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EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 24 Connecting Serial ATA Cables 25 Connecting Internal Headers 26 Front Panel Header 26 IEEE 1394a 27 USB Headers 28 Audio ...29 Fan Connections 30 ... and LED Status Indicators 34 Post Port Debug LED 34 LED Status Indicators 34 Jumper Settings 35 PCIE Disable Jumper 35 Voltage Measure Point 36 EVGA Control Panel ECP 37 Configuring the BIOS 44 Enter BIOS Setup 45 Main Menu ...45 Standard CMOS Features Menu 48 Date and Time 49 SATA...
EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 24 Connecting Serial ATA Cables 25 Connecting Internal Headers 26 Front Panel Header 26 IEEE 1394a 27 USB Headers 28 Audio ...29 Fan Connections 30 ... and LED Status Indicators 34 Post Port Debug LED 34 LED Status Indicators 34 Jumper Settings 35 PCIE Disable Jumper 35 Voltage Measure Point 36 EVGA Control Panel ECP 37 Configuring the BIOS 44 Enter BIOS Setup 45 Main Menu ...45 Standard CMOS Features Menu 48 Date and Time 49 SATA...
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EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Before You Begin... If however, you are building a PC, you will use most of the cables. If you are replacing a motherboard, you will not need to reinstall an operating system even though the current drives have purchased all the necessary parts needed to make ... need many of the cables provided in the Kit This kit contains all connecting cables necessary to install and connect your new EVGA X58 SLI Classified motherboard. Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you have an operating system. 8 However, it does not contain the following...
EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Before You Begin... If however, you are building a PC, you will use most of the cables. If you are replacing a motherboard, you will not need to reinstall an operating system even though the current drives have purchased all the necessary parts needed to make ... need many of the cables provided in the Kit This kit contains all connecting cables necessary to install and connect your new EVGA X58 SLI Classified motherboard. Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you have an operating system. 8 However, it does not contain the following...
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... between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device. 1 - 2-Way SLI Bridge Bridges two (2) graphic cards together which allows for 2-Way SLI. 1 - 3-Way SLI Bridge Bridges three (3) graphic cards together which allows for 3-Way SLI with Physics card together which allows for 3- EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard I/O Shield Installs in the system case to block radio frequency.... 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to a SATA power connector. 1 - 2-Port USB and 1-Port 1394 bracket Provides one connects to a single drive to setup the motherboard. 12
... between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device. 1 - 2-Way SLI Bridge Bridges two (2) graphic cards together which allows for 2-Way SLI. 1 - 3-Way SLI Bridge Bridges three (3) graphic cards together which allows for 3-Way SLI with Physics card together which allows for 3- EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard I/O Shield Installs in the system case to block radio frequency.... 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to a SATA power connector. 1 - 2-Port USB and 1-Port 1394 bracket Provides one connects to a single drive to setup the motherboard. 12
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...Connect the gray connector to the Ultra ATA master device. 3. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE hard disk drives. 1. If an ATA-66/100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE transfer protocol are attached to the same ...cable, the maximum transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that of the slowest drive. IDE Connector Board Edge 24
...Connect the gray connector to the Ultra ATA master device. 3. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE hard disk drives. 1. If an ATA-66/100 disk drive and a disk drive using any other IDE transfer protocol are attached to the same ...cable, the maximum transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that of the slowest drive. IDE Connector Board Edge 24
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... Power LED indicates the system's status. When the system is turn off status, the LED is off . HD_LED Attach the hard disk drive indicator LED cable to these two pins. The system restarts when the RESET switch is S1, S3, S4 status, the LED will blink. Table ...connector. Be sure to match the name on this motherboard is on and off . in S1, Some chassis do not have all four cables. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header The front panel header on the connectors to the corresponding pins. PWRSW Attach the power button ...
... Power LED indicates the system's status. When the system is turn off status, the LED is off . HD_LED Attach the hard disk drive indicator LED cable to these two pins. The system restarts when the RESET switch is S1, S3, S4 status, the LED will blink. Table ...connector. Be sure to match the name on this motherboard is on and off . in S1, Some chassis do not have all four cables. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header The front panel header on the connectors to the corresponding pins. PWRSW Attach the power button ...
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... is powered on the external I/O Panel. These functions allow for easy debugging and testing of the hard disk drives and will blink accordingly. The POWER button contains a LED that indicates the activity status of the system during troubleshooting situations. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Onboard Buttons These onboard buttons include RESET, POWER and Clear CMOS.
... is powered on the external I/O Panel. These functions allow for easy debugging and testing of the hard disk drives and will blink accordingly. The POWER button contains a LED that indicates the activity status of the system during troubleshooting situations. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Onboard Buttons These onboard buttons include RESET, POWER and Clear CMOS.
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... configure the SATA channels. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to display SATA Channel sub-menu IDE Auto-Detect [Press Enter] Extended IDE Drive Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector [None} Auto 0 MB 0 0 0 0 0 49 Select a channel and press Enter to display the SATA...SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] Press ENTER to scroll through Sat) cannot be changed. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year.
... configure the SATA channels. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to display SATA Channel sub-menu IDE Auto-Detect [Press Enter] Extended IDE Drive Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector [None} Auto 0 MB 0 0 0 0 0 49 Select a channel and press Enter to display the SATA...SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] Press ENTER to scroll through Sat) cannot be changed. EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year.
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EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name 5F Reserved 60 Setup enable 61 Reserved 62 Reserved 63 Initialize Mouse... 6B Setup 6C Reserved 6D Initialize Floppy 6E Reserved 6F FDD install 70 Reserved 71 Reserved 72 Reserved 73 Initialize Hard Drive 74 Reserved 75 Detect HDD 76 Reserved 77 Detect serial ports 78 Reserved 79 Reserved Description Display setup message and enable ...port ACPI sub-system initializing Initialize cache controller Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up Initialize floppy disk drive Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters Initialize hard...
EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name 5F Reserved 60 Setup enable 61 Reserved 62 Reserved 63 Initialize Mouse... 6B Setup 6C Reserved 6D Initialize Floppy 6E Reserved 6F FDD install 70 Reserved 71 Reserved 72 Reserved 73 Initialize Hard Drive 74 Reserved 75 Detect HDD 76 Reserved 77 Detect serial ports 78 Reserved 79 Reserved Description Display setup message and enable ...port ACPI sub-system initializing Initialize cache controller Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up Initialize floppy disk drive Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters Initialize hard...
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... - Dry Ice Cooling DDR2 - Dynamic random access memory DVD - Floppy Disk Controller FSB - High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDR - EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard EVGA Glossary of Terms ACPI - Double Data Rate 2 DDR3 - For The Win! Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AFR - Double Data... Rate 3 DIMM - Graphics Processing Unit HDD - Digital Versatile Disc DVI - Digital Video Interface FDC - Gigahertz GPU - Hard Disk Drive HDMI - ...
... - Dry Ice Cooling DDR2 - Dynamic random access memory DVD - Floppy Disk Controller FSB - High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDR - EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard EVGA Glossary of Terms ACPI - Double Data Rate 2 DDR3 - For The Win! Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AFR - Double Data... Rate 3 DIMM - Graphics Processing Unit HDD - Digital Versatile Disc DVI - Digital Video Interface FDC - Gigahertz GPU - Hard Disk Drive HDMI - ...
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... Component Interconnect Extended POST - Integrated Drive Electronics IEEE - Integrated Graphics Processors IRQ - Local Area Network LCD - Land Grid Array LN2 - Media Access Control MCP - Native Command Queuing NIC - New Technology File System OEM - Just a Bunch of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IGP - Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI-x - EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard HT - Heat Sink Fan...
... Component Interconnect Extended POST - Integrated Drive Electronics IEEE - Integrated Graphics Processors IRQ - Local Area Network LCD - Land Grid Array LN2 - Media Access Control MCP - Native Command Queuing NIC - New Technology File System OEM - Just a Bunch of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IGP - Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI-x - EVGA X58 SLI CLASSIFIED Motherboard HT - Heat Sink Fan...