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User Guide

EVGA force 780i SLI FTW

Motherboard

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Page 1: ...User Guide EVGA force 780i SLI FTW Motherboard...

Page 3: ...fety Instructions 7 Preparing the Motherboard 8 Installing the CPU 8 Installing the CPU Fan 8 Installing Memory DIMMs 9 Installing the Motherboard 10 Installing the I O Shield 10 Securing the Motherbo...

Page 4: ...Menu 28 Date and Time 29 IDE Channel and SATA Channel 30 Drive A 31 Halt On 32 Memory 32 Advanced BIOS Features 33 Removable Device Priority 34 Hard Disk Boot Priority 34 Network Boot Priority 34 CPU...

Page 5: ...ck Mode 41 Onboard FDC Controller 41 Onboard Serial Port 1 41 Power Management Setup Menu 42 ACPI Function 42 ACPI Suspend Type 42 Soft Off by PBNT 43 WOL PME From Soft Off 43 Power On by Alarm 43 POW...

Page 6: ...Spread Spectrum 52 FSB Memory Config 53 SLI Ready Memory 53 FSB Memory clock mode 54 FSB QDR MHz 54 MEM DDR MHz 54 Memory Timing Settings 55 Optimal 55 Expert 56 CPU Feature 57 Limit CPUID MaxVal 57...

Page 7: ...ce SPP MCP 60 nForce MCP Auxiliary 60 GTLVREF Lane 0 2 60 GTLVREF Lane 3 60 NVMEM Memory Test 60 Load Timing Voltage Set 61 Save Timing Voltage Set 61 Installing Drivers and Software 63 Driver Install...

Page 8: ...lity Main Menu 27 Figure 6 Standard CMOS Features Menu 29 Figure 7 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 33 Figure 8 Advanced Chipset Features 37 Figure 9 Integrated Peripherals Menu 38 Figure 10 Power Manageme...

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

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Page 11: ...Pentium D Pentium Operating systems Supports Windows XP 32bit 64bit and Windows Vista 32bit 64bit Contains NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI MCP and SPP System Memory support Supports dual channel JEDEC DDR2 800...

Page 12: ...ts S PDIF output Supports Jack Sensing function Triple PCI Express x16 Support 2 x16 PCI Express 2 0 1 x16 PCI Express 1 0 Supports 4 GB sec 8 GB sec concurrent bandwidth Low power consumption and pow...

Page 13: ...shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following equipment is included in the EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW motherboard box Accessories may vary between models see product pa...

Page 14: ...al Cable Qty Six Used to support the Serial ATA protocol and each one connects a single drive to the motherboard Serial Port Bracket Cable Used for serial legacy devices IDE ATA 133 HDD Cable Passes d...

Page 15: ...e with system chassis 25 PCI Express x1 slot Exclusive for devices that require a PCI E x1 slot 6 IDE Connector For IDE devices CD ROM and Hard Disk Drives 16 CMOS Clear Easily clears the system the B...

Page 16: ...nnel 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 Grey 7 LAN Port with LEDs...

Page 17: ...CPU 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 foll...

Page 18: ...m its protective cover making sure you hold it only by the edges It is a good idea to save the cover so that whenever you remove the CPU you have a safe place to store it 5 Align the notches in the pr...

Page 19: ...ea is to not have the DIMMs in adjacent slots Four DIMMS Install into slots 0 1 2 and 3 Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM...

Page 20: ...rboard install the I O shield from the inside of the chassis Press the I O shield into place and make sure it fits securely If the I O shield does not fit into the chassis you would need to obtain the...

Page 21: ...his will include Power Connections 24 pin ATX power PWR1 8 pin ATX 12V power PWR2 Internal Headers Front panel IEEE 1394a USB Headers Audio Speaker COM FDD IDE Serial ATA II Chassis Fans Rear panel US...

Page 22: ...ee Figure 3 Four 6 pin 3x2 and two 8 pin 4x2 PCI E power connectors Six 6 pin 3x2 PCI E power connectors Three 6 pin 3x and three 8 pin 4x2 PCI E power connectors 8 pin 4x2 PCI E Connector 6 pin 3x2 P...

Page 23: ...er supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure This connector is notched do not force in Figure 4 PWR1 Motherboard Connector Table 1 PWR1 Pin Assignments Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal...

Page 24: ...erboard 2 Connect the black connector the cable with the two closely spaced black and gray connectors to the Ultra ATA master device 3 Connect the gray connector to a slave device If you install two h...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...s the LED is off 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 Pres...

Page 27: ...o Connect Empty 10 Empty IEEE 1394a The IEEE 1394a 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 1 Secure t...

Page 28: ...l 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 Connect the tw...

Page 29: ...tput choices Front Audio and 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...

Page 30: ...e 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 Connector 4 3...

Page 31: ...tional 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 cable System fan connector Auxiliary fan co...

Page 32: ...CI Express slots and two PCI slots PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card USB card SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications When installing a...

Page 33: ...ee PCI Express x16 slots are reserved for graphics or video cards The design of this motherboard supports three PCI Express graphics cards using NVIDIA s SLI technology When installing a PCI Express x...

Page 34: ...edure to clear CMOS 1 Turn off the AC power supply 2 Press the clear CMOS button once to clear the CMOS 3 Turn the AC power supply back on Onboard System Reset and Power Buttons The motherboard provid...

Page 35: ...ailed 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 Chipset Fe...

Page 36: ...oenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 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 allows you to...

Page 37: ...menu to modify the system s Plug and Play and PCI configurations PC Health Status Use this menu to monitor the real time system status of your PC including temperature voltages and fan speed Frequency...

Page 38: ...out Saving Use this command to abandon all setting changes and exit setup SLI Ready Memory is a status indicator displayed at the bottom of the BIOS screen The three status indicators are Enabled SLI...

Page 39: ...field changes to correspond to the date you enter Note that the hour value is shown in a 24 hour clock format Time is represented as hour minute second Date mm dd yy Sat Jul 01 2006 Time hh mm ss 14...

Page 40: ...nge Access Mode to CHS you can then enter the number of 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...

Page 41: ...0K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the...

Page 42: ...nd prompts you No Errors System boot does not stop for any detected errors All But Keyboard System boot does not stop for keyboard errors but does stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system...

Page 43: ...nly 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 Previous Values F7...

Page 44: ...Select Network Boot Priority and press Enter to view available networks 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 ba...

Page 45: ...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 every...

Page 46: ...ion that BIOS passes to the operating system Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options Full Screen LOGO Show This option allows you to enable or disable the display of the full...

Page 47: ...the system BIOS HPET Function This function allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Even Timer HPET When Enabled HPET is used as the timing hardware for multimedia and other time sensitive...

Page 48: ...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 IEEE1394...

Page 49: ...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 set it to Auto...

Page 50: ...ou 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 onchip USB...

Page 51: ...g this function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows your IDE hard drive needs to support block mode Select Enabled to automatically detect the optimal number of block read writes per sector the...

Page 52: ...nagement Setup menu allows you to select an ACPI Suspend Type Types to select from are S1 S3 S1 POS and S3 STR Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Def...

Page 53: ...y Alarm This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the Power on by alarm function Set to Disable to prevent power on by alarm When set to Enable you can manually...

Page 54: ...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 selec...

Page 55: ...are PCI Slot and PCIEx Reset Configuration Data This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the resetting of Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit S...

Page 56: ...rces is enabled for input IRQ Resources To enable this field for input set Resources Controlled By to Manual With this field enabled press Enter to see options Use Legacy ISA for devices compliant wit...

Page 57: ...Status menu Figure 12 PC Health Status All of the values shown in Blue are dynamic and change as the speed and voltages of the various components change with system usage Move Enter Select PU PD Value...

Page 58: ...d to a constant rate select Manual and then enter the speed from 0 to 100 Set the desired speed for the AUX and Chassis fans from 0 to 100 The system defaults to 100 CPU Fan Speed Control SmartFan If...

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Page 60: ...e CPU type good CPU s heat dissipation O C memory modules and so on Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Dummy OC Disabled System Clocks Press...

Page 61: ...ghlighted for selection Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Parameters Settings Current Val e Frequency Settings CPU Freq MHz 2933 3 2933 3 F...

Page 62: ...PP is disabled and cannot be changed from this status PCIe x16_3 MHz Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the frequency options for the PCI Express Bus Slot 3 the blue slot in the midd...

Page 63: ...m 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 Center Spread HT Spread Spectrum Disabled PCIe Spread Spectrum M...

Page 64: ...PD Value F10 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 Me...

Page 65: ...lected FSB QDR MHz and MEM DDR MHz are changed to editable and the FSB and memory speeds can be entered manually As the FSB speed is changed CPU Freq MHz changes proportionally FSB QDR MHz Use the or...

Page 66: ...e enabled for manual input Note that you should set the value to Optimal to use the manufacturers recommended values Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values...

Page 67: ...D RAS to RAS delay of different banks options are 1 through 15 tRC RAS to RAS or auto refresh time of the same bank options are 1 through 31 tWR The Write recovery time options are 2 through 7 tWTR Th...

Page 68: ...sed on the CPU load PPM Mode Options are Native mode and SSM mode Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Intel Speed...

Page 69: ...port for both TM1 and TM2 C1E Enhanced Halt State Enabled this function reduces the CPU power consumption when the CPU is idle Idle occurs when the operating system issues a halt instruction Execute D...

Page 70: ...function defines the voltage 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 voltag...

Page 71: ...Auto to automatically set the voltage GTLVREF Lane 0 This function defines the voltage level for GTLVREF Lane 0 Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically s...

Page 72: ...ter to see the options Save Timing Voltage Set This function saves the system voltages and timing settings that were defined in the System Voltages menu There are four profile options that can be load...

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Page 74: ...tains drivers and additional NVIDIA software The CD that has been shipped with your EVGA motherboard contains the following software and drivers NVIDIA nForce motherboard drivers Audio drivers RAID dr...

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Page 76: ...DRAM Dynamic random access memory DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVI Digital Video Interface FDC Floppy Disk Controller FSB Front Side Bus FTW For The Win GHz Gigahertz GPU Graphics Processing Unit HDD H...

Page 77: ...terconnect PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI x Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended POST Power on Self Test QDR Quad Data Rate RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RGB Red...

Page 78: ...rectly onboard the motherboard Only Table 6 Codes will display on the LED POST Code readout Table 6 Award POST Code Award POST Codes Code Name Description 01 Reserved 02 Jumps to E000 segment Executio...

Page 79: ...rrupt 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 initialization 1E Reserved 1F Re initia...

Page 80: ...ts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines 3F Reserved 40 Test 8259 2 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines 41 Reserved 42 Re...

Page 81: ...all necessary CPU features 56 Reserved 57 PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init 58 Reserved 59 Setup Virus Setup virus protect according to Protect Setup 5A Reserved 5B Awdflash Load If require...

Page 82: ...HDD IDE device detection 76 Reserved 77 Detect serial ports Initialize serial ports 78 Reserved 79 Reserved 7A Detect parallel ports Initialize parallel ports 7B Reserved 7C HDD Write Protect HDD chec...

Page 83: ...tup 96 Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot 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 extende...

Page 84: ...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 Probe memory geometry 018h PROD_C PROD f Calculated re...

Page 85: ...FEh CPU Identify Init failed 0FDh North Bridge not supported 0FCh South Bridge not supported 0FBh No DIMMs present 0FAh Invalid DIMM types SDR DDR 0F9h Different voltage levels 0F8h Invalid REFRESH Ra...

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