EVGA 131-K8-NF44-XX - Manuals

Page 2 - USER’S MANUAL

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 1 USER’S MANUAL FOR EVGA NFORCE4 MOTHERBOARD MODELS: 131-K8-NF44-XX 131-K8-NF44 MANUAL - REV 1.0 - REV DATE 11 JAN 2006

Page 4 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 3 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 Diag...

Page 5 - Chapter 1; Introduction of nForce4 Motherboards; and; standards and offers you home cinema

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 4 Chapter 1 Introduction of nForce4 Motherboards 1-1 Motherboard Features Motherboards based on NVIDIA nForce4 single chip technology support the innovative 64-bit AMD Athlon64 ...

Page 6 - Special Features of the Motherboard; detailed settings, please read the BIOS PDF located on the CD)

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 5 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 wo...

Page 7 - Specifications

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 6 Spec Description Design ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.5x24.5 cm Chipset NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Technology CPU Socket 939 Supports 64bit AMD Athlon64 939-Pin package proces...

Page 8 - Layout Diagram & Jumper Settings

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 7 1-3 Layout Diagram & Jumper Settings SURRBACK LINE IN CEN/LFE LINE OUT SURROUND MIC-IN GIGA LAN + USB 2 FIREWIRE + USB 1 PRINTER DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COM 1 PS/2 MOUSE PS/2 KE...

Page 10 - Name

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 9 Socket/Slot Name Description ZIF Socket 939 CPU Socket 939-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket DIMM1~4 DDR Module Socket 184-pin DDR Module Socket PCI1 PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus...

Page 11 - Chapter 2; Hardware Installation Steps; 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 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Hardware Installation Steps Before using your computer, please complete the following steps: 1. Check motherboard jumper settings 2. Insta...

Page 13 - CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket; Golden Arrow; ck

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 12 USB - U niversal S erial B us - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards, scanners, and some digital cameras. Sound (interface) - the interface between th...

Page 14 - Install Memory; This motherboard provides; four; 84-pin DDR DUAL INLINE MEMORY; Valid Memory Configurations; Bank; For Dual Channel Memory

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 13 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...

Page 16 - Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.; Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 15 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 y...

Page 17 - Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard; Interrupt requests are shared as shown in the table below:; Slots; Base Specification revision 1.0a; FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 16 2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard Interrupt requests are shared as shown in the table below: INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H Slot 1 X Slot 2 ...

Page 18 - Standard Interrupt Assignments; IRQ

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 17 Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 N/A System Timer 1 N/A Keyboard Controller 2 N/A Programmable Interrupt 3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2) 4 * 9...

Page 19 - - Install your NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards in the PCI-E x8 slots; STEP 2; - Prepare to install the SLI Bridge with your NVIDIA SLI Supported

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 18 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 NV...

Page 20 - STEP 3; - Be careful with the pins as to not damage the adapter or graphics; STEP 4; - Plug the SLI Bridge adapter onto both of the NVIDIA SLI Supported

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 19 STEP 3 - Be 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 Support...

Page 21 - Connectors and Headers

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 20 2-6 Connectors and 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 wi...

Page 24 - Floppy Drive Connector; FDD

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 23 COM2/PARALLEL/SPDIF OUT This block area includes the 9 pin connector for COM2, a standard Parallel port and SPDIF Out connectors for both RCA connector type or TOSLINK. Flopp...

Page 25 - 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 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 d...

Page 26 - AUDIO; 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 2-6-2 Headers 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 h...

Page 27 - System Case Connections; JW FP

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 26 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 ...

Page 30 - Starting Up Your Computer; Beep

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 29 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 ...

Page 31 - Chapter 3; BIOS

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 30 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...

Page 32 - Chapter 4; INSTALLATION; options that will allow you to

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 31 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. ...

Page 33 - Browse to the Driver CD and open the folder named “RAID”

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 32 4-1 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 Sy...

Page 34 - APPENDIX 1; Quick Debug Port Post Codes

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 33 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...

Page 35 - BOOT BLOCK POST CODES

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 34 74 Detect & Initialize Math Coprocessor Initialize math coprocessor. 75 HDD Check for Write protection HDD check out 76 Reserved 77 Display POST error Check POST error an...

Page 36 - APPENDIX 2

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 35 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, ...

Page 37 - LIMITED WARRANTY; adjustment or any other implementation service.; APPENDIX 3; WARRANTY INFORMATION

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 36 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, E...

Page 38 - System; APPENDIX 4; USEFUL INFORMATION

EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 37 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 co...