata Signal Cable

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Hardware Installation

1 - Floppy Cable

Used to attach a floppy drive to the motherboard.

1 - 2-Port SATA Power Cable

Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to a

SATA power connector.

2 - SATA Signal Cable

Used to support the Serial ATA protocol and each one connects a single drive to the motherboard.

1 - IDE-ATA 133 HDD Cable

Passes data between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device.

1 - Driver Installation CD

Contains drivers and software needed to setup the motherboard.

EVGA nForce 730a

Motherboard

The EVGA nForce 730a motherboard with the NVIDIA GeForce 8200/ nForce 730a chipset is a PCI Express, Hybrid SLI-ready motherboard. Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors.

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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 InstallationInstalling the CPU Fan Installing the CPUPreparing the Motherboard ‰ One Dimm Installing Memory DIMMs‰ Two DIMMs ‰ Four 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 x1 Slots PCI SlotsPCI Express x16 Slot Onboard Buttons Reset and Power ButtonClear Cmos Button LED Status Indicators Post Port Debug LED and LED Status IndicatorsPost Port Debug LED Configuring the Bios Main Menu Enter Bios Setup‰ Advanced Bios Features ‰ Standard Cmos Features‰ Advanced Chipset Features ‰ Power Management Setup‰ Load Optimized Defaults ‰ Load Fail-Safe Defaults‰ Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password ‰ Save & Exit SetupStandard Cmos Features Menu Standard Cmos Features MenuIDE Channel and Sata Channel Date and Time‰ Auto ‰ None‰ Manual ¾ Large‰ No Errors ‰ All ErrorsDrive a Halt OnMemory Cdrom Advanced Bios Features MenuCD-ROM Boot Priority Hard Disk Boot PriorityFirst/Second/Third Boot Device Removable Device PriorityBoot Up NumLock Status Boot Other DeviceSecurity Option MPS Version Control For OS Apic ModeFull Screen Logo Show Init Display First Advanced Chipset Features MenuDisplay Detection Hybrid SLIIGPU Frame Buffer Control Frame Buffer SizeCPU Thermal-Throttling SSE/ SSE2 InstructionsMCP78 Pcie training Hpet SupportUSB Integrated Peripherals MenuIDE Function Setup ‰ IDE HDD Block Mode MCP Storage Config‰ Sata Operation Mode ‰ Sata Salp FeaturesLegacy Devices USB Device Setting‰ USB 1.0 Controller ‰ USB Operation Mode‰ USB 2.0 Controller ‰ USB Keyboard FunctionAcpi Function Power Management Setup MenuPower on Function Power On by AlarmAcpi Suspend Type Soft-Off by Pbnt‰ Disabled ‰ Mouse ‰ Keyboard ‰ Both Keyboard and Mouse Hot Key Power OnPwron After PWR-Fail ‰ Ctrl-Esc ‰ Ctrl-F1 ‰ Ctrl-Space ‰ AnykeyPnP/PCI Configuration Menu PnP/PCI Configuration MenuIRQ Resources Resources Controlled ByPCI/VGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size 3VSB PC Health Status MenuSmartFan Function Shutdown TemperatureIGPU Frequency Frequency/Voltage Control Menu‰ AMD C1E Support CPU Feature‰ K8 SMM base Lock ‰ Virtualization‰ Always Update DMI Pool ‰ Secure Virtual Machine Mode‰ AMD CPU Stepping Dram Configuration Menu Dram ConfigurationŠ Dram Access Mode ‰ DCTs Mode ‰ Timing Mode‰ CKE Base Power Down Mode ‰ CKE Base PowerdownPCI Clock CPU FrequencyK8-NB HT Speed K8-NB HT WidthHT Voltage Chipset VoltageLoad Timing/Voltage Set 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