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  • Page 2 EVGA NFORCE4 MOTHERBOARD MODELS: 131-K8-NF44-XX 131-K8-NF44 MANUAL - REV 1.0 - REV DATE 11 JAN 2006 EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 1...
  • Page 3 Athlon 64 X2 (Dual Core) • Athlon 64 • Sempron (when available in 939 pin) EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 2...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    FCC Compliance Statement APPENDIX 3 - WARRANTY INFORMATION APPENDIX 4 - CONTACTING SUPPORT AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 3...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 - Introduction To Nforce Motherboards

    480Mb/s bandwidth each. And the embedded Firewire controller allows connection and use of IEE1394 compliant devices. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 4...

  • Page 6: 1-1.1 Special Features Of The Motherboard

    CPU performance. (for detailed settings, please read the BIOS PDF located on the CD) EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 5...

  • Page 7: Specifications

    USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (connecting cable optional) Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 8CH Audio) IEEE 1394 Firewire Support Game Port Connector EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 6...

  • Page 8: Layout Diagram And Jumper Settings

    USB 2 PLED SPEAKER JBAT SYSFAN 1 IR HEADER CD AUDIO IN FRONT PANEL AUDIO EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 7...

  • Page 9: 1-3.1 Jumpers, Connectors, Headers, And Sockets

    Ir Header 5-pin Block GAME1 Game Port Header 15-pin Block IEEE1 Firewire Header 9-pin Block EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 8...
  • Page 10 PE1, PE3 PCI-Express x8 Slot PCI-Express x8 Expansion Slot PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 9...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    Connect the ATX power cable back to the ATX power connector JBAT JBAT 1-2 closed Normal 2-3 closed Clear CMOS CMOS RAM Clear Setting EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 10...

  • Page 12: Keyboard Power On Function

    Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers. PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 11...

  • Page 13: About Amd Athlon64 939-Pin Cpus

    FAN, if necessary. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 12...

  • Page 14: Installing Memory

    184-Pin DDR266/DDR333/ DDR400 DDR SDRAM module looks like. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 13...

  • Page 15: Memory Installation Diagrams

    DDR Modules are not DDR400-compliant, set the SDRAM clock to 133MHz to ensure system stability. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 14...

  • Page 16: Expansion Cards

    EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 15...

  • Page 17: Interrupt Request Table

    8x PCI-E (In 16X slot, for SLI) 16x PCI-E 8x PCI-E (In 16X slot, for SLI) EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 16...

  • Page 18: Table Of Standard Irq Assignments

    Primary IDE Channel 15 * Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for PCI devices. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 17...

  • Page 19: Sli Bridge Installation For Nvidia Sli Cards (Sli Version Only)

    STEP 2 - Prepare to install the SLI Bridge with your NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 18...
  • Page 20 STEP 4 - Plug the SLI Bridge adapter onto both of the NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 19...

  • Page 21: Connectors And Headers

    3.3V 3.3V 3.3V -12V Soft Power On Power OK +5V (for Soft Logic) +12V +12V EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 20...
  • Page 22 FireWire/USB connector: CN1 This connector supports a single standard FireWire connection and USB header 0 (USB 0&1) EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 21...
  • Page 23 Rear speaker out Surrback (ORANGE) Center/Subwoofer speaker out CEN/LEF (BLACKNESS) Side speaker out Surround (GRAY) EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 22...

  • Page 24: Floppy Drive Connector

    IDE1 Pin 1 Primary IDE Connector EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 23...
  • Page 25 Please see the attached diagrams for more detailed information on the jumper locations and settings. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 24...
  • Page 26 USB1 USB2 Pin 1 Pin 1 USB Port Headers EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 25...
  • Page 27 OFF the system. PWRLED Pin 1 JW FP SPEAK Pin 1 Pin 1 System Case Connections EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 26...
  • Page 28 CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD- ROM CD-Audio output connector. 1394 FireWire Header: IEEE1_1394 EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 27...
  • Page 29 SLI configuration. This allows additional power to be channeled to the video cards in order to better maintain stability. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 28...

  • Page 30: Starting Up Your Computer

    Follow the instructions in the BIOS PDF located in the Manuals Section of the Installation EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 29...

  • Page 31: Chapter 3 - Bios

    For complete BIOS setup and descriptions please see the BIOS PDF located in the Manuals Section of the Installation CD. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 30...

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 - Driver Installation

    Microsoft certification testing. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 31...

  • Page 33: Raid Installation

    RAID, you will need to use these drivers when you first install Windows. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 32...

  • Page 34: Appendix 1 - Post Codes

    Initialize hard drive controller and any drives. IDE device detection and install Initialize any serial and parallel ports (also game port). EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 33...

  • Page 35: Boot Block Post Codes

    For a more detailed treatment of POST CODES, please see the POST CODES PDF document that is located on your driver CD in the Manuals section. EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 34...

  • Page 36: Appendix 2 - Trademarks And Notices

    Software and materials, must be immediately returned to EVGA and the Original Purchaser shall be liable to EVGA.com CORP for any and all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default.

  • Page 37: Appendix 3 - Warranty Information

    EVGA will repair or replace, at its option, at no charge to the original buyer. After the expiration of the warranty period, you must pay for all labor and or replacement charges.

  • Page 38: Appendix 4 - Contacting Support And Other Useful Information

    Processor Type and Speed ___________________________ Operating System ___________________________ Installed Service Packs ___________________________ Other Installed Hardware ___________________________ EVGA Corporation 2900 Saturn St. Suite B, Brea, CA 92821 Phone: 888 / 881-EVGA - 714 / 528-4500 - Fax: 714 / 528-4501 Page 37...

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