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User

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EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard

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Page 1: ...User s Guide EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard...

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Page 3: ...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 Sec...

Page 4: ...Indicators 24 Jumper Settings 24 PCIE Disable Jumper 24 Voltage Measure Point 25 EVGA Control Panel ECP 26 Configuring the BIOS 31 Enter BIOS Setup 32 Main Menu 32 Standard BIOS Features Menu 34 Syst...

Page 5: ...n Features 42 Boot Device Priority 42 Hard Disk Drives 42 CD DVD Drives 43 Power Management Features 43 ACPI Configuration 43 SLP_S4 Min Assertion Width 44 Restore on AC Power Loss 44 Hardware Health...

Page 6: ...3 Standard BIOS Features Menu 34 Figure 4 Advanced BIOS Features 36 Figure 5 Advanced Chipset Features 37 Figure 6 PCI PNP Resource Management 40 Figure 7 Boot Configuration Features 42 Figure 8 Powe...

Page 7: ...t 1156 Processor DDR3 System Memory Socket 1156 or Socket 775 Cooling fan PCI Express or PCI Graphics Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you have purchased all the necessary parts needed to allow for prop...

Page 8: ...bit Windows Vista 32bit 64bit and Windows 7 32bit 64bit Intel P55 Express Chipset System Memory support Supports dual channel DDR3 1600 Officially supports up to 16GBs of DDR3 memory USB 2 0 Ports Sup...

Page 9: ...l port one onboard 1394 header with a rate transmission of 400 Mbps Onboard Audio Realtek High Definition audio Supports 8 channel audio Supports S PDIF output Optical and COAX Supports Jack Sensing f...

Page 10: ...ing the CPU Installing the CPU fan Installing the memory Installing the motherboard Connecting cables Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shocks and injury always follow basic safe...

Page 11: ...install the CPU onto the motherboard Unhook the socket lever by pushing down and away from the socket Pull the socket lever back and the load plate will automatically lift There is a protective socke...

Page 12: ...latch the lever Installing the CPU Fan There are many different fan types that can be used with this motherboard Follow the instruction that came with you fan assembly Be sure that the fan orientatio...

Page 13: ...MM to ensure the component is installed properly 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward 2 Align the memory module to the DIMM slot and insert the module vertically into the DIMM slo...

Page 14: ...ck radio frequency transmissions protects internal components from dust and foreign objects and promotes correct airflow within the chassis Before installing the motherboard install the I O shield fro...

Page 15: ...s and screws 1 Carefully place the motherboard onto the stand offs located inside the chassis 2 Align the mounting holes with the stand offs 3 Align the connectors to the I O shield 4 Ensure that the...

Page 16: ...in Signal 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 PWROK 20 RSVD 9 5V_AUX 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 3V 24 GND 8 pin ATX 12V Power PW12...

Page 17: ...here are six 6 internal serial ATA connectors on this motherboard These connections are designed to be angled to not interfere with any expansions cards These connection points support RAID 0 RAID 1 a...

Page 18: ...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 turns the system on and off rather than using the...

Page 19: ...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 to the IEEE1394a header on the motherboard Tabl...

Page 20: ...t an optional external bracket containing up to six 6 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 Co...

Page 21: ...hoices 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 PRECENCE_J 5...

Page 22: ...Network Card or Sound Card The x1 slot provides 250 MB sec bandwidth PCI Express x16 x8 x4 Slots These PCI Express slots are reserved for Graphic Cards and PCI Express x1 and x4 devices The design of...

Page 23: ...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 troubleshoo...

Page 24: ...red on This LED is on DIMM LED Orange When the Memory slot is functional This LED is on STANDBY LED Blue When the System is in Standby Mode This LED is on This LED will remain on as long as the mother...

Page 25: ...PCIE Slot move the jumper over to the right position Example Remove the Jumper cap of JPE2 PCIE Slot 2 is disabled while the rest are enabled The PCIE Disable Function can also be extended onto the E...

Page 26: ...the black ECP Cable to the motherboard at the ECP header location See visual guide The other end of the Cable should be connected to the ECP as shown CPU Vcore voltage Memory voltage CPU VTT voltage N...

Page 27: ...er is in the Off position clicked up If you wish to access the PCIE Disable Function via the ECP please follow these instructions Locate the PCIE Disable Jumpers see visual guide Remove the 3 jumpers...

Page 28: ...It doesn t matter which end of the PCIE Cable goes onto the Motherboard Please be reminded to do this when PC is not running Next connect the other end of PCIE Cable onto the ECP as shown...

Page 29: ...eft PCIE Slots 1 2 3 When Jumper is in top position PCIE slot is enabled When in bottom position PCIE slot is disabled Above shows example of PCIE slot 2 disabled while the rest are enabled CPU VCore...

Page 30: ...is boosted by 0 v When 2 Red LEDs are lit VCore is boosted by 0 2v To stop the VCore boost just press again and VCore will go down to what you have set The 2 buttons are exactly the same in function e...

Page 31: ...f the BIOS parameters are also provided This section includes the following information Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard BIOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features PCI PnP Resou...

Page 32: ...and two exit choices Use the and keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the associated submenu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to...

Page 33: ...atures Use this menu to modify the system s boot configuration Power Management Features Use this menu to modify power management power on and sleep features Hardware Health Configure Use this menu to...

Page 34: ...Menu Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Help Item Use ENTER TAB Or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to Configure system Time CMOS Setu...

Page 35: ...t Time is represented as hour minute second Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Setup Utility screen Use the and keys to scroll through the options or press Ent...

Page 36: ...and other advanced features AHCI Configuration This menu will allow you to change advanced AHCI settings such as S M A R T status and more Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5...

Page 37: ...ue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Settings ______________________________________________ WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections ma...

Page 38: ...are using an external sound add on sound card IEEE1394 This function allows you to enable or disable the IEEE1394 Firewire interface LAN1 Controller This function allows you to enable or disable the o...

Page 39: ...Configuring the BIOS ME Subsystem Configuration Select this option to change advanced ME Subsystem settings...

Page 40: ...ion sets the value in units of PCI clocks Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Advanced PCI PnP Settings _________________________________...

Page 41: ...g or writing to IDE drives OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card This function allows manual override of PCI ISA external cards A setting of Auto works for most devices IRQ Settings The various IRQ settings allow...

Page 42: ...ce Hard Disk Drives This option menu allows you specification of the Hard Disk boot priority sequence Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults...

Page 43: ...will allow adjustment of Advanced ACPI configurations Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit...

Page 44: ...e Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults...

Page 45: ...ings Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Memory Configure Press Enter CPU Configuration Press Enter CPU Multi...

Page 46: ...CPU Configuration This menu will allow the configuration of advanced CPU settings such as Virtualization Technology CPU SpeedStep or CPU power saving options...

Page 47: ...udio drivers LAN Drivers RAID Drivers EVGA E LEET Overclocking Utility Adobe Acrobat Reader User s Manual Windows XP Vista 7 Driver Installation 5 Insert the Intel P55 installation CD for the motherbo...

Page 48: ...e BIOS 04 Check Battery Power and CMOS 05 Initialize interrupt controlling hardware vector table 06 Initialize system timer 07 Fixes CPU POST interface calling pointer 08 Primary initialization of CPU...

Page 49: ...ation of chipset registers 40 Detect coprocessor 52 Update CMOS memory size 60 Initialize NUM LOCK 75 Initialize Int 13 78 Initialize IPL devices 7C Generate and write contents of ESCD 84 Log errors e...

Page 50: ...ing APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller BIOS Basic Input Output System CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CPU Central Processing Unit D ICE D...

Page 51: ...evice Engineering Council LAN Local Area Network LCD Liquid Crystal Display LGA Land Grid Array LN2 Liquid Nitrogen Cooling MAC Media Access Control MCP Media and Communications Processor MHz Megahert...

Page 52: ...ent SB Southbridge SCSI Small Computer System Interface SFR Split Frame Rendering SLI Scalable Link Interface SPD Serial Presence Detect SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format SPP System Platf...

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