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  • EVGA X58 Classified3 | User Guide - Page 1
    User Guide EVGA X58 Classified3 Motherboard
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 11 Motherboard Specifications 11 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions 13 Unpacking...13 Equipment ...13 Intel X58 Express Chipset Motherboard 15 Hardware Installation 18 Safety Instructions 18 Preparing the Motherboard 19 Installing the CPU 19 Installing the CPU
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives 26 Connecting SATA Cables 36 Jumper Settings 37 PCIE Disable Jumper 37 Voltage Measure Point 38 EVGA Control Panel ECP 39 Configuring the BIOS 46 Enter BIOS Setup 47 Main Menu ...47 Standard CMOS Features Menu 50 Date and
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Halt On ...53 Memory ...53 Advanced BIOS Features 54 Hard Disk Boot Priority 55 First/Second/Third Boot Device 55 Boot Other Device 55 Boot Up NumLock Status 56 Security Option 56
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 65 INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment 66 Maximum Payload Size 66 PC Health Status Menu 67 SmartFan Function 68 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu 69 Extreme Cooling 69 Memory Feature 70 Voltage Control 71 CPU Feature 74 CPU Clock Ratio 75
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1. EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Layout 16 Figure 2. Chassis Backpanel Connectors 17 Figure 3. Power Supply Connectors 23 Figure 4. Standard CMOS Features Menu 50 Figure 5. Advanced BIOS Features Menu 54 Figure 6. Integrated Peripherals
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    and connect your new EVGA X58 Classified3 motherboard. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately to make the motherboard functional.  Intel Core i7 microprocessor:  Cooling fan for the microprocessor  System memory support  Graphics Card  Power Supply
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Intentions of the Kit This kit provides you with the motherboard and all connecting cables necessary to install the motherboard into a PC case. If you are building a PC, you will use most of the cables provided in the kit. If however, you are replacing a motherboard,
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 10
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Thank you for buying the EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard. This motherboard offers the tools and performance PC users' demand. When combined with two or three SLI-Ready NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, you get innovative NVIDIA SLI
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard  Supports transfer speeds up to 5Gbps  Six(6) onboard SATA II Ports + 2 onboard SATA3 ports  300MBps data transfer rate  Six SATA II connectors from south bridge with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5  Two (2) SATA3 600MBps onboard ports from
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    X58 CLASSIFIED3 motherboard. The EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard This motherboard contains the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset and is SLI-ready for 2-way, Quad, 3-way, and 3-way SLI w/ PhysX configurations. Visual Guide Helps to quickly and visually guide you through the hardware installation of the
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 3 - 2-Port SATA Power Cables Allows a Molex power connector to adapt to a SATA to the back panel. 6 - SATA Data Cables Used to support the SATA protocol and each one connects to a single drive to the motherboard. 1 - IDE-ATA 133 HDD Cable Passes data between the
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Intel X58 Express Chipset Motherboard The EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard with the Intel X58 and ICH10R chipset is a SLI-ready motherboard. Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 shows the back panel connectors. 15
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 22 23 25 21 21 24 21 21 10 20 7 19 18 17 7 7 16 15 14 13 12 11 26 7 1 2 3 4 3 10 27 9 8 7 6 5 1. CPU Socket 1366 2. Intel X58 Chipset 3. CPU Fan connector 4. DDR3 DIMM slots 1 - 6 5. Intel ICH10R Chipset 6. 24-pin ATX power connector 7. Fan connectors
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 1 7 7 6 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 8 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port 2. USB 2.0 ports (Eight) 3. CMOS Clear Button Link LED Status Yellow Green Off Description 1000 Mbps data rate 100 Mbps data rate 10 Mbps data rate 8. Audio Port Blue Green Pink Orange Black Grey 2-Channel
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are:  Preparing the motherboard  Installing the CPU  Installing the CPU fan  Installing the memory  Installing the motherboard 
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Preparing the Motherboard The motherboard shipped in the box does not contain a CPU or memory. You need to purchase these to complete this installation. Installing the CPU Be very careful when handling the CPU. Make sure not to bend or break any pins inside the
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 5. Align the notches in the processor with the notches on the socket. 6. Lower the processor straight down into the socket with out tilting or sliding it into the socket Make sure the CPU is fully seated and level in the socket. 7. Close the load plate over the CPU
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Installing Memory Modules Your new motherboard has six 240-pin slots for DDR3 memory. These slots support 256 Mb, 512 Mb, 1 Gb, 2Gb, and 4Gb DDR3 technology. There must be at least one memory DIMM slots in this order: 6 and 5. CPU side DIMM Slot 2 DIMM Slot 1 DIMM
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard 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 with an empty chassis. Determine if it would be easier to make all the connections
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis Most computer chassis have a fan assembly is aligned with the chassis vents according to the fan assembly instruction. 5. Secure the motherboard with a minimum of nine screws. Connecting Cables and Setting Switches This
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard  SATA II & 3  Chassis Fans  USB 2.0  Expansion slots  CMOS Clear Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure. Board
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Table 1. PW1 Pin Assignments Connector 12V power connections, are used to provide power to the CPU. Align the pins to the connector and press firmly until with it. It is not necessary and the motherboard will function perfectly with just one connector in either
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Connecting IDE Hard Disk Drives The IDE connector supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE hard disk drives. 1. Connect the blue connector (the cable end with a single connector) to the motherboard transfer rate between the drives may be reduced to that of the
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Connecting SATA Cables The SATA II connector is used to connect the SATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin SATA II cables for primary storage devices. The current SATA II interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate. There are
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Header The front panel header on 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
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard IEEE 1394a The IEEE 1394a expansion the rear panel of your chassis. 2. Connect the end of the IEEE 1394a cable to the IEEE 1394a connector on the motherboard. Table 3. IEEE 1394a Connector Pins Connector IEEE 1394a Connector 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pin 1
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard USB Headers This motherboard contains eight (8) USB 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis (Figure 2). The motherboard also contains two 10-pin internal header connectors onboard that can be used to connect an optional external bracket
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Audio The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking function. Table 5. Front Audio Connector Connector Pin Signal Card Edge Front Audio
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Fan Connections System Fan There are five fan connections on the motherboard. The fan S4 and S5 mode. Fan headers are rated for a maximum of 1 amp draw. System Fan Chassis Fan AUX Fan Power Fan System Fan CPU Fan Note: the CPU fan cable can be either a 3-pin
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Expansion Slots The EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 motherboard contains six (6) expansion slots, Five (5) PCI Express slots and one (1) PCI slot. 6 5 4 3 2 1 Slot Listing 1 - PCIe x1 slot 2 - PCIe x16/8 slot 2 3 - PCIe x8 slot 3 4 - PCI slot 1 5 -
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard PCI Slot The one PCI slot supports many expansion cards such as a LAN card x16 slot is up to 4GB/sec (8GB/sec concurrent). The design of this motherboard supports three PCI-Express graphics cards using NVIDIA's SLI technology with multiple displays. When installing
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Onboard Buttons These onboard buttons include RESET, POWER and Clear CMOS. These functions allow you to easily reset the system, turn on/off the system, or clear the CMOS. Clear CMOS Button The motherboard of the system during troubleshooting situations. The POWER
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators Post Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST codes to show why the system may be failing to boot. It is useful during troubleshooting situations. This Debug LED will also display current CPU temperatures after the system
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Jumper Settings PCIE Disable Jumper For the ease of troubleshooting multiple video cards, or testing an individual video card's overclocking, EVGA has implemented four jumpers you can use to disable individual PCIE slots. You don't need to remove any of your video
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Voltage Measure Points The motherboard is equipped with eight voltage measure point pads. You can use a meter to measure the voltage at each pad. CPU Vocre voltage Memory voltage CPU VTT voltage North-bridge of chipset voltage CPU PLL voltage QPI PLL voltage I/O
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard EVGA Control Panel (On select models) For the convenience of users, EVGA has designed an easy to access control panel: Reset Power Clear Button Button CMOS Button CPU VCore Booster CPU Vtt DEBUG LED Booster PCIE Slot Enable/Disable To use the ECP, simply hook
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard The other end of the cable should be connected to the ECP as shown: **Before turning on the PC, please check to see that the CPU VCore, and Vtt Booster are in the Off position (clicked up).** 40
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard If you wish to access the PCIE Disable Function via the ECP, please follow these instructions. Locate the PCIE disable jumpers below: Remove the 4 jumpers. 41
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Connect the PCIE cable with the red wires occupying the left most pins: Please remember to do this when PC is not running. Next, connect the other end of PCIE enable/disable cable onto the ECP as shown: 42
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard The red wires should be occupying the pins on the top row. Now, access the Disable/Enable Function at the front of the Control Panel:
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard CPU VCore Booster For convenience of users when overclocking, the ECP houses 2 CPU VCore and 1 CPU Vtt Boosters for real-time boost of CPU VCore and Vtt. Each button boosts the vcore by +0.1v. The red LED the voltage will go down to what you have set in the bios. 44
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Above you see the EVGA X58 Classified3 housing a Creative X-Fi PCIE x1 Audio Card, 3 x GTX 285s in 3-way SLI and a 9800GT for dedicated PhysX. There are 2 types of 3-way SLI Bridges bundled,
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change 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
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. Use the following procedure to verify/change BIOS settings. 1. Power on the computer. 2.
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility  Standard CMOS Features  Advanced BIOS Features  BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the advanced system features and boot sequence.  Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to set up onboard peripherals such as IDE, RAID
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard  Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to optimize system performance and configure clocks, voltages, memory timings, and more. The following items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus:  Load Defaults Load defaults system settings
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Standard CMOS Features Menu The Standard CMOS [None] [None] Main Level  Change the day, month, year and century Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory [All , But Keyboard] 640K 1047552K 1048576K Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Date and Time Using the arrow keys, position the cursor over the month, day, and year. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Press Enter to auto-detect SATA channels in the system. Once Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector [Manual} [CHS] 0 MB .....0 [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] [ 0] Press ENTER to display sub-menu or enter number manually Cylinder Min= 0 The BIOS supports the following HDD Max=65535
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Halt On Halt On determines whether or Memory 640K  Base Memory BIOS POST determines the Extended Memory Total Memory 1047552K 1048576K amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system.  Extended Memory BIOS determines how much extended memory
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Advanced BIOS Features Access the Advanced BIOS Features menu from the CMOS Utility Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Defaults Figure 5. Advanced BIOS Features Menu Note that all data in white is for information only, data in yellow is
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Hard Disk Boot Priority Use this option to select the priority for HDD startup. Press Enter to see the list of bootable devices in your
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Boot Up NumLock Status This option allows you to select the power-on state of NumLock. Select On to activate the keyboard NumLock when the
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Integrated Peripherals Menu Select Integrated Peripherals from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Integrated Peripherals menu. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Onboard PATA/SATA Device Press Enter to display the Onboard PATA/SATA Device menu. SATA Mode LEGACY Mode Support SATA 3.0 Controlle [IDE] [Disabled] [Enabled]  SATA Mode This is allows you set the onboard Serial SATA mode.  IDE: Use the SATA hard disk drivers
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Onboard Device Press Enter to display the Onboard Device menu. Realtek GigaLan (LAN1) Realtek GigaLan (LAN2) [Auto] [Auto] PE1 Slot (PCIE x1) Realtek Lan PXE Boot ROM TI 1394 Setting High Definition Audio P80 Show CPU Temp. [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled]
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard USB Device Settings Press Enter to display the USB Device Settings Function Use this function to enable or disable support for USB keyboard under DOS.  USB Mouse Function Use this function to enable or disable support for USB mouse under DOS  USB Storage Function
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Power Management Setup Menu Select Power Management Setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the Power Management Setup menu. ACPI
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard ACPI Suspend Type This menu allows you determine whether or not to enable the system to run the VGA BIOS when resuming from S3(STR) or S1&S3. The Options are Auto, Yes and set to [Enable], you can manually put in the day of the month and the time of the alarm. 62
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Day of Month Alarm Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm [ 0] [0 : 0 : 0] To enter a day or time, use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll through
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard PnP/PCI Configuration Menu Select PnP/PCI Configuration from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PnP/PCI Configuration menu. Phoenix -
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Resources Controlled By This function on the PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to define if the BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug-and-play compatible devices or if you can manually select IRQ, DMA, and memory base address fields. Select [
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment This function on the PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to set the INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment. Maximum Payload Size This function on
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard PC Health Status Menu Select PC Health Status from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the PC Health Status menu. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status  SmartFan Function VCC 3.3V CPU Vcore DIMM Voltage CPU VTT Voltage IOH
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard SmartFan Function Press Enter to display the SmartFan Function menu. CPU Fan Type [PWM FAN (4 Pin)] CPU Fan Speed Control [SmartFan] x Manual Fan Speed, % 100 If temp > 60ºC, Set Fan Speed 100% If temp < 30ºC, Set Fan Speed 50% Power Fan Speed Control [
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Frequency/Voltage Control Menu Select Frequency/Voltage Control from the [Press Enter]  CPU Feature [Press Enter] CPU Clock Ratio [24X] CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) [133] Target CPU Frequency 3200Mhz Target Memory Frequency 1600Mhz CPU Uncore Frequency(Mhz) [
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Memory Feature Select Memory Feature from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the Memory Feature menu. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Memory Feature Memory Control Setting [Disabled]  Memory Frequency [Auto] Item Help
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard  Rank Interleave Setting This function is allows you to select the Rank Interleave Setting. The options are 1 way, 2 way and 4 way.  Memory Parameters Settings Use this menu to set optimal timings or to manually KHz CPU PWM Frequency [800 KHz] 800 KHz CPU
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Figure 12. Voltage Control Menu  EVGA VDroop control EVGA VDroop control is a safety measure by motherboards to protect the CPU. Select to [With VDroop] to calibrate CPU VDroop or select to [Without VDroop] to disable this function.  CPU Vcore Use the Page Up and
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard  ICH VCore This function defines the core voltage level for the Intel ICH chip. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to select a voltage or select [Auto] to automatically set the voltage.  VTT PWM Frequency This item allows you to select the VTT PWM Frequency.  CPU
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard CPU Feature Select CPU Feature from the Frequency/Voltage Control menu and press Enter to display the CPU Feature menu. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU the lowest C state supported according as CPU and MB. The options are Auto, Disabled, C1, C1E, C3 and
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard  Execute Disable Bit When this function is disabled, it forces you to select the QPI Frequency. The options are Auto, 4.800 GT/s, 5.866 GT/s and 6.400 GT/s. CPU Clock Ratio This value changes the CPU Frequency value depending on the value you choose. Use the Page
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) This item allows you to select the CPU Host Frequency. This value changes the CPU Frequency value depending on the value you choose. CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) This item allows you to select the CPU Uncore Frequency. Spread Spectrum This item
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    CD that has been shipped with your EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 motherboard contains the following software and drivers:  Chipset Drivers  Audio drivers  RAID drivers  LAN Drivers  Matrix Storage  Marvell SATA 3.0 Drivers  NEC USB 3.0 Drivers  EVGA E-LEET  Adobe Acrobat Reader  User's Manual 77
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Windows XP/Vista/Win 7 Drivers Install 1. Insert the Intel X58 Express installation CD for the motherboard included in the kit. 2. The CD will autorun, install the drivers and utilities listed on the install screen. If the CD does not run, go
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Appendix A. POST Codes This section provides the Award POST Codes (Table 6). Table 6. Award init Test the Keyboard Initialized the mouse Check the integrity of the ROM,BIOS and message Check Flash type and copy flash write/erase routines Test and Reset CMOS 79
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name 13 Reserved Description 14 Load Chipset Load Chipset Defaults 15 Reserved 16 Init Clock Initialize onboard clock generator 17 Reserved 18 Init CPU CPU ID and initialize L1/L2 cache 19 Reserved 1A Reserved 1B Setup Interrupt
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name test 2E Reserved 2F Reserved 30 Reserved 31 Reserved 32 Reserved 33 Early keyboard reset 34 Reserved 35 Test DMA
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name port 46 Reserved 47 EISA Test 48 Reserved 49 Size Memory 4A Reserved 4B Reserved 4C Reserved 4D Reserved 4E Init APIC 4F Reserved 50 USB init 51 Reserved 52 Memory Test 53 Reserved 54 Reserved 55 CPU display 56 Reserved 57 PnP Init Display
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name 5F Reserved 60 Setup enable 61 Reserved 62 check and autoconfiguration check up Initialize floppy disk drive Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters Initialize hard drive controller IDE device detection Initialize serial ports. 83
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name 7A Detect parallel ports 7B Reserved 7C HDD Write Protect 7D Reserved 7E Reserved 7F POST error check 80 Reserved
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard Award POST Codes Code Name Read 94 Final Init 95 NumLock 96 Boot Attempt C0 Base CPU test C1 Memory Presence C2 Early Memory C3 Extend Memory C4 Special Display C5 Early Shadow C6 Cache presence CF CMOS Check B0 Spurious B1 Unclaimed NMI BF E1-EF FF Program MCP
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard EVGA Glossary of Terms ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AFR - Alternate Frame Rendering APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller BIOS - Basic Input Output System CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard HT - Hyper-Threading HSF - Heat Sink Fan I/O - Input/Output IDE - Integrated JEDEC - Joint Electron Device Engineering Council LAN - Local Area Network LCD - Liquid Crystal Display LGA - Land Grid Array LN2 - Liquid Nitrogen Cooling MAC - Media Access Control MCP -
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    EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED3 Motherboard PWM - Pulse Width Modulation QDR - Quad Data Rate QPI - Quick Path Interconnect RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RGB - Red Green Blue SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SB - Southbridge SCSI - Small Computer System Interface SFR - Split Frame
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User Guide
EVGA X58 Classified3
Motherboard