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... Kit ix Intentions of the Kit x EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard 1 Motherboard Specifications 1 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 4 Unpacking ...4 Equipment ...4 EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 5 Hardware Installation ...9 Safety Instructions...9 Preparing the Motherboard 10 Installing the CPU 10 Installing the CPU Fan 11 Installing Memory DIMMs 11 Installing the Motherboard 12 Installing the I/O Shield 12 Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis 13 Connecting Cables...
... Kit ix Intentions of the Kit x EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard 1 Motherboard Specifications 1 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 4 Unpacking ...4 Equipment ...4 EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 5 Hardware Installation ...9 Safety Instructions...9 Preparing the Motherboard 10 Installing the CPU 10 Installing the CPU Fan 11 Installing Memory DIMMs 11 Installing the Motherboard 12 Installing the I/O Shield 12 Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis 13 Connecting Cables...
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780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Connecting Serial ATA Cables 18 Connecting Internal Headers 19 Front Panel Header 19 IEEE 1394a ...20 USB Headers 21 Audio ...22 Fan Connections 23 COM1 ...24 FDD Connector 25 Expansion Slots 25 PCI Slots ...25 PCI Express x1 Slot 26 PCI Express x16 Slots 26 Jumper Settings ...27 Clear CMOS Jumper: CLR_CMOS 27 Configuring the BIOS 29 Enter BIOS Setup 30 Main Menu...30 Standard CMOS Features Menu 33 Date and Time...34 IDE Channel and SATA Channel 34 Drive A...37 Halt On ...37 Memory ...38 Advanced BIOS Features 39 Removable Device Priority 40 EVGA iv
780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Connecting Serial ATA Cables 18 Connecting Internal Headers 19 Front Panel Header 19 IEEE 1394a ...20 USB Headers 21 Audio ...22 Fan Connections 23 COM1 ...24 FDD Connector 25 Expansion Slots 25 PCI Slots ...25 PCI Express x1 Slot 26 PCI Express x16 Slots 26 Jumper Settings ...27 Clear CMOS Jumper: CLR_CMOS 27 Configuring the BIOS 29 Enter BIOS Setup 30 Main Menu...30 Standard CMOS Features Menu 33 Date and Time...34 IDE Channel and SATA Channel 34 Drive A...37 Halt On ...37 Memory ...38 Advanced BIOS Features 39 Removable Device Priority 40 EVGA iv
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nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority 40 Network Boot Priority 40 CPU Internal Cache 40 Quick Power On Self Test 41 First/Second/Third Boot Device 41 ...
nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority 40 Network Boot Priority 40 CPU Internal Cache 40 Quick Power On Self Test 41 First/Second/Third Boot Device 41 ...
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780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard IEEE1394 controller 62 HD Audio ...62 IDE HDD Block Mode 62 Onboard FDC Controller 62 Onboard Serial Port 1 63 Power Management Setup Menu 63 ACPI ... 70 Installing Drivers and Software 72 Driver Installation 73 Using the NVIDIA Software 74 NVIDIA Performance Group of NVIDIA Control Panel 75 Device Settings 76 EVGA vi
780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard IEEE1394 controller 62 HD Audio ...62 IDE HDD Block Mode 62 Onboard FDC Controller 62 Onboard Serial Port 1 63 Power Management Setup Menu 63 ACPI ... 70 Installing Drivers and Software 72 Driver Installation 73 Using the NVIDIA Software 74 NVIDIA Performance Group of NVIDIA Control Panel 75 Device Settings 76 EVGA vi
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Configuring an SLI Configuration 104 SLI Connector ...104 ForceWare Driver 105 Enabling 3-Way SLI 107 Verifying 3-way SLI is Active 109 Index...110 nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Current Hardware Settings 77 Dynamic BIOS Access 84 View System Information 85 Profile Policies...86 Manage Your System BIOS 87 NVIDIA System Monitor 88 Appendix A. POST Codes for Tritium Platform 94 Appendix B.
Configuring an SLI Configuration 104 SLI Connector ...104 ForceWare Driver 105 Enabling 3-Way SLI 107 Verifying 3-way SLI is Active 109 Index...110 nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Current Hardware Settings 77 Dynamic BIOS Access 84 View System Information 85 Profile Policies...86 Manage Your System BIOS 87 NVIDIA System Monitor 88 Appendix A. POST Codes for Tritium Platform 94 Appendix B.
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... the GPUs you can have purchased the necessary parts. Supports up to require for your new EVGA nForce® 780i SLI motherboard. If you are going to SLI two graphics cards, you are going to 1200 MHz SLI-Ready Memory. nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Before You Begin... Parts NOT in the Kit This kit contains all the hardware necessary...
... the GPUs you can have purchased the necessary parts. Supports up to require for your new EVGA nForce® 780i SLI motherboard. If you are going to SLI two graphics cards, you are going to 1200 MHz SLI-Ready Memory. nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Before You Begin... Parts NOT in the Kit This kit contains all the hardware necessary...
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EVGA x When replacing a motherboard in the kit. If however, you are building a PC, you will use most of the cables provided in a PC case, you will not need to install the motherboard into a PC case. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherboard and all connecting cables necessary to reinstall an operating system even though the current drives have an operating system. If you are replacing a motherboard, you will need many of the cables.
EVGA x When replacing a motherboard in the kit. If however, you are building a PC, you will use most of the cables provided in a PC case, you will not need to install the motherboard into a PC case. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherboard and all connecting cables necessary to reinstall an operating system even though the current drives have an operating system. If you are replacing a motherboard, you will need many of the cables.
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...; Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate 1 When combined with two or three SLI-Ready NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, you for enhanced system performance. EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard Thank you get innovative NVIDIA SLI Technology for buying the EVGA NFORCE 780i SLI Motherboard. Supports up to 8 GBs of 12 inch x 9.6 inch Microprocessor support Intel Core 2 Extreme...
...; Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate 1 When combined with two or three SLI-Ready NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, you for enhanced system performance. EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard Thank you get innovative NVIDIA SLI Technology for buying the EVGA NFORCE 780i SLI Motherboard. Supports up to 8 GBs of 12 inch x 9.6 inch Microprocessor support Intel Core 2 Extreme...
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780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard EVGA 2 Onboard Serial ATA II ¾ 300MBps data transfer rate ¾ Six Serial ATA II connectors ¾ NVIDIA MediaShield RAID with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, ...
780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard EVGA 2 Onboard Serial ATA II ¾ 300MBps data transfer rate ¾ Six Serial ATA II connectors ¾ NVIDIA MediaShield RAID with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, ...
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... foreign objects and aids in the packing box. I/O Shield Installs in the chassis to inspect each piece of these cables. All parts shipped in the EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard box. (Accessories may not need many of equipment shipped in proper airflow within the chassis. If you may vary between models, see product package...
... foreign objects and aids in the packing box. I/O Shield Installs in the chassis to inspect each piece of these cables. All parts shipped in the EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard box. (Accessories may not need many of equipment shipped in proper airflow within the chassis. If you may vary between models, see product package...
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...back panel connectors. USB 2.0 4-Port Cable Provides four additional USB ports to either the front or back panels of the chassis. nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 2-Port SATA Power Cable (Qty Three) 1394 Cable Provides two additional 1394 ports to either the front or back panels of the chassis.... Signal Cable (Qty Six) Used to support the Serial ATA protocol and each one connects a single drive to the motherboard Comm2 Bracket Cable IDE-ATA 133 HDD Cable EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard The EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard with the NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI SPP and MCP processors is a PCI Express...
...back panel connectors. USB 2.0 4-Port Cable Provides four additional USB ports to either the front or back panels of the chassis. nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 2-Port SATA Power Cable (Qty Three) 1394 Cable Provides two additional 1394 ports to either the front or back panels of the chassis.... Signal Cable (Qty Six) Used to support the Serial ATA protocol and each one connects a single drive to the motherboard Comm2 Bracket Cable IDE-ATA 133 HDD Cable EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard The EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard with the NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI SPP and MCP processors is a PCI Express...
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... connectors (Figure 2) 27. Front panel connector 16. Power button 18. Heat dissipater 28. 8-pin ATX_12V power connector 29 MCP/SPP fan connector EVGA 6 Motherboard battery 13. SPDIF connector 22. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard 22 22 25 23 24 23 23 21 20 19 26 27 28 29 1187 13 1 13 2 16 3 15 4 14 13 11...
... connectors (Figure 2) 27. Front panel connector 16. Power button 18. Heat dissipater 28. 8-pin ATX_12V power connector 29 MCP/SPP fan connector EVGA 6 Motherboard battery 13. SPDIF connector 22. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard 22 22 25 23 24 23 23 21 20 19 26 27 28 29 1187 13 1 13 2 16 3 15 4 14 13 11...
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.../link/Activity • Green/Light Up/Blink = 1000 Mbps/Link/Activity Figure 2. SPDIF output 6. FP Audio connector Figure 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port 3. 1394a (Firewire) Port 4. nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 10. EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Layout 7 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 4 1.
.../link/Activity • Green/Light Up/Blink = 1000 Mbps/Link/Activity Figure 2. SPDIF output 6. FP Audio connector Figure 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port 3. 1394a (Firewire) Port 4. nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 10. EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Layout 7 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 4 1.
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... edges. There is a protective socket cover on the CPU EVGA 10 You need to purchase these to install the CPU onto the motherboard. 1. Lift the load plate. It is no CPU installed. 3. Remove the processor from the load plate. 4. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Preparing the Motherboard The motherboard shipped in the processor with notches on the load...
... edges. There is a protective socket cover on the CPU EVGA 10 You need to purchase these to install the CPU onto the motherboard. 1. Lift the load plate. It is no CPU installed. 3. Remove the processor from the load plate. 4. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Preparing the Motherboard The motherboard shipped in the processor with notches on the load...
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.... Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs. Note that there is aligned with the vents on the covers. EVGA 12 Installing the Motherboard The sequence of the DIMM slot. Note: Be sure that is installed properly. 1. The plastic clips at both sides of the chassis...step or to lock into place and for the chassis covers to secure the motherboard and then make sure it fits securely. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Use the following procedure to install the I/O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis. This slot matches the slot on the chassis you are ...
.... Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs. Note that there is aligned with the vents on the covers. EVGA 12 Installing the Motherboard The sequence of the DIMM slot. Note: Be sure that is installed properly. 1. The plastic clips at both sides of the chassis...step or to lock into place and for the chassis covers to secure the motherboard and then make sure it fits securely. 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Use the following procedure to install the I/O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis. This slot matches the slot on the chassis you are ...
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Power Supply Connectors 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard IDE Serial ATA II Chassis Fans Rear panel USB 2.0 Adapter Expansion slots CMOS jumper settings See Figure 1 on page 7 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in either of the following procedure. Power Connections To support 3-way SLI, this motherboard has the following...
Power Supply Connectors 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard IDE Serial ATA II Chassis Fans Rear panel USB 2.0 Adapter Expansion slots CMOS jumper settings See Figure 1 on page 7 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in either of the following procedure. Power Connections To support 3-way SLI, this motherboard has the following...
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... a standard 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44m, and a 2.88M floppy disk drive (FDD). For a full list of PCI Express x16 graphics card supported by this motherboard, go to hold the blank cover. PCIe x1 slot PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card, USB card, ... PCI specifications. When installing a card into the PCI slot, be sure that comply with the screw used to www.nvidia.com/estore. 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 - Expansion Slots The EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard contains six expansion slots, four PCI Express slots and two PCI slots. PCI slots 2 -
... a standard 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44m, and a 2.88M floppy disk drive (FDD). For a full list of PCI Express x16 graphics card supported by this motherboard, go to hold the blank cover. PCIe x1 slot PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card, USB card, ... PCI specifications. When installing a card into the PCI slot, be sure that comply with the screw used to www.nvidia.com/estore. 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 - Expansion Slots The EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard contains six expansion slots, four PCI Express slots and two PCI slots. PCI slots 2 -