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User ’s Guide EVGA P55 Micro Mother board.
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EVGA P55 Micro Motherboard Table of Contents User’s Guide ................................................................................................................. 1 EVGA P55 Micro M otherboard ................................ ..............
USB Headers ................................................................................................ . 20 Audio .............................................................................................................. 21 Expansion Slots .
EVGA P55 Micro Motherboard Allocate IRQ to PCI VG A ................................................................................... 34 Palette Snooping ...............................................................................................
List of Figures Figure 1. PW 1 Motherboard Con nector ................................................................ 16 Figure 2. CMOS Setup Utilit y Main Menu ............................................................. 27 Figure 3. Standard BIOS Features M enu .
EVGA P55 Micro Motherboard Before Y ou Begin… Parts NOT in the Kit This kit contains all the hardw are necessary to i nstall and connect your new EVGA P55 Micro Mothe rboard. Howe ver, it does not contain the following items that must be pu rchased separate ly to make the mo therboard functi onal.
EVGA P55 Micro Motherboard Motherboard Spe cifications Size ATX form factor of 9.6 inch x 9.6 inch Processor support Intel Socket 1156 C PU’s Operating systems: Supports Windows X P 32bi.
Six (6) onboard Serial A TA II 300MBps data trans fer rate Six Serial ATA II con nectors with suppo rt for RA ID 0, RAID 1, RA ID 10, and RAID 5 Supports hot plug and NC Q (Native C ommand Queuing.
Hardware Inst allation This section will g uide you through the installation o f the motherb oard. The topics covered in thi s sectio n are: Preparing the motherboa rd Installing the CPU I.
Preparing the Mo therboard Installing the CPU Be very careful whe n handli ng the CPU. Hold the processor only by the ed ges and do not touch the contac ts on the mothe rboard or CPU. Any physical da mage to the motherbard pins w ill void the war ranty.
Align the notche s in the proce ssor with the notches on the socket. Lower the proces sor straight dow n into the socket without tilti ng or sliding it into the socket Note: Make sure the CPU is fully seated and level. Lower the load plate s o it is resting on the CPU.
Installing System Memory (DIM Ms) Your new motherboa rd has four 240 -pin slots f or DDR3 memory. These slots support 1G B , 2G B, 4GB DDR3 techn ologies . There m ust be at least one memory bank populated t o ensure no rmal operation. U se the following the recommendations for installing me mory.
Installing the I/O Shield The motherboard kit co mes w ith an I/O shield that is u sed to block radi o frequency transmi ssions, pro tects internal compo nents from dus t and foreign obj ects, and prom otes correc t airflow within the c hassis. Before installing the mo therboard, in stall the I/O shield from the inside of the chassis.
Securing the Mot herboard into a System Case Most system case s have a base with mounting studs o r spacers to allow the motherboard to be secu red to the chassis and he lp to preve nt short circuits.
24 -pin ATX Pow er (PW 1) PW1 is the main power supply connec tor located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots. Make sure that the power suppl y cable and pins are properly aligned wit h the connec tor on the mother board. Firmly plug the power supply cable into the c onnector and make sure i t is secure .
primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interfac e allows up to 300MB/s data trans fer rate. There are six (6) internal serial A TA connectors on thi s motherboard. These connections are de signed to be angled to not inter fere wi th any expansions cards.
Connecting Internal Headers Front Panel Hea der The front panel he ader on this motherb oard is one con nector used to con nect the following fou r cables. (see Table 2 for pin definitions) : PWRLED Attach the front pane l power LED cable to these two pins of th e connector.
IEEE1394a (Firewire) Th is motherboar d has one IEE E 1394a onboard heade r. Alternatively, y ou can also connect this to your system case (if a pplicable ). 1. Secure the bracket to e ither the front or rear panel of the system ca se (not all system cases are equippe d with the front panel op tion).
USB Headers This motherboard c ontains seven (6) US B 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis (Figure 2). The mothe rboard also contain s three (2) 10 - pin internal heade r connectors onboard that can be u sed to connect an optional e xternal bracke t containing up to six (4) USB 2.
Audio The audio connec tor supports HD audio standard an d provides two kinds of audio output choice s: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Au dio supports re-tasking function.
Expansion Slots PCI Slots The PCI slot suppo rts many e xpansion cards suc h as a LAN card, USB car d, SCSI card and other ca rds that comply with PCI spec ifications.
Onboard Button s These onboard butt ons include RESE T, POWE R and Clear CMOS. These functions allow you t o easily reset the system, tu rn on/off the sy stem, or cl ear the CMOS. Clear CMOS Butto n The motherboard u ses the CMOS RAM to store all the set parame ters.
Post Port Debug LED and LED Status Indicators Post Port Debug LED Provides two-digit P OST code s to show why the sy stem may be failing to boot . It is useful during tr oubleshooting situations. This Debu g LED will also displa y current CPU temperat ures after t he system has fully boo ted into the Operati ng System.
Configuring the B IOS This section discu sses how to chang e the system settings throug h the BIOS Setup menus. Desc riptions of the BIOS parameters a re also provided.
Enter BIOS Setu p The BIOS is the c ommunication bri dge between hardwa re and softwa re. Correctly setting the BIOS pa rameters is critical t o maintain optimal system performance and stability . Use the following p rocedure to verify/c hange BIOS settings.
Configuring the BIOS Figure 2. CMOS Setup Utility M ain Menu Standard BIOS Featu res Use this menu to set up the basic sys tem configuratio n. Advanced BIOS Fea tures Use this menu to set up the advanc ed system features and boot sequenc e.
Standard BIOS Features Menu The Standard CMO S Features menu is used to configure the standa rd CMOS information, such as the date, time , and so on. Use the + and - keys to scroll through the options. Use t he a rrow keys to p osition the sele ctor in the option you choo se.
Configuring the BIOS System Time / Sy stem Date Using the arrow key s, positi on the cursor over t he mont h, day, and ye ar. Use the + and - keys to sc roll through dates and times. Note that the weekda y (Sun through Sat) cannot be c hange d. This field changes to correspond t o the date you enter.
Figure 4. Advanced BIOS Fea tures IDE Configuration Use this to configure y our st orage drivers and to enable RAID or switch between IDE and AHC I mode . Please note for Windows Vista / Windows 7, it is recommended to use AHCI mode f or new syste m installations.
Configuring the BIOS USB Configurati on Th is option menu a llows yo u to enable Legac y USB sup port, force USB 1.1 mode and more. Advanced Chipse t Features Select Advanc ed Chipset Fea tures from the CMOS Se tup Utility menu an d press Enter to change the settings.
PCI Express Con figuration This option menu will a llow you to set advanced PCI Ex press opti ons, such as Payload size. It is no t recommended to adju st these se ttings. Intel VT-d Configur ation This option menu allow s you to ena ble, or disable, V irtua lization Technology for Directed I/O.
PCI/PN P Resource Managemen t Select PCI/PNP Resource Management from the C MOS Setup Utili ty menu and press Enter to display th e advance d settings . Figure 6. PCI/PNP Resource Management Clear NVRAM This function clears the NVRAM d uring System Boot.
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This function allows an IRQ to be as signed to a PCI VG A. Palette Snooping This function allows the BIOS to in form the syste m that an ISA graphics device is installed. PCI IDE BusMa ster This function allows the BIOS to u se PCI BusMa stering for reading or w riting to IDE drives.
Boot Configuratio n Feature s Selec t Boot Co nfiguration Fe atures from the CMOS Set up Utility menu an d press Enter to display the settings. Figure 7. Boot Configuratio n Features Boot Dev ice Priority This option menu will allow specification o f the boot device priority seque nce.
CD/DVD Driv es This option menu allow s you specifica tion of the CD/D VD boot priority sequence. Power Managem ent Features Select Power Manage ment Fe atures from the CMOS Se tup Utility menu a nd press Enter to display the settings .
Configuring the BIOS Restore on AC Pow er Loss This menu allows adjust ment of the A C Power Los s parameters. Hardware H ealth Configure Select Hardware He alth Configure f rom the CMOS Setup Utility menu a nd press Enter to display the settings . Figure 9.
CPU Fan Mode Setting This function allows change of the fa n mode configurati on. Frequency/Volta ge Control Menu Select Frequency /Voltage Control from the C MOS Set up Utility menu a nd press Enter to display the settings .
Configuring the BIOS Inst alling Driv ers and Sof tware The CD that has been shippe d with the EVGA P55 Mic ro Motherboard contains the following so ftwa re and drivers: Chipset Driver s Audio.
Appendix A. POST Codes for the EVGA P55 Micro Motherboar d This section provides t he AMI POST Code s (Table 6) for the EVGA P55 Micro Motherboa rd during system boot up. The POST Code s are displa yed on the Debug LED readout located di rectly onboard the m otherboard.
Configuring the BIOS Code Description 20 Relocate System Management interrupt vector 24 Uncompress and initialize BIOS module 2A Initialize devices primary 2C Initialize devices secondary 2E Initializ.
Code Description AA Uninstall POST vector AB Prepare BBS for Int 19 boot AC End of POST initialization B1 Save system context for ACPI 00 Pass control to OS (can vary) Show CPU Temp (if enabled) EVGA .
Configuring the BIOS HDD - Hard Disk Drive HDMI - High-D efinition Multi media Interface HDR – High Dynamic Rang e Lighting HPET - High Preci sion Event Ti mer HT – Hyper-Thr eading HSF - Heat Sin.
QDR - Quad Data Rate QPI – Quick Path Interconne ct RAID - Redundant Array of Inex pensive Di sks RGB - Red Gree n Blue SATA - Serial Adva nced Technolo gy Attach ment SB - Southbridg e SCSI - Small.
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