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EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Table of Contents User's Guide ...1 EVGA X58 FTW ³...1 Motherboard ...1 Before You Begin...8 Parts NOT in the Kit...9 Intentions of the Kit ...9 Motherboard ...10 Motherboard Specifications 10 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 12 Unpacking ...12 Equipment ...12 EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 14 Hardware Installation 17 Safety Instructions...17 Preparing the Motherboard 18 Installing the CPU...18 Installing the CPU Fan...19 Installing...
EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Table of Contents User's Guide ...1 EVGA X58 FTW ³...1 Motherboard ...1 Before You Begin...8 Parts NOT in the Kit...9 Intentions of the Kit ...9 Motherboard ...10 Motherboard Specifications 10 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 12 Unpacking ...12 Equipment ...12 EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 14 Hardware Installation 17 Safety Instructions...17 Preparing the Motherboard 18 Installing the CPU...18 Installing the CPU Fan...19 Installing...
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EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 8-pin ATX 12V Power (PW12 24 Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 24 Connecting SATA Cables 25 Connecting Internal Headers 26 Front Panel Header ...26 IEEE1394a (...
EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 8-pin ATX 12V Power (PW12 24 Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 24 Connecting SATA Cables 25 Connecting Internal Headers 26 Front Panel Header ...26 IEEE1394a (...
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EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features ...43 Hard Disk Boot Priority 44 CD-ROM Device Priority 44 First/Second/Third Boot Device 44 Boot Other Device ...45 Boot ...
EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features ...43 Hard Disk Boot Priority 44 CD-ROM Device Priority 44 First/Second/Third Boot Device 44 Boot Other Device ...45 Boot ...
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EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 55 INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment 55 Maximum Payload Size 55 PC Health Status Menu ...56 SmartFan Function...57 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature...59 Voltage Control...61 CPU Feature...63 Installing Drivers and Software 65 Windows XP/Vista/Win 7 Driver Installation 65 Appendix A. POST Codes 67 EVGA Glossary of Terms 74 Compliance Information 77 6
EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 55 INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment 55 Maximum Payload Size 55 PC Health Status Menu ...56 SmartFan Function...57 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature...59 Voltage Control...61 CPU Feature...63 Installing Drivers and Software 65 Windows XP/Vista/Win 7 Driver Installation 65 Appendix A. POST Codes 67 EVGA Glossary of Terms 74 Compliance Information 77 6
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Figure 2. Figure 5. Figure 10. Figure 6. Figure 12. Figure 8. Figure 9. Figure 11. Figure 13. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Layout 14 Chassis Back Panel Connectors 16 PW1 Motherboard Connector 23 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 37 Standard CMOS Features Menu 39 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 43 Integrated Peripherals Menu 46 Power Management... 53 PC Health Status Menu 56 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature Menu 59 Voltage Control 61 CPU Feature Menu 63 7 Figure 14. EVGA FTW3 Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 7.
Figure 2. Figure 5. Figure 10. Figure 6. Figure 12. Figure 8. Figure 9. Figure 11. Figure 13. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Layout 14 Chassis Back Panel Connectors 16 PW1 Motherboard Connector 23 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu 37 Standard CMOS Features Menu 39 Advanced BIOS Features Menu 43 Integrated Peripherals Menu 46 Power Management... 53 PC Health Status Menu 56 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 58 Memory Feature Menu 59 Voltage Control 61 CPU Feature Menu 63 7 Figure 14. EVGA FTW3 Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 7.
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As always with this board you also get the added bonus of the EVGA lineup and push it into the future by adding support for purchasing the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. This board is designed to facilitate your tweaking needs. Thank you ever have included EVBot support to take the already excellent performance of EVGA's industry leading 24/7 technical support in case you for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0. Also we have any issues or questions. 8 EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Before You Begin...
As always with this board you also get the added bonus of the EVGA lineup and push it into the future by adding support for purchasing the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. This board is designed to facilitate your tweaking needs. Thank you ever have included EVBot support to take the already excellent performance of EVGA's industry leading 24/7 technical support in case you for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0. Also we have any issues or questions. 8 EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Before You Begin...
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... cables provided in a system case, you have an operating system. 9 Intel Microprocessor System Memory Cooling fan for the Microprocessor Graphics Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you will need many of the cables. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately to install and connect your new EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard.
... cables provided in a system case, you have an operating system. 9 Intel Microprocessor System Memory Cooling fan for the Microprocessor Graphics Card Power Supply EVGA assumes you will need many of the cables. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately to install and connect your new EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard.
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...: Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Win 7 32 and 64 bit Contains Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset System Memory support Supports triple channel DDR3-1600+. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard EVGA X58 FTW ³ Motherboard Thank you get innovative NVIDIA® SLI® technology for purchasing the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. Officially supports up to 4.8Gbps 10 Supports transfer speeds up to a 480...
...: Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Win 7 32 and 64 bit Contains Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset System Memory support Supports triple channel DDR3-1600+. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard EVGA X58 FTW ³ Motherboard Thank you get innovative NVIDIA® SLI® technology for purchasing the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. Officially supports up to 4.8Gbps 10 Supports transfer speeds up to a 480...
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... Slots Two PCI slots One PCI-E x1 slot Three PCI-E x8/x16 slots 11 depends on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to disk - EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Six(6) onboard SATA II Ports + 2 onboard SATA3 ports 300MBps data transfer rate Six SATA II connectors from south bridge with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID...
... Slots Two PCI slots One PCI-E x1 slot Three PCI-E x8/x16 slots 11 depends on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to disk - EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Six(6) onboard SATA II Ports + 2 onboard SATA3 ports 300MBps data transfer rate Six SATA II connectors from south bridge with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID...
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... installation of these cables. Equipment The following accessories are RoHS-compliant (lead-free) parts. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard comes with the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard This PCI-E motherboard contains the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset and is SLI-ready for adding a motherboard to quickly and visually guide you may not need many of the...
... installation of these cables. Equipment The following accessories are RoHS-compliant (lead-free) parts. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard comes with the EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard. The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard This PCI-E motherboard contains the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset and is SLI-ready for adding a motherboard to quickly and visually guide you may not need many of the...
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... aids in proper airflow within the chassis. 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to setup the motherboard. 13 EVGA FTW3 Motherboard 1 - SATA Data Cables Used to support the SATA protocol and each one (1) additional IEEE1394a port to the back panel of the chassis.... 6 - IDE Data Cable Passes data between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device. 1 - 2-Way SLI Bridge Bridges two (2) graphic ...
... aids in proper airflow within the chassis. 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to setup the motherboard. 13 EVGA FTW3 Motherboard 1 - SATA Data Cables Used to support the SATA protocol and each one (1) additional IEEE1394a port to the back panel of the chassis.... 6 - IDE Data Cable Passes data between the IDE connection on the motherboard and IDE device. 1 - 2-Way SLI Bridge Bridges two (2) graphic ...
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EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a PCI-E, SLI-ready motherboard. Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors. 14
EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard The EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a PCI-E, SLI-ready motherboard. Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors. 14
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... No data transmission Data transmission Speed/Link LED Status Yellow Green Off Description 1000 Mbps data rate 100 Mbps data rate 10 Mbps data rate 8. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 1 7 7 6 4 2 3 5 2 2 2 8 1. EVBot Connector 5. Chassis Back Panel Connectors 16
... No data transmission Data transmission Speed/Link LED Status Yellow Green Off Description 1000 Mbps data rate 100 Mbps data rate 10 Mbps data rate 8. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard 1 7 7 6 4 2 3 5 2 2 2 8 1. EVBot Connector 5. Chassis Back Panel Connectors 16
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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 the motherboard. Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before removing or installing any equipment from/to the computer chassis. 17 EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of fire, electric shock, and injury, always follow basic safety precautions.
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 the motherboard. Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before removing or installing any equipment from/to the computer chassis. 17 EVGA FTW3 Motherboard Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of fire, electric shock, and injury, always follow basic safety precautions.
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.... 18 Remove the protective socket cover from the socket. Lift the load plate. Use the following procedure to lift the load plate up. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Hold the processor only by pushing down with light pressure to install the CPU... onto the motherboard: Unhook the socket lever by the edges and do not touch the bottom of the load plate and press down and away from the ...
.... 18 Remove the protective socket cover from the socket. Lift the load plate. Use the following procedure to lift the load plate up. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Hold the processor only by pushing down with light pressure to install the CPU... onto the motherboard: Unhook the socket lever by the edges and do not touch the bottom of the load plate and press down and away from the ...
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.... Close the load plate over the CPU and press down into the socket with you close and engage the socket lever. Align notches with this motherboard. The CPU installation is fully seated and level in the processor with the notches on the CPU Installing the CPU Fan There are many different...
.... Close the load plate over the CPU and press down into the socket with you close and engage the socket lever. Align notches with this motherboard. The CPU installation is fully seated and level in the processor with the notches on the CPU Installing the CPU Fan There are many different...
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... Slot 3 DIMM Slot 6 DIMM Slot 5 Use the following procedure to the DIMM slot, and insert the module vertically into : DIMM slots 1, 3 and 5. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Installing System Memory (DIMMs) Your new motherboard has six 240-pin slots for installing memory. (See Figure 1 on the DIMM to ensure the component is only one memory bank...
... Slot 3 DIMM Slot 6 DIMM Slot 5 Use the following procedure to the DIMM slot, and insert the module vertically into : DIMM slots 1, 3 and 5. EVGA X58 FTW3 Motherboard Installing System Memory (DIMMs) Your new motherboard has six 240-pin slots for installing memory. (See Figure 1 on the DIMM to ensure the component is only one memory bank...
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... the proper size from the chassis supplier. 21 Before installing the motherboard, install the I /O shield does not fit into the chassis.... Also make all the connections. Installing the I/O Shield The motherboard kit comes with an I/O shield that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance.../O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis. Determine if it fits securely. Use the following procedure to secure the motherboard first. This will depend on... into place and for the system case covers to secure the motherboard and then make sure it would need to block radio frequency ...
... the proper size from the chassis supplier. 21 Before installing the motherboard, install the I /O shield does not fit into the chassis.... Also make all the connections. Installing the I/O Shield The motherboard kit comes with an I/O shield that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance.../O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis. Determine if it fits securely. Use the following procedure to secure the motherboard first. This will depend on... into place and for the system case covers to secure the motherboard and then make sure it would need to block radio frequency ...