Zotac X58 User Manual

Zotac X58 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Инструкция ZOTAC X58SLI-A-E Перейти в карточку товара 8 800 775 98 98...
  • Page 3 Electronic Emission Notices WARNING! Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Intel X58 Motherboard Table of Contents Before You Begin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Parts NOT in the Kit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Intentions of the Kit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Unpacking and Parts Descriptions --------------------------------------------------------- 7 Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Motherboard Layout------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Hardware Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 28 -------------------------------------------------------- 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 -------------------------------------------------------------- 28 PCI/PnP Menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Boot Menu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Security Menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Chipset Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 Exit Menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Installing Drivers and Software -------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Drivers Installing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup -------------------------------------------------------------- 41...
  • Page 6: Before You Begin

    Intel X58 Motherboard Before You Begin… Parts NOT in the Kit ® This kit contains all the hardware necessary to install and connect your new Intel motherboard. However, it does not contain the following items that must be purchased separately to make the motherboard functional.
  • Page 7 Size Microprocessor support ® Supports Intel Core i7 Series CPU ® ® Supports Intel Quick Path Interconnect (Intel QPI) at the following VRD 11.1 On board Operating systems System Memory Supports triple-channel (192 bits wide ) DDRIII memory interface. USB 2.0 ports Supports hot plug and play Twelve USB 2.0 ports (four rear panel ports, eight from onboard USB headers) Supports wake-up from S1, S3...
  • Page 8 Intel X58 Motherboard Supports Jack-Sensing function One SPDIF out port on board Green Function Support SMM, APM, ACPI Suspend to DRAM supported (STR) RTC timer to power-on the system AC power failure recovery PCI Express Interface 5 GHZ support, for a total bandwidth of 5Gbps per direction per lane...
  • Page 9: Unpacking And Parts Descriptions

    Unpacking ® The Intel X58 motherboard comes with all the necessary cables for adding a mother- board to a new chassis. If you are replacing a motherboard, you may not need many of these cables. missing or damaged, contact your reseller.
  • Page 10: Motherboard Layout

    Intel X58 Motherboard Motherboard Layout Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors. Figure 1. Board Layout 1. 24-pin ATX Power Connector 14. Front Pannel Audio Header 2. IDE Connector 3. South Bridge 4. Serial-ATAII(SATAII) Connectors 17.
  • Page 11 Rear panel 1. PS/2 Mouse Port 3. SPDIF-Out Port 2. PS/2 Keyboard Port 4. USB Connectors 5. Port 2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channel 8-Channel Blue Line-In Line-In Line-In Line-In Green Line-Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Mic In Mic In...
  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    Intel X58 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 Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions precautions.
  • Page 13: Preparing The Motherboard

    Hardware Installation Preparing the Motherboard 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 on the back. Hold the processor only by the edges and do not touch the bottom of the processor.
  • Page 14 Intel X58 Motherboard sure that the gold triangle is on the bottom -left corner of the socket, and then it the socket alignment key into the CPU notch. Note: bending the connectors on the socket and damag- ing the CPU! 7.
  • Page 15: Installing The Cpu Fan

    Hardware Installation Installing the CPU Fan There are many different fan types that can be used with this motherboard. Follow the instruction that came with you fan assembly. Be sure that the fan orientation is correct for your chassis type and your fan assembly. Installing Memory DIMMs MB,512 MB / 1GB / 2GB / 4GB DDRIII technologies.They also support three chan- nel DDRIII memory technology 31.8GB/s.
  • Page 16: Installing The Motherboard

    Intel X58 Motherboard DDRIII DIMM6 DDRIII DIMM5 DDRIII DIMM4 DDRIII DIMM3 DDRIII DIMM2 DDRIII DIMM1 Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs into the slots on the motherboard. Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot. This slot matches the slot on the memory DIMM to ensure the component is installed properly.
  • Page 17: Installing The I/O Shield

    Hardware Installation Note: Be sure that the CPU fan assembly has enough clearance for the chassis covers to lock into place and for the expansion cards. Also make sure the CPU Fan assembly is aligned with the vents on the covers.
  • Page 18: Connecting Cables And Setting Switches

    Intel X58 Motherboard Connecting Cables and Setting Switches This section takes you through all the connections and switch settings necessary on the motherboard. This will include: Power Connections 24-pin ATX power (PW1) 8-pin ATX 12V power (PW3) Internal Headers / Connectors...
  • Page 19: 24-Pin Atx Power (Pw1)

    Hardware Installation 24-pin ATX Power (PW1) the DIMM slots. 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. Table 1.
  • Page 20: Front Panel Header

    Intel X58 Motherboard Front Panel Header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector. The Power LED indicates the system’s status.
  • Page 21: Usb Headers

    Hardware Installation USB Headers(FP_U1~FP_U4) the chassis. The motherboard also contains four 10-pin internal header connectors onboard. 1. Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis (not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option). Assignment USBP0- USBP1-...
  • Page 22: Fp Audio Header

    Intel X58 Motherboard FP Audio Header 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. Assignment MIC2(L) MIC2(R) -ACZ-DET Front Audio(R) Reserved...
  • Page 23: Serial Port Header-Com

    Hardware Installation Serial Port Header - COM Assignment Floppy Disk Drive Connector - FDD Hard Disk Connector - IDE The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, function. You can connect up to two hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices.
  • Page 24: Connecting Serial Ataii Cables

    Intel X58 Motherboard Connecting Serial ATAII Cables The Serial ATAII connector is used to connect the Serial ATAII device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATAII cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATAII interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer...
  • Page 25: Pci Slots

    Hardware Installation Expansion Slots ® The Intel motherboard. PCI Express1 x 16 slot(Slave) PCI Express2 x 4 slot PCI Express3 x 1 slot PCI Express4 x 16 slot(Master) PCI1 slot PCI2 slot PCI Slots into the PCI slot, be sure that it is fully seated. Secure the card’s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover.
  • Page 26: Jumper Settings

    Intel X58 Motherboard Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Jumper: JP1 The motherboard uses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parameters. The CMOS Use the following procedure to clear CMOS: cap. 3. Turn the AC power supply back on.
  • Page 27: Enter Bios Setup

    This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. 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.
  • Page 28: Main Menu

    Intel X58 Motherboard Main Menu automatically detects the items in this menu. Note: Note that the data in gray is non-changeable, and the others are for selection. AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information Processor System Memory Displays the auto-detected system memory...
  • Page 29: Advanced Menu

    Advanced Menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the setting for the CPU and other The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically Displays the auto-detected CPU information Ratio CMOS Setting Use this option to set CMOS ratio Hardware prefetcher This option should be enabled, in order to enable the hardware prefetcher feature.
  • Page 30 Intel X58 Motherboard Active Core Count Use this option to active CPU core. The items allow you to set a type of SATA#1. Primary, Second, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices.
  • Page 31: Pci/Pnp Menu

    PCI/PnP Menu The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnP devices. The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for either PCI/ PnP or legacy ISA devices , and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices. Clear NVRAM The items allow you to select whether clear NVRAM during system boot.
  • Page 32: Boot Menu

    Intel X58 Motherboard Boot Menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options .Press <enter> to Quick Boot Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests while booting to decrease the time needed to boot the system. When set to [Disabled], BIOS performs all the POST items.
  • Page 33: Security Menu

    Boot Device Priority The items allow you to specify the boot device priority sequence. Hard Disk Drivers This option allows you to specify the boot device from hard disk drivers. CD/DVD Drivers This option allows you to specify the boot device from CD/DVD drivers. Security Menu The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings.
  • Page 34: Chipset Menu

    Intel X58 Motherboard Chipset Menu The chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: links speed, CSI Frequency, Memory Frequency, and so on. Video, and so on. Onboard Lan/1394, CPU GTL REF, and so on.
  • Page 35: Exit Menu

    Exit Menu items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: Save Change and Exit to ensure the values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM. An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM so it stays on even when the PC is turned off. When Discard Changes and Exit Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you made to the Discard Changes...
  • Page 36: Installing Drivers And Software

    Windows XP 32bit and 64bit;and is Vista-capable. The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional INTEL software. The CD that has been shipped with your Intel ® X58 motherboard contains the following software and drivers:...
  • Page 37: Drivers Installing

    Installing Drivers And Software Drivers Installation 1. Insert the Intel ® X58 driver CD after loading your operating system. 2. Left-click software Installation utility begain Loading...
  • Page 38 Intel X58 Motherboard...
  • Page 39 Installing Drivers And Software 3. Left-click HDA Sound driver,begain loading...
  • Page 40 Intel X58 Motherboard...
  • Page 41 Installing Drivers And Software 4. Left-click RTL8111B Giga network Driver begain loading...
  • Page 42 Intel X58 Motherboard At last, you can open below page that provides information about the hard- tion.
  • Page 43: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup

    Installing Drivers And Software Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on- screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”...
  • Page 44: Equalizer Selection

    Intel X58 Motherboard Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. Frequently Used Equalizer Setting How to Use Other than the buttons “Pop” “Live” “Club” & “Rock” shown on the page, to pull down...
  • Page 45: Playback Control

    Installing Drivers And Software Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. Tool Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed, total 13 items to be chosen.
  • Page 46: Recording Control

    Intel X58 Motherboard With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. Recording control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input.
  • Page 47: Audio I/O

    Installing Drivers And Software Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from (i.e. Recording) function, we call this “Retasking”. that can also serve as microphone / speaker / headphone.
  • Page 48 Intel X58 Motherboard Step 1: Step 2: Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. * If not correct, Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the...
  • Page 49: Connector Settings

    Installing Drivers And Software Click to access connector settings Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. Disable front panel jack detection (option) Enable auto popup dialogue, when device has been plugged in.
  • Page 50: Speaker Calibration

    Intel X58 Motherboard Output Sampling Rate 44.1KHz: This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. Output Source Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3, .midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out.
  • Page 51: Microphone

    Installing Drivers And Software Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan press disturbing noise.
  • Page 52: Audio Demo

    Intel X58 Motherboard Audio Demo Information This section provides information about your current system audio device.
  • Page 53: Sata Raid User Manual

    Installing Drivers And Software SATA RAID User Manual The system board supports RAID 0,RAID 1 and RAID 10(depends on how Setting up the BIOS 1. Setting your computer, then press Delete to enter the Bios setup. The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears. 2.
  • Page 54 Intel X58 Motherboard then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks.
  • Page 55: Nvidia ® Sli ® Technology

    SLI Technology ® ® NVIDIA Technology ® ® The motherboard supports the NVIDIA (Scalable Link Interface) technology that ® installation procedures in this section. Requirements In SLI mode, you should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are ® NVIDIA Ensure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology.
  • Page 56: Installing The Device Drivers

    Intel X58 Motherboard Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Note: ® ® technol- ogy. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com). ® ® ®...
  • Page 57 SLI Technology 2. From the Personalization window, select Display Settings. click Advanced Settings. 4. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab, and then click Start the NVIDIA Control Panel.
  • Page 58 Intel X58 Motherboard 5. The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears. From the NVIDIA Control Panel window, select Set SLI . Click Enable SLI and set the display for viewing SLI rendered content. When done, click Apply...
  • Page 59: Ati Crossfirex Technology

    CrossFireX Technology ® ® CrossFireX technology ® ® The motherboard supports the ATI CrossFireX technology that allows you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the installation proce- dures in this section. Requirements In Dual CrossFireX mode, you should have two identical CrossFireX-ready ®...
  • Page 60 Intel X58 Motherboard ® Installing CrossFireX graphics cards Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. We recommend that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment. ® Install only the identical CrossFireX-ready graphics cards that are ATI Different types of graphics cards will not work together properly.
  • Page 61: Software Information

    CrossFireX Technology power sources from the power supply to the two graphics cards separately. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card. Software information Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers.
  • Page 62 Intel X58 Motherboard Catalyst Control Center Setup Basic appears when the system of multi-graphics cards. Click Go to continue to Catalyst Control Center window. Enabling Dual CrossFireX technology In the Catalyst Control Center window, click Graphics Settings > CrossFireX > Conigure...
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