EVGA 650I User Guide

March 2007

EVGA V1.0

User Guide

EVGA nForce 650i Ultra

Motherboard for

Intel Processor

Installation and Configuration

Contents

Main User Guide Table of Contents Page Page Page Page Page Before You Begin Parts NOT in the Kit Intentions of the Kit Page Introduction Features Ultimate Overclocking High-speed Memory Comprehensive Overclocking Tools Page Page Page Motherboard Specifications Page Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking Equipment NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard Figure 1. NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra Motherboard Layout Figure 2. Chassis Backpanel Connectors Hardware Installation Safety Instructions Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Installing the CPU Fan Installing Memory DIMMs Installing the Motherboard Installing the I/O Shield Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis Connecting Cables and Setting Switches Power Connections 24-pin ATX Power (PWR1) Figure 3. PWR1 Motherboard Connector Table 1. PWR1 Pin Assignments 8-pin ATX 12V Power (PWR2) Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives Connecting Serial ATA Cables Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header Table 2. Front Panel Header Pins USB Headers Table 3. USB 2.0 Header Pins Audio Table 4. Front Audio Connector Fan Connections COM1 FDD Connector Expansion Slots Figure 4. Expansion Slots PCI Slots PCI Express x1 Slots PCI Express x16 Slot Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Jumper: CLR_CMOS Configuring the BIOS Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Figure 5. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Page Standard CMOS Features Menu Figure 6. Standard CMOS Features Menu Date and Time IDE Channel and SATA Channel Page Drive A Halt On Memory Advanced BIOS Features Figure 7. Advanced BIOS Features Menu Removable Device Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority Network Boot Priority CPU Internal Cache Quick Power On Self Test First/Second/Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Boot Up NumLock Status Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS Full Screen LOGO Show Hardware Installation Advanced Chipset Features Figure 8. Advanced Chipset Features 40 System Clocks d Select System Clocks from the Advanced Chipset Features menu and press Enter to display the System Clocks menu. From this menu, you are able to Frequency Settings HT Multiplier Spread Spectrum Hardware Installation FSB & Memory Config Figure 10. FSB & Memory Config Menu Page Page Page CPU Configuration Figure 11. CPU Configuration Menu System Voltages Figure 12. System Voltages Menu Page NVMEM Memory Test Load Timing/Voltage Set Save Timing/Voltage Set System BIOS Cacheable HPET Function NVIDIA GPU Ex Integrated Peripherals Menu Figure 13. Integrated Peripherals Menu IDE Function Setup RAID Config USB Config MAC Config HD Audio IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Power Management Setup Menu Figure 14. Power Management Setup Menu ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Soft-Off by PBNT WOL(PME#) From Soft-Off Power On by Alarm POWER ON Function PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Figure 15. PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Init Display First Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size Hardware Installation System Monitor Menu Figure 16. System Monitor Menu Dynamic Fan Control