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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.
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.
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Apply a small, pea-sized drop of thermal paste on to the middle of the processor. Install your processor heatsink and fan.
Install one stick of system memory (DIMM) into the appropriate DIMM slot (see other side).
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Plug in one keyboard into a USB port or PS/2 port.
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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.
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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.
Press the onboard Clear CMOS button Press the red Power Button
At this final stage, you should now be
greeted with the POST screen on
your monitor.
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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.
SATA Connection
IDE Connection
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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.
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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.
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24 Pin ATX Power
IDE Channel
PCI-E Disable
PCI-E Enable
PCI-E 2
PCI-E 3
PCI-E 4
PCI-E 5
Post LED
Fan Header
SATA Ports
GND GND GND
RX
+
TX
-
TX
+
RX
-
SATA Port
PC Speaker
CMOS
Reset
Button
Power
Button
8 Pin 12v Power
Secondary
Primary
Use at least one
8 Pin connector.
Two is recommended
for overclocking.
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Connector
USB 2.0 Header Connector
SignalPin
1
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3
5
7
9
5V_DUAL
D
-
D
+
GND
Empty
5V_DUAL
D
-
D
+
GND
No Connect
2
4
6
8
10
SignalPin
Connector
Front Audio Connector
SignalPin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PORT1_L
AUD_GND
PORT1_R
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PORT2_R
SENSE1_RETURN
SENSE_SEND
Empty
PORT2_L
SENSE2_RETURN
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Connector
IEEE 1394a Connector
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10
SignalPin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TPA
+
TPA
-
GND
GND
TPB
+
TPB
-
+
12V
+
12V
Empty
GND
Connector
SPDIF
DefinitionPin
1
2
3
4
5
6
Power
No Pin
SPDIF
SPDIFI
GROUND
GROUND
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Please see the manual for more details.
ATTENTION:
EVGA recommends applying 1.65V or less when
setting the DIMM Voltage. This will support long
term stability.
PWRLED PWRSW Blank
HD_LED RESET No
Connect
2
+ -
+ -
1
10
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1. PS/2 Keyboard Port
2. USB 2.0 Ports
3. Clear CMOS
4. Coaxial SPDIF Output
5. Optical SPDIF Output
6. IEEE1394a (Firewire) Port
7. e-SATA Port
8. LAN Ports (10/100/1000)
9. Audio Ports
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One DIMM: If using 1 DIMM (Single Channel),
install into: DIMM slot 1.
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.
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.
Ground
12V
Sense
Fan Header
Ground
12V
Sense
Fan Header
Ground
12V
Sense
Ground
12V
Sense
CPU Fan Header
Ground
12V
Sense
Control
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