EVGA 132-YW-E180 - Manuals

 Serial ATA II  Chassis Fans  Rear panel USB 2.0 Adapter  Expansion slots  CMOS Clear Button See Figure 1 on page 5 to locate the connectors and button referenced in the following procedure. To support 3-way SLI, this motherboard has the following specific power supply requirements:  Minimum 1...

Make sure you have enough power to cover all the expansion cards you will be installing. To determine what you power requirements are for your specific configuration or a certified power supply vendor, refer to . PWR1 is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the...

PWR2 , 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. The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE hard disk drives. Connect the blue connector (the cable end with a single connector) to the motherboard. ...

The Serial ATA connector is used to connect a Serial ATA I or Serial ATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate. There are ten Serial ATA connectors on ...

The front panel header on this motherboard is used to connect the following four cables. (see Table 2 for pin definitions):  PWRLED Some chassis do not have all four cables. Be sure to match the name on the connectors to the corresponding pins.  PWRSW Attach the power button cable from the case to...

The IEEE 1394a ( Firewire ) 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. Secure the bracket to the rear panel of your chassis. Connect the end of the cable to the IEEE 1394a connector on the motherboard. ...

This motherboard contains six (6) 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 onboard that can be used to connect an optional external bracket containing four (4) USB 2.0 ports. Secure the bracket to...

The audio connector uses the AC97 standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: Front Audio and Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re- tasking function. Table 5. Front Audio Connector Connector Pin Signal Front Audio Connector 1 PORT1_L 2 AUD_GND 3 PORT1_R 4 PRECENCE_J 5 PORT2_R 6 SENSE...

The HD Audio connection supports HD audio standard. Use this if the case does not use the AC97 connectors. Table 6. HD Audio Connector Connector Pin Signal HD audio Connector 1 BCLK 2 GND 3 RESET# 4 +3.3V 5 SYNC 6 GND 7 SDATA_OUT 8 +3.3V 9 SDATA_IN0 10 +12V 11 SDATA_IN1 12 KEY 13 NC 14 +3.3V_DUAL 15...

The SPDIF header is used to connect to an NVIDIA graphics card for HDMI audio. Connector Pin Signal SPDIF Audio Connector 1 Power 2 No Pin 3 SPDIF 4 SPDIFI 5 GROUND 6 GROUND

The EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW motherboard contains seven expansion slots, five PCI Express slots and two PCI slots. 1 – PCI slot 1 – PCIe x16 slot 2 – PCI slot 2 – PCIe x16 slot 3 – PCIe x1 slots – PCIe x16 slot 1 (Primary) 2 3 5 4 6 5 The motherboard supports a standard 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44m, and ...

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...

––– - Figure 5. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu  Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration.  Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence.  Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to optimize system performance...

The following items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus:  Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe defaults system settings.  Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized defaults system settings.  Set Supervisor Password/Set User Password Use this command to set, change...

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  arrow keys to position the selector in the option you...

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 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-...

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 are automatically filled in.  None There is no HDD installed or set.  Auto The system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting...

Drive A None ..... [ ] 360K, 5.25 in. ..... [ ] 1.2M, 5.25 in. ..... [ ] 720K, 3.5 in. ..... [ ] 1.44M, 3.5 in. ..... [ ] 2.88M, 3.5 in. ..... [ ]  :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort Halt On All Errors ..... [ ] No Errors ..... [ ] All , But Keyboard ..... [ ] All , But Diskette ..... [ ] All , But Disk...

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  arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose. To go back to the previous menu, press Esc . Th...

Select Advanced Chipset Features from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the functions of the Advanced Chipset Functions menu. Figure 8. Advanced Chipset Features This function allows you to enable or disable caching the system BIOS. This function allows you to enable or disable ...

Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals menu. Figure 9. Integrated Peripherals Menu  :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults  ...

OnChip IDE Channel0 [Disabled] x Primary Master PIO Auto x Primary Slave PIO Auto x Primary Master UDMA Auto x Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] Serial-ATA Controller [All Enabled] IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled] Press Enter to display the IDE Functio...

RAID Enable [Disabled] x SATA 1 (A0) RAID Disabled x SATA 2 (A1) RAID Disabled x SATA 3 (B0) RAID Disabled x SATA 4 (B1) RAID Disabled x SATA 5 (C0) RAID Disabled x SATA 6 (C1) RAID Disabled OnChip USB [Disabled] x USB Keyboard Support Enabled x USB Mouse Support Enabled  IDE HDD Block Mode Using t...

 USB Keyboard/Mouse Support Use these function to enable or disable the onchip USB support of the keyboard and/or mouse. Press Enter to display the MAC Config menu.  MACx LAN Use these functions to set the MAC0 and/or MAC1 LANs to Auto or disable their functions. This function on the Integrated Pe...

Select Power Management Setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Power Management Setup menu. Figure 10. Power Management Setup Menu This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the ACPI function. This function on the Power Management ...

This function on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to define the power-on function. Options for this function are:  BUTTON ONLY  Keyboard 98  Password When [Password] is selected, the KB Power ON Password function is enabled so that you must enter a password. Hot Key Power On When [Hot K...

Select PnP/PCI Configuration from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PnP/PCI Configuration menu. Figure 11. PnP/PCI Configuration Menu 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. Op...

This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over. When set to higher values, every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance, you should set the item to higher values. The optio...

Select PC Health Status from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PC Health Status menu. Figure 12. PC Health Status Menu All of the values shown in Blue are dynamic and change as the speed and voltages of the various components change with system usage.  :Move Enter:Select...

Press Enter to display the Dynamic Fan Control menu. 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] ...

Select Frequency/Voltage Control from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Frequency/Voltage Control menu. Figure 13. Frequency/Voltage Control Menu  :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized D...

Select System Clocks from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the System Clocks menu. From this menu, you are able to specify frequency settings, HT multipliers, and Spread Spectrum settings. Note that in Figure 9, all of the options are listed. On the actual BIOS screen, y...

 CPU Spread Spectrum This option reduces the EMI generated by the CPU. Options are [Disabled] and [Center Spread].  HT Spread Spectrum This option reduces the EMI generated by the HT. Options are [Disabled] and [Auto].  PCIe Spread Spectrum (SPP) This option reduces the EMI generated by the SPP P...

 MEM (DDR), MHz Use the + or – keys to scroll through new values for the memory frequency or type in a new value. Note that the Actual MEM (DDR) reflects the actual frequency that takes effect when the system reboots.  Memory Timing Setting Press Enter to display the Memory Timing Setting menu. Us...

 Expert Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select Expert . When Expert is selected, all timing categories are enabled for manual input. Note that you should set the value to Optimal to use the manufacturers’ recommended values. tCL : CAS# latency (options are Auto and 5 through 18). tRCD : RAS#-...

tRFC : Minimum Refresh Recover Time Delay (options are Auto , 90ns , 110ns,160ns and 285nS ). Select CPU Feature from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the CPU Feature menu. Figure 16. CPU Feature Menu  Limit CPUID MaxVal Use this function to enable the set limit of the ...

Select System Voltages from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the System Voltages menu. Figure 17. System Voltages Menu  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 sel...

This function loads the system voltages and timing settings that were defined in the System Voltages menu. You can set up to three profile settings using the Save timing/voltage set function. There are three profile options that can be loaded. The default setting is Auto for all settings. Press Ente...