EVGA 132-YW-E180 User Manual

The following quick steps will guide you through testing the absolute bare minimum essentials of your motherboard before installing it into a system chassis.
Visual aids are provided to assist you during the following procedures.

To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and injury always follow basic safety precautions. It is recommended that you use electrostatic discharge (ESD)
countermeasures such as an ESD wrist strap or anti-static mat when handling computer components.

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a. b.

Unhook the socket lever and lift up the load plate. Remove the LGA 775 protective cover and carefully install your Intel processor making sure to properly align the notches.
Close the load plate and with light pressure, lower the socket lever back in to its original position.

c.

After removing the EVGA nForce 790i SLITM FTW DIGITAL PWM from its packaging, place it on to a nonconductive surface. For example: wood, cardboard box,
or an anti-static mat.

2

a. b.

Apply a small, pea-sized drop of thermal paste on to the middle of the processor. Install your processor heatsink and fan.

c.

3

a. b.

Plug in one keyboard into a USB port or PS/2 port.

5

b.

4

a. b.

Install one stick of system memory (DIMM) in to the DIMM slot of your choice.

6

a.

Insert your graphics card into either the PCI-E 2.0 slot or the PCI slot. The type of slot depends on the graphic card
bus type. Connect a monitor to the output connector of the graphics card.

7

a. b.

c. d.

Make sure your power supply’s power switch is in the OFF position then connect your 24-Pin ATX Power Connector
and 8-Pin CPU Power Connector to the motherboard.

a. b.

c. d.

Plug in power connectors to both the graphics card and the hard disk drive. Power connector types will vary
depending on the hard disk drive and graphic card’s power requirements.

9

Press the onboard Clear CMOS button

SATA Connection

8

a. b.

IDE Connection

Power Button

c. d.

On the power supply, flip the power switch to the
ON position. LEDs will now be lit on the motherboard.
Press the onboard Clear CMOS button once then press
the green Power Button to begin powering up the system.

Press the green power button

At this final stage, you should now be greeted with the
POST screen on your monitor.

Connect one hard drive disk to either one of the SATA Connectors or to the IDE Connector
depending on the hard disk drive connection type.

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Installing the CPU

1. Unlock the socket by pressing
the lever sideways, then lift it up

o

to a 90

2. Lift the load plate. There is
a protective socket cover on the
load plate to protect the socket
when there is no CPU installed.

3. Remove the protective socket
cover from the load plate.
(Save this protective piece,
as it is needed whenever
transporting or shipping the
motherboard.)

angle.

Installing System
Memory

1. This motherboard supports up
to four 240-pin DDR3 memory
modules. Having matched pairs
is highly recommended for dual
channel configurations.

2. For dual channel configurations
use DIMM slots 0 and 1, 2 and 3,
or 0 through 3. It is recomended
to use the “Black Slots” if running
in 2 DIMM Mode

* Use matching color slots for
dual channel

Connecting Peripherals

1. Now connect your peripheral
devices such as hard drives,
floppy drive, and DVD-ROM
drives to the motherboard.

Cables

Floppy

IDE

24 pin ATX power

8 pin 12v power

IDE Channel

SATA ports

4. Align the notches in the CPU
with the notches on the socket.

5. Lower the CPU straight into
the socket. Close the lid plate
and engage the socket lever.

6. The CPU will need a proper
cooling solution, please refer
to the manual that came with
your heatsink for detailed
instructions

.

Installing the
Graphics Card(s)

1. This motherboard has three
PCI Express X16 slots. If
installing a single graphics
card use the PCI-E slot closest
to the CPU socket

.

GPU 1

GPU 2

GPU 3

SATA

2. Connect power cables to the
motherboard and any other
peripherals in your system.

* Remember to plug in your
PCI-E power cables to your
graphics card(s) if necessary.

3. Connect the front panel
headers and any other headers
that are going to be in use.

SATA ports

Connector

Front Audio Connector

21

43

65

87

109

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

10

SignalPin

PORT1_L
AUD_GND
PORT1_R
PRECENCE J
PORT2_R
SENSE1_RETURN

SENSE_SEND
Empty

PORT2_L
SENSE2_RETURN

Connector

IEEE 1394a Connector

910

78

56

34

12

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

10

Floppy Channel

SignalPin

+

TPA

-

TPA
GND
GND

+

TPB

-

TPB
+

12V

+

12V
Empty
GND

Connector

USB 2.0 Header
Connector

9 10

7 8

5 6

3 4

1 2

PWRLED PWRSW Blank

+ -

2

1

HD_LED RESET No

+ -

1
3
5
7
9

SignalPin
5V_DUAL

-

D

+

D
GND
Empty

2
4
6
8
10

SignalPin

5V_DUAL

-

D

+

D
GND
No Connect

10

9

Connect

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