EVGA 132-YW-E178 Bedienungsanleitung

User Guide E V G A force 7 80i SLI FTW Motherboard[...]

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EVGA ii i Table of Contents Before You Begi n… .......................................................................................................................... ix Parts NOT in the K it ................................................................ ..................................................... ix Intent ions of t he Kit .......[...]

EVGA iv Audio ................................ ...................................................................................................... 19 Fan Connec tions ................................................................ ..................................................... 20 COM1 .....................................................[...]

EVGA v System BIOS Cacheabl e ........................................................................................................ 37 HPET Funct i on ................................................................ ....................................................... 37 Integr ated Per ipher als Menu .........................................[...]

EVGA vi PC Healt h Stat us ................................................................................................ ............................. 47 Dynamic Fan C ontrol ................................................................................................ ................... 48 Frequenc y/Volt age Control ........................[...]

EVGA vii System Volt age .............................................................................................................................. 59 EVGA VDroo p Cont rol ............................................................................................................... 59 CPU Core .................................................[...]

EVGA v iii List of Figures Figure 1. EVGA nFor ce 780i SLI FTW Mother board L ayout ....................................................... 5 Figure 2. Chassi s B ack Panel Connect ors ................................................................................. 6 Figure 3. Power Su pply C onnect ors ............................................[...]

EVGA ix Before Y ou Begin… Parts NOT in the Kit This kit contains all the hardware necessary to install a nd connect your new EVGA force ® 78 0i SLI FTW motherboard. However, it does not contain the following items th at must be purchased separately to make the motherboard functional.  Intel microprocessor  System Memory  Cooling fan fo[...]

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EVGA 1 EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Motherboard Thank you for buying the EVGA nFore 780i SLI FT W Mo ther board : This mothe rboard offers the tools and performance PC users’ demand. When combi ned with two or t hree SLI- Ready NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, you get innovative NVIDIA SLI Technology for enhanced system perfor mance. Motherboard Specif[...]

EVGA 2  Onboard LAN  Dual LAN interface built- in o nboard  Supports 10/100/1000 Mbit/sec Ethernet  Onboard 1394  Support s h ot plug  Two 1394 a ports (one rear panel port, one onb oard hea der) w ith a rate transmissi on of 400 Mbps  Onboard Aud io  Azalia High-Definition audio  Supports 8 -channel audio  Supports S/[...]

EVGA 3 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions Unpacking The EV GA nForce 780i SLI FT W motherboard comes with all the necessary cables for adding a motherboard to a new chassis. If you are replacing a motherboard, you may n ot need many of these cables. Be sure to inspect each piece of equipment shipped in the packing box. If anythin g is miss ing or dam[...]

EVGA 4 2- Po rt SATA Powe r Cable (Qty T hree) Allows a Molex power c onnector to ada pt to a SATA power connector 1394 Cabl e Provides two additio nal 1394 ports to either the fro nt or back panels of the c hassis. USB 2.0 4-Port Cab le Provides four additio nal USB ports to e ither the front or back panels of the c hassis. SATA S ignal Cable (Qty[...]

EVGA 5 Figure 1. EVGA nFor ce 780i SLI FTW Motherboard Layout 1. CPU Socket – F or use with Intel LG A 775 CP Us 11. USB headers – f or additional US B connectors. 21. SPDIF conn ector – Dig ital Aud io con nec tion 2. NVIDIA SPP with Active fan – Also known a s the Northbridge 12. Motherboard b attery – helps reta in system BIOS s etting[...]

EVGA 6 Figu re 2. Chassis Back Pa nel Connectors 1. PS/ 2 Mouse Port 2. PS/ 2 Keyboard Port 3. 1 394a (Firewire ) Port 4. USB 2.0 ports (SIX) 5. SPDIF output 6. Port 2- Channel 4- Channel 6- Channel/8 - Channel Blue Line -In Line -In Line -In Green Line - Out Front Speak er Out Front Speak er Out Pink Mic I n Mic In Mic In Orange Center/Subw oofer [...]

EVGA 7 Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installati on of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are:  Prepari ng the mot herboa rd  Installing the CPU  Installing the CPU fan  Installing the memory  Installing the motherboard  Connecting cables and setting switch es Safety Instructions To [...]

EVGA 8 Preparing the Motherboard Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Make sure not to bend or break any pins on the back. Hold the processor only by the edges and do not touch the bot tom of the processor. Use the following procedure to install the CPU onto the motherboa rd. 1. Unhook the socket lever by pushing down a nd away[...]

EVGA 9 Installing Sys t e m Memory ( DI MMs ) Your new motherboard has four 1.8V 240 -pin slots for DDR2 memory . These slots support 256 MB, 512 MB , 1 GB, and 2 GB DDR2 memory modules. They also su pport dual channel DDR2 memory tech nology up to 10.7GB/s. T here must be at least one memory bank populated to ensure normal operation. Use the follo[...]

EVGA 10 Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into the chassis depends on the chassis you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working w ith an empty chassis. It is recommended to secure the motherboard first before making all connections. Use the following procedure to i nstall the I/O shiel[...]

EVGA 11 Connecting Cables and Set ting Sw itches This section takes you through all the connections and switch settings necessary on the motherboa rd. This w i ll include:  Power C onnecti ons  24 -pin ATX power ( PWR1 )  8-pin ATX 12V power ( PWR2 )  Internal Headers  Front panel  IEEE 1394a  USB Headers  Aud io  Speaker[...]

EVGA 12 Power Connections To su pport 3 -way S LI, this motherboard has the following specific minimum power s upply requirem ents:  A Power Supply that features 1000 W peak power  6- pin and /or 8 - pin PC I - E power connectors configured in either of the following configurations (see Figure 3):  Four 6 - pin ( 3x2) a nd tw o 8 -pin (4x2[...]

EVGA 13 24 -pin ATX Power (PWR1) PWR1 is the main po wer supply connector located along the edge of th e board next to the DIMM slots. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins a re properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. Firmly plug the power supply ca ble into the connector and make sure it is secure. T his conn ector i s not[...]

EVGA 14 8-pin ATX 12V Power ( PW R 2 ) 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 . T his con nect or is notc hed , do not force i n. Connecting IDE Ha rd Disk Driv es The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE hard disk drives. 1. Connect t[...]

EVGA 15 Connecting Serial ATA Cables The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the mothe rboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 300MB/ s data transfer rate. There a re six serial ATA connectors on the motherboard th[...]

EVGA 16 Connecting Internal Headers Front Pa nel Head er The front panel header o n this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables: (see Table 2 for pin definitions)  PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector. The Powe r LED indicates the system’s statu s. When the system is i[...]

EVGA 17 Table 2. Front Pan el Header Pins Pin Signal In/Out Description HD_LED 1 HD_PWR Out Hard disk drive LED pull s up to +5V 3 HDA# Out Hard disk drive active LED PWRLED 2 HDR_BL NK_G RN Out Front panel green light 4 HDR_BL NK_Y EL Out Front panel yellow light RESET 5 GND Ground 7 FP_RES ET# In Reset switch PWRSW 6 SWITCH_ON # In Power switch 8[...]

EVGA 18 USB Headers This motherboard contains six (6) U SB 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of th e 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) mo re USB 2.0 ports. 1. Secure the bracket to either the front o[...]

EVGA 19 Audio The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: Front Audio a nd Rea r Au dio. T he fro nt A udio supports re - tasking function. Table 5. Front Audio Connector Co nn e cto r Pin Signal Front Audio Connecto r 1 PORT1_L 2 AUD_GND 3 PORT1_R 4 PRE CENCE_J 5 PORT2_R 6 SENSE 1_RETU RN 7 SENSE_[...]

EVGA 20 Fan Connection s There are five fan conne ctions on t he mothe rboard . The fan speed can be detected and viewed in the PC He alth S tatus se ction of the CMOS Setup. The fans are automatically tu rned off after the system enters S3, S4 and S5 mode. Note that the CPU fan cable can be either a 3- p in or a 4- p in conne ctor. Conne ct a 3 - [...]

EVGA 21 There a re four more o ptiona l fan connectors on the motherboard that can be used for adding more system fans. COM1 The mo therboard kit provides an additional serial COM header for your machine. Connect one side of a switching cab le to the header and then attach the serial COM device to th e other side of the cable. System fan connector [...]

EVGA 22 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) Conne cto r The mo therboa rd su pports a s tand ard 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44m, and a 2.88M floppy disk drive (FDD). Expansion Slo ts The EV GA nForce 780i SLI FT W motherboard contains six exp ansion slots , f our PCI Exp ress slots and two PCI slots. PCI Slots The two PCI slots support many expansion cards su ch as a[...]

EVGA 23 PCI Express x1 Slot There is one PCI Express x1 slot that is designed to accommod ate less bandwidth- int ensive cards, such as a modem, LAN card, or soundcard card. The x1 slot provides up t o 250 MB/sec bandwidth. PCI Express x16 Slots These three PCI Express x16 slots are reserved for graphics or video car ds. The design of this motherbo[...]

EVGA 24 Clear CMOS Functi on The motherboard contains a button to clear BIOS configurations back to default settin gs. Please see Figure 1 on page 6 for location. Clear CMOS Butto n The motherboard uses the CMOS to store all the set parameters. The CMOS can be cleared by press ing the Clea r CMOS butt on on t he mothe rboa rd . Use the following pr[...]

EVGA 25 Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to cha nge the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. This section includes the following information:  Enter BIOS Setup  Main Menu  Standard CMOS Features  Advanced BIOS Features  Advanced Chipset Features ?[...]

EVGA 26 Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and so ftware. Correct ly setting the BIOS parameters is critical when maintain ing optimal system performance. Use the foll owing procedure to verify/change BIOS setting s. 1. Power on the computer . 2. Press the Del key when the following message briefly displays at th[...]

EVGA 27 F igure 5. BIOS CMOS Setup Utilit y 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 advan ced system features and boot sequence.  Advanced Chips et Features Use this menu to adjust system bios cacheable and HPET Functions.  Integrated P[...]

EVGA 28 The following items on the CMOS Set up Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus:  Load Fail Safe D efaults Load default system settings.  Load Optimized Defaults Loads optimized system settings.  Set Supervisor Password Use this command to set, change, and disable the password used t o access the BIOS menu.  Set User [...]

EVGA 29 The in formati on shown in Item Help corresponds to the option highlight ed. Figu re 6. Standard CMOS Features Menu Note that al l data in wh i te is for i nformation only, dat a in yellow is changeable, data in blu e is non - changeable , and data in a red box is highlighted for selection. Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the c[...]

EVGA 30 IDE Channel and SATA Channel Use these functions to detect and configure the individual IDE and SATA channels . Select a channel a nd pre ss Ent er to display the IDE/SATA sub -menu. Press Enter to auto- detect IDE and SATA chann els in the system. Once the channel is detected, the values f or Capacity, Cylinder, Heads, Precomp, Landing Zon[...]

EVGA 31 Drive A None ..... [ ] 360K, 5.25 in. .... . [ ] 1.2M, 5.25 in. .... . [ ] 720K, 3.5 in. .... . [ ] 1. 44 M, 3.5 in. .... . [ ] 2.88M, 3.5 in. .... . [ ]  :Move ENTER:Acc ept ESC: Abort The BIOS supports the following HDD Access Modes:  CHS For HDD less than 528 MB.  LBA For HDD greater than 528 MB and supporting LBA (Logical Bl[...]

EVGA 32 Halt O n All Er rors .... . [ ] No Err ors .... . [ ] All , But Keyboa rd ..... [ ] All , But Disket te ..... [ ] All , But Di sk/K ey .. ... [ ]  :Move ENTER:Acc ept ESC: Abort Base Mem ory 640K Exte nded Mem ory 104755 2K Tota l Me mory 1048 576K Halt On Halt On determines whether or not the computer stops if an error is detected du[...]

EVGA 33 Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Setup screen. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scro ll through the options or press Ent er 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 . The options tha[...]

EVGA 34 Removable Dev ic e Priority Use this option to select the priority for removable device startup . Pre ss Enter to see the list of removable devices in your system. Use the  arrow keys to go to the various d evices. Then use the + or – keys to move the device pr iority up or down in the list. To go back t o the previous menu, press E[...]

EVGA 35 First/Second/T hird Boot Device Use this option to set th e priority sequence of the devices booted at power on. Use th e Page Up and Pa ge D own keys to scroll through the options or press Ent er to display the sub- menu. Use the  arrow keys to position the selector in th e option you choose. Boot Other Dev ice With the option set to[...]

EVGA 36 MPS Version C ontrol F or OS Use this function to select the Multi -Processor Specification (MP S ) version that BIOS passes to the operating system. Use th e Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll thro ugh the options. Full Screen LOGO Show This option allows you to enable or disable the display of the full - screen logo when the system boot[...]

EVGA 37 Advanced Chips et Features Select Advanced Chipset Features from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the functions o f the Advanced Chipset Features me nu. Figu re 8. Advanced Chipset Featu res System BIOS Ca cheable This function allows you to enable or disable caching the system BIOS. HPET Function This function allows [...]

EVGA 38 Integrated P eripherals Menu Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Ent er to display the Integrated Peripherals menu . Figu re 9. Integra ted P eriphe rals M enu  :Move Enter:Sele ct +/ - /PU/P D:Value F10 :Save ES C:Exit F1 :General Help F5: Previous Values F7:De faults  IDE Func tion S etu[...]

EVGA 39 OnCh ip I DE C hannel 0 [D isab led] x Primary Master P IO Auto x Primary Slave PI O Auto x Primary Master U DMA Auto x Primary Slave UD MA Auto IDE DMA tran sfer a cces s [E nabl ed] Seri al - ATA Cont roller [All E nabled ] IDE Pref etch Mode [Ena bled ] IDE Function Se tup Press Enter to display the IDE Function Setup menu .  OnChip I[...]

EVGA 40 RAID Ena ble [Dis abled] x SATA 0 Prim ary RAID Disabled x SATA 0 Seco ndar y RAID Disabled x SATA 1 Prim ary RAID Disabled x SATA 1 Seco ndar y RAID Disabled x SATA 2 Prim ary RAID Disabled x SATA 2 Seco ndar y RAID Disabled OnCh ip U SB [D isable d] x USB Keyboa rd Sup port Enabl ed x USB Mou se S uppo rt Enabl ed RAID Config Press Enter [...]

EVGA 41 MAC Config 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. IEEE1394 con troller This function on the Integrated Peripherals menu allows you to e nable or disable the IEEE1394 (Firewire) interface. HD Audio This function on the Integrated Perip[...]

EVGA 42 Power Management Setup Menu Select Power Management Setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Ent er to display the Power Management Setu p menu . Figu re 10 . Power Management S etup Menu ACPI Function This function on the Power Management Setup menu all ows you to enable or disable the ACPI func tion . ACPI Suspend Ty pe This funct[...]

EVGA 43 Soft-Off by PBNT This fu nction on th e Power Management Setup menu all ows you to set Soft- Of f by P BNT to [Instan t - Off] or [De lay 4 Se c] . WOL(PME#) From Soft- Off This function on the Power Management Setup menu all ows you to enable or disable WOL(PM W#) from soft- of f. Power On by Alarm This function on the Power Management Set[...]

EVGA 44 POWER ON Fun ction This f unction on the Power Management Setup menu allows you to def ine the power - on function . Options for th is func tion a re:  BUTTON ONLY  Keyboard 98  Password When [Passwor d] is selected, th e KB Power ON Pas sword function is enabled so that you must enter a password.  Hot Key Power On When [Hot Key[...]

EVGA 45 PnP/PCI Configuratio n Menu Select PnP/PCI Configuration from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter t o display the PnP/PCI Configuration menu . Figu re 11 . 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[...]

EVGA 46 Set this to [Enab led] if you have installed a new add- on and the system recon figuration has caused a serious conflict that prevents the OS from booting. The default setting is [Disabl ed] . Resources Cont rolled By This fu nction on the Pn P/PCI Configuration menu allows you to d efine if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot[...]

EVGA 47 Maximum Pa yload 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 Pag e D own 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. PC Health Stat[...]

EVGA 48 Dynamic Fan Con trol Press Enter to display the Dynamic Fan Control menu . Use this menu to control the speed of the various fans on the motherboard. Set C PU fan speed , C hassis Fan, and nForce Fan to [SmartFan] when you want the speed of the fans automatically controlled based on temperature. To set the fan spe ed to a constant rate, sel[...]

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EVGA 49 Frequency/Volta ge Control Press Enter to display the sub - menus. Dummy O. C Choose different levels of CPU OC 5 % , 10 % , 1 5 % , 20 %, and 25% increments. This functio n will allow to automatically overclock your CPU. The O .C’s stability will rely on the CPU type, good CPU’s heat dissipation, O.C memory modules and so on. [...]

EVGA 50 System Clocks Select System Clocks from the Advanced Chipset Features menu and press Ent er 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, you will need t o scroll dow[...]

EVGA 51 Frequency Settings  CPU Freq , MHz This value is set by the CPU Multiplier (value cannot be changed by the user) .  FSB Reference Clock . MHz This value is set by the system (value cann ot be changed by the user). To change the SLI - Ready memory, FSB memory, and memory timi ng, go to the FSB & Memory screen.  CPU Multiplier Th[...]

EVGA 52 Spread Spectrum  CPU Spread Spectrum Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the Spread Spectrum options for the CPU. Option values are [Di sable d] , [UP Spread] , a nd [Center Spread].  HT Spread Spectrum Disabled  PCIe Spread Spectrum(MCP) Disabled  SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled[...]

EVGA 53 FSB & Memory Config Select FSB & Memory Config from the Advanced Chipset Features menu and press Ent er to display the FSB & Memory Config menu . This menu provides the means to set SLI- Ready memory, FS B memory, and memory timing. Figu re 14 . FSB & Memory Co nfig Menu  SLI -Ready Memory Use the Page Up and Page Down ke[...]

EVGA 54 When you select one of the CPUOC x% options, the FSB - Memory Cloc k Mo de is set to Unlinke d and cannot be changed until SLI - Ready Memo ry is set to Dis able . Please note when enabling SLI – Ready memory, timings and voltages wi ll change automatically based on selection.  FSB and Memory Clock Mode Use the Page Up and Page Down ke[...]

EVGA 55  Memory Timing Setting Press Enter to display the Memory Timing Setting menu. Use this menu to set optimal timings or to manually enter timings.  Optimal Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select Optimal. Optimal prohibits you from manually setting any timing. All timing is set for optimal performance.  Expert Use the Page Up an[...]

EVGA 56 tCL : CAS# latency (options are 1 through 6). tRDC : RAS# -to-CAS# Delay for R ead/Write commands to the s ame bank (options are 1 through 7). tRP : Row Pre charge time . T his is the Precha rge - to- Active or Auto -to- Refresh of the same bank (options are 1 through 7). tRAS : This is the minimum RAS# active time (options are 1 through 31[...]

EVGA 57 CPU Feature Select CPU Feature from the Frequency/V oltage cont rol menu a nd press Ent er to display the CPU Feature menu . Figu re 15 . CPU Configurat ion Menu  Limit CPUID MaxVal Use this function to enable the s et limit of the CPUID MaxVal to 3. Set to Disable for Win XP.  Intel SpeedStep If enabled, CPU clock speed and CPU core [...]

EVGA 58  CPU Thermal C ontrol Use this function to enable or disable TM1 and T M2 support. Opt ions are:  Disable Disable support for TM1 and TM2.  TM1 Onl y The CPU is thermally throttled by cutting active processor clock cycles.  TM2 Only Thermal throttling is achieved by redu cing the CPU multiplier and CPU core voltage.  TM1 &[...]

EVGA 59 System Voltage s Select System Voltages from the Advanced Chipset Features m enu and press En ter to display the System Voltages menu . Figu re 16 . System V oltages Menu  EVGA VDroop control This Fu nction offers o ptions of With VDroop or Without VDro op to reduce voltage droop.  CPU Core Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll[...]

EVGA 60 Page Up and Page Down keys to select a vo ltage (1.2 0V, 1.30V, 1.40V, 1.50V) or select [Auto] to automatically set th e voltage.  nForce MCP This function defines the core voltage level for the NVIDIA nFor ce MCP chip. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a vo ltage or select [Auto] to automatically set the voltage.  HT nForc[...]

EVGA 61 Load Timing/Voltag e Set This function loads the system voltages and timing settings that were d efined in the System Voltages menu. You can set up to four profile settings using the S ave t iming/ volt age set function. There are four profile options that can be loaded. Press Enter to see the options. Save Tim ing/Voltage Set This function[...]

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EVGA 63 Installing Drivers and Software It is i m por tant to r eme mber tha t before installi ng the driver CD that is s hipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. This motherboard supports both W in dows XP 32 - bit 64 - bit and is Vista - capable with both 32 - bit and 64 - bit. The kit comes with a CD that contains d rivers and [...]

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EVGA 65 EVGA Glossary of Terms: ACPI - A dvanced C onfigur ation and P owe r Interface AFR – Alter nate Fr ame R ender ing APIC - A dvanced Pr ogram mable Inter rupt Contr oller BIOS - B asic Input Output System CD - ROM - Com pact Disc Read - Onl y Mem ory CMOS - Com plementar y M etal - Oxide Sem icon ductor CPU – Central Proc ess ing Uni t D[...]

EVGA 66 LCD - Liqui d Crys tal Dis play LGA – Land Grid Array LN2 – Liq uid Ni trogen Cooli ng MAC - Media Ac cess Contr ol MCP - M edia and C ommuni cati ons Pr oces sor MHz - M egahert z NB - Nor thbri dge NCQ - Nat ive Comm and Que uin g NIC - Net work Inter face Card NTFS - New Tec hnolog y Fil e Sy stem OEM - Or iginal Equipm ent Man ufact[...]

EVGA 67 Appendix A. POST Codes for t he EVGA nFo rc e 780i SLI FTW Motherboard This section provides the Award POST Codes (Table 6) and the NV MM POST Codes (Table 7) for EVGA nForce 780i SLI FT W Motherboard du ring system boot up. These POST Codes are displayed on the LED POST Cod e readout located directly onboard the motherboard. Only (Table 6)[...]

EVGA 68 Aw ar d PO ST Co des Code Na me Description 0E CheckSum Check Check the integrity of t he ROM,BIOS and mes sage 0F Reserved 10 Autodete ct EEPROM Check Flash t ype and copy flash write/erase routin es 11 Reserved 12 Test CMOS Test and Reset CMOS 13 Reserved 14 Load Chipset Load Chipset Defaults 15 Reserved 16 Init Clock Initiali ze onboard [...]

EVGA 69 Aw ar d PO ST Co des Code Na me Description 2E Reserved 2F Reserved 30 Reserved 31 Reserved 32 Reserved 33 Early keyboar d reset Early Keyboar d Reset 34 Reserved 35 Test DMA Cont roller 0 Tes t DMA channel 0 36 Reserved 37 Test DMA Cont roller 1 Test DMA chann el 1 38 Reserved 39 Test DMA Page Registers Test DMA Page Registers 3A Reserved [...]

EVGA 70 Aw ar d PO ST Co des Code Na me Description memory above 1MB. 4A Reserved 4B Reserved 4C Re served 4D Reserved 4E Init APIC Initiali ze APIC and set MTRR 4F Reserved 50 USB init Initialize USB c ontroller 51 Reserved 52 Memory Test Test all mem ory of memory above 1MB using Virtual 808 6 mode, page mode and clear the memory 53 Reserved 54 R[...]

EVGA 71 Aw ar d PO ST Co des Code Na me Description 69 Init Cac he Initialize cac he controller 6A Reserved 6B Setup Enter setup che ck and auto config uration chec k up 6C Reserved 6D Initiali ze Floppy Initiali ze floppy disk drive 6E Reserved 6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS dat a area parameters 70 Reserved 71 Reserved 72 Reserved 73 I[...]

EVGA 72 Aw ar d PO ST Co des Code Na me Description 8A Reserved 8B Option ROM Detect Scan for Option R OMs 8C Reserved 8D Enable Parity Check Enable Parity Check 8E Reserved 8F IRQ12 Enable Enable IRQ12 if m ouse present 90 Reserved 91 Reserved 92 Reserved 93 Boot Medium Read Detect an d store boot part ition head and cylinde rs values in RAM 94 Fi[...]

EVGA 73 Table 7. NVMM POST Codes NVMM POST Codes Code Na me Description 0F0h Identify HW in t he system 0F1h Regist er the slam tables 0F2h Early SLAM table 0F3h COM port initializ ation 000h Initiali ze the hardware devi ces 001h Override i nput paramete rs, etc. before QUERY 004h Query the hardware device s 008h Read SPD & fill in arrays 00Ch[...]

EVGA 74 NVMM POST Codes Code Na me Description 0 FEh ERROR h andle r 0FFh End of T able 0FFh Invalid APIC ID 0FEh CPU Identify /Init failed 0FDh North Bridge not supported 0FCh South B ridge not supported 0FBh No DIMMs present 0FAh Invalid DIMM ty pes, SDR/DDR 0F9h Different voltage levels 0F8h Inval id REF RESH Rate 0F7h Invalid memory geometry 0F[...]