Motherboard Speciﬁcations | EVGA X58 3X SLI manual

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard

EVGA X58 SLI

Motherboard

Thank you for purchasing the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. This motherboard offers enthusiast performance and when combined with two or three SLI-Ready NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics cards, you get innovative NVIDIA® SLI® technology for enhanced system performance.

Motherboard Speciﬁcations

Size

ATX form factor of 12 inch x 9.6 inch

Microprocessor support Intel Core i7 processor

Operating systems:

Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit and Windows Vista 32bit/64bit Contains INTEL X58 and ICH10R chipset

System Memory support

Supports triple channel JEDEC DDR3-1333. Officially supports up to 12GBs of DDR3 memory.

USB 2.0 Ports

Supports hot plug

Twelve USB 2.0 ports (Eight rear panel ports, four onboard USB headers)

Supports wake-up from S1 and S3 mode

Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to a 480 Mbps transmission rate

EVGA 9

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EVGA X58 3X SLI manual Motherboard Speciﬁcations

Contents

Page Evga X58 SLI Motherboard User’s Guide Evga Table of Contents PCI Slots PCI Express x1 Slots PCI Express x16/x8 Slots Evga INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment Maximum Payload Size List of Figures Parts not in the Kit Before You Begin…Intentions of the Kit Motherboard Motherboard SpeciﬁcationsPage Unpacking Unpacking Parts DescriptionsEquipment Port Sata Power Cables Evga X58 SLI Motherboard Evga X58 SLI Motherboard Layout Chassis Back Panel Connectors Hardware Installation Safety Instructions Installing the CPU Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Fan Installing System Memory DIMMs Installing the Motherboard Installing the I/O Shield Connecting Cables Securing the Motherboard into a System Case Pin ATX Power PW1 PW1 Motherboard Connector PW1 Pin Assignments Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives Pin ATX 12V Power PW12 Connecting Serial ATA Cables Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header IEEE1394a Firewire Ieee 1394a Connector Pins USB 2.0 Header Pins USB Headers Front Audio Connector Audio Fan Connections COM1 Expansion Slots PCI Express x1 Slots PCI SlotsPCI Express x16/x8 Slots Onboard Buttons Reset and Power ButtonClear Cmos Button LED Status Indicators Post Port Debug LED LED Status IndicatorsPost Port Debug LED Conﬁguring the Bios Enter Bios Setup Main Menu Power Management Setup Standard Cmos FeaturesAdvanced Bios Features PnP/PCI Configurations Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password Load Fail-Safe DefaultsLoad Optimized Defaults Save & Exit Setup Standard Cmos Features Menu Halt On Date and Time Sata Channel Manual NoneAuto Large Halt On Memory Advanced Bios Features Cdrom First/Second/Third Boot Device Hard Disk Boot PriorityCD-ROM Device Priority Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Other DeviceSecurity Option Integrated Peripherals Menu Legacy Devices OnChip PATA/SATA Device Onboard Device USB Device Settings Power Management Setup Menu Acpi Function Acpi Suspend Type Run Vgabios if S3 ResumeResume by Alarm Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Disabled Keyboard Power on FunctionHot Key Power On Pwron after PWR-Fail PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Init Display First Resources Controlled By Reset ConfigurationIRQ Resources INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment PCI/VGA Palette SnoopMaximum Payload Size PC Health Status Menu VBT SmartFan Function Press Enter to display the SmartFan Function menu Frequency/Voltage Control Menu Frequency/Voltage Control Menu Channel Interleave Setting Memory FeatureMemory Control Setting Rank Interleave Setting CPU Feature Intel SpeedStep Turbo Mode FunctionExecute Disable Bit CxE Function QPI Controller Setting Logical Processor SettingCPU Clock Ratio Evga VDroop control CPU Host Frequency MhzSpread Spectrum CPU VCore IOH Vcore Dimm DQ VrefQPI PLL Vcore IOH/ICH I/O Voltage PWM Frequency Installing Drivers Software Windows XP/Vista Driver Installation Appendix A. Post Codes for the Evga X58 SLI Motherboard Award Post Code Eeprom Evga Evga Evga Configuring the Bios Setup Pages E1- Page 1, E2 Page 2, etc Boot Evga Glossary of Terms Evga Evga