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Summary of Contents for 133-P4-NF51-AX

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Page 2: ...tion 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 1 USER S MANUAL FOR EVGA NFORCE4 MOTHERBOARD MODELS 133 P4 NF51 XX 133 K8 NF51 XX MANUAL REV 1 0 REV DAT...

Page 3: ...informational use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the manufacturer This manual covers the following motherboards from EVGA COR...

Page 4: ...agrams 14 2 5 Expansion Cards 15 2 5 1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 15 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Cards 15 2 5 3 Interrupt Request Table 16 2 5 4 PCI Express Slots 16 Diagram of P...

Page 5: ...Hz DIMMs The NVIDIA nForce4 SLI MCP Media and Communication Processor for Intel Edition chipset supports ULTRA ATA 133 Serial ATA RAID 0 1 0 1 and Serial ATA2 RAID0 1 0 1 functions to accelerate hard...

Page 6: ...be optionally selected to indicate it has reduced the CPU performance for detailed settings please read the BIOS PDF located on the CD Debug Port The embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you a real ti...

Page 7: ...ot x 1 PCI Express x16 x8 effective slots x 2 PCI Express x1 slot x 1 32 bit PCI slots x 3 Integrated IDE and Serial ATA RAID Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTR...

Page 8: ...EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 7 1 3 Layout Diagram Jumper Settings...

Page 9: ...COM1 COM2 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Connector 9 pin Connector FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34 pin Block IDE1 IDE2 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Block SATA1 4 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7 pin Connec...

Page 10: ...ocket LGA 775 CPU Socket DIMM1 4 DDR2 Module Sockets 240 pin DDR2 Module Sockets PCI1 PCI3 PCI Slot 32 bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots PE1 PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x1 Expansion Slot PE3 PCI E...

Page 11: ...r On and Load Standard Default BIOS Settings 8 Reboot 9 Install Operating System 10 Install Motherboard Drivers and Utilities 2 2 Checking the Motherboard s Jumper Settings CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JBAT A...

Page 12: ...ount the system processor on the motherboard Slot PCI E PCI RAM the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound...

Page 13: ...ntegrated circuit used for doing the computing in personal computer Front Side Bus Frequency the working frequency of the motherboard which is generated by the clock generator for CPU DRAM and PCI BUS...

Page 14: ...mum memory size of 128MB to maximum memory size of 4 0GB DDR2 SDRAM Generally installing DDR2 SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to the following page to see what a 240 Pin D...

Page 15: ...he DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides WARNING When the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 266MHz use only DDR2 533 compliant DDR Modules When this motherboard operates at 266Mhz m...

Page 16: ...Align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above Replace the computer system s cover Set up the BIOS if necessary Install the necessary softwar...

Page 17: ...rise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 2 5 4 PCI Express Slots This motherboard provides three PCI Express slots intended for Graphics Two symmetrical P...

Page 18: ...nterrupt 3 8 Communications Port COM2 4 9 Communications Port COM1 5 6 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 11 Floppy Disk Controller 7 7 Printer Port LPT1 8 N A System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 10 ACPI Mode when...

Page 19: ...SLI technology SLI version only you have to install the included SLI Bridge for your NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards before you can activate the advanced multi GPU functions STEP 1 Install your NVIDIA...

Page 20: ...A 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 19 STEP 3 Be careful with the pins as to not damage the adapter or graphics cards during installation STEP 4 Plug the SLI Bridge adapter o...

Page 21: ...switch on the back of the ATX power supply is turned on the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again to turn off the p...

Page 22: ...ctor PS2KBMS The connectors for PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Mouse USB Port connector USB0 USB1 The connectors is a 4 pin connector that connects USB devices to the system board LAN Port connector UL1 UL2 D...

Page 23: ...evices with a 400 Mbit sec data transfer rate Serial COM Port connectors COM1 COM2 These serial COM ports are 9 pin D Sub male connectors They can be enabled disabled and configured through the mother...

Page 24: ...ngs Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector You may also conf...

Page 25: ...ea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 24 Serial ATA Port connector SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 These connectors support both the SATA 150 and the SATA 300 standards and allow y...

Page 26: ...ion USB cable your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel Speaker connector SPEAK This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below Power...

Page 27: ...m FAN Headers 3 pin CHIPFAN SFAN1 SFAN2 CPUFAN These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire and plug may be different The red wire should...

Page 28: ...DIN CDIN are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector Optical In Out Header SPDIF optional IR Infrared Module Headers 5 pin IR This connector supp...

Page 29: ...a 25 pin D Sub Receptacle connector The On board Parallel Port can be enabled and disabled through the motherboard BIOS DIY Power Reset Switches This innovative design allows game enthusiasts to fine...

Page 30: ...the front panel of the system case will light up The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on If it complies with green standards or if it is has a po...

Page 31: ...is the key factor for system stability and in ensuring that your system performance is at its best The details of each section of the BIOS are explained in the BIOS PDF supplemental that is located in...

Page 32: ...he autorun exe file From Driver installation menu choose from driver options that will allow you to install the following drivers NVIDIA Chipset Drivers Marvell Ethernet Drivers ALC850 AC97 Codec Audi...

Page 33: ...s Windows XP 32 bit version and Windows 2000 only If you are installing RAID under Windows XP x64 you will need to make a RAID driver disk We have made this very easy to do simply follow the instructi...

Page 34: ...ies CMOS is working correctly detects bad battery If failed load CMOS defaults and load into chipset Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data area 68 Video Init Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of...

Page 35: ...rved 7D Boot Medium detection Read and store boot partition head and cylinders values in RAM 7E Final Init Final init for last micro details before boot 7F Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot...

Page 36: ...measure EN 50082 1 Generic Immunity Standard for Residential Commercial and Light Industrial Products IEC 801 2 IEC 801 3 IEC 801 4 Software License Agreement This EVGA software the software is copyri...

Page 37: ...y does not cover products sold AS IS This warranty is only valid in the United States of America 5 Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or receipted invoice which by itself is evidence that...

Page 38: ...before a support technician can assist you You may register your product online at http www evga com register or when you call for support a staff member will register it for you Hours of Operation 9...

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