The following quick steps will guide you through testing the absolute bare minimum essentials of your motherboard before installing it into a system chassis.
Visual aids are provided to assist you during the following procedures.
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and injury always follow basic safety precautions. It is recommended that you use electrostatic discharge (ESD)
countermeasures such as an ESD wrist strap or anti-static mat when handling computer components.
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EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Visual Guide
After removing the EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW from its packaging, place it on to a nonconductive surface. For example: wood, cardboard box, or an anti-static mat.
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Unhook the socket lever and lift up the load plate. Remove the LGA 775 protective cover and carefully install your Intel processor making sure to properly align the notches.
Close the load plate and with light pressure, lower the socket lever back in to its original position.
Apply a small, pea-sized drop of thermal paste on to the middle of the processor. Install your processor heatsink and fan.
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Plug in one keyboard into a USB port or PS/2 port.
Install one stick of system memory (DIMM) in to the DIMM slot of your choice.
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Insert your graphics card into either the PCI-E 2.0 slot or the PCI slot. The type of slot depends on the graphic card
bus type. Connect a monitor to the output connector of the graphics card.
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Make sure your power supply’s power switch is in the OFF position then connect your 24-Pin ATX Power Connector
and 8-Pin CPU Power Connector to the motherboard.
SATA Connection
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IDE Connection
Power Button
Plug in power connectors to both the graphics card and the hard disk drive. Power connector types will vary
depending on the hard disk drive and graphic card’s power requirements.
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On the power supply, flip the power switch to the
ON position. LEDs will now be lit on the motherboard.
Press the onboard Clear CMOS button once then press
the green Power Button to begin powering up the system.
At this final stage, you should now be greeted with the
POST screen on your monitor.
Connect one hard drive disk to either one of the SATA Connectors or to the IDE Connector
depending on the hard disk drive connection type.
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