user`s manual for evga nforce4 motherboard
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1. Pin 1 Secondary IDE Connector Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as the Master and the second HDD is referred to as the Slave For best performance we strongly suggest you don t install a CD ROM or DVD ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk Otherwise the system performance on this channel will not be able to achieve its maximum ATA133 speed Serial ATA Port connector SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 This connector support the provided Serial ATA IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard and serial ATA hard disk The motherboard will support both SATA 150 and 300 standards Sara SATA2 roooooor SATA Serial ATA Port Connector EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 24 2 6 2 Line Out MIC Header for Front Panel 9 pin AUDIO This header connects to Front Panel Line out MIC connector with cable Without installing this cable this header default setting is 5 6 short 9 10 short When you install the cable you have take off these jumpers i a 4 odd d III AUDIO 2 508 ml Pin 1 E OOOO 9 a 2 IHE BOR d TEE Line2. Priority standard function WWW Lo _ communications Por comay _ oa 9 communications Pot com MW 5 sound card _ e na jSptmcMOSRelTmeCok _ These IRQs are usually available for devices EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 17 YAN Intelligent Innovation 2 5 5 SLI Bridge for NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards In order to activate the NVIDIA SLI technology SLI version only you have to install the included SLI Bridge for your NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards before you can activate the advanced multi GPU functions STEP 1 Install your NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards in the PCI E x8 slots located on the left and right leaving the center PCI E slot vacant STEP 2 Prepare to install the SLI Bridge with your NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 18 STEP 3 careful with the pins as to not damage the adapter or graphics cards during installation STEP 4 Plug the SLI Bridge adapter onto both of the NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 19 YAN Intelligent Innovation 2 6 Connectors a
3. PCI Slots x3 lt Tu l x 2E fe MEME E 1 Front Front Panel RB eee een EP ER CS P Panel Audio WD zai TNT TN CD IN NM JBAT Speaker amp USB 1 3 Firewire 0 1 SYSFAN2 power LED SPDIF FDD Connector EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 7 DAAC YAN Intelligent Innovation 1 3 1 JUMPERS CONNECTORS HEADERS AND SOCKETS Enabled Disabled Connector SPDIF IN OUT SPDIF Input and Output RCA Type Connector supplemental SLI Power Connector 4 pin Molex Type O Front Panel Header 9 pin Block Power LED Reset including Power LED IDE activity IDE LED Power LED Reset switch Power On Button Button lead 1 SYSFAN1 3 FAN Headers 3 pin Block CPUFAN m Firewire Headers EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 8 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation 1 3 1 JUMPERS CONNECTORS HEADERS AND SOCKETS CONT ZIF Socket 939 CPU Socket 939 pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket DIMM1 4 DDR Module Socket 184 pin DDR Module Socket PCI1 PCI3 PCI Slot 32 bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots PET PCI Express x1 Slot PCI Express x1 Expansion Slot PE2 PE4 PCI Express x16 Slot PCI Express x16 Expansion Sl
4. 4 sticks of ram installed the board will only boot at 2T limitation with AMD CPU memory controller e f the computer hangs when ACPI Controller is the last thing loaded Usually points to hard drive problem Make sure you have Raid enabled in the BIOS if you have an array set up Make sure you have jumper set correctly on your hard drive Remove any USB devices attached to the PC EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 38 ep VSA EVGA com Corp 2900 Saturn Street Suite B Brea CA 92821 www evga com
5. Memory Dual channel only operates when 2 DIMM Modules are plugged into either DIMM1 amp DIMM3 or DIMM2 amp DIMM4 or four DIMM Modules are plugged into DIMM1 DIMM4 DIMM1 amp DIMM3 DIMM2 amp DIMM4 must be the same type same size same frequency for dual channel to function Note Computer will not boot if RAM is in 3 and 4 only Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to the following page to see what a 184 Pin DDR266 DDR333 005400 DDR SDRAM module looks like EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 13 Intelligent Innovation il E B r DIMM1 amp DIMMS Dual Channel 1 BEE EM m DIMM2 amp DIMM4 Dual Channel 2 DIMM4 BANKO BANK1 DIMM1 BANK6 BANK7 When you install the DIMM modules fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides WARNING When the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200 2 use only DDR400 compliant DDR Modules When this motherboard operates at 200Mhz most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved if your DDR Modules are not DDR400 compliant set the SDRAM clock to 133MHz to ensure system stability EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Pho
6. RAID INSTALLATION The drivers for the NVIDIA RAID controller are located on the included RAID DRIVER floppy disk They can be installed either at the time of Operating System installation or after the operating system has already been installed on a conventional IDE drive It is important to note that before you install and configure a RAID system either after OS installation or during you will need to enable RAID in your motherboard BIOS To do this reboot the computer and press the Delete key as it starts this will take you to the BIOS configuration screens From there you will need to make changes as indicated in the BIOS PDF that you can find in the Manuals Section of the Installation CD If you wish to install the SATA RAID drivers at the same time you are installing the Operating System simply wait for the Windows Installer to display Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver and press F6 at that time Then insert the floppy disk and follow all of the on screen instructions NOTE The included floppy disk with RAID drivers supports Windows XP 32 bit version and Windows 2000 only If you are installing RAID under Windows XP x64 you will need to make a RAID driver disk We have made this very easy to do simply follow the instructions listed below Requirements Windows 95 98 ME NT 2K XP based computer with both a CD ROM drive and a 3 5 inch 1 44MB floppy and one blank 3 5 inch 1 44MB floppy
7. disk e Insert the Driver CD into the computer If the autorun menu appears close it e Browse to the Driver CD and open the folder named RAID e Browse to the folder for the operating system that you wish to make the driver disk for XP2K for Windows XP or Windows 2000 or XPx64 for Windows XP x64 e Execute by double clicking the executable file in that directory XP2KRAID EXE for Windows XP and Windows 2000 or XPX64RAID EXE for Windows XP x64 e This program will prompt you to insert your floppy disk and click on the Create Floppy button Follow these instructions and it will automatically create the SATA RAID driver disk for you to use during installation e executable program does not work for some reason the Files folder that is located in the same place contains the individual driver files that can be manually copied to a blank floppy instead EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 32 DAAC YAN Intelligent Innovation APPENDIX 1 Quick Debug Port Post Codes Please refer to the following Quick Debug table to assist in troubleshooting problems that are revealed through the motherboard s Debug Port If you need more detailed information you can refer to the Detailed Debug tables in the following pages Init onboard device Early Initialized the super IO Reset Video controller Keyboard controller init Test the Keyboard In
8. the processor s heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard to overheat and damage your system you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN if necessary EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 12 Intelligent Innovation To install a CPU locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown on the previous page The notched corner should point toward the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket force is required to insert the CPU Press the lever to Locate position slightly without any extra force 2 4 Install Memory This motherboard provides four 184 pin DDR DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES DIMM slots for DDR memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 64MB to maximum memory size of 4 0GB DDR SDRAM Valid Memory Configurations Bank 0 1 DIMM1 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 128MB 1 0GB Bank 2 3 DIMM2 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 128MB 1 0GB Bank 4 5 DIMM3 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 128MB 1 0GB Bank 6 7 DIMM4 DDRDDR266 DDR333 DDR400 128MB 1 0GB Total System Memory Max 4 0GB 128MB 4 0GB For Dual Channel
9. Out MIC Headers USB Port Headers 9 pin USB1 USB2 USB3 These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug By attaching an optional USB cable your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel USB2 LII LII USB Port Headers EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 25 YAN Intelligent Innovation Speaker connector SPEAK This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below Power LED PWR LED The Power LED is light on while the system power is on Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin IDE Activity LED HD LED This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case Reset switch lead RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system s power supply See the figure below Power switch PWR BTN This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted power switch to power ON OFF the system PWR LED PWRBTN PWRLED Su JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 GND VCC5 PWRLED PWRBTN SPKR NC GND 5 5 HDDLE GND RSTSW NC HDLED RESET System Ca
10. WAS YAN Intelligent Innovation Gaming Imaging 20 Video Entertainment Photos Graphics nForce 4 Mainboard User s Manual gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation USER S MANUAL FOR EVGA NFORCEA MOTHERBOARD MODELS 123 K8 NF4 XX 123 K8 NF47 MANUAL REV 1 4 REV DATE 17 MAR 2006 DAAC YAN Intelligent Innovation Notice Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for informational use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the manufacturer This manual covers the following motherboards from EVGA CORP 123 K8 NF47 XX CPU SUPPORT The 131 K8 NF44 XX motherboard will support the following AMD 939 CPUs e X Athlon FX 64 FX55 FX57 FX60 e Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core e Athlon 64 e Sempron when available in 939 pin EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 2 YAN Intelligent Innovation TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction to nForce Motherboards 4 1 1 Motherboard Features 4 1 1 1 Special Features of the Motherboard 5 1 2 Specifications 6 1 3 Layout Diagram and Jumper Settings 7 1 3 1 Jumpers Connectors Headers and Sockets 8 CHAPTER 2 Hardware Installation 10 2 1 Hardware Installation Steps 10 2 2 Checking The Motherboard Jumper Settings 10 Clearing the CMOS RAM 10 Keyb
11. X and dual core multi tasking Athlon64 X2 processors with HyperTransport Technology The SLI x16 version of the motherboard series delivers leading edge performance with both of the benefits from 64 bit multi tasking dual core AMD processors and NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface SLI Technology with the latest Dual PCI Express for NVIDIA Dual Graphic Processing Unit ready platform Utilizing the 64 bit multi tasking socket 939 solution and the dual channel PC3200 DDR memory size expandable to 4 0GB this motherboard series meets the demands of computing in the future These motherboards carry the advanced NVIDIA nForce4 SLI x16 chipset with 1000 MHz HyperTransport system bus of data transferring and provided with 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz memory clock frequency for DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 DDR Module with dual channel capability The NVIDIA nForce4 single chipset offers ULTRA ATA 133 and Serial ATA RAID 0 1 0 1 functions to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee data security without failure in advanced computing applications The motherboard provides dual Gigabit LAN by using the NVIDIA Giga LAN Marvell Giga LAN controllers both supporting 10M 100M 1Gbps data transfer rate and full duplex or half duplex transportation The embedded 8 channel AC 97 CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards and offers you home cinema quality and complete software compatibility Two 16X PCI Express graphics slots deliver up to 4Gbyte sec data
12. acility 3 This warranty does not cover consumer instruction installation set up adjustment or any other implementation service 4 This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage due to acts of God accident misuse abuse negligence commercial use or modification of or to any part of the product This warranty does not cover damage due to improper installation operation or maintenance connection to improper voltage supply or attempting to repair by anyone other than a facility authorized by EVGA to service this product This warranty does not cover products sold AS IS This warranty is only valid in the United States of America 5 Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or receipted invoice which by itself is evidence that the unit is within the warranty period must be presented in order to obtain warranty service 6 This warranty is invalid if the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed from the product REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS WARRANTY IS THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE CONSUMER EVGA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR AN INCEDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE FOR BREACH OF ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THE WARRANTY Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequenti
13. al damages or allow limitation on how long an implied warranty last so the above limitations may not apply to you In addition this warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which vary from state to state To locate the dealer nearest you or for service assistance and resolution of a service problem or for general product information please call 888 881 EVGA or write to EVGA CORP 2900 Saturn Street Suite B Brea CA 92821 EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 36 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation APPENDIX 4 USEFUL INFORMATION Contacting Customer Service EVGA is dedicated to supporting our products Contacting EVGA Customer Service is easy We can be reached by phone fax and on the web Before contacting Customer Service please review this manual If you need to contact Customer Service please have your system configuration as well as your motherboard s model number and serial number ready You will need to register your product before a support technician can assist you You may register your product online at http www evga com register or when you call for support a staff member will register it for you e X Hours of Operation 9 AM to 5 30 PM Monday to Friday PST e Phone Support 888 881 EVGA 3842 e Fax Support 714 528 4501 e Tech Support Web Site http www evga com support Informat
14. are registered trademarks and or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and other countries and are used under license to EVGA com CORP from NVIDIA Corporation AMD is a registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices All brands and companies are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies EVGA reserves the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its terms or default by the Original Purchaser Upon termination for any reason all copies of Software and materials must be immediately returned to EVGA and the Original Purchaser shall be liable to EVGA com CORP for any and all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 35 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation APPENDIX 3 WARRANTY INFORMATION LIMITED WARRANTY 1 Labor For a period of one 1 year from the date of purchase or two years if you register the product if this product is determined to be defective EVGA will repair or replace at its option at no charge to the original buyer After the expiration of the warranty period you must pay for all labor and or replacement charges 2 To obtain warranty service you must take the product or deliver to product freight prepaid in either its original packaging or packaging affording an equal degree of protection to an EVGA authorized return f
15. ating system OS Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it is the key factor for system stability and in ensuring that your system performance is at its best The details of each section of the BIOS are explained in the BIOS PDF supplemental that is located in the Manuals Section of the Installation CD 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Delete immediately allows you to enter Setup If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press F1 to continue lt Ctrl Alt Esc gt or Delete to enter Setup For complete BIOS setup and descriptions please see the BIOS PDF located in the Manuals Section of the Installation CD EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 30 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation Chapter 4 4 0 DRIVER INSTALLATION After your computer s Operating System is installed you will need to install drivers for your motherboard in order to gain full operation Insert the Driver Installation CD into
16. ed Hardware Debug Port offers you a real time visual system for monitoring of your hardware The embedded Debug Port will turn you into a well trained hardware professional allowing you to diagnose many hardware issues for details please refer to Appendix A CPU Smart Fan Its never been a good idea to improve system performance by sacrificing acoustics The CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control those noise levels The system will automatically increase the fan speed when the CPU operating load is high and after the CPU returns to normal operating condition the system will slow the fan speed down to allow for a silent operating environment EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 5 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation 1 2 Specifications BENE ein ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size 30 5x24 4cm Chipset NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 Technology CPU Socket 939 Supports 64bit AMD Athlon64 939 Pin package processors Support up to 4000 processor amp Dual Core Including Athlon FX 64 64 X2 64 and 939 Sempron Memory Sockets 184 pin DDR Module socket x 4 Support 4pcs DDR266 DDR33 DDR400 DDR Modules Expandable to 4 0GB Support Dual channel function Expansion Slots PCI Express x16 slot x 2 PCI Express x1 slot x 2 32 bit PCI slots x 3 Integrated IDE and Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and
17. eras Sound interface the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers MIC game controllers and MIDI sound devices LAN interface Local Area Network the interface to your local area network BIOS Basic Input Output System the program logic used to boot up a computer and establish the relationship between the various components Driver software which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other software Processor the central processing unit CPU the principal integrated circuit used for doing the computing in personal computer Front Side Bus Frequency the working frequency of the motherboard which is generated by the clock generator for CPU DRAM and PCI BUS CPU L2 Cache the flash memory inside the CPU normal it depend on CPU type 2 3 2 About AMD Athlon64 939 pin CPUs This motherboard provides a 939 pin surface mount Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket referred to as the mPGA939 socket supporting AMD Athlon64 processors in the 939 Pin package utilizing Flip Chip Pin Grid Array technology The CPU that you use with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase the correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system Golden Arrow gt Socket 939 CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across
18. his connector the system will become unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for all the system components PS 2 Mouse amp PS 2 Keyboard Connector KB The connectors for PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Mouse LAN Port connector UL 1 This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Ethernet connections EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 21 YAN Intelligent Innovation LAN Port connector UL2 This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Ethernet connections Audio Line In Lin Out MIC Surrback Surround CEN LEF Connector J1 This Connector has 6 audio jacks for LINE OUT LINE IN MIC Surrback Sur round CEN LEF Line in BLUE Audio input to sound chip Line out GREEN Audio output to speaker MIC PINK Microphone Connector Surrback ORANGE Rear speaker out CEN LEF BLACKNESS Center Subwoofer speaker out Surround GRAY Side speaker out EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 22 YAN Intelligent Innovation COM2 PARALLEL SPDIF IN SPDIF OUT This block area includes the 9 pin connector for COM2 a standard Parallel port and SPDIF In and Out connectors using RCA connector type Floppy drive Connector 34 pin block FDD This connector supports the provided floppy d
19. interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Increase the separation between the equipment and signal source 2 Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the signal source is connected 3 Consult the dealer or an experienced computer technician for help The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to ensure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89 336 EEC And Amendment 92 31 EEC Class B Digital Device EN 50081 14 Generic Emissions Standard for Residential Commercial and Light Industrial Products EN 55022 CISPR 22 Limits and Methods of measurement of Radio 55022 CISPR 22 Limits and Method of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment Warning This is a Class B product a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measure 50082 1 Generic Immunity Standard for Residential Commercial and Light Industrial Products IEC 801 2 IEC 801 3 IEC 801 4 Software License Agreement This EVGA software the software is copyrighted by EVGA com CORP and is protected by US law All rights reserved The purchaser is granted a license to use the s
20. ion to Keep Handy Before Calling Motherboard Model Number Motherboard Chipset Processor Type and Speed Operating System Installed Service Packs Other Installed Hardware EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 37 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation APPENDIX 5 TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS e Always check power connections first Make sure you have the 20 or 24 pin ATX power connector and the 4 pin ATX 12V power connecter plugged into the motherboard e The board should cycle through post codes on the LED and land back on FF If it does not cycle the board is not posting Check that the power supply is rated at 350 watts and has at least 18 amps on the 12v rail Make sure there are no bent pins on the CPU and try another power supply if possible e f you get a 7F error or no keyboard response It could be a power or grounding issue the motherboard outside of the case with a bare minimum hardware setup Try a USB a keyboard if possible If the card still reads 7F try another power cable from the PSU to the power outlet If you still get a 7F clear the CMOS To do this make sure there is no power going to the board and move the jumper to pins 2 and 3 wait 1 minute and return them to pins 1 and 2 e C1 C3 and other Cx errors are usually related to memory Try using one stick of ram in slot 1 and make sure it is seated properly If you have
21. itialized the mouse Onboard audio controller initialize if exist Check the integrity of the ROM BIOS and message Check Flash type and copy flash write erase routines to OF000h segments Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS Program the chipset registers with CMOS values Init onboard clock generator Early System setup Check the CPU ID and init L1 L2 cache Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS INT HDLR and initialize INT 00h 1Fh according to INT TBL First step initialize if single CPU onboard Re init KB If support HPM HPM get initialized here KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly detects bad battery If failed load CMOS defaults and load into chipset Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data area Video Init Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of video in use Detect and Initialize Video Adapter Test video memory write sign on message to screen Setup shadow RAM Enable shadow according to Setup 8259 Init Init 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9 Memory test Quick Memory Test load Awdflash exe in POST Initializing onboard superlO LL EN MM ME BE Setup Init Display setup message and enable setup functions Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install interrupt vectors Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port sub system initializing Setup Cache Controller Initialize cache controller Install FDD Enter setup check and auto configuration check up Initialize floppy disk drive control
22. ler and any drives Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters Install HDD Initialize hard drive controller and any drives IDE device detection and install Initialize any serial and parallel ports also game port EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 CPU Detect and IO init Detect CPU speed and display CPU vendor specific version string and turn on all necessary CPU features Display PnP logo and PnP early init Setup virus protect according to Setup If required will auto Page 33 Intelligent Innovation Detect amp Initialize Math Initialize math coprocessor Coprocessor HDD Check for Write HDD check out protection Reserved Display POST error Check POST error and display them and ask for user intervention Ask password security optional CMOS and Option ROM Init Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen Enable parity checker Enable NMI Enable cache before boot Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh Im T Ip EEE i Q Special patch Set system speed for boot Setup NumLock status according to Setup Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h BOOT BLOCK POST CODES Code hex i mA o RN Base memory test Clear base memory area 0000 0000 9000 ffffh Init Video Video initializing Init FDD Scan floppy and media capacity for onboard superlO For a
23. more detailed treatment of POST CODES please see the POST CODES PDF document that is located on your driver CD in the Manuals section Install int vector 0 77 and initialized 00 1fh to their proper place EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 34 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation APPENDIX 2 COPYRIGHTS TRADEMARKS NOTICES FCC Compliance Information This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturers instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the
24. mper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance If there are any errors during start up your computer will issue a series of beep codes in addition to displaying the last BIOS operation on the POST code diagnostic LED A list of common beep codes follows Am One short when displaying logo No error during POST Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM install or detected One long beep followed by three short beeps Video card not found or video card memory bad High frequency beeps when system is working CPU overheated System running at a lower frequency During power on press Delete key to enter BIOS setup Follow the instructions in the BIOS PDF located in the Manuals Section of the Installation CD EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 29 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation Chapter 3 3 0 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system When you start the computer the BIOS program gains control The BIOS first operates an auto diagnostic test called POST power on self test for all the necessary hardware it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the oper
25. nd Headers 2 6 1 Connectors Power Connector 24 pin block ATXPWR ATX Power Supply connector This is a newly defined 24 pin connector that usually comes with an ATX case The ATX Power Supply allows you to use soft power on momentary switch that connects from the front panel switch to 2 pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply is turned on the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again to turn off the power to the system board We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2 0 compliant power supply unit PSU with a minimum of 350W power rating This type has both 24 pin and the 4 pin power plugs needed If you intend to use a PSU with 20 pin and 4 pin power plugs make sure that the 20 pin power plug can provide at least 15A on 12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350W The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 20 YAN Intelligent Innovation ATX 12V Power Connector 4 pin block ATX12V This is a newly defined 4 pin connector that usually comes with the ATX Power Supply The ATX Power Supply which fully supports the extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption Without t
26. ne 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 14 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation 2 5 Expansion Cards WARNING Turn off your system power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 2 5 1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers Remove your computer s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use e X Align the card s connectors and press firmly e Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above e Replace the computer system s cover e Setup the BIOS if necessary e Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned n a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use The following table will show you the default assignment of IRQs If should be noted that in most modern Plug and Play Operating Systems that IRQ assignment is handled by the computer itself automatically This automatic assignment is generally very effective and you should only have to resort to manual assignment in the most extreme cases EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St S
27. oard Power On Function 11 2 3 Installing The CPU 11 Glossary of Terms 11 2 3 2 About AMD Athlon64 939 pin CPUs 12 2 4 Installing Memory 13 Memory Installation Diagrams 14 2 5 Expansion Cards 15 2 5 1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 15 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Cards 15 2 5 3 Interrupt Request Table 16 2 5 4 PCI Express Slots 16 Diagram of PCI Express Slot Locations and Functions 16 Table of Standard IRQ Assignments 17 2 5 5 SLI Bridge Installation For NVIDIA SLI Cards SLI Version Only 18 2 6 Connectors and Headers 20 2 6 1 Connector Locations 20 2 7 Starting Up Your Computer 29 Beep Code Table 29 CHAPTER 3 BIOS 30 3 0 Introducting BIOS 30 3 1 Entering BIOS Setup 30 CHAPTER 4 DRIVER INSTALLATION 31 4 0 Driver Installation 31 4 1 RAID Installation 32 APPENDIX 1 POST CODES 33 Quick Debug POST Codes 33 Boot Block POST Codes 34 APPENDIX 2 TRADEMARKS AND NOTICES 35 Copyrights Trademarks and Notices 35 FCC Compliance Statement 35 APPENDIX 3 WARRANTY INFORMATION 36 APPENDIX 4 CONTACTING SUPPORT AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION 37 APPENDIX 5 TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS 38 EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 3 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation Chapter 1 Introduction of nForce4 Motherboards 1 1 Motherboard Features Motherboards based on NVIDIA nForce4 SLI x16 technology support the innovative 64 bit AMD Athlon64 F
28. oftware only subject to the following restrictions and limitations 1 The license is for the original purchaser only it is transferable so long as all items bundled with the software are transferred to the same individual as a sale e g all software manuals hardware etc m The original purchaser may use the software on a single computer owned or leased by the original purchaser You may not use the software on more than a single machine even if you own or lease more than one machine without the written consent of EVGA The original purchaser may make backup copies of the software for his or her own use only subject to the use limitations of this license 4 The original purchaser may not engage in nor permit third parties to engage in any of the following Providing or disclosing the software to third parties Providing use of the software in a computer service business network time sharing network Making alterations or copies of any kind in the software except as permitted above Attempting to un assemble de compile reverse engineer the software in any way Granting sublicenses leases or rights in the software to others Making copies verbal or media translations of the user s guide e Making telecommunication data transmissions of the software Trademark Information 2001 2005 EVGA com CORP EVGA the EVGA logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of EVGA com CORP NVIDIA NVIDIA logo nForce
29. ot EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 9 DAAC YAN Intelligent Innovation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Hardware Installation Steps Before using your computer please complete the following steps Check motherboard jumper settings Install CPU and Fan Install System Memory DIMM Install Expansion cards Connect IDE and Floppy cables Front Back Panel cables Connect ATX Power cable Power On and Load Standard Default BIOS Settings Reboot Install Operating System 0 Install Motherboard Drivers and Utilities ce EIS ELI I I 2 2 Checking the Motherboard s Jumper Settings CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JBAT A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1 2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below Turn off the system and unplug the AC power Remove the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector Locate JBAT and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 2 Connect the ATX power cable back to the ATX power connector gt Dis 1 3 1 2 closed Normal 2 3 closed Clear CMOS CMOS RAM Clear Setting EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 10 1 2 clo
30. rive ribbon cable After connecting the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector Primary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE1 This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connect ing the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings m OOO0O00000000000000000 000000000 1 Primary IDE Connector EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 23 Secondary IDE Connector 40 block IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector You may also configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
31. se Connections EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 26 Intelligent Innovation FAN Headers 3 pin CPUFAN CHAFAN1 SYSFAN1 3 These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN CDIN are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector e 2 E 2 lt SPDIF OUT m NC O GND NG O lt GND SPDIF IN O O lt NC 12W SPDIF Bracket Connector EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 27 DAAC YAN Intelligent Innovation Firewire Connectors 1394A B These connectors support the connection of firewire IEEE1394 devices Serial Port Header COM1 This 9 pin header allows the connection of serial devices Supplemental SLI Power J2 This 4 pin Molex type power connector is only required when running the system in an SLI configuration SLI EZ Plug This allows additional power to be channeled to the video cards in order to better maintain
32. sed KB USB Power ON Disable Default 2 3 closed KB USB Power ON Enabled JP1 z 1 3 1 3 1 2 closed USB Power On Disable 2 3 closed USB Power On Enabled Default USB2 USB3 Power Setting 2 3 Install CPU 2 3 1 Glossary Chipset or core logic one or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor RAM devises and adapter cards Processor slot socket the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard Slot PCI E PCI RAM the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems runs at 33MHz PCl Express Peripheral Component Interconnect Express a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems Serial Port a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems Parallel Port a low speed interface typically used for printers EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 11 DAAC YAN Intelligent Innovation PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners and some digital cam
33. stability EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 28 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation 2 7 Starting Up Your Computer After all connections are made close your computer case cover Be sure all the switches are off and check that the power supply input voltage is set to proper position usually input voltage is 110V 120V 220V 240V depending on your country s voltage used In the United States this is 110V 120V typically the switch on a computer power supply will be marked with 115V to indicate this setting Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual Turn on your peripherals in the following order e Your monitor e Other external peripheral Printer Scanner External Modem etc e Your system power For power supplies you need to turn on the power supply and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light up The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on If it complies with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature The system will then run power on test If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your ju
34. the Serial ATA RAID ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB s Four Serial ATA ports provide 300 MB sec data transfer rate for Four Serial ATA Devices and offer RAID 0 1 0 1 functions Integrated Marvell Gigabit LAN provides 10Mb 100Mb 1Gb s data transfer rates and integrated NVIDIA LAN provides 10MB 100Mb 1 Gb s 8CH Audio 8 channel AC 97 Digital Audio controller integrated Audio driver and utility included SPDIF In SPDIF Out Optical support Cable optional Award 4MB Flash ROM Multi I O PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse connectors Floppy disk drive connector x1 Parallel port x1 Serial port x2 USB2 0 port x 4 and headers x 4 connecting cable optional Audio connector Line in Line out MIC 8CH Audio IEEE 1394 Firewire Support EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 6 YAN Intelligent Innovation 1 3 Layout Diagram amp Jumper Settings PS 2 Keyboard Mouse GigaLan USB SURRBACK Printer Port Line Out MIC In Digital Audi In Out COM2 GigaLan USB SURROUND ATX 12V Power CPU Fan JP1 CPU Socket DIMM 1 4 SYSFAN3 COM1 ma 5 ATX Power Rear Panel Connector NS Plane IDE Supplemental IDE 2 SLI Power E SATA 1 PCIE x1 Y A im EERE ic x SATA 2 PCIE x16 uu DIY Reset m tige eus 7 amp Power
35. transfer rate at each relative direction which is fully compatible with the latest NVIDIA SLI Technology And two PCI Express x1 slots offers expandability for future PCI E devices at 512Mbyte sec concurrently over 3 5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbyte sec tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks The embedded USB controller has the capability of supporting up to 10 USB 2 0 ports delivering 480Mb s bandwidth each And the embedded Firewire controller allows connection and use of IEE1394 compliant devices EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 4 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation 1 1 1 Special Features of the Motherboard CPU Thermal Throttling Technology To prevent increasing heat from damaging the CPU or causing accidental shutdown while under high workloads the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force the CPU to enter an idle mode from 87 5 to 12 5 according to preset CPU operating temperatures in the BIOS from 40 to 90 When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset value the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage allowing the processor to cool down When in throttling mode a beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it has reduced the CPU performance for detailed settings please read the BIOS PDF located on the CD Debug Port The embedd
36. uite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 15 YAN Intelligent Innovation 2 5 3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard Interrupt requests are shared as shown in the table below Yen re EG ore er oP PT ee L TL mmm mmm xf IMPORTANT If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers support Shared IRQ or that the cards dont need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 2 5 4 PCI Express Slots This motherboard provides two PCI Express slots intended for Graphics Two symmetrical PCI Express x16 graphics slots deliver up to 4Gbyte sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which is fully compatible with the latest NVIDIA SLI Technology SLI version only And two x1 PCI Express Slot Fully compliant to the PC Express Base Specification revision 1 0a supporting PCI Express cards and other PCI Express devices L 1x PCI E 16x PCI E Hi 1x PCI E res 16x PCI E EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 16 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation Standard Interrupt Assignments
37. your computer s CD or DVD ROM drive and allow the autorun function to bring up the installation menu If the autorun function is disabled on your computer simply navigate to the CD or DVD ROM drive that the Driver Installation CD is located in and double click the autorun exe file From Driver installation menu choose from driver options that will allow you to install the following drivers e NVIDIA Chipset Drivers e Marvell Ethernet Drivers e ALC850 AC97 Codec Audio Drivers After your computer finishes this installation it will need to reboot in order for the new drivers to take effect NOTE f you are installing drivers under the XP x64 operating system install the motherboard chipset drivers by exploring the CD and navigating to the Drivers folder NFORCE drivers for XP 64 and run the setup exe NOTE lf you are installing drivers under the Windows XP x64 operating system please be warned that the drivers have not yet been certified by Microsoft As a result you will see repeated warnings to this effect Simply answer each in the affirmative to allow driver installation to proceed Windows certified drivers are currently in development and will be released as a free download from our website as soon as they have passed Microsoft certification testing EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St Suite B Brea CA 92821 Phone 888 881 EVGA 714 528 4500 Fax 714 528 4501 Page 31 gt VU 3 JAN Intelligent Innovation 4 1
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