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User’s Guide

EVGA X58 FTW

Motherboard

Summary of Contents for 132-GT-E768

Page 1: ...User s Guide EVGA X58 FTW Motherboard...

Page 2: ...EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 2...

Page 3: ...packing and Parts Descriptions 12 Unpacking 12 Equipment 12 EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 14 Hardware Installation 17 Safety Instructions 17 Preparing the Motherboard 18 Installing the CPU 18 Installing t...

Page 4: ...io 29 Fan Connections 30 COM1 31 Expansion Slots 31 PCI Slots 32 PCI E x1 Slots 32 PCI E x16 x8 Slots 32 Onboard Buttons 33 Clear CMOS Button 33 RESET and POWER Button 33 Post Port Debug LED and LED S...

Page 5: ...46 OnChip PATA SATA Device 47 Onboard Device 48 USB Device Settings 49 Power Management Setup Menu 50 ACPI Function 50 ACPI Suspend Type 51 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume 51 Soft Off by PWR BTTN 51 Wake Up...

Page 6: ...load Size 55 PC Health Status Menu 56 SmartFan Function 57 Frequency Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature 59 Voltage Control 61 CPU Feature 63 Installing Drivers and Software 65 Windows XP Vista Win...

Page 7: ...Utility Main Menu 37 Figure 5 Standard CMOS Features Menu 39 Figure 6 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 43 Figure 7 Integrated Peripherals Menu 46 Figure 8 Power Management Setup Menu 50 Figure 9 PnP PCI Co...

Page 8: ...ady excellent performance of the EVGA lineup and push it into the future by adding support for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3 0 Also we have included EVBot support to facilitate your tweaking needs As always wi...

Page 9: ...umes you have purchased all the necessary parts needed to allow for proper system functionality Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherboard and all connecting cables necessary to...

Page 10: ...ssor support Intel Core i7 processor Operating systems Supports Windows XP Windows Vista and Win 7 32 and 64 bit Contains Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset System Memory support Supports triple channel DDR...

Page 11: ...EE1394a ports one rear panel port one onboard header with a rate transmission of 400 Mbps Onboard Audio Realtek High Definition audio Supports 8 channel audio Supports Jack Sensing function Triple PCI...

Page 12: ...of these cables All parts shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following accessories are included with the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard This...

Page 13: ...panel of the chassis 1 4 Port USB 2 0 Bracket Provides four additional USB ports to either the front or back panels of the chassis 6 SATA Data Cables Used to support the SATA protocol and each one co...

Page 14: ...therboard 14 EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a PCI E SLI ready motherboard Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back...

Page 15: ...pin ATX_12V Power Connector 5 24 Pin ATX Power Connector 15 Reset Button 25 Motherboard Battery 6 IDE Connector 16 Serial Connector 26 SATA3 600MBps Ports 7 Intel ICH10R Chipset 17 PC Speaker 8 Seria...

Page 16: ...In Line In Line In Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Orange Center Subwoofer Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Grey Side Speaker Out...

Page 17: ...oard Installing the CPU Installing the CPU fan Installing the memory Installing the motherboard Connecting cables Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury always follow...

Page 18: ...and away from the socket Put your finger on the tail of the load plate and press down with light pressure to lift the load plate up Lift the load plate There is a protective socket cover within the CP...

Page 19: ...and level in the socket Close the load plate over the CPU and press down while you close and engage the socket lever The CPU installation is complete Installing the CPU Fan There are many different fa...

Page 20: ...to DIMM slots 2 1 4 and 3 Three DIMMs If using 3 DIMMs Triple Channel install into DIMM slots 1 3 and 5 Six DIMMs If using more than 4 DIMMs use DIMM slots 2 1 4 and 3 then proceed to occupy the follo...

Page 21: ...e that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance for the system case covers to lock into place and for the expansion cards Also make sure the CPU Fan assembly is aligned with the vents on the covers T...

Page 22: ...ing a minimum of nine 9 spacers and screws 1 Carefully place the motherboard onto the stand off spacers located inside the chassis Align the mounting holes with the studs spacers Align the connectors...

Page 23: ...igned with the connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure Figure 3 PW1 Motherboard Connector Table 1 PW1 Pin Assignments Connector Pi...

Page 24: ...e black connector the cable with the two closely spaced black and gray connectors to the Ultra ATA master device 3 Connect the grey connector to a slave device If you install two hard disk drives you...

Page 25: ...connectors on this motherboard Connection points SATA0 SATA5 are controlled by the South Bridge Chipset and operate at a speed up to 300MB s The Onboard ports that are red in color are SATA3 ports an...

Page 26: ...ll 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 power button on the front panel tu...

Page 27: ...stall it 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of the system case not all system cases are equipped with the front panel option Connect the end of the cable s to the IEEE1394a headers...

Page 28: ...sed to connect an optional external bracket containing four 4 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 opt...

Page 29: ...utput choices the Front Audio the Rear Audio The front Audio supports re tasking function Table 5 Front Audio Connector Connector Pin Signal Front Audio Connector 1 PORT1_L 2 AUD_GND 3 PORT1_R 4 PRECE...

Page 30: ...CMOS Setup The fans are automatically turned off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5 mode Note 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...

Page 31: ...CI E slots and two 2 PCI slots For a full list of PCI E graphic cards supported by this motherboard visit www EVGA com Products Note When using 1 Graphic Card in PCI E Slot 1 a speed of x16 will be us...

Page 32: ...x1 slot that is designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such as a modem or LAN card The x1 slots provide 250 MB sec bandwidth PCI E x16 x8 Slots These PCI E slots are reserved for Graph...

Page 33: ...her onboard or on the external I O Panel RESET and POWER Button These onboard buttons allow you to easily turn on off the system These buttons allow for easy debugging and testing of the system during...

Page 34: ...r the system has fully booted into the Operating System LED Status Indicators Theses LEDs indicate the system s status POWER LED Green When the System is powered on This LED is on DIMM LED Yellow When...

Page 35: ...gh the BIOS Setup menus 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 I...

Page 36: ...he 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 allo...

Page 37: ...gement power on and sleep features PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to modify the system s Plug and Play and PCI configurations PC Health Status Use this menu to monitor the real time system statu...

Page 38: ...Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus Load Defaults Load defaults system settings Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this command to set change and disable the password...

Page 39: ...e option highlighted Figure 5 Standard CMOS Features Menu Note that all data in white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highl...

Page 40: ...alue is shown in a 24 hour clock format Time is represented as hour minute second SATA Channel Use these functions to detect and configure the SATA channels Select a channel and press Enter to display...

Page 41: ...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 Access Modes CHS...

Page 42: ...rn to the Standard CMOS Features menu All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error the system stops and prompts you No Errors System boot does not stop for any detected errors All But Keyboar...

Page 43: ...the sub menus Figure 6 Advanced BIOS Features Menu Note That all data in white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted...

Page 44: ...Use the arrow keys to go to the various devices Then use the or keys to move the device priority up or down in the list To go back to the previous menu press Esc First Second Third Boot Device Use th...

Page 45: ...on state of NumLock Select On to activate the keyboard NumLock when the system is started Select Off to disable the NumLock key Security Option The Security Options allows you to require a password e...

Page 46: ...ay the Legacy Devices menu Onboard Serial Port 1 This function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows you to select the Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exi...

Page 47: ...hard disk drivers as Parallel ATA storage devices RAID Create a RAID 0 1 0 1 and 5 configuration AHCI Use the AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface to enables advanced SATA features for improved per...

Page 48: ...Enabled and Disabled Realtek Lan PXE Boot ROM This function allows you to enable or disable the onboard Realtek Lan PXE Boot ROM for booting from LAN High Definition Audio This function allows you to...

Page 49: ...ns are Full Low Speed and High Speed USB Keyboard Function Use this function to enable or disable support for USB keyboard under DOS USB Mouse Function Use this function to enable or disable support f...

Page 50: ...r Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults ACPI function Enabled APCI Suspend Type S3 STR X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wa...

Page 51: ...nction on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to set Soft Off by PBNT to Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Wake Up by PCI Card This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows PCI Card to wake...

Page 52: ...abled Keyboard Hot Key Power On Use this function with the above POWER ON Function to set a combination of keys that can be used to power on the system Options for this function are Ctrl Esc Ctrl F1 C...

Page 53: ...CIEx 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 Controlled By Auto ESCD x IR...

Page 54: ...boot and plug and play compatible devices or if you can manually select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields Select Auto ESCD if you want the BIOS to automatically populate these fields If you selec...

Page 55: ...t may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment Maximum Payloa...

Page 56: ...with system usage Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults SmartFan Function Press Enter VCC 3 3V 3 28V CPU Vcore 1 19V DIMM Voltage 1 65V CPU VTT...

Page 57: ...ate select Manual and then enter the speed from 0 to 100 Set the desired speed for the Power and Chassis fans from 0 to 100 The system defaults to 100 CPU Fan Type PWM Fan 4pin CPU Speed Control Smart...

Page 58: ...O C Disabled Extreme Cooling Disabled Memory Feature Press Enter Voltage Control Press Enter CPU Feature Press Enter CPU Clock Ratio 22X CPU Host Frequency Mhz 133 Target CPU Frequency MHz 3466MHz 133...

Page 59: ...y 2 way 3 way 4 way 5 way and 6 way Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Memory SPD Standard Memory Control Setting Disabled Memory Frequency...

Page 60: ...is set the RAS to CAS Delay for Read Write commands to the same bank The options are 0 through 15 tRP Setting This function is set the Row Precharge time This is the Precharge to Active or Auto to Re...

Page 61: ...e Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the voltages or select Auto to automatically set the voltage level for the CPU VTT Voltage Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5...

Page 62: ...omatically set the voltage level for the QPI PLL voltage IOH VCore This function defines the core voltage level for the Intel IOH chip Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select...

Page 63: ...ction The options are Enabled and Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Intel SpeedStep Enabled Turbo...

Page 64: ...ng Intel HT Technology This function is allows you to enable the Intel HT Technology The options are Enabled and Disabled Active Processor Cores This function active number of cores to enable in each...

Page 65: ...s utilities drivers and additional software The CD that has been shipped with the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard contains the following software and drivers Chipset Drivers Audio Drivers RAID Drivers LAN D...

Page 66: ...EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 66 If the CD does not run go to My Computer and click on the CD to open...

Page 67: ...booted into the Operating System Table 6 Award POST Code Award POST Codes Code Name Description 01 Reserved 02 Jumps to E000 segment Execution of POST routines in E000 03 Early SuperIO Init Early Init...

Page 68: ...ector Table Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and initialize INT 00h 1Fh according to INT_TBL 1C CMOS Battery Check Test CMOS and check Battery Fail 1D Early PM Early PM in...

Page 69: ...rved 35 Test DMA Controller 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...

Page 70: ...r EISA mode 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 4...

Page 71: ...ouse 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 Reserved 69 Ini...

Page 72: ...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 CMO...

Page 73: ...NT 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 Special Dis...

Page 74: ...r CPU Central Processing Unit D ICE Dry Ice Cooling DDR2 Double Data Rate 2 DDR3 Double Data Rate 3 DIMM Dual In line Memory Module DRAM Dynamic random access memory DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVI Dig...

Page 75: ...a Access Control MCP Media and Communications Processor MHz Megahertz NB Northbridge NCQ Native Command Queuing NIC Network Interface Card NTFS New Technology File System OEM Original Equipment Manufa...

Page 76: ...System Interface SFR Split Frame Rendering SLI Scalable Link Interface SPD Serial Presence Detect SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format SPP System Platform Processors TCP IP Transmission Cont...

Page 77: ...chnology Equipment EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 Trademark Copyright Information 2001 2010 EVGA Corp EVGA the EVGA logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of EVGA Corp All brand names company nam...

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