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Introduction to nForce 590 Motherboards 4
Motherboard Features 4
Special Features of the Motherboard 5
Specifications 6
Layout Diagram and Jumper Settings 7
Jumpers, Connectors, Headers, and Sockets 8
Hardware Installation 09
Hardware Installation Steps 09
Checking The Motherboard Jumper Settings 09
Clearing the CMOS RAM 09
Keyboard Power On Function 10
USB Power On Function 10
Installing The CPU 10
Glossary of Terms 10
About AMD Athlon64 AM2 CPUs 11
Installing Memory 12
Memory Installation Diagrams 13
Expansion Cards 14
Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 15
Assigning IRQs For Expansion Cards 15
Interrupt Request Table 15
PCI-Express Slots 15
Diagram of PCI-Express Slot Locations and Functions 16
Table of Standard IRQ Assignments 16
SLI Bridge Installation For NVIDIA SLI Cards (SLI Version Only) 17
Connectors and Headers 19
Connector Locations 19
Starting Up Your Computer 28
Beep Code Table 28
BIOS 29
Introducing BIOS 29
Entering BIOS Setup 29
Standard CMOS Features 30
Advanced BIOS Features 32
Advanced Chipset Features 33
System Clocks 34
System Voltages 35
System Monitor 41
Values and Descriptions 42
Nvidia Networking Guide 43
Configuring FirstPacket 44
Enabling FirstPacket 44
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