EVGA 132-YW-E178, 780i SLI FTW manual

User Guide

EVGA force 780i SLI FTW

Motherboard

Contents

Main 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 780i SLI FTW Motherboard Motherboard Specifications Page Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking Equipment EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Motherboard Figure 1. 2 22 8 4 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 the Chassis Connecting Cables and Setting Switches Power Connections 24-pin ATX Power (PWR1) 12 1 Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives Connecting Serial ATA Cables Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header Table 2. Front Panel Header Pins IEEE 1394a 1. the front panel option). 2. Table 3. IEEE 1394a Connector Pins USB Headers Audio Table 5. Front Audio Connector Fan Connections COM1 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) Connector Expansion Slots PCI Slots Page Clear CMOS Function Clear CMOS Button Onboard System Reset and Power Buttons Configuring the BIOS Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Figure 5. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Menu The information shown in Item Help corresponds to the option highlighted. Standard CMOS Features Figure 6. Standard CMOS Features Menu Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year. Use the Page Up and IDE Channel and SATA Channel Drive A Halt On Memory EVGA 33 Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the 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 Advanced Chipset Features Figure 8. Advanced Chipset Features System BIOS Cacheable HPET Function Integrated Peripherals Menu Figure 9. 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 Figure 10. 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 11. PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Init Display First Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Maximum Payload Size PC Health Status Figure 12. PC Health Status Dynamic Fan Control Page EVGA 49 Frequency/Voltage Control Press Enter to display the sub-menus. Dummy O.C System Clocks Figure 13. System Clocks Menu Frequency Settings HT Multiplier Spread Spectrum EVGA 53 FSB & Memory Config Figure 14. FSB & Memory Config Menu SLI-Ready Memory Page Page Page CPU Feature Figure 15. CPU Configuration Menu Page System Voltages Figure 16. System Voltages Menu NVMEM Memory Test Load Timing/Voltage Set Save Timing/Voltage Set Page Installing Drivers and Software Driver Installation Page EVGA Glossary of Terms: Page Appendix A. POST Codes for the EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Motherboard Table 6. Award POST Code Page Page Page Page Page Table 7. NVMM POST Codes