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EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard 

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Table of Contents 

Before You Begin… ............................................................................................... 8 

Parts NOT in the Kit ........................................................................................... 8 
Intentions of the Kit .......................................................................................... 8 

EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED  Motherboard ............................................................... 9 

Motherboard Specifications ................................................................................ 9 

Unpacking and  Parts Descriptions ....................................................................... 11 

Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 11 
Equipment ...................................................................................................... 11 

Intel X58 Express Chipset Motherboard ............................................................ 13 

Hardware Installation .......................................................................................... 16 

Safety Instructions .......................................................................................... 16 

Preparing the Motherboard .............................................................................. 17 

Installing the CPU ........................................................................................ 17 

Installing the CPU Fan.................................................................................. 18 

Installing Memory DIMMs ............................................................................. 19 

Installing the Motherboard ............................................................................... 20 

Installing the I/O Shield ............................................................................... 20 
Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis .................................................... 21 

Connecting Cables and Setting Switches ........................................................... 21 

Power Connections ...................................................................................... 22 

24-pin ATX Power (PW1) .......................................................................... 22 

8-pin ATX 12V Power (PW12-1, PW12-2) ................................................... 23 

Summary of Contents for 141-BL-E759

Page 1: ...1 Equipment 11 Intel X58 Express Chipset Motherboard 13 Hardware Installation 16 Safety Instructions 16 Preparing the Motherboard 17 Installing the CPU 17 Installing the CPU Fan 18 Installing Memory D...

Page 2: ...CI Slot 32 PCI Express x1 Slot 32 PCI Express x16 Slots 32 Onboard Buttons 33 Clear CMOS Button 33 RESET and POWER Button 33 Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators 34 Post Port Debug LED 34 LED...

Page 3: ...ated Peripherals Menu 55 OnChip PATA SATA Device 56 Onboard Device 57 USB Device Settings 58 Power Management Setup Menu 59 ACPI Function 59 ACPI Suspend Type 60 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume 60 Soft Off b...

Page 4: ...requency Voltage Control Menu 67 Extreme Cooling 67 Memory Feature 68 Voltage Control 69 CPU Feature 72 CPU Clock Ratio 73 CPU Host Frequency Mhz 73 CPU Uncore Frequency Mhz 74 Spread Spectrum 74 PCIE...

Page 5: ...rs 22 Figure 4 Standard CMOS Features Menu 48 Figure 5 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 52 Figure 6 Integrated Peripherals Menu 55 Figure 7 Power Management Setup Menu 59 Figure 8 PnP PCI Configuration Men...

Page 6: ...support Graphics Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you have purchased all the necessary parts needed to allow for proper system functionality Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherbo...

Page 7: ...erformance Motherboard Specifications Size EATX form factor of 12 inches x 13 inches Microprocessor support Intel Core i7 processor Operating systems Supports Windows XP 32bit 64bit and Windows Vista...

Page 8: ...built in onboard Supports 10 100 1000 Mbit sec Ethernet Onboard 1394 Support hot plug Two 1394a ports one rear panel port one onboard header with rate of transmission at 400 Mbps Onboard Audio Realte...

Page 9: ...hipped in the packing box If anything is missing or damaged contact your reseller All parts shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following accessories are included with...

Page 10: ...ditional USB ports to the back panel 6 SATA Data Cables Used to support the Serial ATA protocol and each one connects to a single drive to the motherboard 1 IDE ATA 133 HDD Cable Passes data between t...

Page 11: ...rboard 13 Intel X58 Express Chipset Motherboard The EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a SLI ready motherboard Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 sho...

Page 12: ...el Audio connector 5 Intel ICH10R Chipset 15 CMOS battery 25 Backpanel connectors Figure 2 6 24 pin ATX power connector 16 1394a connector 26 8 pin ATX_12V power connector 7 Fan connectors 17 CMOS cle...

Page 13: ...___ 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 Center Subwoofer Black Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Grey Side...

Page 14: ...motherboard 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...

Page 15: ...r Use the following procedure to install the CPU onto the motherboard 1 Unhook the socket lever by pushing down and away from the socket 2 Put your finger on the tail of the load plate and press the t...

Page 16: ...ted and level in the socket 7 Close the load plate over the CPU and press down while you close and engage the socket lever 8 The CPU installation is complete Installing the CPU Fan There are many diff...

Page 17: ...ts 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 following DIMM s...

Page 18: ...ard into the chassis Be sure that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance for the chassis covers to lock into place and for the expansion cards Also make sure the CPU Fan assembly is aligned with th...

Page 19: ...sing a minimum 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...

Page 20: ...ure 24 pin ATX Power PW1 PW1 is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the...

Page 21: ...12V Power PW12 1 PW12 2 PW12 1 PW12 2 the 8 pin ATX 12V power connection are used to provide power to the CPU Align the pins to the connector and press firmly until seated You can plug in an extra on...

Page 22: ...ray connectors to the Ultra ATA master device 3 Connect the gray connector to a slave device If you install two hard disk drives you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its ju...

Page 23: ...connectors and one 1 e SATA on this motherboard Connection points SATA0 SATA5 are controlled by the South Bridge Chipset Connection points SATA8 SATA9 are controlled by the JMicron JMB363 chip These c...

Page 24: ...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 power button...

Page 25: ...al connections you do not need to install it 1 Secure the bracket to the rear panel of your chassis 2 Connect the end of the IEEE 1394a cable to the IEEE 1394 connector on the motherboard Table 3 IEEE...

Page 26: ...er connectors onboard that can be used to connect an optional external bracket containing two 2 USB 2 0 ports 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis 2 Connect the end o...

Page 27: ...audio output 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...

Page 28: ...ed and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the 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...

Page 29: ...SLI CLASSIFIED motherboard contains six 6 expansion slots Five 5 PCI Express slots and one 1 PCI slot 6 5 4 2 3 1 Slot Listing 1 PCIe x1 slot 2 PCIe x16 E759 PCIe x16 8 E760 slot 2 3 PCIe x16 E759 PCI...

Page 30: ...ntensive cards such as a modem or LAN card The x1 slots provide 250 MB sec bandwidth PCI Express x16 Slots These four PCI Express x16 x8 slots are reserved for video cards and x1 x4 devices The bandwi...

Page 31: ...gging and testing of the system during troubleshooting situations The POWER button contains a LED that indicates the system s status When the system is powered on the LED remains a solid green The RES...

Page 32: ...ions This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted into the Operating System LED Status Indicators Theses LEDs indicate the system s status POWER LED Gree...

Page 33: ...ard is in Above you see the location of the 4 jumpers right below the 24pin ATX Connector In default shipping configurations all slots are enabled with the jumpers in the left position From top to bot...

Page 34: ...ipped with eight voltage measure point pads You can use a meter to measure the voltage at each pad CPU Vocre voltage Memory voltage CPU VTT voltage North bridge of chipset voltage CPU PLL voltage QPI...

Page 35: ...e black ECP cable to the motherboard at this location the bottom right corner The cable should fit into the area high lighted in green It doesn t matter which end of the cable is used The cable header...

Page 36: ...58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard 38 The other end of the cable should be connected to the ECP as shown Before turning on the PC please check to see that the CPU VCore Booster are in the Off position clic...

Page 37: ...EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard 39 If you wish to access the PCIE Disable Function via the ECP please follow these instructions Locate the PCIE disable jumpers below Remove the 4 jumpers...

Page 38: ...IFIED Motherboard 40 Connect the PCIE able with the red wires occupying the left most pins Please remember to do this when PC is not running Next connect the other end of PCIE enable disable cable ont...

Page 39: ...cupying the pins on the top row Now access the Disable Enable Function at the front of the Control Panel From right to left the PCIE Disable will disable slots 2 3 4 5 When jumper is in top position P...

Page 40: ...of CPU VCore Each button boosts the vcore by 0 1v The red LED will light up when VCore booster is pressed When one red LED is lit VCore is boosted by 0 1v When 2 red LEDs are lit VCore is boosted by 0...

Page 41: ...ing a Creative X Fi PCIE 1x Audio Card 3 x GTX 285s in 3 way SLI and a 9800GT for dedicated PhysX There are 2 types of 3 way SLI Bridges bundled the first is for hooking up PCIE slots 2 3 4 Another fo...

Page 42: ...ugh the BIOS Setup 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...

Page 43: ...you to the Phoenix 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 a...

Page 44: ...r management 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...

Page 45: ...CMOS 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 pas...

Page 46: ...to the option highlighted Figure 4 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...

Page 47: ...lue 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 48: ...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 For HDD...

Page 49: ...return 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 Ke...

Page 50: ...isplay the sub menus Figure 5 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 highl...

Page 51: ...t 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 Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the sel...

Page 52: ...ck key Security Option The Security Options allows you to require a password every time the system boots or only when you enter setup Select Setup to require a password to gain access to the CMOS Setu...

Page 53: ...display the Integrated Peripherals menu Figure 6 Integrated Peripherals Menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Onboard PATA SATA Device Pr...

Page 54: ...ed Disabled if you install operating system that support Native mode JMB362 SATA Controller This function allows you to enable JMB362 SATA Controller The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled JMB363 S...

Page 55: ...options are Auto 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 TI 1394 Setting This function all...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...lows you to enable or disable the ACPI function Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults ACPI function Enabled APCI Suspend Type S1 POS Run VGABIO...

Page 58: ...is function 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...

Page 59: ...e Disabled 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...

Page 60: ...t Options are PCI Slot and PCIEx Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Init Display First PCI Slot Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD x IRQ Reso...

Page 61: ...s Controlled By to Manual With this field enabled press Enter to see options Use Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT Bus specification Use PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with t...

Page 62: ...Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment Maximum Payload Size This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the maximum TLP payload size in bytes for the PCI Express devices Use the Page Up...

Page 63: ...nge 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 48V CPU...

Page 64: ...o a constant rate 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 Speed Control SmartFan x Ma...

Page 65: ...is function to make sure the system can run stable Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults Extreme Cooling Disabled Memory Feature Press Enter Vo...

Page 66: ...ay 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 Control Setting Disabled Memory Frequency Auto Channel Interleave Setting...

Page 67: ...to display the Voltage Control menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Defaults EVGA VDroop control With VDroop CPU VCore Auto 1 26875V CPU VTT Volt...

Page 68: ...Down keys to scroll through the voltages or select Auto to automatically set the voltage level for the IOH PLL Vcore QPI PLL VCore Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the voltages or...

Page 69: ...ction defines the voltage level for the NF200 chip Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage VTT PWM Frequency This item allows you to sele...

Page 70: ...on This function allows you to select the lowest C state supported according as CPU and MB The options are Auto Disabled C1 C1E C3 and C6 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Hel...

Page 71: ...umber of cores to enable in each processor package The options are All 1 and 2 QPI Controller Setting QPI Controller Setting This function is allows you to enable the QPI QuickPath Interconnect Contro...

Page 72: ...the EMI generated The options are Disabled and Enabled PCIE Frequency Mhz This item allows you to select the PCI Express Frequency Save Profile This function saves the system voltages and timing setti...

Page 73: ...upports Windows Vista 32bit and 64bit and is Windows XP The kit comes with a CD that contains utilities drivers and additional NVIDIA software The CD that has been shipped with your EVGA X58 SLI CLASS...

Page 74: ...Drivers Install 1 Insert the Intel X58 Express installation CD for the motherboard included in the kit 2 The CD will autorun install the drivers and utilities listed on the install screen If the CD do...

Page 75: ...y 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 test Test the Keyboard 09 Reserved 0A Mouse Init...

Page 76: ..._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 Init Heuristic Power Managemen...

Page 77: ...Reserved 3B Reserved 3C Test Timer Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2 3D Reserved 3E Test 8259 1 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines 3F Reserved...

Page 78: ...set MTRR 4F Reserved 50 USB init Initialize USB controller 51 Reserved 52 Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB using Virtual 8086 mode page mode and clear the memory 53 Reserved 54 Reserve...

Page 79: ...66 Reserved 67 ACPI init ACPI sub system initializing 68 Reserved 69 Init Cache Initialize cache controller 6A Reserved 6B Setup Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up 6C Reserved 6D Initial...

Page 80: ...2 Security Check Ask password security 83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen 84 Display PNP Display PNP devices 85 USB Final Init Final USB initialization 86 Reserved 87 Res...

Page 81: ...mory detect C2 Early Memory Board Initialization C3 Extend Memory Turn on extended memory cache initialization C4 Special Display First display initialization C5 Early Shadow Early shadow enable for f...

Page 82: ...Metal Oxide Semiconductor 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 Digita...

Page 83: ...Network LCD Liquid Crystal Display LGA Land Grid Array LN2 Liquid Nitrogen Cooling MAC Media Access Control MCP Media and Communications Processor MHz Megahertz NB Northbridge NCQ Native Command Queu...

Page 84: ...erial Advanced Technology Attachment SB Southbridge SCSI Small Computer System Interface SFR Split Frame Rendering SLI Scalable Link Interface SPD Serial Presence Detect SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Int...

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