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... RESET and POWER Button 23 Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators 25 Post Port Debug LED 25 LED Status Indicators 25 Configuring the BIOS 26 Enter BIOS Setup 27 Main Menu ...27 Standard CMOS Features Menu 30 Date and Time ...31 SATA Channel ...31 Drive A...33 Halt On ...33...
... RESET and POWER Button 23 Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators 25 Post Port Debug LED 25 LED Status Indicators 25 Configuring the BIOS 26 Enter BIOS Setup 27 Main Menu ...27 Standard CMOS Features Menu 30 Date and Time ...31 SATA Channel ...31 Drive A...33 Halt On ...33...
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EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard Memory ...34 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 35 Removable Device Priority 36 Hard Disk Boot Priority 36 CD-ROM Boot Priority 36 First/Second/Third Boot Device 36 Boot Other ... First 40 Hybrid SLI ...40 Display Detection 41 Onbaord GPU ...41 Frame Buffer Size 41 HPET Support ...41 Retrain PCIE dev to Gen2 41 System BIOS Cacheable 42 Integrated Peripherals Menu 43 Storage Config 44 Onboard Devices 45 Legacy Devices 45 USB Device Setting 46...
EVGA nForce 730i Motherboard Memory ...34 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 35 Removable Device Priority 36 Hard Disk Boot Priority 36 CD-ROM Boot Priority 36 First/Second/Third Boot Device 36 Boot Other ... First 40 Hybrid SLI ...40 Display Detection 41 Onbaord GPU ...41 Frame Buffer Size 41 HPET Support ...41 Retrain PCIE dev to Gen2 41 System BIOS Cacheable 42 Integrated Peripherals Menu 43 Storage Config 44 Onboard Devices 45 Legacy Devices 45 USB Device Setting 46...
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Figure 3. Figure 7. Figure 9. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 3. List of Figures PW1 Motherboard Connector 14 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 28 Standard CMOS Features Menu 30 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 35 Advanced Chipset Features 39 Integrated Peripherals Menu 43 Power Management Setup Menu 47 PnP/PCI Configuration Menu 50 PC Health Status Menu 53 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 55 System Clocks Menu 56 FSB & Memory Config Menu 57 System Voltages Menu 61 EVGA viii Figure 2. Figure 6. Figure 8. Figure 2. Figure 4. Figure 4. Figure 5.
Figure 3. Figure 7. Figure 9. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 3. List of Figures PW1 Motherboard Connector 14 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 28 Standard CMOS Features Menu 30 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 35 Advanced Chipset Features 39 Integrated Peripherals Menu 43 Power Management Setup Menu 47 PnP/PCI Configuration Menu 50 PC Health Status Menu 53 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 55 System Clocks Menu 56 FSB & Memory Config Menu 57 System Voltages Menu 61 EVGA viii Figure 2. Figure 6. Figure 8. Figure 2. Figure 4. Figure 4. Figure 5.
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The CMOS can be cleared by press the RESET CMOS button. Hardware Installation Onboard Buttons The onboard buttons include RESET, POWER and CMOS. Clear CMOS Button RESET and POWER Button These onboard buttons allow you to store all the set parameters within the system BIOS. RESET POWER Button Button EVGA 23 It is especially convenient for debugging or testing the system. The functions allow you turn the system ON or OFF. Clear CMOS Button The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to easily turn on/off and easily and conveniently clear the CMOS.
The CMOS can be cleared by press the RESET CMOS button. Hardware Installation Onboard Buttons The onboard buttons include RESET, POWER and CMOS. Clear CMOS Button RESET and POWER Button These onboard buttons allow you to store all the set parameters within the system BIOS. RESET POWER Button Button EVGA 23 It is especially convenient for debugging or testing the system. The functions allow you turn the system ON or OFF. Clear CMOS Button The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to easily turn on/off and easily and conveniently clear the CMOS.
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This section includes the following information: Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control EVGA 26 Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
This section includes the following information: Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control EVGA 26 Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
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...enter Setup. Use the following message briefly displays at the bottom of setup functions and two exit choices. Power on the BIOS screens all data in white is for selection. EVGA 27 Press F1 to continue, DEL to the previous menu, press Esc. Main Menu The main menu allows you to ...maintain optimal system performance. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is highlighted for information only, data in yellow is changeable, data in blue is...
...enter Setup. Use the following message briefly displays at the bottom of setup functions and two exit choices. Power on the BIOS screens all data in white is for selection. EVGA 27 Press F1 to continue, DEL to the previous menu, press Esc. Main Menu The main menu allows you to ...maintain optimal system performance. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is highlighted for information only, data in yellow is changeable, data in blue is...
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...Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.., EVGA 28 Figure 3. Phoenix - BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration. Advanced... BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to ...
...Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.., EVGA 28 Figure 3. Phoenix - BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration. Advanced... BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to ...
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... Optimized defaults system settings. Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password Use this command to set, change, and disable the password used to access the BIOS menu. Save & Exit Setup Use this command to save settings to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Use this menu to ...abandon all setting changes and exit setup. Configuring the BIOS PC Health Status Use this command to monitor the real-time system status of your PC, including temperature, voltages, and fan speed...
... Optimized defaults system settings. Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password Use this command to set, change, and disable the password used to access the BIOS menu. Save & Exit Setup Use this command to save settings to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Use this menu to ...abandon all setting changes and exit setup. Configuring the BIOS PC Health Status Use this command to monitor the real-time system status of your PC, including temperature, voltages, and fan speed...
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... 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 IDE HDD Auto-Detect [Press Enter] SATA 1 (A0) Access Mode [Manual} [CHS] Capacity 0 MB Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] EVGA 31 Configuring the BIOS Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year.
... 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 IDE HDD Auto-Detect [Press Enter] SATA 1 (A0) Access Mode [Manual} [CHS] Capacity 0 MB Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] EVGA 31 Configuring the BIOS Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year.
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... Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector 0 MB .....0 [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] Press ENTER to display sub- menu t b ll Cylinder Min= 0 The BIOS supports the following HDD Max=65535 Access Modes: ¾ CHS Key in the system. ESC:Abort EVGA 32 You can manually enter the values or you the min and max values. Once the channel...
... Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector 0 MB .....0 [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] Press ENTER to display sub- menu t b ll Cylinder Min= 0 The BIOS supports the following HDD Max=65535 Access Modes: ¾ CHS Key in the system. ESC:Abort EVGA 32 You can manually enter the values or you the min and max values. Once the channel...
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... to the Standard CMOS Features menu. Press Enter to accept the changes and return to display the sub-menu. Press ENTER to install. Configuring the BIOS Drive A The Drive A option allows you to select the kind of FDD to display sub-menu Halt On All Errors No Errors All , But Keyboard.... Use the arrow keys to :Move ENTER:Accept position the selector in . Drive A Halt On [1.44, 3.5 in.] [All , But Keyboard] All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error, the system stops and prompts you choose.
... to the Standard CMOS Features menu. Press Enter to accept the changes and return to display the sub-menu. Press ENTER to install. Configuring the BIOS Drive A The Drive A option allows you to select the kind of FDD to display sub-menu Halt On All Errors No Errors All , But Keyboard.... Use the arrow keys to :Move ENTER:Accept position the selector in . Drive A Halt On [1.44, 3.5 in.] [All , But Keyboard] All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error, the system stops and prompts you choose.
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... for all other errors. Memory These settings are display-only values that are determined by the BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test). Base Memory BIOS POST determines the Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory 640K 1047552K 1048576K amount of base (or ...conventional) memory installed in the system. Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. Total Memory This value represents the total memory of the system. EVGA...
... for all other errors. Memory These settings are display-only values that are determined by the BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test). Base Memory BIOS POST determines the Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory 640K 1047552K 1048576K amount of base (or ...conventional) memory installed in the system. Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. Total Memory This value represents the total memory of the system. EVGA...
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...associated sub-menus are designated by a `, which precedes the option. Configuring the BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Menu Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. Advanced BIOS Features Menu EVGA 35 Press Enter to the previous menu, press Esc. To go back to ...display the sub-menus. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features ` Removable Device Priority ` Hard Disk Boot Priority ` CD...
...associated sub-menus are designated by a `, which precedes the option. Configuring the BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Menu Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. Advanced BIOS Features Menu EVGA 35 Press Enter to the previous menu, press Esc. To go back to ...display the sub-menus. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features ` Removable Device Priority ` Hard Disk Boot Priority ` CD...
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... a password to the CMOS Setup screen. Select On to disable the NumLock key. Select Off to activate the keyboard NumLock when the system is started. EVGA 37 Configuring the BIOS Enter to position the selector in the option you enter setup.
... a password to the CMOS Setup screen. Select On to disable the NumLock key. Select Off to activate the keyboard NumLock when the system is started. EVGA 37 Configuring the BIOS Enter to position the selector in the option you enter setup.
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... Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to toggle between Enable and Disable EVGA 38 APIC Mode Use this function to select the Multi-Processor Specification (MPS) version that...
... Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to toggle between Enable and Disable EVGA 38 APIC Mode Use this function to select the Multi-Processor Specification (MPS) version that...
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... Features EVGA 39 Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features ` Spread Spectrum Control Init Display First Hybrid SLI Display Detection x Onboard GPU Frame Buffer Size HPET Support Retrain PCIE dev to display the functions of the Advanced Chipset Functions menu. Configuring the BIOS Advanced ...Chipset Features Menu Select Advanced Chipset Features from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to Gen2 System BIOS Cacheable [Press Enter] [onboard] [Auto] [Enabled] [Always Enable] [256M] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Main Level ` :Move Enter:...
... Features EVGA 39 Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features ` Spread Spectrum Control Init Display First Hybrid SLI Display Detection x Onboard GPU Frame Buffer Size HPET Support Retrain PCIE dev to display the functions of the Advanced Chipset Functions menu. Configuring the BIOS Advanced ...Chipset Features Menu Select Advanced Chipset Features from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to Gen2 System BIOS Cacheable [Press Enter] [onboard] [Auto] [Enabled] [Always Enable] [256M] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Item Help Main Level ` :Move Enter:...
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... function allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Even Timer (HPET). The options are 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M, 512M and Disabled. EVGA 41 Frame Buffer Size When you set frame buffer size for onboard GPU. Select the [Enable If No Ext GPU] to set the iGPU Frame.... This can be retrained to force Gen1 only). Retrain PCIE dev to Gen2 By default all capable devices populated in PCIE slots will cause System BIOS to always enable the onboard GPU. Select the [Always Enable] to search for multimedia and other time-sensitive application. When HPET is Disabled, the ...
... function allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Even Timer (HPET). The options are 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M, 512M and Disabled. EVGA 41 Frame Buffer Size When you set frame buffer size for onboard GPU. Select the [Enable If No Ext GPU] to set the iGPU Frame.... This can be retrained to force Gen1 only). Retrain PCIE dev to Gen2 By default all capable devices populated in PCIE slots will cause System BIOS to always enable the onboard GPU. Select the [Always Enable] to search for multimedia and other time-sensitive application. When HPET is Disabled, the ...
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System BIOS Cacheable This function allows you to enable or disable caching the system BIOS. EVGA 42
System BIOS Cacheable This function allows you to enable or disable caching the system BIOS. EVGA 42
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Phoenix - Integrated Peripherals Menu EVGA 43 Configuring the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Menu Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals menu. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals ` Storage Config ` Onbard Devices ` Legacy Devices ` USB Device Setting [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] Item Help Main Level ` :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 7.
Phoenix - Integrated Peripherals Menu EVGA 43 Configuring the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Menu Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals menu. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals ` Storage Config ` Onbard Devices ` Legacy Devices ` USB Device Setting [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] Item Help Main Level ` :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 7.
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... [Auto] or disable this function. P80 Show CPU Temperature When this function to set the Serial SATA mode by JMicron JMB363 supported. Configuring the BIOS SATA SALP Features This item allows you set the MAC LAN to enable or disable the hard disk audio function. Options are RAID, IDE.... The options are Enabled and Disabled. Onboard Devices Press Enter to display the Onboard Devices menu. Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] EVGA 45
... [Auto] or disable this function. P80 Show CPU Temperature When this function to set the Serial SATA mode by JMicron JMB363 supported. Configuring the BIOS SATA SALP Features This item allows you set the MAC LAN to enable or disable the hard disk audio function. Options are RAID, IDE.... The options are Enabled and Disabled. Onboard Devices Press Enter to display the Onboard Devices menu. Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] EVGA 45