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EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Table of Contents User's Guide...1 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 1 Before You Begin...8 Parts NOT in the Kit 8 Intentions of the Kit 8 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 10 Motherboard Specifications 10 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 12 Unpacking ...12 Equipment ...12 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 14 Hardware Installation 17 Safety Instructions 17 Preparing the Motherboard 18 Installing the CPU 18 Installing the CPU Fan 19 Installing System Memory...
EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Table of Contents User's Guide...1 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 1 Before You Begin...8 Parts NOT in the Kit 8 Intentions of the Kit 8 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 10 Motherboard Specifications 10 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 12 Unpacking ...12 Equipment ...12 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 14 Hardware Installation 17 Safety Instructions 17 Preparing the Motherboard 18 Installing the CPU 18 Installing the CPU Fan 19 Installing System Memory...
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EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority 44 CD-ROM Device Priority 44 First/Second/Third Boot Device 44 Boot Other Device 45 Boot Up NumLock Status 45 ...
EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority 44 CD-ROM Device Priority 44 First/Second/Third Boot Device 44 Boot Other Device 45 Boot Up NumLock Status 45 ...
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... 55 Maximum Payload Size 55 PC Health Status Menu 56 SmartFan Function 57 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature 59 Voltage Control Menu 60 EVGA VDroop control 60 CPU VCore...60 CPU VTT Voltage 60 CPU PLL Vcore 60 DIMM Voltage ...61 QPI PLL Vcore...64 IOH Vcore...64 IOH...-63 CPU Host Frequency (Mhz 64 Spread Spectrum 64 Installing Drivers and Software 65 Windows XP/Vista Driver Installation 65 Appendix A. POST Codes for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 66 EVGA Glossary of Terms 74
... 55 Maximum Payload Size 55 PC Health Status Menu 56 SmartFan Function 57 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature 59 Voltage Control Menu 60 EVGA VDroop control 60 CPU VCore...60 CPU VTT Voltage 60 CPU PLL Vcore 60 DIMM Voltage ...61 QPI PLL Vcore...64 IOH Vcore...64 IOH...-63 CPU Host Frequency (Mhz 64 Spread Spectrum 64 Installing Drivers and Software 65 Windows XP/Vista Driver Installation 65 Appendix A. POST Codes for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 66 EVGA Glossary of Terms 74
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Figure 8. Figure 11. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Layout 14 Chassis Backpanel Connectors 15 PWR1 Motherboard Connector 22 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 36 Standard CMOS Features Menu 38 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 42 Integrated Peripherals Menu 44 Power Management ... Menu 58 Voltage Control Menu 60 CPU Feature Menu 62 Figure 3. Figure 5. Figure 7. Figure 12. Figure 4. Figure 6. Figure 9. Figure 10. Figure 14. Figure 13. Figure 2. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1.
Figure 8. Figure 11. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Layout 14 Chassis Backpanel Connectors 15 PWR1 Motherboard Connector 22 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 36 Standard CMOS Features Menu 38 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 42 Integrated Peripherals Menu 44 Power Management ... Menu 58 Voltage Control Menu 60 CPU Feature Menu 62 Figure 3. Figure 5. Figure 7. Figure 12. Figure 4. Figure 6. Figure 9. Figure 10. Figure 14. Figure 13. Figure 2. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1.
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... will use most of the Kit This kit provides you will not need to install the motherboard into a system case. Parts NOT in the kit. Intentions of the cables provided in the Kit This kit contains all connecting cables necessary to ...Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you will need many of the cables. If however, you are building a PC, you with the motherboard and all the hardware necessary to make the motherboard functional. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately to install and connect your new EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. Before You...
... will use most of the Kit This kit provides you will not need to install the motherboard into a system case. Parts NOT in the kit. Intentions of the cables provided in the Kit This kit contains all connecting cables necessary to ...Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you will need many of the cables. If however, you are building a PC, you with the motherboard and all the hardware necessary to make the motherboard functional. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately to install and connect your new EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. Before You...
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... 2.0 protocol up to a 480 Mbps transmission rate This motherboard offers enthusiast performance and when combined with two or three SLI-Ready NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics cards, you for enhanced system performance. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Thank you get innovative NVIDIA® SLI® technology for purchasing the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. Officially supports up to 12GBs of 12 inch x 9.6 inch...
... 2.0 protocol up to a 480 Mbps transmission rate This motherboard offers enthusiast performance and when combined with two or three SLI-Ready NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics cards, you for enhanced system performance. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Thank you get innovative NVIDIA® SLI® technology for purchasing the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. Officially supports up to 12GBs of 12 inch x 9.6 inch...
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depends on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to disk - EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Nine(9) onboard Serial ATA II + one(1) eSATA II 300MBps data transfer rate Six Serial ATA II connectors from south bridge with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, ...
depends on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to disk - EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Nine(9) onboard Serial ATA II + one(1) eSATA II 300MBps data transfer rate Six Serial ATA II connectors from south bridge with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, ...
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... shipped in proper airflow within the chassis. Equipment The following accessories are RoHS-compliant (lead-free) parts. The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard This PCI Express motherboard contains the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset and is SLI-ready for adding a motherboard to a system case. I/O Shield Installs in the system case to quickly and visually guide you may not need...
... shipped in proper airflow within the chassis. Equipment The following accessories are RoHS-compliant (lead-free) parts. The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard This PCI Express motherboard contains the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset and is SLI-ready for adding a motherboard to a system case. I/O Shield Installs in the system case to quickly and visually guide you may not need...
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... power connector. 1 - IDE Data Cable Passes data between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device. 1 - 2-Way SLI Bridge Bridges two (2) graphic cards together which allows for 2-Way SLI. 1 - 3-Way SLI Bridge Bridges three (3) graphic cards together which allows for 3-Way SLI. 1 - EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to the...
... power connector. 1 - IDE Data Cable Passes data between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device. 1 - 2-Way SLI Bridge Bridges two (2) graphic cards together which allows for 2-Way SLI. 1 - 3-Way SLI Bridge Bridges three (3) graphic cards together which allows for 3-Way SLI. 1 - EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to the...
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Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a PCI Express, SLI-ready motherboard.
Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a PCI Express, SLI-ready motherboard.
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.../x8 will be used. Connect one side of the cable to the headers on the motherboard then, attach the serial COM device to the other side of PCI Express graphic cards supported by this motherboard, visit: www.EVGA.com/Products 6 5 4 3 2 1 Slot Listing 1 - PCI-E x1 - Slot 1 ... When using 2 Graphic Cards in PCI-E: Slot 1, a speed of x16/x16 will be used . PCI-E 2.0 x16 - Slot 1 5 - Expansion Slots The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard contains six (6) expansion slots, four (4) PCI Express slots and two (2) PCI slots. PCI - When using 1 Graphic Card in PCI-E Slots: 1 and 3,...
.../x8 will be used. Connect one side of the cable to the headers on the motherboard then, attach the serial COM device to the other side of PCI Express graphic cards supported by this motherboard, visit: www.EVGA.com/Products 6 5 4 3 2 1 Slot Listing 1 - PCI-E x1 - Slot 1 ... When using 2 Graphic Cards in PCI-E: Slot 1, a speed of x16/x16 will be used . PCI-E 2.0 x16 - Slot 1 5 - Expansion Slots The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard contains six (6) expansion slots, four (4) PCI Express slots and two (2) PCI slots. PCI - When using 1 Graphic Card in PCI-E Slots: 1 and 3,...
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...kit, you need to open. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is shipped in the kit. 6. The CD that has been shipped with a CD that is Vista-capable. The kit comes with the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard contains the following software and drivers: ...Chipset Drivers Audio drivers RAID drivers LAN Drivers Matrix Storage JMicron SATA Drivers EVGA E-LEET NVIDIA SLI Drivers Adobe Acrobat Reader User's Manual Windows XP/Vista Driver Installation 5.
...kit, you need to open. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is shipped in the kit. 6. The CD that has been shipped with a CD that is Vista-capable. The kit comes with the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard contains the following software and drivers: ...Chipset Drivers Audio drivers RAID drivers LAN Drivers Matrix Storage JMicron SATA Drivers EVGA E-LEET NVIDIA SLI Drivers Adobe Acrobat Reader User's Manual Windows XP/Vista Driver Installation 5.
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POST Codes for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard This section provides the Award POST Codes (Table 6) for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard during system boot up. Award POST Code Award POST Codes Code Name 01 Reserved 02 Jumps to E000 segment 03 Early SuperIO 04 Reserved 05 ... the mouse Check the integrity of the ROM,BIOS and message The POST Codes are displayed on the Debug LED readout located directly onboard the motherboard. Debug LED with CPU Temperature Monitor Table 6. This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted into the Operating...
POST Codes for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard This section provides the Award POST Codes (Table 6) for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard during system boot up. Award POST Code Award POST Codes Code Name 01 Reserved 02 Jumps to E000 segment 03 Early SuperIO 04 Reserved 05 ... the mouse Check the integrity of the ROM,BIOS and message The POST Codes are displayed on the Debug LED readout located directly onboard the motherboard. Debug LED with CPU Temperature Monitor Table 6. This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted into the Operating...
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Integrated Graphics Processors IRQ - Local Area Network LCD - Media Access Control MCP - New Technology File System OEM - Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended POST - Split Frame Rendering SLI - Land Grid Array LN2 - Megahertz NB - Native Command Queuing NIC - Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment PCB - Power on Self Test PWM - Red Green Blue SATA - Southbridge ...
Integrated Graphics Processors IRQ - Local Area Network LCD - Media Access Control MCP - New Technology File System OEM - Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended POST - Split Frame Rendering SLI - Land Grid Array LN2 - Megahertz NB - Native Command Queuing NIC - Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment PCB - Power on Self Test PWM - Red Green Blue SATA - Southbridge ...