EVGA 730a manual Expansion Slots

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Hardware Installation

Expansion Slots

This motherboard contains six expansion slots, three PCI Express slots and three PCI slots. For a full list of PCI Express x16 graphics card supported by this motherboard, go to www.nvidia.com/estore.

1 2 3

4 5 6

1 – PCI slot 3

2 – PCI slot 2

3 – PCI slot 1

4 – PCI-E x1 slot

5 – PCI-E x1 slot

6 – PCI-E x16 slot

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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 ‰ 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 Connector SPK 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‰ 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 DeviceBoot Up NumLock Status Boot Other DeviceSecurity Option MPS Version Control For OS Apic ModeFull Screen Logo Show 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 MenuIRQ Resources Resources Controlled ByPCI/VGA Palette Snoop 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‰ Always Update DMI Pool ‰ Secure Virtual Machine Mode‰ AMD CPU Stepping 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 SpeedHT 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