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Page 2: ...User Guide EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard...

Page 3: ...780i 3 Way SLI Motherboard EVGA ii...

Page 4: ...A 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 Mot...

Page 5: ...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 Ma...

Page 6: ...e 43 MPS Version Control For OS 43 Full Screen LOGO Show 43 Advanced Chipset Features 44 System Clocks 45 Frequency Settings 46 HT Multiplier 47 Spread Spectrum 47 FSB Memory Config 48 CPU Configurati...

Page 7: ...E From Soft Off 64 Power On by Alarm 64 POWER ON Function 65 PnP PCI Configuration Menu 66 Init Display First 67 Reset Configuration Data 67 Resources Controlled By 67 IRQ Resources 68 PCI VGA Palette...

Page 8: ...em 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 10...

Page 9: ...gure 8 Advanced Chipset Features 44 Figure 9 System Clocks Menu 45 Figure 10 FSB Memory Config Menu 48 Figure 11 CPU Configuration Menu 53 Figure 12 System Voltages Menu 55 Figure 13 Integrated Periph...

Page 10: ...s 3 way SLI with three x16 PCI Express slots Power Supply The power supply requirement is dependent upon the power and the number of the GPUs you install If you are going to SLI two graphics cards you...

Page 11: ...nstall the motherboard into a PC case If you are building a PC you will use most of the cables provided in the kit If however you are replacing a motherboard you will not need many of the cables When...

Page 12: ...inch Microprocessor support Intel Core 2 Extreme Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo Pentium EE Pentium D Pentium Operating systems Supports Windows XP 32bit 64bit and Windows Vista 32bit 64bit Contai...

Page 13: ...ader with rate of transmission at 400 Mbps Onboard Audio Azalia High Definition audio Supports 8 channel audio Supports S PDIF output Supports Jack Sensing function Triple PCI Express x16 Support 2 x1...

Page 14: ...nForce 780i SLI Motherboard...

Page 15: ...shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following equipment is included in the EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard box Accessories may vary between models see product packag...

Page 16: ...or back panels of the chassis SATA 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 n...

Page 17: ...394a connector 5 24 pin ATX Power Connector 15 Front panel connector 25 PCI Express x1 slot 6 IDE Connector 16 Jumper 26 Backpanel connectors Figure 2 7 Serial ATA SATA connectors 17 Power button 27 H...

Page 18: ...Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel Blue Line In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Gr...

Page 19: ...780i 3 Way SLI Motherboard EVGA 8...

Page 20: ...U Installing the CPU fan Installing the memory Installing the motherboard Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury always follows...

Page 21: ...hook the socket lever by pushing down and away from the socket 2 Lift the load plate There is a protective socket cover on the load plate to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 3 Remove...

Page 22: ...V 240 pin slots for DDR2 memory These slots support 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB and 2 GB DDR2 memory modules They also support dual channel DDR2 memory technology up to 10 7GB s There must be at least one memo...

Page 23: ...connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections It is normally easier to secure the motherboard first Use the following procedure to install the I O shiel...

Page 24: ...of nine 9 spacers 1 Carefully place the motherboard onto the studs spacers located inside the chassis 2 Align the mounting holes with the studs spacers 3 Align the connectors to the I O shield 4 Ensu...

Page 25: ...procedure Power Connections To support 3 way SLI this motherboard has the following specific power supply requirements Minimum 1000 W peak power Six PCI E power connectors configured in either of the...

Page 26: ...the DIMM slots Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secu...

Page 27: ...sk drives 1 Connect the blue connector the cable end with a single connector to the motherboard 2 Connect the black connector the cable with the two closely spaced black and gray connectors to the Ult...

Page 28: ...lation Note If an ATA 66 100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE transfer protocol are attached to the same cable the maximum transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that of the...

Page 29: ...for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate There are six serial ATA connectors on the motherboard that support RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 0...

Page 30: ...ote Some chassis do not have all four cables Be sure to match the name on the connectors to the corresponding pins PWRSW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing the powe...

Page 31: ...Connect 9 No Connect Empty 10 Empty IEEE 1394a The IEEE 1394 expansion cable bracket is provided in the box but if you do not require the additional external connections you do not need to install it...

Page 32: ...an optional external bracket containing four 4 more USB 2 0 ports 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option 2 Con...

Page 33: ...of audio output choices the Front Audio the Rear Audio The front Audio supports re tasking function Table 5 Front Audio Connector Connector Pin Signal 1 PORT1_L 2 AUD_GND 3 PORT1_R 4 PRECENCE_J 5 PORT...

Page 34: ...off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5 mode Note that the CPU fan cable can be either a 3 pin or a 4 pin connector Connect a 3 pin connector to pins 1 2 and 3 on the motherboard connector CPU Fan Co...

Page 35: ...ed COM1 The motherboard kit provides an additional serial COM header for your machine Connect one side of a switching cable to the header and then attach the serial COM device to the other side of the...

Page 36: ...Express x16 graphics card supported by this motherboard go to www nvidia com estore PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that...

Page 37: ...cards The design of this motherboard supports three PCI Express graphics cards using NVIDIA s SLI technology When installing a PCI Express x16 card be sure the retention clip snaps and locks the card...

Page 38: ...hows a next to pin 1 Clear CMOS Jumper CLR_CMOS The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parameters The CMOS can be cleared by removing the CMOS jumper Use the following procedure to cle...

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Page 40: ...p 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...

Page 41: ...the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Note It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings Changing some settings could damage your computer Main Menu The main menu all...

Page 42: ...up onboard peripherals such as IDE RAID USB LAN and MAC control Power Management Setup Use this menu to configure power management power on and sleep features PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to...

Page 43: ...d 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 command to...

Page 44: ...white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General...

Page 45: ...e these functions to detect and configure the individual IDE and SATA channels Select a channel and press Enter to display the IDE SATA sub menu IDE Channel Master None IDE Channel Slave None SATA Cha...

Page 46: ...Configuring the BIOS IDE Auto Detect Press Enter Extended IDE Drive None Access Mode Auto Capacity 0 MB Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0...

Page 47: ...f cylinders heads Precomp landing zone and sector You can manually enter the values or you can press Enter to display a window that tells you the min and max values The BIOS supports the following HDD...

Page 48: ...eys to position the selector in the option you choose Press Enter to accept the changes and return to the Standard CMOS Features menu Halt On Halt On determines whether or not the computer stops if an...

Page 49: ...iskette error but will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but will stop for all other errors Memory These settings are display only v...

Page 50: ...formation only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previou...

Page 51: ...to move the device priority up or down in the list To go back to the previous menu press Esc Network Boot Priority Use this option to select the priority for network startup Select Network Boot Priori...

Page 52: ...e and Disable First Second Third Boot Device Use this option to set the priority sequence of the devices booted at power on Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press En...

Page 53: ...Motherboard EVGA 42 Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to select the power on state of NumLock Select On to activate the keyboard NumLock when the system is started Select Off to disable t...

Page 54: ...ble or disable the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC If you disable this option you also disable the MPS Version Control for OS option MPS Version Control For OS Use this function to sel...

Page 55: ...U PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults System Clocks Press Enter FSB Memory Config Press Enter CPU Configuration Press Enter System Voltages Press Enter NVMEM memo...

Page 56: ...s highlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Valce Frequency Settings CPU Freq MHz 2933 3 2933...

Page 57: ...6_1 MHz Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the frequency options for the PCI Express Bus Slot 1 the black slot closest to the CPU Note that as you go higher in value PCIe Spread Spec...

Page 58: ...alues are 1 x through 5 x Spread Spectrum CPU Spread Spectrum Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the Spread Spectrum options for the CPU Option values are Disabled UP Spread and Cent...

Page 59: ...10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Value SLI Ready Memory Disabled Disabled CPU Freq MHz 2933 3 2933 3 CPU Multiplier 11X 11X FSB Memory Clock...

Page 60: ...lected FSB QDR MHz is changed to editable and the FSB speed can be entered manually As the FSB speed is changed CPU Freq MHz changes proportionally Unlinked When Unlink is selected FSB QDR MHz and MEM...

Page 61: ...display the Memory Timing Setting menu Use this menu to set optimal timings or to manually enter timings Optimal Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select Optimal Optimal Move Enter Select PU PD V...

Page 62: ...Configuring the BIOS prohibits you from manually setting any timing All timing is set for optimal performance...

Page 63: ...s the minimum RAS active time options are 1 through 31 Command Per Clock This is the command timing setting on a per clock unit basis options are 1T and 2T tRRD RAS to RAS delay of different banks opt...

Page 64: ...this function to enable or disable TM1 and TM2 support Options are Disable Disable support for TM1 and TM2 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Default...

Page 65: ...nabled this function reduces the CPU power consumption when the CPU is idle Idle occurs when the operating system issues a halt instruction Execute Disable Bit When this function is disabled it forces...

Page 66: ...ltage level for the DRAM Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage nForce SPP This function defines the core voltage level for the NVIDIA n...

Page 67: ...Force MCP Auxiliary voltage Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage GTLVREF Lane 0 This function defines the voltage level for GTLVREF La...

Page 68: ...system voltages and timing settings that were defined in the System Voltages menu You can set up to four profile settings using the Save timing voltage set function There are four profile options tha...

Page 69: ...o see the options System BIOS Cacheable This function allows you to enable or disable caching the system BIOS HPET Function This function allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Even Timer...

Page 70: ...u Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults IDE Function Setup Press Enter RAID Config Press Enter USB Config Press Enter MAC Config Press Enter IE...

Page 71: ...or the primary Master and Slave PIO Select from Auto or Mode 1 through Mode 4 Primary Master Slave UDMA When OnChip IDE Channel0 is set to Enabled you can disable the primary Master and Slave UDMA or...

Page 72: ...bled you can enable or disable the various SATA functions USB Config Press Enter to display the USB Config menu OnChip USB Use this function to enable specific versions of the USB or disable the onchi...

Page 73: ...pherals menu allows you to enable or disable the integrated high definition audio IDE HDD Block Mode Using this function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows your IDE hard drive needs to support...

Page 74: ...lay the Power Management Setup menu Figure 14 Power Management Setup Menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults ACPI function Enabled APCI Susp...

Page 75: ...r Delay 4 Sec WOL PME From Soft Off This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable WOL PMW from soft off Power On by Alarm This function on the Power Management Setup...

Page 76: ...ssword function is enabled so that you must enter a password Hot Key Power On When Hot Key is selected the Hot key Power On function is enabled so that you must select a keyboard key as the hot key To...

Page 77: ...ure 15 PnP PCI Configuration Menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Init Display First PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources...

Page 78: ...system reconfiguration has caused a serious conflict that prevents the OS from booting The default setting is Disabled Resources Controlled By This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows yo...

Page 79: ...function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the Palette Snoop function Maximum Payload Size This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the maximu...

Page 80: ...s components change with system usage Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Dynamic Fan Control Press Enter CPU 47 C 117 F CPU Core 1 28V CPU F...

Page 81: ...fans automatically controlled based on temperature To set the fan speed to a constant rate select Manual and then enter the speed from 0 to 100 Set the desired speed for the Aux nForce and Chassis fan...

Page 82: ...Configuring the BIOS...

Page 83: ...ating system The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes with a CD that contains drivers and additional NVIDIA software The CD that has been shipped with you...

Page 84: ...Insert the EVGA nForce 780i SLI installation CD for the motherboard included in the kit 4 The CD will autorun install the drivers and utilities listed on the install screen If the CD does not run go...

Page 85: ...customize the operation and performance of the system to their needs As settings are attempted the user must start and restart Windows several times Fortunately NVIDIA s new System Monitor and Perfor...

Page 86: ...active for the current Windows session You can save these settings as a profile by using the Profile menu item CAUTION Increasing the voltage or the clock speed of a component may void its warranty du...

Page 87: ...I Motherboard EVGA 76 Device Settings Device Settings has two tabs Current Hardware Settings and Hardware Profiles Under the Current Hardware Settings tab there are settings for the CPU Motherboard Me...

Page 88: ...U Voltages and CPU fan speeds At all times real time values for CPU frequency and appropriate CPU multiplier are reported CAUTION Increasing the voltage or the clock speed of a component may void its...

Page 89: ...lider All changes will take effect immediately after selecting Apply however these setting will only remain active for the current Windows session This will allow a user to safely return to Windows in...

Page 90: ...erall system stability and overclocking success a wealth of information and options for memory modules is available Both timings and voltage are dynamically adjustable with real time values for memory...

Page 91: ...e lower this value the faster the performance However if it is set too low it can cause data corruption by deactivating the row to soon Adjustable from 1 to 63 Write Recovery Time Memory timing that d...

Page 92: ...R to W Turnaround The Read to Write turnaround tRWT is a the amount of cycles for the command to be executed when a Write command is received Adjustable from 1 to 15 R to R Timing the Read to Read ti...

Page 93: ...oller sends a request to read a memory location and before the data is sent to the module s output pins The value shown cannot be changed Clock Drive Strength This value is filled in by the system and...

Page 94: ...be adjusted using Device Setting interface You can override the shipped clock frequencies of your GPU and GPU memory and you can set the GPU fan speed Increasing the clock speeds will increase your GP...

Page 95: ...ttings in the CMOS the settings remain active until you change them again or restore the CMOS to the default settings Click the Available BIOS Pages list arrow and select the BIOS page that you want t...

Page 96: ...ew System Information menu is a high level view where all the critical values of the system are consolidated and presented within a single view At a glance the user can clearly see the current status...

Page 97: ...stom set of settings and alerts which can be tailored from a global setting all the way to something as granular as a particular game In short you can effortlessly customize your system to run as sile...

Page 98: ...thin Windows In addition to displaying a complete collection of information regarding the current BIOS version being used the user also has the option of saving a backup version of the BIOS being used...

Page 99: ...emperature frequency and voltage are reported Given the fact that the NVIDIA System Monitor is based around an OpenGL foundation there is nearly zero performance overhead associated with running the u...

Page 100: ...ated settings and status information is displayed in real time In addition to fan speeds and temperatures we also find critical voltage values for core components By moving the slider on the bottom of...

Page 101: ...remain regardless of which component is selected from that point on By pressing Ctrl Alt C or by clicking the arrow icon in the top right of the screen the user can switch modes and bring all selected...

Page 102: ...ze the way nV Monitor looks and behaves The first series of options the user is presented with deals with the application s appearance The user can control everything from temperature units to overall...

Page 103: ...deals with Event Logging Here one can easily select which system components to track and can specify the name of the resulting output file All fields within the application will be logged and written...

Page 104: ...ge handles the specific hotkeys used to control various application actions In this screen the user simply enters their desired hotkey configuration and they are able to control every aspect of functi...

Page 105: ...ment Execution of POST routines in E000 03 Early SuperIO Init Early Initialized the super IO 04 Reserved 05 Blank video Reset Video controller 06 Reserved 07 Init KBC Keyboard controller init 08 KB te...

Page 106: ...INT 00h 1Fh according to INT_TBL 1C CMOS Battery Check Test CMOS and check Battery Fail 1D Early PM Early PM initialization 1E Reserved 1F Re initial KB Load keyboard matrix 20 Reserved 21 HPM init I...

Page 107: ...0 Test DMA channel 0 36 Reserved 37 Test DMA Controller 1 Test DMA channel 1 38 Reserved 39 Test DMA Page Registers Test DMA Page Registers 3A Reserved 3B Reserved 3C Test Timer Test 8254 Timer 0 Cou...

Page 108: ...ode flag 48 Reserved 49 Size Memory Size base memory from 256K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB 4A Reserved 4B Reserved 4C Reserved 4D Reserved 4E Init APIC Initialize APIC and set MTRR 4F Reserv...

Page 109: ...e Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install interrupt vectors 64 Reserved 65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port 66 Reserved 67 ACPI init ACPI sub system initializing 68 Re...

Page 110: ...tion 7D Reserved 7E Reserved 7F POST error check Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention 80 Reserved 81 Reserved 82 Security Check Ask password security 83 Write CMOS Write all...

Page 111: ...t via INT 19h C0 Base CPU test Read Write CPU registers C1 Memory Presence Base memory detect C2 Early Memory Board Initialization C3 Extend Memory Turn on extended memory cache initialization C4 Spec...

Page 112: ...mory Controller 011h Program the PLLs 012h Query after memory PLL has been set 013h Set Dynamic SPD values 014h Load MemInfoStruct 015h Load the DIMM geometry using SPD 016h Prepare MRS variables 017h...

Page 113: ...ry Test 0FEh ERROR handler 0FFh End of Table 0FFh Invalid APIC ID 0FEh CPU Identify Init failed 0FDh North Bridge not supported 0FCh South Bridge not supported 0FBh No DIMMs present 0FAh Invalid DIMM...

Page 114: ...Post Codes...

Page 115: ...ble 3D graphics performance Your new motherboard can support up to three PCI Express graphics cards linked using SLI Currently 3 way NVIDIA SLI is approved and operating on the following graphics card...

Page 116: ...VIDIA ForceWare Windows Vista driver To install the driver run the setup exe file to launch thee InstallShield The InstallShield runs three installs one for each GPU Reboot your PC when the install is...

Page 117: ...780i 3 Way SLI Motherboard EVGA 106 Figure 18 Windows Vista Device Manager Three GPUs are represented under Display adapters...

Page 118: ...Panel Go to 3D Settings Set SLI configuration Figure 19 and select Enable SLI technology recommended After selecting this option you will be prompted to verify the settings have been successfully conf...

Page 119: ...Panel go to the top menu option labeled 3D Settings and select Show SLI Visual Indicators This option overlays a text label of SLI x3 and green SLI scaling bars in fullscreen 3D applications as seen...

Page 120: ...the SLI Visual indicators If these visual indicators are visible and there is no flickering or flashing 3 way NVIDIA SLI is operational on your platform If these visual indicators are not visible plea...

Page 121: ...Main Menu 29 BIOS menus Advanced BIOS Features menu 36 Advanced Chipset Features 40 CMOS Setup Utility menu 29 CPU Configuration 48 FSB Memory Config 44 Integrated Peripherals 54 Main Menu 28 Memory T...

Page 122: ...ofiles and rules 80 Current Hardware Settings 71 date and time setting in BIOS 32 DDR2 memory 9 Device Settings 71 drivers shipped in kit 67 dual channel DDR2 9 Dynamic BIOS Access page 78 Dynamic Fan...

Page 123: ...t CPU parameters 72 set date and time 32 set disk priority 37 set fan speeds in BIOS 64 set fan speeds with BIOS 66 set GPU parameters 77 set IDE functions in BIOS 55 set memory parameters 74 set moth...

Page 124: ...ard setting parameters 73 MPS 39 Multi Processor Specification 39 Network Boot Priority 37 NumLock status 38 NVIDIA EX support 53 NVIDIA memory testing module 52 EVGA nForce 780i Motherboard 3 EVGA nF...

Page 125: ...MCP 42 Refresh Rate 75 removable device startup priority 37 RESET 17 Reset switch cable 17 Row Address Strobe 74 Row Cycle Time 75 safety instructions 7 SATA Signal Cable 4 SATA Spread Spectrum 43 Sc...

Page 126: ...king the kit 3 USB 2 0 4 Port Cable 4 USB 2 0 ports 19 USB Config menu 56 USB Keyboard Mouse Support 56 View System Information menu 79 Virtualization Technology 49 W to R Termination Turnaround 75 Wr...

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