EVGA 780I SLI - Manual

EVGA 780I SLI

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – User Guide
  • Page 4 – Table of Contents
  • Page 9 – List of Figures
  • Page 10 – Before You Begin...; Parts NOT in the Kit; Intel microprocessor; Cooling fan for the microprocessor; System memory support
  • Page 11 – Intentions of the Kit; building
  • Page 12 – Motherboard; Motherboard Specifications; Contains NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI MCP and SPP
  • Page 15 – Unpacking
  • Page 18 – EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Layout
  • Page 20 – Hardware Installation; Safety Instructions
  • Page 21 – Preparing the Motherboard; not; Installing the CPU; down
  • Page 22 – One DIMM; : Install into slot 0. You can install the DIMM into any slot,; Two DIMMs; : Install into either slots 0 and 1 or 2 and 3. The idea is to not; Four DIMMS
  • Page 23 – Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward.; Installing the Motherboard; Installing the I/O Shield; inside
  • Page 24 – Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis
  • Page 25 – IDE; Power Connections; Power Supply Connectors
  • Page 26 – PWR1 Motherboard Connector
  • Page 27 – , the 8-pin ATX 12V power connection, is used to provide power to the; Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives
  • Page 29 – Connecting Serial ATA Cables
  • Page 30 – Connecting Internal Headers; Front Panel Header
  • Page 31 – Front Panel Header Pins
  • Page 32 – USB Headers
  • Page 33 – Audio
  • Page 34 – Fan Connections; section of the CMOS Setup. The
  • Page 36 – FDD Connector; PCI Slots
  • Page 37 – PCI Express x1 Slot
  • Page 38 – Jumper Settings; Turn the AC power supply back on.
  • Page 40 – Configuring the BIOS
  • Page 41 – Enter BIOS Setup; Main Menu
  • Page 42 – BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu; Use this menu to set up the basic system configuration.
  • Page 43 – Load default system settings.
  • Page 44 – Standard CMOS Features Menu
  • Page 45 – Date and Time; and; keys to scroll through dates and times. Note that; IDE Channel and SATA Channel
  • Page 48 – Auto; Drive A; Halt On; All Errors
  • Page 49 – No Errors; ystem boot does not stop for any detected errors.; Memory; These settings are; This value represents the total memory of the system.
  • Page 50 – Advanced BIOS Features; keys to scroll through the options or; arrow keys to position the; Advanced BIOS Features Menu
  • Page 51 – Removable Device Priority; CPU Internal Cache
  • Page 52 – Quick Power On Self Test
  • Page 53 – Boot Up NumLock Status
  • Page 54 – Security Option; APIC Mode
  • Page 55 – Select; from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and; to display the functions of the Advanced Chipset Functions menu.; Advanced Chipset Features
  • Page 56 – from the Advanced Chipset Features menu and press; to display the System Clocks menu. From this menu, you are able to; System Clocks Menu
  • Page 57 – Frequency Settings; FSB Reference Clock. MHz
  • Page 58 – HT Multiplier; nForce SPP; Spread Spectrum; CPU Spread Spectrum; SATA Spread Spectrum
  • Page 60 – Clock Mode
  • Page 61 – Memory Timing Setting; Optimal
  • Page 63 – Expert
  • Page 64 – tREF; Figure 11. CPU Configuration Menu; Limit CPUID MaxVal
  • Page 65 – TM1 Only; Enables support for both TM1 and TM2.; Execute Disable Bit; This function allows you to enable or disable CPU Core.
  • Page 66 – Figure 12. System Voltages Menu; CPU Core
  • Page 68 – Load Timing/Voltage Set; Save timing/voltage set; to see the options.
  • Page 69 – Save Timing/Voltage Set; System BIOS Cacheable; Enabled
  • Page 70 – Integrated Peripherals Menu; to display the Integrated Peripherals menu.; Figure 13. Integrated Peripherals Menu
  • Page 71 – IDE Function Setup; Primary Master/Slave PIO; OnChip IDE Channel0; Primary Master/Slave UDMA; OnChip IDE Channel0; IDE DMA transfer access; IDE Prefetch mode
  • Page 72 – RAID Config; SATA x Primary/Secondary; RAID Enable; USB Config; OnChip USB
  • Page 73 – MAC Config; MACx LAN; HD Audio
  • Page 74 – Onboard Serial Port 1; to display the Power Management Setup menu.; Figure 14. Power Management Setup Menu
  • Page 75 – ACPI Function
  • Page 76 – When
  • Page 77 – PnP/PCI Configuration Menu; from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press; to display the PnP/PCI Configuration menu.
  • Page 78 – Init Display First; IRQ
  • Page 79 – PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
  • Page 80 – System Monitor Menu; to; Figure 16. System Monitor Menu; are dynamic and change as the speed and
  • Page 81 – Dynamic Fan Control; Press; to display the Dynamic Fan Control menu.
  • Page 83 – NVIDIA nForce motherboard drivers
  • Page 84 – Driver Installation
  • Page 87 – Device Settings; Device Settings has two tabs,; tab there are settings for the
  • Page 88 – CPU
  • Page 89 – The; option showcases a wide variety of motherboard and system-wide
  • Page 91 – Row Address Strobe
  • Page 93 – CAS Latency
  • Page 94 – GPU; interface. You can override the shipped clock
  • Page 95 – page allows you to change your system BIOS settings.; list arrow and select the BIOS page that you want to; or
  • Page 96 – menu is a high-level view where all the critical values
  • Page 97 – information regarding those components.; Profile Policies
  • Page 98 – Manage Your System BIOS
  • Page 99 – NVIDIA System Monitor; You can open the NVIDIA System Monitor several ways:
  • Page 102 – By clicking on the; image in the bottom left of the screen, the user can; looks and behaves. The first series of options the user
  • Page 104 – according to their own personal preferences.
  • Page 105 – POST Codes for Tritium Platform; Award POST Code
  • Page 115 – Configuring an SLI Configuration; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra; SLI Connector
  • Page 116 – ForceWare Driver; runs three installs, one for each GPU. Reboot your PC when the; shows three GPUs under
  • Page 117 – Figure 18. Windows Vista Device Manager
  • Page 118 – -way NVIDIA SLI is enabled from the; click on the Windows desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Go to; . After selecting this option, you will be prompted to verify the; Figure 19. NVIDIA Control Panel, Set SLI Configuration
  • Page 119 – and select; Figure 20. SLI Visual Indicators Operating in 3DMark2006
  • Page 120 – Verifying 3-way SLI is Active
  • Page 121 – Index; BIOS menus
  • Page 122 – configure IDE and SATA channels,
  • Page 123 – backup and update system BIOS,
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Summary

Page 2 - User Guide
Page 4 - Table of Contents

nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Table of Contents Before You Begin… ..................................................................................................... ix Parts NOT in the Kit ................................................................................................. ix Intention...

Page 9 - List of Figures

780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard EVGA viii List of Figures Figure 1. EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Layout.......................................... 7 Figure 2. Chassis Backpanel Connectors ............................................................. 7 Figure 3. Power Supply Connectors ...................

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