Zotac X58 User Manual Download

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Page 2: ...CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE RECEIVER CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO TELEVISION TECHNICIAN NOTE Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B requirements or using an unshielded peripheral data cable could also result in harmful interference to radio or television reception The user is cautioned that any cha...

Page 3: ... O Shield 15 Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis 15 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches 16 24 pin ATX Power PW1 17 8 pin ATX 12V Power PW3 17 Front Panel Header 18 USB Headers 19 IEEE 1394 Headers 19 FP Audio Header 20 LPT Header 20 Serial Port Header COM 21 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD 21 Hard Disk Connector IDE 21 Connecting Serial ATAII Cables 22 Fan Connections 22 Expansion Slots 2...

Page 4: ...Drivers and Software 34 Drivers Installing 35 Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup 41 Getting Started 41 Sound Effect 41 Environment Simulation 41 Equalizer Selection 42 Frequently Used Equalizer Setting 42 Karaoke Mode 42 Mixer 43 Playback control 43 Revording control 44 Audio I O 45 Speaker Configuration 46 Connector Settings 47 S PDIF 47 Speaker Calibration 48 Microphone 49 Noise Suppression 49 Beam F...

Page 5: ...ach of the parts listed so you can have a functioning motherboard As you go through the installation instructions we are assuming you have purchased the necessary parts Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherboard and all connecting cables necessary to install the motherboard into a PC cabinet If you are building a PC you will use most of the cables provided in the kit If howev...

Page 6: ...imum memory size 24GB q USB 2 0 ports v Supports hot plug and play v Twelve USB 2 0 ports four rear panel ports eight from onboard USB headers v Supports wake up from S1 S3 v Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480Mbps transmission rate q Onboard Serial ATAII v Independent DMA operation on six ports v Data transfer rates of 3 Gb s q On board PCI Express Lan RTL8111C v PCI Express base specification1 0...

Page 7: ...terface v PCI Express Generation 2 0 compatible v 5 GHZ support for a total bandwidth of 5Gbps per direction per lane v Wake function is supported v Clock spread spectrum capability q Expansion slots v 2 PCI express X16 slot v 1 PCI Express X4 slot v 1 PCI Express X1 slot v 2 PCI bus master slots ver 2 2 compliant q Onboard PCIE to IDE Controller v JMB368 PCIE to IDE Controller v Supports all IDE ...

Page 8: ...her board to a new chassis If you are replacing a motherboard you may not need many of these cables Be sure to inspect each piece of equipment shipped 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 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions ...

Page 9: ...ress x16 Slots Master 16 PCI Express x1 Slot 17 Clear CMOS Header 18 PCI Express x4 Slot 19 PCI Express x16 Slots Slave 20 North Bridge 21 Rear Panel Connectors 22 8 Pin 12V Power Connector 23 CPU Socket 24 SYS Fan2 Connector 25 CPU Fan Connector 26 DDRIII DIMM Sockets 8 8 North Bridge South Bridge LOTES PCIE1 Slave PCIE2 PCIE3 PCIE4 Master PCI1 PCI2 F AUDIO _ 1394 FLOPPY PRINT COM FP U2 _ FP U1 _...

Page 10: ...ide Speaker Out 6 LAN Connector Lan Port with LEDs to indicate status Yellow Light Up Blink 10 Mbps Link Activity Yellow and Green Light Up Blink 100 Mbps link Activity Yellow and Orange Light Up Blink 1000 Mbps link Activity 7 IEEE 1394 Connector 8 Port 2 Channel 4 Channel 6 Channe Blue Line In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In...

Page 11: ...ling the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury always follow basic safety precautions Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before removing or installing any equipment from to the computer chassis ...

Page 12: ...rocedure to install the CPUonto the motherboard 1 Before installing the CPU make sure that the cam box is facing towards you and the load lever is on your left 2 Press the load lever with your thumb A then move it to the left B until it is released from the retention tab Note To prevent damage to the socket pins do not remove the PnP cap unless you are installing a CPU 3 Lift the load lever in the...

Page 13: ...veral drops of thermal paste to the exposed area of the CPU that the heatsink will be in contact with ensuring that it is spread in an even thin layer Note Some heatsinks come with pre applied ther mal paste If so skip this step The thermal paste is toxic and inedible If it gets into your eyes or touches your skin ensure to wash it off immediately and seek professional medical help To prevent cont...

Page 14: ...ion Use the following the recommendations for installing memory q One DIMMs Supports one modules inserted into 2 or 4 or 6 DIMM slot q Two DIMMs Supports two modules inserted into slot 2 4 or 2 6 or 4 6 as one pair of Dual channel memory configuration q Three DIMMs Supports three modules inserted into the slots 2 4 6 as one set of Triple channel memory configuration q Four DIMMs Supports four modu...

Page 15: ... slot automatically lock the DIMM into the connector Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into the chassis depends on the chassis you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working with an empty chassis Determine if it would be easier to make all the connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections...

Page 16: ...the proper size from the chassis supplier Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis Most computer chassis have a base with mounting studs or spacers to allow the mother board to be secured to the chassis and help to prevent short circuits If there are studs that do not align with a mounting hole on the motherboard it is recommended that you remove that stud to prevent the possibility of a short ci...

Page 17: ...X power PW1 v 8 pin ATX 12V power PW3 q Internal Headers Connectors v Serial Port Header COM v Front Panel Header v USB Headers v IEEE 1394 Headers v FP Audio Header v LPT Header v Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD v Hard Disk Connector IDE q Connecting Serial ATAII Cables q Chassis Fans q Expansion slots q CMOS jumper settings See Figure 1 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in the foll...

Page 18: ...he 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 connector on the motherboard Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure 8 pin ATX 12V Power PW3 PW3 the 8 pin ATX 12V power con nection is used to provide power to the CPU Align the pins to the c...

Page 19: ...tach 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 the power supply button q HD_LED Attach the hard disk drive indicator LED cable to these two pins The HDD indicator LED indicates the activity status of the hard disks q RESET Attach the Reset switch cable from the front panel of the case to these t...

Page 20: ...ader connectors onboard 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option IEEE 1394 Header The motherboard provides one 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports Certainly you can connect to real panel directly IEEE 1394 Pin Definition PIN Assignment 1 TPA 2 TPA 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 Cable powe...

Page 21: ...assignment on the cable is the same as the pin assignment on the mainboard header To find out if the chassis you are buying supports a front audio connector please contract your dealer PIN Assignment 1 MIC2 L 2 GND 3 MIC2 R 4 ACZ DET 5 Front Audio R 6 Reserved 7 FAVDIO JD 8 Key No pin 9 Front Audio L 10 Reserved FP Audio Pin Definition 1 2 9 10 FP Audio LPT Header 1 STROBE 2 ALF 3 PD0 4 ERR 5 PD1 ...

Page 22: ...1 Floppy Hard Disk Connector IDE The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 controller that provides PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA66 100 133 function You can connect up to two hard disk drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices 1 IDE Serial Port Header COM COM 1 2 COM Pin Definition PIN Assignment 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7...

Page 23: ...cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATAII interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate There are six Serial ATAII connectors on the motherboard that support AHCI and RAID configurations Fan Connections There are three fan connections on the motherboard The fan speed can be detected and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the CMOS Setup SATAII 3 SATAII 2 SATAII 1 CPU FA...

Page 24: ...d s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover PCI Express x16 Slots There are two PCI Express x16 slot reserved for graphics or video cards The band width of the x16 slot is up to 8GB sec complianting with PCIE 2 0 specification PCI Express x1 Slot Optional There is one PCI Express x1 slot that is designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such...

Page 25: ...ar CMOS Jumper JP1 The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parameters The CMOS can be cleared by removing the CMOS jumper Use the following procedure to clear CMOS 1 Turn off the AC power supply and connect pins 2 and 3 together using the jumper cap 2 Return the jumper setting to normal pins 1 and 2 together with the jumper cap 3 Turn the AC power supply back on ...

Page 26: ...e BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance Use the following procedure to verify change BIOS settings 1 Power on the computer 2 Press the Del key when the following message briefly displays at the bottom of the screen during the Power On Self Test POST Pressing Del takes you to the BIOS Setup Utility Note It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS ...

Page 27: ... gives you an overview of the general system specifications The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu q AMI BIOS Displays the auto detected BIOS information q Processor Display the auto detected CPU specification q System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory q System time Allows you to set the system time ...

Page 28: ...refetcher feature q Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch This option should be enabled in order to enable adjacent cache line prefetch feature q Max CPUID Value Limit Allows you to determine whether to limit CPUID maximum value Set this item to Disable Windows XP operating system set this item to Enable for legacy operating system such as Windows NT4 0 q Intel Virtualization Tech When enable avMM can util...

Page 29: ...the configurations for the floppy devices installed in the system Super IO Configuration The items in this menu allow you to configure Win627DHG Super IO Chipset Hardware Health Configuration This menu gives you an overview of the Hardware Health Configuration USB Configuration The items in this menu allow you to change the USB related features Press enter To display the configuration options q Le...

Page 30: ...s you to select the value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register q Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA When set to YES BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the requests for an IRQ When set to No BIOS does not assign an IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if requested q Palette Snooping When set to enable the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is insta...

Page 31: ...OEM Logo instead of POST messages q Add On ROM Display Mode Sets the display mode for option ROM q Bootup Num Lock Allows you to select the power on state for the NumLock q PS 2 Mouse Support Allows you to enable or disable support for PS 2 mouse q Wait for F1 If Error When set to Enabled the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error occurs q Hit DEL Message Display When set to Enabled ...

Page 32: ...on top of the screen shows the default not installed After you set a password this item shows installed To set a Supervisor user Password 1 Select the change supervisor user password item and press Enter 2 From the password box type a password compose of at least six letters and or number the press Enter 3 Confirm the password when prompted The message Password installed appears after you successf...

Page 33: ...lows you to configure CPU bridge chipset configuration include CSI links speed CSI Frequency Memory Frequency and so on North bridge configuration The items allow you to configure north bridge features include Memory Graphic Video and so on South bridge configuration The items allow you to configure south bridge features include USB HAD PCIE Port Onboard Lan 1394 CPU GTL REF and so on ...

Page 34: ...hat you made to the setup program If you made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears Select Ok to discard any change and load the previously saved values Load O...

Page 35: ...oad your operating system The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional INTEL software The CD that has been shipped with your Intel X58 motherboard contains the following software and drivers q Software Installation Utility q HDA Sound driver q RTL8111B Giga network Driver ...

Page 36: ...35 Drivers Installation 1 Insert the Intel X58 driver CD after loading your operating system 2 Left click software Installation utility begain Loading Installing Drivers And Software ...

Page 37: ...36 Intel X58 Motherboard ...

Page 38: ...37 Installing Drivers And Software 3 Left click HDA Sound driver begain loading ...

Page 39: ...38 Intel X58 Motherboard ...

Page 40: ...39 Installing Drivers And Software 4 Left click RTL8111B Giga network Driver begain loading ...

Page 41: ...40 Intel X58 Motherboard At last you can open below page that provides information about the hard ware devices on this motherboard and check whether finish your installa tion ...

Page 42: ...n and the control panel will appear Sound Effect After clicking on the Sound Effect tab 3 sections Environment Equalizer and Karaoke are available for selection Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow totally 23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings Stone Cor...

Page 43: ... used for your quick enjoyment How to Use Other than the buttons Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home by simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate your range Vocal Canc...

Page 44: ...to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed total 13 items to be chosen Advanced controls Enable playback multi streaming ...

Page 45: ...e single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Advanced control is a Microphone Boost icon Once this item is checked you will find advanced icon beside Front Pink In Mic Volume With this the input signal into Front Pink In Mic Volume will be ...

Page 46: ...s Instead now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output i e playback function or input i e Recording function we call this Retasking Audio I O aims to help you setting jacks as you wish Moreover other than blue to blue pink to pink the way that you used to do Audio I O would guide you to other right jacks that can also serve as microphone speaker headphone 6 Channel or 8 Channel ...

Page 47: ...p for your selection Please select the device you are trying to plug in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device If not correct Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack 6 Channel or 8 Channel ...

Page 48: ...so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would not automatically pop up when device plugged in S PDIF Short for Sony Philips Digital Interface a standard audio file transfer format S PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one ...

Page 49: ...dio Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out Speaker Calibration After you have successfully plugged in speakers and assigned to the right jacks you are only one more step to go to enjoy the intended sound We provide Speaker Calibration to help you check if the speakers are located in the correct position ...

Page 50: ...d You will get the best quality if you chose 90 position which we recommend you to use this effectively means that you speak right into the microphone Note A Stereo Microphone is required when using Beam Forming function Acoustic Echo Cancellation This function prevents playback sound from being recorded by microphone together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function ...

Page 51: ...emo The section 3D Audio Demo grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way Information This section provides information about your current system audio device ...

Page 52: ...ID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 10 depends on how may SATA disks are connected for SATA1 2 3 4 5 6 ports Setting up the BIOS 1 Setting your computer then press Delete to enter the Bios setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears 2 Use the arrow keys to select Advanced Advanced window appears ...

Page 53: ...E Configuration then press Enter the IDE Configuration window appears 4 From the IDE Configuration window to select the Configure SATA 1 AS RAID then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks 5 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots ...

Page 54: ...atest driver from the NVIDIA website www nvidia com q Ensure that your power supply unit PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system Installing SLI graphics cards Insert one graphics card into the PCIEX16_1 slot master and the other into the PCIEX16_2 slot slave Ensure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Align and insert the SLI connector to the goldfingers on ea...

Page 55: ...lling your graphics cards and the device drivers enable the SLI feature in NVIDIA Control Panel under the Windows Vista operating system Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods A Right click on the empty space of the Windows desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears See Step 6 on page 56 B If you ...

Page 56: ...om the Personalization window select Display Settings 3 From the Display Settings dialogbox click Advanced Settings 4 Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab and then click Start the NVIDIA Control Panel SLI Technology ...

Page 57: ... The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears 6 Enabling SLI configuration From the NVIDIA Control Panel window select Set SLI Configuration Click Enable SLI and set the display for viewing SLI rendered content When done click Apply ...

Page 58: ...that your power supply unit PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system Note The ATI Triple CrossFireX technology is currently supported by Windows Vista operat ing system only Visit the ATI Game website http game amd com for the latest certified graphics card and the supported 3D application list Before you begin For ATI CrossFireX to work properly you have to uninstall all...

Page 59: ... this chapter is for reference purpose only and may not exactly match with your motherboard Dual CrossFireX installation Prepare two CrossFireX ready graph ics cards Insert the two graphics card into the PCIE X16 slots If your mother board has more than two PCIE X16 slots refer to its user manual for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots rec ommended for multi graphics card installation Ensure that t...

Page 60: ...e using a Triple or Quad CrossFireX system ensure to install the ATI Catalyst driver under Windows Vista OS The ATI Triple or Quad CrossFireX technology is currently supported by Windows Vista only Enabling the ATI CrossFireX technology After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers enable the CrossFireX feature through the ATI Catalyst Control Center in Windows environment q Launchin...

Page 61: ... the Graphics Adapter list select the graphics card to act as the display GPU Select Enable CrossFireX Click Apply and then click OK to exit the window 1 2 3 4 The Catalyst Control Center Setup Basic appears when the system detects the existance of multi graphics cards Click Go to continue to the Catalyst Control Center window 2 1 2 3 4 291 M0AF0 00 ...

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