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EVGA X58 User's Manual

1. EVGA 41 Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the 11 arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to the previous menu press Esc The options that have associated sub menus are designated by a gt which precedes the option Press Enter to display the sub menus Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Help gt CD ROM Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Removable i Second Boot Device CDROM Zon tavai Third Boot Device Hard Disk Boot Other Device Enabled Select Removable Boot Boot Up NumLock Status On Device Priority Security Option Setup Tl gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults Figure 6 Advanced BIOS Features Menu Note That all data in is for information only SHE o is changeable data in is non changeable and data in a NIN is highlighted for selection EVGA 42 Configuring the BIOS 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 the f 1 arrow keys to go to the various devices Then use the or keys to move the device priority u
2. EVGA 18 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 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 technologies There must be at least one memory bank populated to ensure normal operation Use the following the recommendations for installing memory See Figure 1 on page 14 for the location of the memory slots Q One DIMM If using 1 DIMM Single Channel install into DIMM slot 1 Q Two or Four DIMMs If using 2 DIMMs Dual Channel install into DIMM slots 1 and 3 If using 4 DIMMs Dual Channel install into DIMM slots 2 1 4 and 3 Q Three DIMMs If using 3 DIMMs Triple Channel install into DIMM slots 1 3 and 5 Q Six DIMMs If using more than 4 DIMMs use DIMM slots 2 1 4 and 3 then proceed to occupy the following D 132 BL E758 e LEE Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot This slot matches the slot on the memory DIMM to ensure the component is installed properly 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward 2 Align the memory module to the DIMM slot and insert the module vertically into the DIMM slot The plastic clips at both sides of the DIMM slot automatically lock the DIMM into the connector EVGA 19 Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into a system case depends
3. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SB Southbridge SCSI Small Computer System Interface SFR Split Frame Rendering SLI Scalable Link Interface SPD Serial Presence Detect EVGA 74 SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format SPP System Platform Processors TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol USB Universal Serial Bus VDroop V core Voltage Drop VGA Video Graphics Array Configuring the BIOS EVGA 75 INACYAN EVGA Corp 2900 Saturn Street Suite B e Brea CA 92821 e www evga com
4. Accept ESC Abort supporting LBA Logical Block Addressing gt Large For HDD greater than 528 MB but not supporting LBA gt Auto Recommended mode Key in a DEC number EVGA 40 Halt On Configuring the BIOS Halt On determines whether or not the computer stops if an error is detected during power on Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the Halt On sub menu Use the TJ arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose Press Enter to accept the changes and return to the Standard CMOS Features menu Press ENTER o display sub menu Q All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a nonfatal error the system stops and prompts you U No Errors System boot does not stop for any detected errors Q All But Keyboard System boot does not stop for keyboard errors but does stop for all other errors Memory All Errors Uu No Errors All But Keyboard Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort These settings are display only values that are determined by the BIOS POST Power On Self Test U Base Memory BIOS POST determines the Base Memory 640K Extended Memory Total Memorv 1048576K 1047552K amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system O Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST Q Total Memory This value represents the total memory of the system
5. BE Setup enable Initialize Mouse PS2 Mouse special Reserved ACPI init Setup Initialize Floppy Reserved FDD install Initialize Hard Drive Detect serial Awdflash Load If required will auto load Awdflash exe in POST Display setup message and enable setup functions Reserved Reserved Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install interrupt vectors Reserved Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port ACPI sub system initializing Reserved Init Cache Initialize cache controller Reserved Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up Reserved Initialize floppy disk drive Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize hard drive controller Detect HDD IDE device detection Initialize serial ports Award POST Codes _Name Detect parallel ports HDD Write Protect POST error check USB Final Init Setup ACPI tables Option ROM Detect Enable Parity Check Reserved IRQ12 Enable Code ES 81 82 83 85 87 88 8A 8B 8C 8E 8F Configuring the BIOS Description Initialize parallel ports Reserved HDD check for write protection Reserved Reserved Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Final USB initialization Reserved Reserved Reserved Setup ACPI tables Reserved Scan for Option ROMs Reserved Enable Parity Check
6. Controller Interface to enables advanced SATA features for improved performance with NCQ and Hot plug features Q LEGACY Mode Support This function allows the SATA controller to operate in LEGACY mode Selected Disabled if you install operating system that support Native mode O JMB362 SATA Controller This function allows you to enable JMB362 SATA Controller for SATA port 6 7 control The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled U JMB363 SATA PATA Controller This function allows you to enable JMB363 SATA Controller for IDE amp SATA port control The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled EVGA 46 Configuring the BIOS Q JM363 Mode This function allows you set the onboard Serial JM363 mode The options are IDE RAID and AHCI Onboard Device Press Enter to display the Onboard Device menu PE4 Slot PCIE x1 Realtek GigaLan LAN1 Realtek GigaLan LAN2 Realtek Lan PXE Boot ROM TI 1394 Setting P80 Show CPU Temp O PEA Slot PCIE x1 Use this function to set the PCI e x1 Slot function The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled U Realtek GigaLan LAN1 Use this function to set the onboard Realtek GigaLan function for LANI The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled O Realtek GigaLan LAN2 Use this function to set the onboard Realtek GigaLan function for LAN2 The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled Q Realtek Lan PXE Boot ROM This function allows you to enable or disable the onboard Realtek Lan PXE Boot
7. Mode This function is allows you to enable the QPI Link Fast Mode The options are Enabled and Disabled U QPI Frequency Selection This function is allows you to select the QPI Frequency The options are Auto 4 800 GT s 5 866 GT s and 6 400 GT s CPU Clock Ratio This value changes the CPU Frequency value depending on the value you choose Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options EVGA 61 CPU Host Frequency Mhz This item allows you to select the CPU Host Frequency This value changes the CPU Frequency value depending on the value you choose Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options Spread Spectrum This item reduces the EMI generated The options are Disabled and Enabled EVGA VDroop control EVGA VDroop control is a safety measure by motherboards to protect the CPU Select to With VDroop to calibrate CPU VDroop or select to Without VDroop to disable this function CPU VCore Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the voltages or select Auto to automatically set the voltage level for the CPU Core CPU VTT Voltage Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the voltages or select Auto to automatically set the voltage level for the CPU VTT Voltage CPU PLL Vcore Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the voltages or select Auto to automatically set the voltage level for the CPU PLL Voltage DIMM Voltage This functi
8. ROM for booting from LAN O TI 1394 Setting This function allows you to enable or disable the IEEE1394 Firewire interface U P80 Show CPU Temp When this function is enabled the onboard Post Port LED will display the CPU temperature EVGA 47 USB Device Settings Press Enter to display the USB Device Settings menu 1 0 Controller 2 0 Controller Operation Mode Keyboard Function Mouse Function Storage Function USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting U USB 1 0 Controller Use this function to enable the USB 1 0 controller U USB 2 0 Controller Use this function to enable the USB 2 0 EHCI controller O USB Operation Mode Select the USB Operation Mode for USB device Options are Full Low Speed and High Speed Q USB Keyboard Function Use this function to enable or disable support for USB keyboard under DOS U USB Mouse Function Use this function to enable or disable support for USB mouse under DOS U USB Storage Function Use this function to enable or disable legacy support of USB Mass Storage EVGA 48 Configuring the BIOS Power Management Setup Menu Select from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Power Management Setup menu ACPI function Enabled Item Help APCI Suspend Type S3 STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Main Level Wake Up by PCI Card Enabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled x Day of Mon
9. Serial ATA protocol and each one connects a single drive to the motherboard 1 IDE Data Cable Passes data 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 vaw j 1 3 Way SLI Bridge Bridges three 3 graphic cards together which allows for 3 Way SLI Ko 1 Installation CD Contains drivers and software needed to setup the motherboard EVGA 12 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 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 the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors EVGA 13 dl ss en ore sll Ba S en p o CPU Socket 1366 Intel X58 Chipset DDR3 DIMM Slots 1 6 Fan Connectors 24 Pin ATX Power Connector DE Connector ntel ICH10R Chipset Serial ATA SATA Connectors Monitor Front Panel Connector Figure 1 EVGA 14 Debug LED Display CPU Temperature 19 20 13 14 16 17 a agayagaayaga MIDA ow EEE1394a Connector USB Headers Clear CMOS Button Power Button Reset Button Serial Connector PC Speaker PCI slots PCI Express 2 0 Slots PCI Express x1 Slot EVGA X58 SLI 5 21 22 23 24 25 Front Panel Audio Connector Back Panel Connectors Figure 2 CPU Fan Connector 8 pin ATX 12V Power C
10. X58 SLI Motherboard 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 specifications When installing a card into the PCI slot be sure that it is fully seated Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover PCI Express x1 Slots There is one PCI Express x1 slot that is designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such as a modem or LAN card The x1 slots provide 250 MB sec bandwidth PCI Express x16 x8 Slots These PCI Express slots are reserved for Graphic Cards The design of this motherboard supports multiple Graphic Card technology When installing a PCI Express Graphic Card be sure the retention clip snaps and locks the card into place If the card is not seated properly it could cause a short across the pins Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover EVGA 31 Onboard Buttons These onboard buttons include RESET POWER and Clear CMOS These functions allow you to easily reset the system turn on off the system or clear the CMOS Clear CMOS Button The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parameters The CMOS can be cleared by pressing the Clear CMOS button either onboard ot on the external I O Panel External Clear CMOS Button RESET and POWER Button These onboard buttons allow
11. are also provided This section includes the following information Enter BIOS Setup Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status D E Boo CO E E E Frequency Voltage Control EVGA 34 Configuring the BIOS Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance Use the following procedure to verify change BIOS settings 3 Power on the computer 4 Press the Del key when the following message briefly displays at the bottom of the screen during the Power On Self Test POST Press Fl to continue DEL to enter Setup Pressing Del takes you to the Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Note Itis strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings Changing some settings could damage your computer Main Menu The main menu allows you to select from the list of setup functions and two exit choices Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the associated submenu Use the 11 arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to the previous menu press Esc Note that on the BIOS screens all data in is for information only data in is changeable data in is non changeable and data ina GEMA is hi
12. field for input set Resources Controlled By to Manual With this field enabled press Enter to see options assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned EVGA 53 Use Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT Bus specification Use PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA Bus architecture PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that may be caused by some nonstandard VGA cards INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment Maximum Payload Size This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the maximum TLP payload size in bytes for the PCI Express devices Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through sizes or enter the number using the keyboard numbers or use the and keys to go up and down the list of sizes EVGA 54 PC Health Status Menu Select esee abt from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PC Health Status menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status b SmartFan Function Press Enter NGG 03V 3 28V CPU Vcore CEN DIMM Voltage 48V Main Level CPU VTT Voltage 23V IOH Vcore 08V VCC 96V 12V 10V 3VSB 23V VBT 3 BN CPU temperature 312C NB temperature 552C VREG temperature 505 System temperature 33C CPU Fan Speed 3054 R
13. to make the motherboard functional Q Intel Microprocessor Q System Memory Q Cooling fan for the Microprocessor O Graphics Card U Power Supply EVGA assumes you have purchased all the necessary parts needed to allow for proper system functionality Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherboard and all connecting cables necessary to install the motherboard into a system case If you are building a PC you will use most of the cables provided in the kit If however you are replacing a motherboard you will not need many of the cables When replacing a motherboard in a system case you will need to reinstall an operating system even though the current Hard Disk Drive may already have an operating system EVGA 8 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 with two or three SLI Ready NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards you get innovative NVIDIA SL le technology for enhanced system performance Motherboard Specifications U Size ATX form factor of 12 inch x 9 6 inch Q Microprocessor support Intel Core 17 processor O Operating systems Supports Windows XP 32bit 64bit and Windows Vista 32bit 64bit Q Contains INTEL X58 and ICH10R chipset U System Memory support Supports triple channel JEDEC DDR3 1333 Officially supports up to 12GBs of DDR3 memory Q USB 2 0 P
14. weekday Sun through Sat cannot be changed This field changes to correspond to the date you enter Note that the hour value is shown in a 24 hour clock format Time is represented as Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss SATA Channel Use these functions to detect and configure the SATA channels Select a channel and press Enter to display the SATA sub menu Press ENTER to display SATA Channel sub menu IDE Auto Detect Extended IDE Drive Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector EVGA 39 Press Enter to auto detect IDE and SATA channels in the system Once the channel is detected the values for Capacity Cylinder Heads Precomp Landing Zone and Sector ate automatically filled in Q None There is no HDD installed or set O Auto The system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up Q Manual When you set the channel to MUEREN and change to EM you can then enter the number of cylinders heads Precomp landing zone and sector You can manually enter the values or you can press Enter to display a window that tells you the min and max values IDE HDD Auto Detect IDE Channel 0 Slave Access Mode AS Press ENTER to display sub menu or enter number manually Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Cylinder Sector Min 0 The BIOS supports the following HDD Max 65555 Access Modes gt CHS For HDD less than 528 MB gt LBA For HDD greater than 528 MB and Tl Move ENTER
15. Connecting Serial ATA Cables sese enne nnne 24 Connecting Internal Header 25 Front Panel Header cms nth e i ras ds 25 IEEE1394a Firewire ACT 26 Ee IC da 27 AUG inate dc tetas sce bane a a an 28 lee 29 COMI M pe 30 Expansion Slots AA ena nenne an ntn kar Gas 30 GI cm T eee 31 PCI Express x1 Slots ccoooococccoooccccconoccnonononnncnconannnnnonnn ocn ncannnn cn nana n nn n nnn nnns 31 PCI Express x16 x8 Slots cooooococoonoccconooooncnonononnnonnnnancnnconn nro romano nn n rana nara ncnnnnrs 31 Onboard Butong aaa aa a at 32 Clear CMOS Button AA 32 RESET and POWER Button ooccccoccccconcconnononanenononnn nana knna 32 Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators A 33 Post Port Debug LED na re eto tipa anaes 33 LED Status Indicators cerrara ace 33 Configuring the BIOS rente rr iate trate aa 34 Enter BIOS Setup ita 35 A IU EE nagana aaa hana Ba pana a aa NON baa aaa aa daa a aa aa GAO 35 Standard CMOS Features MENU u u mma aunanananaannaawanaaasanaasanaasasanasanaaananaananananansnsnnann 38 Date and TIMO P 39 SATA Chanel 39 ef En TL 41 Memo aaa E AA AA NANG 41 Advanced BIOS Features comica kaanib kn 42 EVGA 4 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority 2234122112403 eee 43 CD ROM Device Priority Akten 43 First Second Third Bo
16. DAVACIAN Intelligent Innovation Gamin we EVGA X58 SLI 3D Motherboard Video Entertainment Photos Graphics User s Manual User s Guide EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard EVGA 1 EVGA 2 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Table of Contents B helle eec 1 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard eeeeesessieeeeeeeeeeeenne enne nnne nn KNA ANAKAN NAAN 1 Before You BOM 8 Parts NOT in the Kit EEN 8 Intentions of the Kiki iei a Rer EIL ei Le derer cec Eth 8 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard eeesseesseseeeseseeeee seen nennen nnne nnne sainia iaasa 9 Motherboard Specifications eene nennen nnns 9 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions cccconcnoncccconcnnnnnnnonccnncncnnnnnnnnancnnnncrnnnnnnnancnnes 11 UNPackinG sts anda Dd ett dte ae Dp em e e pr eC te 11 Equipment riae nd rhe rc eR ER a EET ee id deed 11 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard sss enne enne nnne nnns 13 Hardware Install tion nete casey AA 16 Safety Eelere TEE 16 Preparing the Motberboard AAA 17 Installing the CPU imc tai 17 Installing the CPU Fan 18 Installing System Memory DIMMS A 19 Installing the Motberboard AAA 20 Installing Alert Shield orte tr eet eret ire rdg ceteras 20 Securing the Motherboard into a System Case 0m annwananawannwwananuwanuann 21 Connecting Cables AG AA 21 24 pin ATX Power PWI namana ini edo errare ida 22 8 pin ATX 12V Power DW 23 EVGA 3 Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drive 23
17. Enable IRQ12 if mouse present o Reserved EVGA 71 Award POST Codes Reserved 2 3 Reserved Boot Medium Read Final Init 5 NumLock Boot Attempt Base CPU test Memory Presence Early Memory Extend Memory Special Display Early Shadow Cache presence CMOS Check Spurious Unclaimed NMI Code ECE EA SS B 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 F 1 F Program MCP a Setup Pages Boot EVGA 72 Detect and store boot partition head and cylinders values in RAM Final init for last micro details before boot Set NumLock status according to Setup Set low stack Boot via INT 19h Read Write CPU registers Base memory detect Board Initialization Turn on extended memory cache initialization First display initialization Early shadow enable for fast boot External cache size detection CMOS checkup If interrupt occurs in protected mode If unmasked NMI occurs display Press F1 to disable NMI F2 reboot To program chipset from defaults values El Page 1 E2 Page 2 etc EVGA Glossary of Terms ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AFR Alternate Frame Rendering APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller BIOS Basic Input Output System CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CPU Central Processing Unit D ICE Dry Ice Cooling DDR2 Double Data Rate 2 DDR3 Double Data Rate 3 DIMM Dual In line Memor
18. PM Power Fan Speed 0 RPM Chassis Fan Speed 0 RPM AUX Fan Speed 0 RPM Item Help Tlc Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults Figure 10 PC Health Status Menu All of the values shown in are dynamic and change as the speed and voltages of the various components change with system usage EVGA 55 SmartFan Function Press Enter to display the SmartFan Function menu CPU Speed Control SmartFan x Manual Fan Speed 100 If temp gt 100 C Set Fan Speed 100 If temp lt 30 C Set Fan Speed 50 Power Speed Control x Manual Fan Speed 100 If temp gt 100 C Set Fan Speed 100 If temp lt 30 C Set Fan Speed 50 Chassis Speed Control x Manual Fan Speed 100 If temp gt 100 C Set Fan Speed 100 If temp lt 30 C Set Fan Speed 50 Use this menu to control the speed of the various fans on the motherboard Set CPU fan speed to SmartFan when you want the speed of the fans automatically controlled based on temperature To set the fan speed to a constant rate select Manual and then enter the speed from 0 to 100 Set the desired speed for the Power and Chassis fans from 0 to 100 The system defaults to 100 EVGA 56 Configuring the BIOS Frequency Voltage Control Menu Select from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Frequency Voltage Control menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Se
19. Pin Assignment dl 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 xx PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size Tl gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 9 PnP PCI Configuration Menu Init Display First This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to define if the initial display is in the PCI slot or in the PCI Express slot Options are PCI Slot and PCIEx EVGA 52 Configuring the BIOS Reset Configuration This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or disable the resetting of Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup Set this to Enabled if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused a serious conflict that prevents the OS from booting The default setting is Disabled Resources Controlled By This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug and play compatible devices or if you can manually select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields Select Auto ESCD if you want the BIOS to automatically populate these fields If you select Manual so you can assign the resources IRQ Resources is enabled for input Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD x IRQ Resources Press Enter Resources Controlled By Manual IRO Resources IRQ Resources To enable this
20. Pin Assignments Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 13 43 3V gt B 2 3 3V 14 12V 7 3 GND 15 GND etree eee ku 16 PS ON t DUUM 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND R 1 7 GND 19 GND 8 PWROK 20 RSVD 9 5V_AUX 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12v SEH 5V 12 43 3V 24 GND EVGA 22 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 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 firmly until seated Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133 100 IDE hard disk drives 1 Connect the blue connector the cable end with a single connector to the motherboard 2 Connect the black connector the cable with the two closely spaced black and gray connectors to the Ultra ATA master device 3 Connect the gray connector to a slave device If you install two hard disk drives you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings Note If an ATA 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 Motherboard Edge IDE Connector EVGA 23 Connecting Serial ATA Cables The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA I device to the motherboard These connectors support th
21. ama a 62 EVGA VDroop Control aaa nn NANANA AN NABANG AA 62 GPUNGO ihe iaa anan ahahhaha id 62 GCPUVTT Voltage anim a t epa oe ADAN anal 62 CPU PLL VCoOle ii NA NGANGA DNA ANA NAN Bu DAN 62 DIMM Voltage EE 62 p feel 63 QPIIPELE VCore ume ttp eege e ch selene eis 63 NOI EE 63 OH IGH Q Voltage ciaci n 63 ie a A PES 63 GPU Thermal Tripan AKA 63 PWM Frequency e mapa diia 64 Installing Drivers and Software 1 annnanaa naan an amnn ka aKKK ANAN KK KAKK ANAK KK cercana nennen 65 Windows XP Vista Driver Instalation 65 Appendix A POST Codes for the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 66 EVGA Glossary Of Terms ENEE 74 EVGA 6 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Layout Chassis Backpanel Connectors PW1 Motherboard Connector BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Standard CMOS Features Menu Advanced BIOS Features Menu Integrated Peripherals Menu Power Management Setup Menu PnP PCI Configuration Menu PC Health Status Menu Frequency oltage Control Menu Memory Feature Menu CPU Feature Menu EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard List of Figures EVGA 7 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 However it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately
22. and exit setup Q Exit Without Saving Use this command to abandon all setting changes and exit setup EVGA 37 Standard CMOS Features Menu The Standard CMOS Features menu is used to configure the standard CMOS information such as the date time HDD model and so on Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the 11 arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to the previous menu press Esc The information shown in corresponds to the option highlighted Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu Oct 23 2008 Item Help Time hh mm ss 12 48 23 SATA None Main Level SATA None SATA None SATA None SATA None SATA None Change the day month year and century Halt All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1047552K Total Memory 1048576K Tax Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults Figure 5 Standard CMOS Features Menu Note that all data in is for information only data in is changeable data in is non changeable and data in a is highlighted for selection EVGA 38 Configuring the BIOS 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 and times Note that the
23. are Note Itis important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit you need to load your operating system The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes with a CD that contains utilities drivers and additional software The CD that has been shipped with the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard contains the following software and drivers L Chipset Drivers Audio drivers RAID drivers LAN Drivers Matrix Storage JMicron SATA Drivers EVGA E LEET NVIDIA SLI Drivers Adobe Acrobat Reader User s Manual OUODODODO O Windows XP Vista Driver Installation 5 Insert the Intel X58 Express installation CD for the motherboard included in the kit 6 The CD will autorun install the drivers and utilities listed on the install screen If the CD does not run go to My Computer and click on the CD to open EVGA 65 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 system boot up The POST Codes are displayed on the Debug LED readout located directly onboard the motherboard This Debug LED will also display current CPU Debug LED with CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted Temperature Monitor into the Operating System Table 6 Award POST Code Award POST Codes Description Jumps to E000 Execution of POST routines in E000
24. ctors to the corresponding pins U PWRSW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing Table 2 Front Panel Header Pins the power button on the front panel turns the system on and off rather Pin Signal than using the onboard button mum a 2 HD LED 3 PWR LED Attach the hard disk drive indicator PWRLED 1 STBY LED LED cable to these two pins The 5 G d HDD indicator LED indicates the RESET Ges H RST BTN activity status of the hard disks 6 PWR BTN PWRSW QO RESET 8 Ground Attach the Reset switch cable from No Connect 9 45V the front panel of the case to these Empty 10 Empty two pins The system restarts when the RESET switch is pressed EVGA 25 IEEE1394a Firewire The IEEE 1394a expansion cable bracket is provided in the box but if you do not require the additional external connections you do not need to install it 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of the system case not all system cases are equipped with the front panel option 2 Connect the end of the cable s to the IEEE1394a headers on the motherboard Table 3 IEEE 1394a Connector Pins Connector Pin Signal TPA TPA GND GND TPB TPB 12V 12V Empty GND IEEE 1394a Connector H KO 00 19 OD LI B W N o EVGA 26 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard USB Headers This motherboard conta
25. cy The options are Auto 800Mhz 1067Mhz and 1333Mhz Channel Interleave Setting This function is allows you to select the Channel Interleave Setting The options are 1 way 2 way 3 way 4 way 5 way and 6 way Rank Interleave Setting This function is allows you to select the Rank Interleave Setting The options ate 1 way 2 way and 4 way EVGA 58 Configuring the BIOS O tCL Setting This function is set the CAS latency The options are 0 through 18 U tRCD Setting This function is set the RAS to CAS Delay for Read Write commands to the same bank The options are 0 through 15 O tRP Setting This function is set the Row Precharge time This is the Precharge to Active or Auto to Refresh of the same bank The options are 0 through 15 O tRAS Setting This function is set the minimum RAS active time The options are 0 through 31 Q Command Rate This function is set the command timing setting on a per clock unit basis The options are Auto 1T and 2T CPU Feature Select from the Frequency Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the CPU Feature menu EVGA 59 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Intel SpeedStep Enabled Item Help Turbo Mode Function Enabled CxE Function Auto Enabled Main Level bb Execute Disable Bit Virtualization Technology Enabled xxx Logical Processor Setting Intel HT Technology Enabled Active Processor Cores A11 OPT Controller Settin
26. d to disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Q Expansion Slots gt Two PCI slots gt One PCI Express x1 slot gt Three PCI Express x8 x16 slots EVGA 10 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard comes with all the necessary cables for adding a motherboard to a system case If replacing a motherboard you may not need many of these cables All parts shipped in this kit are RoHS compliant lead free parts Equipment The following accessories are included with the EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard This PCI Express motherboard contains the Intel X58 and ICH1OR chipset and is SLI ready for both 2 Way and 3 Way SLI configurations 1 Visual Guide Helps to quickly and visually guide you through the hardware installation of the motherboard 1 1 O Shield Installs in the system case to block radio frequency transmissions protect internal components from dust foreign objects and aids in proper airflow within the chassis EVGA 11 3 2 Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to a SATA power connector 1 IEEE1394a Firewire Bracket Provides one 1 additional IEEE1394a port to the back panel of the chassis 1 4 Port USB 2 0 Bracket Provides four additional USB ports to either the front or back panels of the chassis 6 SATA Data Cables Used to support the
27. e thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB s data transfer rate There are nine 9 internal serial ATA connectors and one 1 e SATA on this motherboard Connection points SATAO SATAS are controlled by the South Bridge Chipset Connection points SATA8 SATAY are controlled by the JMicron JMB363 chip These connection points support RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 0 1 and JBOD configurations SATA6 and SATA7 are controlled by the JMicron JMB362 chip puma f TX TX RX TX ilii Ir Connect the locking cable end to the motherboard connector SATA 2 bottom SATA 0 bottom SATA 8 bottom Connect the end without the lock SATA 3 top SATA 1 top SATA 9 top to the SATA device SATA 6 e SATA EVGA 24 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables see Table 2 for pin definitions Lj PWRLED T en Attach the front panel power LED pika cable to these two pins of the connector The Power LED indicates the system s status When the system is turn on status the LED is on When the system is turn off status the LED is off When the system is in 1 S1 S3 S4 status the LED will blink PWRLED RESET PWRSW No Connect Empty Note Some system cases do not have al name on the conne
28. etected and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the CMOS Setup The fans are automatically turned off after the system enters S3 S4 and S5 mode CIT aan Ca DN apeaseesueeaa AAA AAA Chipset Fan AUX Fan 12V 12V Sense Ground Sense Ground ii Power Fan 12V Sense Ground Note the CPU fan cable can be either a 3 pin or a 4 pin connector Connect a 3 pin connector to pins 1 2 and 3 on the motherboard connector CPU Fan Ground 12V Sense Control EVGA 29 COM1 The motherboard kit provides an additional serial COM header for the system Connect one side of the cable to the headers on the motherboard then attach the serial COM device to the other side of the cable Expansion Slots The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard contains six 6 expansion slots four 4 PCI Express slots and two 2 PCI slots For a full list of PCI Express graphic cards supported by this motherboard visit www EVGA com Products Slot Listing PCI E 2 0 x16 Slot 1 Primary 8 Pci E x1 Slot 1 PCI E 2 0 x8 x16 Slot 2 Pal Slot 1 PCI E 2 0 x8 Slot 3 Pci Slot 2 Note When using 1 Graphic Card in PCI E Slot 1 a speed of x16 will be used When using 2 Graphic Cards in PCI E Slots 1 and 3 a speed of x16 x16 will be used When running 3 Graphic Cards in PCI E Slots 1 3 and 5a speed of x16 x8 x8 will be used EVGA 30 EVGA
29. g OPI Controller Setting Enabled OPI Link SAS Enabled QPI Frequency Selection Auto Tv Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults Figure 13 CPU Feature Menu Intel SpeedStep Use this function to enable the Intel SpeedStep technology EIST The options are Enabled and Disabled Turbo Mode Function Use this function to enable the Intel Turbo Mode Function The options are Enabled and Disabled CxE Function This function allows you to select the lowest C state supported according as CPU and MB The options are Auto Disabled C1 C1E C3 and C6 Execute Disable Bit When this function is disabled it forces the XD feature flag to always return to zero 0 EVGA 60 Configuring the BIOS O Virtualization Technology When this function is enabled it allows a VMM to utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel Virtualization Technology Logical Processor Setting O Intel HT Technology This function is allows you to enable the Intel HT Technology The options are Enabled and Disabled O Active Processor Cores This function active number of cores to enable in each processor package The options are All 1 and 2 QPI Controller Setting O QPI Controller Setting This function is allows you to enable the QPI QuickPath Interconnect Controller Setting The options are Enabled and Disabled O QPI Link Fast
30. ghlighted for selection EVGA 35 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility b Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit Tax Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 4 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu O Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration O Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence O Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to set up onboard peripherals such as IDE RAID USB LAN and MAC control U Power Management Setup Use this menu to configure power management power on and sleep features O PnP PCI Configurations Use this menu to modify the system s Plug and Play and PCI configurations Q PC Health Status Use this menu to monitor the real time system status of your PC including temperature voltages and fan speed EVGA 36 Configuring the BIOS U Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to optimize system performance and configure clocks voltages memory timings and mote The following items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus O Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe defaults system settings Q Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized defaults system settings U Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this command to set change and disable the password used to access the BIOS menu O Save amp Exit Setup Use this command to save settings to CMOS
31. ins eight 8 USB 2 0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis Figure 2 The motherboard also contains two 10 pin internal header connectors onboatd that can be used to connect an optional external bracket containing four 4 USB 2 0 ports 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option 2 Connect the two ends of the cables to the USB 2 0 headers on the motherboard Table 4 USB 2 0 Header Pins Connector Pin Signal USB 2 0 Header Connector 1 5V DUAL 3 D 110 Of2 MEM 5 D 5 0 O 6 7 GND 7 O O78 9 O 10 9 Empty Pin Signal 2 5V DUAL 4 D 6 D 8 GND 10 No Connect EVGA 27 Audio The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices the Front Audio the Rear Audio The front Audio supports re tasking function Table 5 Front Audio Connector Connector Pin Signal PORT1 L AUD GND PORT1 R PRECENCE J PORT2 R SENSE1 RETURN SENSE SEND Empty PORT2 L SENSE2 RETURN Front Audio Connector 10 N BD co e 0 Un VO O S DODIANID UO HR WlnNnir E o EVGA 28 Fan Connections System Fan Sense 12V Ground o Sense BC Ground Chassis Fan EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard There are six fan connections on the motherboard The fan speed can be d
32. mounting hole on the motherboard it is recommended that you remove that stud to prevent the possibility of a short citcuit In most cases it is recommended to secure the motherboard using a minimum of nine 9 spacers and screws 1 Carefully place the motherboard onto the stand off spacers located inside the chassis 2 Align the mounting holes with the studs spacers 3 Align the connectors to the I O shield 4 Ensure that the fan assembly is aligned with the chassis vents according to the fan assembly instruction 5 Secure the motherboard with a recommended minimum of nine 9 screws Connecting Cables This section takes you through all the necessary connections on the motherboard This will include O Power Connections gt 24 pin ATX power PW1 8 pin ATX 12V power PW12 O Internal Headers gt Front panel gt IEEE 1394a gt USB Headers gt Audio gt COM O IDE O Serial ATA II QO Chassis Fans EVGA 21 OU USB 2 0 Q Expansion slots O CMOS Clear Button 24 pin ATX Power PW1 PWI is the 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 kamen T ANM PWI1 connector ELE bm Plug power cable from system LL Ll sai e d power supply to PW1 Card edge Figure 3 PW1 Motherboard Connector 224 H we Table 1 PW1
33. n access to the CMOS Setup screen Select BESSY to require a password to access the CMOS Setup screen and when the system boots EVGA 44 Configuring the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Menu Select from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals b Legacy Devices Press Enter Item Help b onChip PATA SATA Device Press Enter b Onboard Device Press Enter b USB Device Setting Press Enter Main Level Ti gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 7 Integrated Peripherals Menu Legacy Devices Press Enter to display the Legacy Devices menu Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 EVGA 45 Q Onboard Serial Port 1 This function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows you to select the onboard serial port 1 function Options are 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 Auto and Disabled OnChip PATA SATA Device Press Enter to display the OnChip PATA SATA Device menu SATA Mode LEGACY Mode Support JMB362 SATA Controller JMB363 SATA PATA Controller JMB363 Mode U SATA Mode This is allows you set the onboard Serial SATA mode gt IDE Use the Serial ATA hard disk drivers as Parallel ATA storage devices gt RAID Create a RAID 0 1 0 1 5 and JBOD configuration gt AHCI Use the AHCI Advanced Host
34. on defines the voltage level for the DRAM Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage EVGA 62 Configuring the BIOS DIMM DQ Vref This function defines the voltage level for the DRAM DQ Vref Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage to set the voltage QPI PLL Vcore Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the voltages or select Auto to automatically set the voltage level for the QPI PLL Voltage IOH Vcore This function defines the core voltage level for the Intel IOH chip Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage IOH ICH UO Voltage This function defines the voltage level for the Intel IOH ICH I O Voltage chip Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage ICH Vcore This function defines the core voltage level for the Intel ICH chip Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select Auto to automatically set the voltage CPU Thermal Trip This function allows you to set the CPU Thermal Trip function The options are Enabled and Disabled EVGA 63 PWM Frequency This function allows you to select the PWM frequency For the following options higher is cleaner lower is more energy efficient 806KHz 935K Hz 1057K Hz EVGA 64 Configuring the BIOS Installing Drivers and Softw
35. on the chassis you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working with an empty system case 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 It is normally easier to secure the motherboard first Use the following procedure to install the I O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis Note Be sure that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance for the system case covers to lock into place and for the expansion cards Also make sure the CPU Fan assembly is aligned with the vents on the covers This will depend on the system case being used Installing the I O Shield The motherboard kit comes with an I O shield that is used to block radio frequency transmissions protects internal components from dust and foreign objects and promotes correct airflow within the chassis Before installing the motherboard install the I O shield from the inside of the chassis Press the I O shield into place and make sure it fits securely If the I O shield does not fit into the chassis you would need to obtain the proper size from the chassis supplier EVGA 20 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 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 the chassis and help to prevent short circuits If there are studs that do not align with a
36. onnector Motherboard Battery Motherboard Layout on O U RF W M ta PS 2 Keyboard Port USB 2 0 Ports Eight eSATA Port LED Audio Port Blue Green Pink Orange Black Grey Clear CMOS Button Coaxial SPDIF Output Optical SPDIF Output 1EE1394a Firewire Port Dual LAN Ports with LEDs to indicate status Activity Speed LE EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard p Activity LED Status Description Speed Link LED Status Description Off No data transmission Yellow 1000 Mbps data rate Blinking Green Data transmission Green 100 Mbps data rate Off 10 Mbps data rate 2 Channel 6 Channel 8 Channel Line In Line In Line In Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Mic In Mic In Mic In Center Subwoofer Center Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out Figure 2 Chassis Back Panel Connectors EVGA 15 Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard The topics covered in this section are Q Preparing the motherboard gt Installing the CPU gt Installing the CPU fan gt Installing the memory O Installing the motherboard O Connecting cables 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 chas
37. orts gt Supports hot plug gt Twelve USB 2 0 ports Eight rear panel ports four onboard USB headers gt Supports wake up from S1 and S3 mode gt Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to a 480 Mbps transmission rate EVGA 9 O Nine 9 onboard Serial ATA II one 1 eSATA II gt 300MBps data transfer rate gt Six Serial ATA II connectors from south bridge with support for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5 and JBOD gt Two Serial ATA II connectors from JMicron s JMB363 with support for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 RAID 5 and JBOD gt Two Serial ATA II connectors from JMicron s JMB362 one rear panel port for eSATA one onboard connector gt Supports hot plug and NCQ Native Command Queuing Q Onboard LAN gt Integrated Dual LAN ports gt Supports 10 100 1000 Mbit sec Ethernet Q Onboard IEEE1394a Firewire gt Support hot plug gt Two IEEE1394a ports one rear panel port one onboard header with a rate transmission of 400 Mbps Q Onboard Audio gt Realtek High Definition audio gt Supports 8 channel audio gt Supports S PDIF output Optical and COAX gt Supports Jack Sensing function Q Triple PCI Express Support gt Three 3 PCI E 2 0 Slots gt Supports 4 GB sec 8 GB sec concurrent bandwidth gt Low power consumption and power management features Q Green Function gt Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface gt Supports SO normal S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM S4 Suspen
38. ot Device A 43 Boot Other Device viciado 44 Boot Up NumLock Status secati pisina aan E EA 44 SOC OO A A e 44 Integrated Peripherals Menu 1111177071 E 45 Legacy Devices m ias atte uec ead a Eed 45 OnChip PATA SATA Device esses enne nennen nennen nnne 46 Onboard Devita E 47 USB Device Settirigs cde e e dedere EE 48 Power Management Setup Mem 49 AGPUIEUDCEIOR 1 1 ituri indie Fe teer o aap e e epa red 49 ACPI Suspend RK ma crm rire ne a una iii a 50 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume sessi nennen nna 50 SAO del VIe DCH EE 50 Wake Up by POL Gard niece creto ita 50 USB KB Wake Up From 3 50 Resume DAM ere ice ree c n eth rct oi nee hore i ee o ER Pes 50 POWER ON Function erectio ac ico 51 Hot Key Power On de tdo d 51 PWRON After PWR Fall cocos tasas topa 51 PnP PCI Configuration Men 52 Io Display Eet 3 gil een erp t emen te Ed ee p cedi Res 52 Reset Configuration n a a iiie ie et ine EE EEN 53 Resources Controlled Dy 53 IRQ4RSSOUFCOS otro ee cett artt t ete n o kapa 53 PCINGA Palette SnOOp eicere E ABA 54 EVGA 5 INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment A 54 Maximum Payload Gtze AAA 54 PC Health Status MENU uk 55 SmartFan Function iie cr derer ede p e Pe HH RR RR tdci 56 Frequency Voltage Control Men 57 Memory Feat re i ERARAS 58 A TT 59 GPUi Glock RATO matado ani ee Gath 61 CPU Host Frequency Mhz 62 Spread Specltr tmi n e m
39. ou can manually put in the day of the month and the time of the alarm EVGA 50 Configuring the BIOS Day of Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm 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 keys POWER ON Function This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to define the power on function Options for this function are O Disabled U Keyboard Hot Key Power On Use this function with the above POWER ON Function to set a combination of keys that can be used to power on the system Options for this function are O Ctrl Esc O Ctrl F1 O Ctrl Space O Anykey PWRON after PWR Fail This function enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operating status after power returns from a power failure Off The system stays off after a power failure On The system stays on after a power failure EVGA 51 PnP PCI Configuration Menu Select from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PnP PCI Configuration menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configuration Init Display First PCI Slot Item Help Reset Configuration Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources Press Enter Main Level PCI VGA Palette INT Pin Assignment INT Pin Assignment INT Pin Assignment INT Pin Assignment INT Pin Assignment INT Pin Assignment INT Pin Assignment INT
40. p or down in the list To go back to the previous menu press Esc 1 cho 3 ST3802110A Use the and keys to move 2 Bootable Add in Cards the priority of the device within the list CD ROM Device Priority Use this option to select the priority for CD ROM startup Press Enter to see the list of removable devices in your system Use the 11 arrow keys to go to the various devices Then use the or keys to move the device priority up or down in the list To go back to the previous menu press Esc 1 ChO M BENO DVD DC DW1810 First Second Third Boot Device Use this option to set the priority sequence of the devices booted at power on Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the 11 arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose First Boot Device Removable Hard Disk CDROM Legacy LAN Disabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort EVGA 43 Boot Other Device With the option set to Enable the system boots from some other device if the first second third boot devices fail Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to select the power on state of NumLock Select to activate the keyboard NumLock when the system is started Select to disable the NumLock key Security Option The Security Options allows you to require a password every time the system boots or only when you enter setup Select Slats to require a password to gai
41. segment Code Early SuperlO Init Early Initialized the super 10 CO Blank video Reset Video controller CI SS Init KBC Keyboard controller init WER KB test Test the Keyboard CO SSCS Mouse Init Initialized the mouse Reserved Reserved Reserved CheckSum Check the integrity of the ROM BIOS and message EVGA 66 Award POST Codes Configuring the BIOS Name Description gt Autodetect EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash write erase routines CMOS Battery Check HPM init Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and initialize INT 00h 1Fh according to INT_TBL Test CMOS and check Battery Fail Init Heuristic Power Management HPM Reserved Program chipset Early Programming of chipset registers Code BE Setup Interrupt Vector Table EVGA 67 Award POST Codes Sede Name I Description ane EVGA 68 CPU Speed detect Reserved Init video Reserved Video memory test Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Early keyboard reset Reserved Test DMA Controller 0 Reserved Test DMA Controller 1 Chipset programming and CPU Speed detect Initialize Video Test Video Memory and display Logos Early Keyboard Reset Test DMA channel 0 Test DMA channel 1 Reserved Test DMA Page Registers Reserved Reserved Test Timer Reserved Test 8259 1 Mask Reserved Test 8259 2 Mask Te
42. sis EVGA 16 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 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 of the processor 1 Unhook the socket lever by pushing down and away from the socket 2 Put your finger on the tail of the load and plate and press down with light pressure to lift the load plate up 3 Lift the load plate There is a protective socket cover within the CPU socket to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 4 Remove the protective socket cover from the CPU Socket Note Remove the process from its protective cover making sure you hold it only by the edges It is a good idea to save the cover so that whenever you remove the CPU you have a safe place to store it EVGA 17 5 Align the notches in the processor with the notches on the socket 6 Lower the processor straight down into the socket with out tilting or sliding it into the socket Note Make sure the CPU is fully seated and level in the socket 7 Close the load plate over the CPU and press down while you close and engage the socket lever 8 The CPU installation is complete Installing the CPU Fan There are many different fan types that can be used with this motherboard Follow the instruction that came with you fan assembly Be sure that the fan orientation is correct for your chassis type and your fan assembly
43. st DMA Page Registers Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2 Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Reserved Reserved Award POST Codes Test Stuck Interrupt Reinit serial port EISA Test Size Memory Reserved PnP Init Display Reserved 28 ac NN dE ar SO sb ES Memory Test 5 Ba E 58 Code 49 ew 4A 4C 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A Configuring the BIOS Turn off interrupts then verify no 8259 s interrupt mask register is on Test 8259 Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred Reserved Reinitialize Preboot agent serial port If EISA non volatile memory checksum is good execute EISA initialization If not execute ISA tests and clear EISA mode flag Reserved Size base memory from 256K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB Test all memory of memory above 1MB using Virtual 8086 mode page mode and clear the memory Reserved Reserved CPU display Detect CPU speed and display CPU vendor specific version string and turn on all necessary CPU features Reserved PnP logo and PnP early init 59 Setup Virus Setup virus protect according to Protect Setup 5A Reserved EVGA 69 Award POST Codes EVGA 70 Code Ca CS ES Gei Esc
44. th Alarm W x Time hh mm ss Alarm HSC EE POWER ON Function Disabled x Hot Key Power On CESA PWRON After PWR Fail Off Ta Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 Power Management Setup Menu ACPI Function This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the ACPI function EVGA 49 ACPI Suspend Type This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to select an ACPI Suspend Type Types to select from are S1 amp S3 S1 POS and S3 STR Run VGABIOS if 53 Resume This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you determines whether or not to enable the system to tun the VGA BIOS when resuming from S3 STR or S1 amp S3 The Options are Auto Yes and No Soft Off by PWR BTTN This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to set Soft Off by PBNT to Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Wake Up by PCI Card This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows PCI Card to wake up the system from Soft off state USB KB Wake Up From 53 This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows a USB keyboard device to wake up the system from S3 state Resume by Alarm This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the Power on by alarm function Set to Disable to prevent power on by alarm When set to Enable y
45. tup Utility Frequency Voltage Control b Memory Feature Press Enter Item Help gt CPU Feature CPU Clock Ratio CPU Host Frequency Mhz Main Level Spread Spectrum PCIE Frequency Mhz EVGA VDroop control CPU VCore 1 25000V CPU VTT Voltage 1 100V CPU PLL Vcore 1 800V DIMM Voltage 1 500V DIMM DO Vref 0mv OPI PLL Vcore 1 100V IOH Vcore 100V IOH ICH I O Voltage 500V ICH Vcore 050V CPU Thermal Trip PWM Frequency Ta Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 0vtimized Defaults Figure 11 Frequency Voltage Control Menu EVGA 57 Memory Feature Select from the Frequency Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the Memory Feature menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Memory Feature Memory Control Setting Disabled Memory Frequency Auto Channel Interleave Setting 6 way Rank Interleave Setting 4 way Item Help Main Level Parameters Setting Current Value tCL Setting Auto 8 tRCD Setting Auto 8 tRP Setting Auto 8 tRAS Setting Auto 19 tRFC Setting Auto 59 Command Rate Auto 2T tl t Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 12 Memory Feature Menu Memory Control Setting This function is allows you to select the Memory Control Setting Memory Frequency This function is allows you to select the Memory Frequen
46. y Module DRAM Dynamic random access memory DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVI Digital Video Interface FDC Floppy Disk Controller FSB Front Side Bus FTW For The Win GHz Gigahertz GPU Graphics Processing Unit HDD Hard Disk Drive HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface HDR High Dynamic Range Lighting HPET High Precision Event Timer HT Hyper Threading HSF Heat Sink Fan UO Input Output IDE Integrated Drive Electronics Configuring the BIOS EVGA 73 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IGP Integrated Graphics Processors IRQ Interrupt Request JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks JEDEC Joint Electron Device Engineering Council LAN Local Area Network LCD Liquid Crystal Display LGA Land Grid Array LN2 Liquid Nitrogen Cooling MAC Media Access Control MCP Media and Communications Processor MHz Megahertz NB Northbridge NCQ Native Command Queuing NIC Network Interface Card NTFS New Technology File System OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer PATA Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment PCB Printed Circuit Board PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PCle Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI x Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended POST Power on Self Test PWM Pulse Width Modulation QDR Quad Data Rate QPI Quick Path Interconnect RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RGB Red Green Blue SATA
47. you to easily turn on off the system These buttons allow for easy debugging and testing of the system during troubleshooting situations The POWER button with LED indicates the system s status When the system is powered on the LED remains a solid green The RESET button with an integrated LED indicates the activity status of the hard disk drives and will flicker accordingly RESET POWER Clear CMOS Button Button Button EVGA 32 EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard 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 useful during troubleshooting situations This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system has fully booted into the Operating System Debug LED with CPU Temperature Monitor LED Status Indicators Theses LEDs indicate the system s status U POWER LED Yellow When the System is powered on This LED is on Q DIMM LED Green When the Memory slot is functional This LED is on L STANDBY LED Blue When the System is in Standby Mode This LED is on This LED will remain on as long as the motherboard is receiving constant power POWER LED YELLOW STANDBY LED DIMM LED BLUE GREEN EVGA 33 Configuring the BIOS Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Descriptions of the BIOS parameters

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