EVGA 141-LF-E658 User manual
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User’s Guide
EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard
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EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard
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Table of Contents
User’s Guide .................................................................................................................1
EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard ...............................................................................1
Before You Begin… ......................................................................................................8
Parts NOT in the Kit................................................................................................. 8
EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard ..............................................................................9
Motherboard Specifications...................................................................................... 9
Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................11
Safety Instructions.................................................................................................. 11
Preparing the Motherboard.................................................................................... 12
Installing the CPU .............................................................................................. 12
Installing the CPU Fan ....................................................................................... 13
Installing System Memory (DIMMs)................................................................... 14
Installing the Motherboard...................................................................................... 14
Installing the I/O Shield ...................................................................................... 15
Securing the Motherboard into a System Case ................................................. 16
Connecting Cables................................................................................................. 16
24-pin ATX Power (PW1)............................................................................... 17
8-pin ATX 12V Power (PW12) ....................................................................... 17
Connecting Serial ATA Cables........................................................................... 18
Connecting Internal Headers ............................................................................. 19
Front Panel Header........................................................................................ 19
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IEEE1394a (Firewire)..................................................................................... 20
USB Headers ................................................................................................. 21
Audio.............................................................................................................. 22
Expansion Slots ................................................................................................. 23
PCI Slots ........................................................................................................ 23
PCI Express x1 Slots ..................................................................................... 23
PCI Express x16/x8/x4 Slots.......................................................................... 23
Onboard Buttons.................................................................................................... 24
Clear CMOS Button ....................................................................................... 24
RESET and POWER Button.......................................................................... 24
Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators.................................................. 25
Post Port Debug LED..................................................................................... 25
LED Status Indicators .................................................................................... 25
Jumper Settings ..................................................................................................... 26
PCIE Disable Jumper..................................................................................... 26
Voltage Measure Point........................................................................................... 27
EVGA Control Panel V2 (ECP).............................................................................. 28
Configuring the BIOS ..................................................................................................32
Enter BIOS Setup................................................................................................... 33
Main Menu.............................................................................................................. 33
Standard BIOS Features Menu.............................................................................. 36
System Time / System Date............................................................................... 37
Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................................... 37
IDE Configuration............................................................................................... 38
Boot Settings Configuration ............................................................................... 38
AHCI Configuration ............................................................................................ 39
USB Configuration ............................................................................................. 39
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Advanced Chipset Features................................................................................... 39
North Bridge Configuration................................................................................. 40
PCI Express Configuration................................................................................. 40
Intel VT-d Configuration ..................................................................................... 40
ME Subsystem Configuration............................................................................. 41
PCI/PNP Resource Management .......................................................................... 42
Clear NVRAM..................................................................................................... 42
Plug & Play O/S ................................................................................................. 42
PCI Latency Timer ............................................................................................. 42
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA ................................................................................... 43
Palette Snooping................................................................................................ 43
PCI IDE BusMaster............................................................................................ 43
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card ............................................................................... 43
IRQ Settings....................................................................................................... 43
DMA Channel..................................................................................................... 43
Reserved Memory Size...................................................................................... 43
Boot Configuration Features.................................................................................. 44
Boot Device Priority............................................................................................ 44
Hard Disk Drives ................................................................................................ 44
CD/DVD Drives .................................................................................................. 45
Power Management Features................................................................................ 45
ACPI Configuration ............................................................................................ 46
SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width.......................................................................... 46
Restore on AC Power Loss................................................................................ 46
Hardware Health Configure.................................................................................... 46
H/W Health Function.......................................................................................... 47
CPU Fan Mode Setting ...................................................................................... 47
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Frequency/Voltage Control Menu .......................................................................... 47
Memory Configure.............................................................................................. 48
CPU Configuration ............................................................................................. 48
Installing Drivers and Software ..................................................................................49
Windows XP/Vista/7 Driver Installation.................................................................. 49
Appendix A. POST Codes for the EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard .......................50
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List of Figures
Figure 1. PW1 Motherboard Connector ................................................................ 17
Figure 2. CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu ............................................................. 34
Figure 3. Standard BIOS Features Menu.............................................................. 36
Figure 4. Advanced BIOS Features ...................................................................... 38
Figure 5. Advanced Chipset Features................................................................... 40
Figure 6. PCI/PNP Resource Management .......................................................... 42
Figure 7. Boot Configuration Features.................................................................. 44
Figure 8. Power Management Features................................................................ 45
Figure 9. Hardware Health Configure.................................................................... 47
Figure 10. Frequency/Voltage Control ................................................................ 48
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Before You Begin…
Parts NOT in the Kit
This kit contains all the hardware necessary to install and connect your new
EVGA P55 FTW 200 Motherboard. However, it does not contain the following
items that must be purchased separately to make the motherboard functional.
Intel Socket 1156 Processor
DDR3 System Memory
Socket 1156 or Socket 775 Cooling fan
PCI Express or PCI Graphics Card
Power Supply
EVGA assumes you have purchased all the necessary parts needed to allow for
proper system functionality. For a full list of supported CPU’s on this
motherboard, please visit http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/.
When replacing a motherboard in a system case, you will need to reinstall an
operating system even though the current hard disk may already have an
operating system.
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EVGA P55 FTW 200
Motherboard
Motherboard Specifications
Size
ATX form factor of 12 inch x 9.6 inch
Processor support
Intel Socket 1156 CPU’s
Operating systems:
Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit, Windows Vista 32bit/64bit, and
Windows 7 32bit/64bit
Intel P55 Express Chipset
System Memory support
Supports dual channel DDR3-2600+. Officially supports up to 16GBs of
DDR3 memory.
USB 2.0 Ports
Supports hot plug
Thirteen USB 2.0 ports (Seven rear panel ports, six onboard USB headers)
Supports wake-up from S1 and S3 mode
Supports USB 2.0 protocol up to a 480 Mbps transmission rate
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Six(6) onboard Serial ATA II
300MBps data transfer rate
Six Serial ATA II connectors with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10,
and RAID 5
Supports hot plug and NCQ (Native Command Queuing )
Dual Onboard LAN’s
Integrated LAN port’s
Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/sec Ethernet
Onboard IEEE1394a (Firewire)
Support hot plug
Two IEEE1394a ports (One rear
panel port, one onboard 1394 header) with a rate transmission of 400 Mbps
Onboard Audio
Realtek High-Definition audio
Supports 8-channel audio
Supports Jack-Sensing function
Green Function
Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
Supports S0 (normal), S1 (power on suspend), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4
(Suspend to disk - depends on OS), and S5 (soft - off)
Expansion Slots
One PCI slot
One PCI Express x1 slot
Four PCI Express x4/x8/x16 slots
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