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Page 2: ...YRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER NO PART OF THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM O...

Page 3: ...Installing the AMD Athlon64 754 pin CPU 13 Installing the Memory 13 Installing Expansion Cards 15 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Card 15 Interrupt Request Table for This Motherboard 16 AGP Slot 17 Conn...

Page 4: ...lts 48 Set Supervisor User Passwords 48 Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving 48 Chapter 4 49 Motherboard Device Drivers 49 Chapter 5 50 Glossary 50 Chapter 6 51 Useful Information 51 Contacting Custome...

Page 5: ...3 250 Chipset which supports an 800MHz system bus The motherboard provides 133MHz 166MHz and a 200MHz Memory clock frequency which supports DDR266 DDR333 and DDR400 DDR Module The motherboard offers U...

Page 6: ...proper installation of any components If you do not feel comfortable performing the installation consult a qualified computer technician Damage to system components such as the motherboard or graphics...

Page 7: ...TA RAID Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB s Two Serial ATA ports provide 150 MB s...

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Page 9: ...Connector 4 pin Block 19 KB1 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female 19 USB1 USB2 USB Port Connector 4 pin Connector 19 LAN LAN Port Connector RJ 45 Connector 19 PARALLEL Parallel Port Connect...

Page 10: ...including Power LED IDE activity LED Reset Switch Power On Button lead 9 pin Block 23 SYSFAN1 SYSFAN2 CPUFAN FAN Headers 3 pin Block 24 CDIN CD Audio In Headers 4 pin Block 24 SPDIF SPDIF Connector 9...

Page 11: ...drivers and utility software as needed Checking Motherboard s Jumper Setting 9 JP5 CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1 2 pins of JP5...

Page 12: ...ard USB Power On Setting 2 3 closed KB Power ON Enabled JP1 1 3 JP1 1 3 1 2 closed KB Power ON Disable Default 2 3 closed USB Power On Enabled JP2 1 3 JP2 1 3 1 2 closed USB Power ON Disable Default U...

Page 13: ...t which could cause damage to the system An auxiliary cooling FAN may be installed if necessary To install the CPU follow the procedures below 1 Turn off your system and remove its cover 2 Locate the...

Page 14: ...e DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200MHz use only DDR400 compliant DDR Modules If non compliant DIMM modules are used the system may not boot because of the strict timing requirements If the DDR Modules are...

Page 15: ...move the computer s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use 3 Align the card s connectors and press it in firmly 4 Secure the card in the slot with the screw that was removed from th...

Page 16: ...for PCI Steering 11 9 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 9 4 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N A Numeric Data Processor 14 9 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 9 1 Secondary IDE Channel Interrupt Request Table for...

Page 17: ...17 AGP Slot This motherboard is equipped with an AGP Slot that supports 8X 4X AGP VGA cards AGP SLOT 2X 4X...

Page 18: ...On jumper on the motherboard When the power 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 pres...

Page 19: ...The On board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP Please refer to INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail information CN1 AUDIO LINE OUT LINE IN MIC Audio and Game Connect...

Page 20: ...py drive to the system motherboard IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40 pin block This connector supports the IDE1 hard disk ribbon cable Use the cable provided to connect the primary hard drive to the syste...

Page 21: ...The first HDD is referred to as the Master and the second HDD is referred to as the Slave For performance issues we strongly suggest that CD ROM drives or DVD ROM drives are NOT installed on the same...

Page 22: ...onnectors built into the front of the case This header will allow a cable to be connected from the motherboard to those built in connectors This header connects to the front panel Line Out and the MIC...

Page 23: ...t switch lead This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting the system without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to p...

Page 24: ...be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector CDIN CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CD...

Page 25: ...25 SPDIF SPDIF IN OUT Headers 9 pin SPDIF In Out Header SPDIF Pin 1 SPDIF OUT CENTER GND GND 2 10 9 12V SURROUT SPDIF IN SURROUT BASS...

Page 26: ...onitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system has started The system will then run self tests Note Notice any beeps or messages that appear on the screen These are used to no...

Page 27: ...ages of this chapter Below is a short description of the function keys that will be used to navigate through the BIOS menu Press the ESC key to quit the BIOS Setup Press the up down left right arrow k...

Page 28: ...tures available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Select this option to change the values in the chipset register and as well as optimize the system s performance Integrated Peripherals This is...

Page 29: ...MOS value changes and exit setup Standard CMOS Features The items in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories Use the arrow keys to highlight category then use the PgUp PgDn ke...

Page 30: ...y Each channel can also be setup individually by navigating to the IDE Channel 0 Master or which ever drives is being setup at the time In this example 0 Master was selected Use the PgUp PgDn keys to...

Page 31: ...guration options None 360K 5 25in 1 2M 3 5in 370k 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in or 2 88M 3 5in Video Select the appropriate video device Set this function to one of the configuration options EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80...

Page 32: ...Disk Boot Priority Under this section all of the systems drives will be listed First Second Third Other Boot Device This option sets the sequence of drives the BIOS attempts boot from and load the ope...

Page 33: ...PC2001 standard By enabling APIC Mode the system increases the availability of IRQ resources Set this function to one of the configuration options Enable or Disable MPS Version Control For OS This ite...

Page 34: ...his function is Auto SDRAM Cycle Time The Default and recommended setting for this function is Auto System performance can be improved if adjusted however system instability may occur if this setting...

Page 35: ...this function to one of the configuration options Auto or Disabled Note Not all AGP cards support Fast Write AGP Sideband Address Configuring this option determines the bus address between AGP card an...

Page 36: ...ion The following information is provided as a reference for the Onboard IDE Function of the BIOS Below is an illustration of the menu for this section See Figure 3 6 OnChip IDE Channal0 Channel1 The...

Page 37: ...mary and or secondary add in IDE interfaces are installed set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Set this function to one of the configuration options Enabled or Disa...

Page 38: ...dia Interface feature The configuration options for this setting are Pin Strap MII and RGMI LAN MAC Address Input This feature allows the user to enter the MAC Address of the network USB Host Controll...

Page 39: ...rt 2 Select an address and a corresponding interrupt for the first and the second serial ports Set this function to one of the configuration options 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled or Aut...

Page 40: ...the screen EPP Mode Select At this time either EPP 1 7 spec or EPP 1 9 spec can be chosen ECP Mode Use DMA This item automatically specifies DMA channel 1 or 3 for the parallel port when it is set to...

Page 41: ...PI Suspend Type This item specifies the power saving modes for the ACPI Function Set this function to one of the configuration options S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 S1 POS S1 is for the low power state There...

Page 42: ...e configuration options Disabled or Enabled Wake Up on Ring LAN When this function is set to Enabled any event affecting from a modem ring or LAN activity will awaken a system that has powered down Se...

Page 43: ...Extended System Configuration Data ESCD This would be done when you exiting Setup and a new add on has been installed and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operati...

Page 44: ...interrupt must be assigned a corresponding IRQ number The corresponding IRQ type is dependant upon the type of device that requires the interrupt The settings for this function are PCI Device and Res...

Page 45: ...ture This option allows users to set the shutdown temperature of the processor in the event the system overheats When the CPU temperature reaches an unacceptable temperature the processor will automat...

Page 46: ...on or settings beyond the product specifications CPU Clock at next Boot is This option is to setup the CPU frequency in MHz using single incremental steps The configuration options for this item are 2...

Page 47: ...tions for this selection are 1 55V Default 1 65V 1 75V or 1 85V If the previous option is disabled the settings are 1 50V Default 1 60V 1 70V and 1 80V Vcore Over Voltage This item is used to set the...

Page 48: ...who have a supervisor password typically System Administrators will be able to enter the system BIOS and change the values once they have provided the correct password Set User Password Individuals wh...

Page 49: ...Motherboard Drivers This Item installs the NVIDIA Chipset Drivers for the nForce3 Chipset This includes the LAN driver as well as the IDE driver Install Audio Drivers This item installs the ALC AC97...

Page 50: ...eed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners and some digital cameras Sound interface the interface between...

Page 51: ...d serial number ready You will need to register your product before a support technician can assist you You may register your card online at http www evga com register or when you call for support a s...

Page 52: ...l Commercial and Light Industrial Products IEC 801 2 IEC 801 3 IEC 801 4 Legal Information Software License Agreement Single User Products The EVGA ADM software the Software is copyrighted by EVGA com...

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