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Page 2: ...ation 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 123 K8 NF47 XX 123 K8 NF47 MANUAL REV 1 4 REV DATE...

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 CORP...

Page 4: ...5 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 PCI Express Slot Locations and F...

Page 5: ...ock frequency for DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 DDR Module with dual channel capability The NVIDIA nForce4 single chipset offers ULTRA ATA 133 and Serial ATA RAID 0 1 0 1 functions to accelerate hard disk driv...

Page 6: ...throttling mode a beeper sound can 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 Hardw...

Page 7: ...o 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 Four Serial ATA ports provide 300 MB sec data t...

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: ...tor FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34 pin Block IDE1 IDE2 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Block SATA1 4 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7 pin Connector SPDIF IN OUT SPDIF Input and Output RCA Type Connec...

Page 10: ...n ZIF Socket 939 CPU Socket 939 pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket DIMM1 4 DDR Module Socket 184 pin DDR Module Socket PCI1 PCI3 PCI Slot 32 bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots PE1 PE3 PCI Express x1 Slot PC...

Page 11: ...ings 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 battery must be used to retain the moth...

Page 12: ...to mount adapter cards and system RAM PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems runs at 33MHz PCI Express Peripheral C...

Page 13: ...or 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 CPU L2 Cache the flash...

Page 14: ...from minimum memory size of 64MB to maximum memory size of 4 0GB DDR SDRAM Valid Memory Configurations Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to the fol...

Page 15: ...fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides WARNING When the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200MHz use only DDR400 c...

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: ...ards don t need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 2 5 4 PCI Express Slots This motherboard provides two PCI Express...

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: ...me into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again to turn off the power to the system board We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2 0 co...

Page 22: ...upply The ATX Power Supply which fully supports the extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption Without this connector the system will become unstable because the power supply can not provi...

Page 23: ...net connections Audio Line In Lin Out MIC Surrback Surround CEN LEF Connector J1 This Connector has 6 audio jacks for LINE OUT LINE IN MIC Surrback Sur round CEN LEF Line in BLUE Audio input to sound...

Page 24: ...After connecting the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives Floppy Drive Connector Pin 1 FDD Primary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE1 This connector sup...

Page 25: ...Connector Pin 1 IDE2 Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as the Master and the second HDD is referred to as the Slave For best performance we strongly sugges...

Page 26: ...take off these jumpers Line Out MIC Headers AUDIO Pin 1 AUD _ MIC AUD _ FPOUT _ L AUD _ MIC _ BIAS AUD _ FPOUT _ R HP _ ON AUD _ GND AUD _ RET _ L AUD _ RET _ R AUD _ VCC 2 9 10 USB Port Headers 9 pin...

Page 27: ...the hard disk activity indicator light on the case Reset switch lead RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your po...

Page 28: ...rer the wire and plug may 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 CD Audio...

Page 29: ...e connection of firewire IEEE1394 devices Serial Port Header COM1 This 9 pin header allows the connection of serial devices Supplemental SLI Power J2 This 4 pin Molex type power connector is only requ...

Page 30: ...ED on 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...

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: ...the following drivers NVIDIA Chipset Drivers Marvell Ethernet Drivers ALC850 AC97 Codec Audio Drivers After your computer finishes this installation it will need to reboot in order for the new driver...

Page 33: ...ll of the on screen instructions NOTE The included floppy disk with RAID drivers supports Windows XP 32 bit version and Windows 2000 only If you are installing RAID under Windows XP x64 you will need...

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...

Page 39: ...case with a bare minimum hardware setup Try a USB a keyboard if possible If the card still reads 7F try another power cable from the PSU to the power outlet If you still get a 7F clear the CMOS To do...

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