EVGA 730I COM1 , FDD Connector , Expansion Slots

Hardware Installation

EVGA

COM1

The motherboard kit provides an additional serial COM header for your

machine. Connect one side of a switching cable to the header and then attach

the serial COM device to the other side of the cable.

FDD Connector

The motherboard supports a standard 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44m, and a 2.88M

floppy disk drive (FDD).

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 – PCI slot 3

2 – PCI slot 2

3 – PCI slot 1

4 – PCI-E x16 slot

5 – PCI-E x1 slot

6 – PCI-E x1 slot

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Contents

Main Page Page Table of Contents Page Page Page Page List of Figures Before You Begin Parts NOT in the Kit Intentions of the Kit Page EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard Motherboard Specifications Page Page Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking Equipment EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard Figure 1. EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard Layout Figure 2. Chassis Back Panel Connectors Hardware Installation Safety Instructions Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Installing the CPU Fan Installing System Memory (DIMMs) Installing the Motherboard Installing the I/O Shield Securing the Motherboard into a System Case Connecting Cables and Setting Switches Page EVGA 24-pin ATX Power Figure 2. PW1 Motherboard Connector Table 1. PW1 Pin Assignments 8-pin ATX 12V Power (PW12) 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 EVGA Audio Table 4. Front Audio Connector SPK Header The speaker header is connects to the cases speaker for PC beeps. Table 5. CSPK Header Pins Fan Connections COM1 FDD Connector Expansion Slots PCI Slots PCI Express x1 Slots PCI Express x16 Slot Onboard Buttons Clear CMOS Button RESET and POWER Button Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators Post Port Debug LED LED Status Indicators Configuring the BIOS Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Figure 3. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Page EVGA Standard CMOS Features Menu Figure 4. Standard CMOS Features Menu Date and Time SATA Channel Page Drive A Halt On Memory EVGA Advanced BIOS Features Menu Figure 5. Advanced BIOS Features Menu Removable Device Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority CD-ROM Boot Priority 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 Configuring the BIOS EVGA Advanced Chipset Features Menu Figure 6. Advanced Chipset Features Spread Spectrum Control Init Display First Hybrid SLI Display Detection Onbaord GPU Frame Buffer Size HPET Support Retrain PCIE dev to Gen2 Page Configuring the BIOS EVGA 43 Integrated Peripherals Menu Figure 7. Integrated Peripherals Menu Storage Config Onboard Devices Legacy Devices USB Device Setting EVGA 47 Power Management Setup Menu This function allows you to enable or disable the ACPI function. Figure 8. Power Management Setup Menu ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Soft-Off by PBNT WOL(PME#) From Soft-Off S5 Resume by USB Power On by Alarm Hot Key Power On PWRON After PWR-Fail EVGA PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Select PnP/PCI Configuration from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Figure 9. PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Enter to display the PnP/PCI Configuration menu. Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size PC Health Status Menu Figure 2. PC Health Status Menu SmartFan Function EVGA 55 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu Figure 3. Frequency/Voltage Control Menu System Clocks Figure 4. System Clocks Menu Frequency Settings Configuring the BIOS EVGA FSB & Memory Config Figure 5. FSB & Memory Config Menu FSB - Memory Clock Mode Page Memory Timing Setting Page Configuring the BIOS EVGA 61 System Voltages [Auto] to automatically set the voltage level for the CPU Core. Select System Voltages from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the System Voltages menu. Page CPU Feature CPU Clock Ratio Unlock Installing Drivers and Software Drivers Installation Page Page Appendix A POST Codes for the EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard Table 3. Award POST Code