EVGA 131-K8-NF44-XX manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to nForce Motherboards		4
1-1	Motherboard Features	4
	1-1.1 Special Features of the Motherboard	5
1-2	Specifications	6
1-3	Layout Diagram and Jumper Settings	7
	1-3.1 Jumpers, Connectors, Headers, and Sockets	8
CHAPTER 2 - Hardware Installation		10
2-1	Hardware Installation Steps	10
2-2	Checking The Motherboard Jumper Settings	10
	Clearing the CMOS RAM	10
	Keyboard Power On Function	11
	USB Power On Function	11
2-3	Installing The CPU	11
	Glossary of Terms	11
2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 939-pin CPUs		12
2-4	Installing Memory	13
	Memory Installation Diagrams	14
2-5	Expansion Cards	15
	2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation	15
	2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Cards	15
	2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table	16
	2-5-4 PCI-Express Slots	16
	Diagram of PCI-Express Slot Locations and Functions	16
	Table of Standard IRQ Assignments	17
	2-5-5 SLI Bridge Installation For NVIDIA SLI Cards (SLI Version Only)	18
2-6	Connectors and Headers	20
	2-6-1 Connector Locations	20
2-7	Starting Up Your Computer	29
	Beep Code Table	29
CHAPTER 3 - BIOS		30
3-0	Introducting BIOS	30
3-1	Entering BIOS Setup	30
CHAPTER 4 - DRIVER INSTALLATION		31
4-0	Driver Installation	31
4-1	RAID Installation	32
APPENDIX 1	- POST CODES	33
Quick Debug POST Codes		33
Boot Block POST Codes		34
APPENDIX 2	- TRADEMARKS AND NOTICES	35
Copyrights, Trademarks, and Notices		35
FCC Compliance Statement		35
APPENDIX 3	- WARRANTY INFORMATION	36
APPENDIX 4	- CONTACTING SUPPORT AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION	37

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