EVGA 132-GT-E768, X58 FTW3 manual Before You Begin…

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EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard

Before You Begin…

Thank you for purchasing the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. This board is designed to take the already excellent performance of the EVGA lineup and push it into the future by adding support for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0. Also we have included EVBot support to facilitate your tweaking needs.

As always with this board you also get the added bonus of EVGA’s industry leading 24/7 technical support in case you ever have any issues or questions.

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Contents Evga X58 FTW ³ Motherboard User’s GuideEvga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Table of Contents COM1 Evga FTW3 Motherboard Windows XP/Vista/Win 7 Driver Installation List of Figures Before You Begin… Parts not in the Kit Intentions of the KitMotherboard Specifications Evga X58 FTW ³Suspend to disk depends on OS, and S5 soft off Equipment Unpacking Parts DescriptionsUnpacking Page Evga X58 FTW3 MotherboardEvga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Layout Chassis Back Panel Connectors Hardware Installation Safety InstructionsInstalling the CPU Preparing the MotherboardInstalling the CPU Fan Installing System Memory DIMMs Installing the Motherboard Installing the I/O ShieldConnecting Cables Securing the Motherboard into a System CasePin ATX Power PW1 PW1 Motherboard Connector PW1 Pin AssignmentsConnecting IDE Hard Disk Drives Pin ATX 12V Power PW12Connecting Sata Cables Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel HeaderIEEE1394a Firewire Ieee 1394a Connector PinsUSB 2.0 Header Pins USB HeadersFront Audio Connector AudioFan Connections COM1 Expansion SlotsPCI-E x16/x8 Slots PCI SlotsPCI-E x1 Slots Clear Cmos Button Reset and Power ButtonOnboard Buttons Post Port Debug LED Post Port Debug LED LED Status IndicatorsLED Status Indicators Configuring the Bios Enter Bios Setup Main MenuBios Cmos Setup Utility Main Menu Evga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Standard Cmos Features Menu Standard Cmos Features MenuDate and Time Sata ChannelCHS Halt On MemoryAdvanced Bios Features CdromCD-ROM Device Priority Hard Disk Boot PriorityFirst/Second/Third Boot Device Security Option Boot Other DeviceBoot Up NumLock Status Integrated Peripherals Menu Legacy DevicesOnChip PATA/SATA Device Onboard Device Press Enter to display the Onboard Device menuUSB Device Settings Press Enter to display the USB Device Settings menuPower Management Setup Menu Acpi FunctionRun Vgabios if S3 Resume Resume by AlarmAcpi Suspend Type Soft-Off by PWR-BTTNPwron after PWR-Fail Power on FunctionHot Key Power On PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Init Display FirstIRQ Resources Reset Configuration DataResources Controlled By Maximum Payload Size PCI/VGA Palette SnoopINT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment PC Health Status Menu VBTSmartFan Function Press Enter to display the SmartFan Function menuFrequency/Voltage Control Menu OPSMemory Feature Memory Feature MenuEvga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Voltage Control IOH/ICHCPU PLL VCore CPU Feature CPU Feature MenuLogical Processor Setting QPI Controller SettingInstalling Drivers Software Windows XP/Vista/Win Driver InstallationEvga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Appendix A. Post Codes Award Post CodeEeprom Evga X58 SLI Motherboard Award Post Codes Evga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Award Post Codes Evga X58 SLI Motherboard Award Post Codes Evga X58 FTW3 Motherboard Award Post Codes Evga X58 SLI Motherboard Award Post Codes Evga Glossary of Terms Page Page Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information