EVGA 141-BL-E759 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.

After removing the EVGA X58 SLI

TM

Classified from its packaging, place it on to a nonconductive

surface. For example: wood, cardboard box, or an anti-static mat.

1

a. b.

Unhook the socket lever and lift up the load plate. Remove the 1366 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.

3

c.

a. b.

2

a. b. c.

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

b.

4

a.

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

5

b.

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.

Install one stick of system memory (DIMM) into the appropriate DIMM slot (see other side).

6

a. b.

c. d.

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. Optional: for overclocking it is recommended to install two 8-Pin

CPU Power Connectors.

SATA Connection

8

a. b.

IDE Connection

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

a. b.

Press the onboard Clear CMOS button Press the red Power Button

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 red Power Button to
begin powering up the system.

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.

8 Pin 12v Power

Control
Sense
12V
Ground

CPU Fan Header

Please see the manual for more details.

Fan Header

Sense

Secondary

Primary

Use at least one
8 Pin connector.
Two is recommended
for overclocking.

12V

Ground

SATA Port

Ground
12V
Sense

Fan Header

PCI-E 2
PCI-E 3
PCI-E 4

PCI-E 5

24 Pin ATX Power

PCI-E Enable
PCI-E Disable

1 4 6 8

2 3 5 2 7

1. PS/2 Keyboard Port

2. USB 2.0 Ports

3. Clear CMOS

6. IEEE1394a (Firewire) Port

7. e-SATA Port

8. LAN Ports (10/100/1000)

2

9

Connector

Front Audio Connector

10

8

6

4

2

1

5

3

9

7

Connector

SPDIF

2 4

1 365

SignalPin

PORT1_L

1

AUD_GND

2

PORT1_R

3

PRECENCE J

4

PORT2_R

5

SENSE1_RETURN

6

SENSE_SEND

7

Empty

8

PORT2_L

9

SENSE2_RETURN

10

1
2

3

4

5

6

DefinitionPin

Power
No Pin

SPDIF

SPDIFI

GROUND

GROUND

PC Speaker

CMOS

IDE Channel

GND GND GND

SATA Ports

PWRLED PWRSW Blank

+ -

RX

RX

+

4. Coaxial SPDIF Output

9. Audio Ports

5. Optical SPDIF Output

-

-

TX

+

TX

1

1

3

3

5

5

One DIMM: If using 1 DIMM (Single Channel),
install into: DIMM slot 1.

2 4

42

6

6

Two or Four DIMMs: If using 2 DIMMs (Dual Channel),
install into: DIMM slots 1 and 3. If using 4 DIMMs
(Dual Channel), install into: DIMM slots 2, 1, 4, and 3.

Three DIMMs: If using 3 DIMMs (Triple Channel),
install into: DIMM slots 1, 3, and 5.

Fan Header

Ground

12V

Sense

Sense

12V

Ground

Connector

IEEE 1394a Connector

10

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10

Six DIMMs: If using more than 4 DIMMs, use:
DIMM slots 2, 1, 4, and 3 then proceed to occupy
the following DIMM slots in this order: 6 and 5.

ATTENTION:

Reset

Button

Power
Button

2

1

+ -

HD_LED RESET No

10

9

Connect

EVGA recommends applying 1.65V or less when

SignalPin

+

TPA

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TPA
GND
GND
TPB
TPB

+

12V

+

12V

Empty

GND

-

+

-

Connector

USB 2.0 Header Connector

123456789

10

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

Post LED

­+

setting the DIMM Voltage. This will support long
term stability.

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