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... ...1 EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard 1 Before You Begin...7 Parts NOT in the Kit 7 EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard 8 Motherboard Specifications 8 Hardware Installation 10 Safety Instructions 10 Preparing the Motherboard 11 Installing the CPU 11 Installing the CPU Fan 12 Installing System Memory (DIMMs 13 Installing the Motherboard 13 Installing the I/O Shield 14 Securing the Motherboard into a System Case 15 Connecting Cables 15 24-pin ATX...
... ...1 EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard 1 Before You Begin...7 Parts NOT in the Kit 7 EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard 8 Motherboard Specifications 8 Hardware Installation 10 Safety Instructions 10 Preparing the Motherboard 11 Installing the CPU 11 Installing the CPU Fan 12 Installing System Memory (DIMMs 13 Installing the Motherboard 13 Installing the I/O Shield 14 Securing the Motherboard into a System Case 15 Connecting Cables 15 24-pin ATX...
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POST Codes for the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard 42 Assertion Width 38 Restore on AC Power Loss 38 Hardware Health Configure 38 H/W Health Function 38 CPU Fan Mode Setting 39 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 39 Memory Configure 39 CPU Configuration 40 Installing Drivers and Software 41 Windows XP/Vista/7 Driver Installation 41 Appendix A. EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard Palette Snooping 35 PCI IDE BusMaster 35 OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card 35 Boot Configuration Features 36 Boot Device Priority 36 Hard Disk Drives 36 Power Management Features 37 ACPI Configuration 37 SLP_S4# Min.
POST Codes for the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard 42 Assertion Width 38 Restore on AC Power Loss 38 Hardware Health Configure 38 H/W Health Function 38 CPU Fan Mode Setting 39 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 39 Memory Configure 39 CPU Configuration 40 Installing Drivers and Software 41 Windows XP/Vista/7 Driver Installation 41 Appendix A. EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard Palette Snooping 35 PCI IDE BusMaster 35 OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card 35 Boot Configuration Features 36 Boot Device Priority 36 Hard Disk Drives 36 Power Management Features 37 ACPI Configuration 37 SLP_S4# Min.
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...the necessary parts needed to make the motherboard functional. Intel Socket 1156 Processor DDR3 System Memory Socket 1156 or Socket 775 Cooling fan PCI Express or PCI Graphics Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you will need to reinstall an... may already have purchased all the hardware necessary to install and connect your new EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard. For a full list of supported CPU's on this motherboard, please visit http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately ...
...the necessary parts needed to make the motherboard functional. Intel Socket 1156 Processor DDR3 System Memory Socket 1156 or Socket 775 Cooling fan PCI Express or PCI Graphics Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you will need to reinstall an... may already have purchased all the hardware necessary to install and connect your new EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard. For a full list of supported CPU's on this motherboard, please visit http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately ...
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EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard Motherboard Specifications Size ATX form factor of DDR3 memory. USB 2.0 Ports Supports hot plug Thirteen USB 2.0 ports (Seven rear panel ports, six onboard USB headers) Supports wake-up ... Processor support Intel Socket 1156 CPU's Operating systems: Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit, Windows Vista 32bit/64bit, and Windows 7 32bit/64bit Intel P55 Express Chipset System Memory support Supports dual channel DDR3-1600+.
EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard Motherboard Specifications Size ATX form factor of DDR3 memory. USB 2.0 Ports Supports hot plug Thirteen USB 2.0 ports (Seven rear panel ports, six onboard USB headers) Supports wake-up ... Processor support Intel Socket 1156 CPU's Operating systems: Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit, Windows Vista 32bit/64bit, and Windows 7 32bit/64bit Intel P55 Express Chipset System Memory support Supports dual channel DDR3-1600+.
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... click on the install screen. Insert the Intel P55 installation CD for the motherboard included in the kit. 6. Configuring the BIOS Installing Drivers and Software The CD that has been shipped with the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard contains the following software and drivers: ...Chipset Drivers Audio drivers LAN Drivers RAID Drivers EVGA E-LEET Overclocking Utility Adobe Acrobat Reader User...
... click on the install screen. Insert the Intel P55 installation CD for the motherboard included in the kit. 6. Configuring the BIOS Installing Drivers and Software The CD that has been shipped with the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard contains the following software and drivers: ...Chipset Drivers Audio drivers LAN Drivers RAID Drivers EVGA E-LEET Overclocking Utility Adobe Acrobat Reader User...
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... initialization of chipset registers Debug LED with CPU Temperature Monitor Table 6. POST Codes for the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard This section provides the AMI POST Codes (Table 6) for the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard during system boot up application processors Re-enable cache for boot strap processor Early CPU initialization ...Description Initialize BIOS. The POST Codes are displayed on the Debug LED readout located directly onboard the motherboard. This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted into the Operating System. Appendix A.
... initialization of chipset registers Debug LED with CPU Temperature Monitor Table 6. POST Codes for the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard This section provides the AMI POST Codes (Table 6) for the EVGA P55 SLI Motherboard during system boot up application processors Re-enable cache for boot strap processor Early CPU initialization ...Description Initialize BIOS. The POST Codes are displayed on the Debug LED readout located directly onboard the motherboard. This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted into the Operating System. Appendix A.