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User’s Guide EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Thank you for purchasing the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. This motherboard offers enthusiast performance and when combined wi

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Nine(9) onboard Serial ATA II + one(1) eSATA II 300MBps data transfer rate Six Serial ATA II connectors from south bridge wi

Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard comes with all the necessary cables for adding a motherboard to a system ca

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to a SATA power connector. 1 - IEEE1394a (Firewire)

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a PCI Express, SLI-ready motherboard. Figure 1 shows

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 1. CPU Socket 1366 11. IEEE1394a Connector 21. Front Panel Audio Connector 2. Intel X58 Chipset 12. USB Headers

1. PS/2 Keyboard Port 2. USB 2.0 Ports (Eight) 3. Clear CMOS Button 4. Coaxial SPDIF Output 5. Optical SPDIF Output 6. IEE1394a (Firewire)

Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are: Preparing th

Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Hold the processor only by the edges and do not touch the bottom

Align the notches in the processor with the notches on the socket. Lower the processor straight down into the socket with out tilting or sliding it

Installing System Memory (DIMMs) Your new motherboard has six 240-pin slots for DDR3 memory. These slots support 256 MB, 512 MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB DDR3

Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into a system case depends on the chassis you are using and if you are rep

Securing the Motherboard into a System Case Most system cases have a base with mounting studs or spacers to allow the motherboard to be secured to t

USB 2.0 Expansion slots CMOS Clear Button 24-pin ATX Power (PW1) PW1 is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board ne

8-pin ATX 12V Power (PW12) PW12, the 8-pin ATX 12V power connection, is used to provide power to the CPU. Align the pins to the connector and press

Connecting Serial ATA Cables The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors suppor

Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cable

IEEE1394a (Firewire) The IEEE 1394a expansion cable bracket is provided in the box but if you do not require the additional external connections

USB Headers This motherboard contains eight (8) USB 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis (Figure 2). The motherboard also con

Audio The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front

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Fan Connections There are six fan connections on the motherboard. The fan speed can be detected and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the CM

COM1 The motherboard kit provides an additional serial COM header for the system. Connect one side of the cable to the headers on the motherboa

PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card, USB card, SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specificatio

Onboard Buttons These onboard buttons include RESET, POWER and Clear CMOS. These functions allow you to easily reset the system, turn on/off the

Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators Post Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST codes to show why the system may be failing to boot. It is

Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Descriptions of the BIOS parameters are

Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain o

Configuring the BIOS Figure 4. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration

Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to optimize system performance and configure clocks, voltages, memory timings, and more. The following items

Configuring the BIOS Standard CMOS Features Menu The Standard CMOS Features menu is used to configure the standard CMOS information, such as the

Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives ... 24 Connecting Serial ATA Cables...

Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through dates an

Configuring the BIOS Press Enter to auto-detect IDE and SATA channels in the system. Once the channel is detected, the values for Capacity, Cylin

Halt On All Errors ... [ ] No Errors ... [ ] All , But Keyboard ... [ ] :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort Base Memory 640K

Configuring the BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. Use the Page Up and Page D

Hard Disk Boot Priority Use this option to select the priority for HDD startup. Press Enter to see the list of bootable devices in your system. Use

Configuring the BIOS Boot Other Device With the option set to Enable, the system boots from some other device if the first/second/third boot devi

Integrated Peripherals Menu Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals men

Configuring the BIOS Onboard Serial Port 1 This function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows you to select the onboard serial port 1 functi

Onboard Device Press Enter to display the Onboard Device menu. Realtek GigaLan (LAN1) Use this function to set the onboard Realtek GigaLan funct

Configuring the BIOS USB Device Settings Press Enter to display the USB Device Settings menu. USB 1.0 Controller Use this function to enable t

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority ... 44 CD-ROM Dev

Power Management Setup Menu Select Power Management Setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Power Management Setup men

Configuring the BIOS ACPI Suspend Type This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to select an ACPI Suspend Type. Types to selec

To enter a day or time, use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through numbers or enter the number using the keyboard number or the + and – k

PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Select PnP/PCI Configuration from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PnP/PCI Configuration menu.

Reset Configuration This function on the PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the resetting of Extended System Configuration D

Configuring the BIOS Use Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT Bus specification. Use PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with t

PC Health Status Menu Select PC Health Status from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PC Health Status menu. Figure 10.

Configuring the BIOS SmartFan Function Press Enter to display the SmartFan Function menu. Use this menu to control the speed of the various f

Frequency/Voltage Control Menu Select Frequency/Voltage Control from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Frequency/Voltage

Configuring the BIOS Memory Feature Select Memory Feature from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the Memory Feature m

INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment ... 55 Maximum Payload Size...

Rank Interleave Setting This function is allows you to select the Rank Interleave Setting. The options are 1 way, 2 way and 4 way. tCL Setting This

Configuring the BIOS Voltage Control Select Voltage Control from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the Voltage Contro

CPU PLL VCore Use the Page Up and Page Down to scroll through the voltages or select [Auto] to automatically set the voltage level for the CPU PLL

Configuring the BIOS Figure 14. CPU Feature Menu Intel SpeedStep Use this function to enable the Intel SpeedStep technology (EIST). The optio

Virtualization Technology When this function is enabled, it allows a VMM to utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel Virtuali

Configuring the BIOS Installing Drivers and Software Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in

Appendix A. POST Codes for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard This section provides the Award POST Codes (Table 6) for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard during

Configuring the BIOS Award POST Codes Code Name Description Check 0F Reserved 10 Autodetect EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash write/era

Award POST Codes Code Name Description 29 CPU Speed detect Chipset programming and CPU Speed detect 2A Reserved 2B Init video Initialize Vide

Configuring the BIOS Award POST Codes Code Name Description 43 Test Stuck Interrupt Turn off interrupts then verify no 8259's interrupt ma

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1. EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Layout... 14 Figure 2

Award POST Codes Code Name Description 5B Awdflash Load If required, will auto load Awdflash.exe in POST 5C Reserved 5D Onboard I/O Init In

Configuring the BIOS Award POST Codes Code Name Description ports 78 Reserved 79 Reserved 7A Detect parallel ports Initialize parallel po

Award POST Codes Code Name Description 91 Reserved 92 Reserved 93 Boot Medium Read Detect and store boot partition head and cylinders values

Configuring the BIOS EVGA Glossary of Terms ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AFR – Alternate Frame Rendering APIC - Advanced Pro

IGP - Integrated Graphics Processors IRQ - Interrupt Request JBOD - Just a Bunch of Disks JEDEC - Joint Electron Device Engineering Council LAN - L

Configuring the BIOS SPP - System Platform Processors TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol USB - Universal Serial Bus VDr

Before You Begin… Parts NOT in the Kit This kit contains all the hardware necessary to install and connect your new EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. Howeve

EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard