EVGA 780I SLI Driver Installation

Configuring the BIOS

Driver Installation

3. Insert the EVGA nForce 780i SLI installation CD for the motherboard

included in the kit.

4. The CD will autorun, install the drivers and utilities listed on the install

screen.

If the CD does not run, go to My Computer and click on the CD to open.

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 EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard Motherboard Specifications Page Page Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking Equipment EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Page Figure 1. EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Layout Figure 2. Chassis Backpanel Connectors Page 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 Figure 3. Power Supply Connectors 24-pin ATX Power (PWR1) Figure 4. PWR1 Motherboard Connector Table 1. PWR1 Pin Assignments 8-pin ATX 12V Power (PWR2) Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives Page Connecting Serial ATA Cables Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header 20 Table 2. Front Panel Header Pins IEEE 1394a chassis are equipped with the front panel option). motherboard. Table 3. IEEE 1394a Connector Pins USB Headers Table 4. USB 2.0 Header Pins 22 Audio Table 5. Front Audio Connector Fan Connections COM1 FDD Connector Expansion Slots PCI Slots PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x16 Slots Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Jumper: CLR_CMOS Page 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 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 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Advanced Chipset Features Figure 8. Advanced Chipset Features Configuring the BIOS System Clocks 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 Figure 9. System Clocks Menu Frequency Settings HT Multiplier Spread Spectrum 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard EVGA 48 FSB & Memory Config Figure 10. FSB & Memory Config Menu SLI-Ready Memory Page Page Page Page CPU Configuration Figure 11. CPU Configuration Menu Page System Voltages Figure 12. System Voltages Menu Page NVMEM Memory Test Load Timing/Voltage Set Save Timing/Voltage Set System BIOS Cacheable HPET Function Configuring the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Menu Figure 13. Integrated Peripherals Menu IDE Function Setup RAID Config USB Config MAC Config IEEE1394 controller HD Audio IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDC Controller 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 Configuring the BIOS System Monitor Menu Figure 16. System Monitor Menu Dynamic Fan Control Page Installing Drivers and Software Driver Installation Using the NVIDIA Software NVIDIA Performance Group of NVIDIA Control Panel Device Settings Current Hardware Settings CPU Motherboard Memory Page Page Page GPU Dynamic BIOS Access View System Information Profile Policies Manage Your System BIOS NVIDIA System Monitor Page Page Page Page Page Appendix A. POST Codes for Tritium Platform Table 6. Award POST Code Page Page Page Page Page Page Table 7. NVMM POST Codes Page Page Appendix B. Configuring an SLI Configuration SLI Connector Figure 17. 3-way NVIDIA SLI connector ForceWare Driver Figure 18. Windows Vista Device Manager Enabling 3-Way SLI Figure 19. NVIDIA Control Panel, Set SLI Configuration Figure 20. SLI Visual Indicators Operating in 3DMark2006 Verifying 3-way SLI is Active Index