EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 User Guide - Page 15

22 22 25 23 23 23 24 26 27 21 28 20 29 19 10 18 17 13 1 13 16 2 3 15 4 30 14 13 11 12 7 9 8 7 6 5 13 Figure 1. EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW Motherboard Layout 1. CPU Socket - For use with Intel LGA 775 CPUs 2. NVIDIA SPP with Active fan - Also known as the Northbridge 3. CPU fan connector - Connect CPU Fan to this connector. 4. DDR DIMM Slots 0 - 3 - For System Memory 5. 24-pin ATX Power Connector - Main Power connection 6. IDE Connector - For IDE devices, CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drives 7. Serial-ATA (SATA) connectors - For SATA devices, CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drives 8. FDD connector - Floppy Disk Drive Connector 9. NVIDIA MCP (passive heat sink) 10. System Speaker - Provides POST Codes via audio 11. USB headers - for additional USB connectors. 12. Motherboard battery - helps retain system BIOS settings 13. Fan connector 14. Serial connector - for Serial Port dongal 15. Front panel connector - For use with system chassis 16. CMOS Clear - Easily clears the system the BIOS. 17. Power button - with integrated power LED indicator 18. Reset Button - With integrated HDD activity light. 19. Azalia HD Audio Header 20. Front Panel Audio - For use with system chassis 21. SPDIF connector - Digital Audio connection 22. PCI slots - Used for PCI based components 23. PCI Express x16 slots (SLI) - For graphics cards, multiple slots are used for SLI configurations 24. 1394a connector - Firewire connection 25. PCI Express x1 slot - Exclusive for devices that require a PCI-E x1 slot 26. Back panel connectors - See Figure 2 27. PWM / Voltage Regulator Heatsink - Aids in dispersing heat 28. 8-pin ATX 12V power connector - CPU 8-Pin Power connector 29. MCP/SPP fan connector 30. LED POST Code Readout - See Appendix A. For Code descriptions EVGA 5