background image

 

 

 

11 

 

Hardware Installation 

This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The 

topics covered in this section are:  

 

Preparing the 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 shocks, and injury, always follow basic 

safety precautions.  
Remember to remove power off your computer by disconnecting the AC 

main source before removing or installing any equipment from/to the 

computer chassis. 

 

Summary of Contents for 141-LF-E658

Page 1: ...1 User s Guide EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard...

Page 2: ...2...

Page 3: ...allation 11 Safety Instructions 11 Preparing the Motherboard 12 Installing the CPU 12 Installing the CPU Fan 13 Installing System Memory DIMMs 14 Installing the Motherboard 14 Installing the I O Shiel...

Page 4: ...g LED and LED Status Indicators 25 Post Port Debug LED 25 LED Status Indicators 25 Jumper Settings 26 PCIE Disable Jumper 26 Voltage Measure Point 27 EVGA Control Panel V2 ECP 28 Configuring the BIOS...

Page 5: ...atency Timer 42 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA 43 Palette Snooping 43 PCI IDE BusMaster 43 OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card 43 IRQ Settings 43 DMA Channel 43 Reserved Memory Size 43 Boot Configuration Features 44 B...

Page 6: ...ncy Voltage Control Menu 47 Memory Configure 48 CPU Configuration 48 Installing Drivers and Software 49 Windows XP Vista 7 Driver Installation 49 Appendix A POST Codes for the EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherb...

Page 7: ...Menu 34 Figure 3 Standard BIOS Features Menu 36 Figure 4 Advanced BIOS Features 38 Figure 5 Advanced Chipset Features 40 Figure 6 PCI PNP Resource Management 42 Figure 7 Boot Configuration Features 4...

Page 8: ...cessor 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 proper system...

Page 9: ...64bit Windows Vista 32bit 64bit and Windows 7 32bit 64bit Intel P55 Express Chipset System Memory support Supports dual channel DDR3 2600 Officially supports up to 16GBs of DDR3 memory USB 2 0 Ports...

Page 10: ...wire Support hot plug Two IEEE1394a ports One rear panel port one onboard 1394 header with a rate transmission of 400 Mbps Onboard Audio Realtek High Definition audio Supports 8 channel audio Supports...

Page 11: ...ling 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 saf...

Page 12: ...o 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 sock...

Page 13: ...d 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 orientati...

Page 14: ...d 3 Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot This slot matches the slot on the memory DIMM to ensure the component is instal...

Page 15: ...re the motherboard into the chassis Installing the I O Shield The motherboard kit comes with an I O shield that is used to block radio frequency transmissions protects internal components from dust an...

Page 16: ...rs 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 17: ...ecure Figure 1 PW1 Motherboard Connector Table 1 PW1 Pin Assignments Connector Pin Signal Pin 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 PWR...

Page 18: ...orage devices The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate There are six 6 internal serial ATA connectors on this motherboard These connections are designed to be angled...

Page 19: ...e 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 th...

Page 20: ...he 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 Ta...

Page 21: ...ect 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...

Page 22: ...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 PRECENCE_J...

Page 23: ...gned to accommodate PCIe x1 cards such as an EVGA Killer Xeno 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...

Page 24: ...d 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 troublesh...

Page 25: ...the system has fully booted into the Operating System LED Status Indicators The LEDs near the 24pin ATX connector indicate the system s status POWER LED Green When the System is powered on This LED i...

Page 26: ...d will treat it as invisible The PCIe disable jumpers are located right beside the 24pin ATX Connector In default shipping configurations all slots are enabled with the jumpers in the left position Fr...

Page 27: ...t The motherboard is equipped with eight voltage measure point pad You can use a voltmeter to measure the voltage you want to know CPU Vcore voltage Memory voltage CPU VTT voltage P55 chipset voltage...

Page 28: ...trol Panel To use the ECP simply hook up 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 Before tu...

Page 29: ...Disable Jumpers see visual guide Remove the 3 jumpers Connect the PCIE Cable with the Red wires occupying the left most pins It doesn t matter which end of the PCIE Cable goes onto the Motherboard Ple...

Page 30: ...ss the Disable Enable Function at the front of the Control Panel From Right to Left PCIE Slots 1 2 3 When Jumper is in top position PCIE slot is enabled When in bottom position PCIE slot is disabled A...

Page 31: ...d LED will light up when VCore booster is pressed When one Red LED is lit VCore 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 wi...

Page 32: ...of 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 Res...

Page 33: ...hen the following message briefly displays at the bottom of the screen during the Power On Self Test POST Press F2 to Load Defaults DEL to enter Setup Pressing Del takes you to the AMI BIOS CMOS Setup...

Page 34: ...ement Features Use this menu to modify power management power on and sleep features Hardware Health Configure Use this menu to view system vitals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1985 2005 American Mega...

Page 35: ...ges memory timings and more Load Optimal Defaults Load default system settings Discard Changes Use this command to abandon all setting changes and exit setup Save Changes Exit Use this command to save...

Page 36: ...s Menu Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Help Item Use ENTER TAB Or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to Configure system Time CMOS Se...

Page 37: ...at 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 En...

Page 38: ...atus Quiet Boot and other advanced features Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Advanced Settings _______________________________________...

Page 39: ...F9 Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Settings ______________________________________________ WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction North Bridge Configuration...

Page 40: ...s disabled for standard system setups The Advanced Chipset Features menu also allows you to enable disable some onboard devices they are as follows HD Audio Controller Use this function to set the onb...

Page 41: ...card ESATA Controller This function allows you to enable or disable the SATA interface PE1 Slot This function allows you to enable or disable the PE1 Slot P80 Show CPU Temperature When this function i...

Page 42: ...ove Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Advanced PCI PnP Settings ______________________________________________ WARNING Setting wrong values...

Page 43: ...ng 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 allo...

Page 44: ...you specification of the Hard Disk boot priority sequence Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC...

Page 45: ...elect Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optim...

Page 46: ...7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Hardware Health Configure H W Hea...

Page 47: ...F1 General Help F7 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults Memory Configure Press Enter CPU Configuration Press Enter Dummy O C Disabled Target CPU Frequency 2933 MHz Target Memory Frequency 1333 MHz CP...

Page 48: ...nu will allow the configuration of advanced memory timings including memory frequency and memory timings CPU Configuration This menu will allow the configuration of advanced CPU settings such as Virtu...

Page 49: ...s Audio drivers LAN Drivers RAID Drivers EVGA E LEET Overclocking Utility Adobe Acrobat Reader User s Manual Windows XP Vista 7 Driver Installation 1 Insert the Intel P55 installation CD for the mothe...

Page 50: ...System Table 6 AMI POST Code Code Description 03 Initialize BIOS 04 Check Battery Power and CMOS 05 Initialize interrupt controlling hardware vector table 06 Initialize system timer 07 Fixes CPU POST...

Page 51: ...nt boot module 37 Display sign on message 38 Initialize USB controller 39 Initialize DMAC 1 DMAC 2 3A Initialize real time clock 3B Test system memory 3C Initialization of chipset registers 40 Detect...

Page 52: ...BBS for Int 19 boot AC End of POST initialization B1 Save system context for ACPI 00 Pass control to OS can vary Show CPU Temp if enabled EVGA Glossary of Terms ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power I...

Page 53: ...Interface HDR High Dynamic Range Lighting HPET High Precision Event Timer HT Hyper Threading HSF Heat Sink Fan I O Input Output IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IEEE Institute of Electrical and Elect...

Page 54: ...POST Power on Self Test PWM Pulse Width Modulation QDR Quad Data Rate QPI Quick Path Interconnect RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RGB Red Green Blue SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachmen...

Reviews: