Features and Layout (cont’d)
Looking
at the bottom right corner of the motherboard we see a section that is
largely empty from what we are used to seeing. Here is the LED POST
display, BIOS battery and reset jumper as well as headers for
additional USB ports. Fan headers are not in short supply for the
bottom part of your chassis either.
I’ve
mentioned this beast of a heatsink several times but here it is in all
its glory. The large piece in the center is the main heatpipe cooler
with connections to the south bridge and power regulators near the CPU.
Just
as with the 680i chipsets, the 780i SLI has an optional fan you can
install, though we’d recommend it to everyone but the most
anally-retentive noise freaks. The 780i SLI chipsets get hotter than
their 680i SLI brethren…
And
these are the culprits to that heat. The 780i SLI north bridge (or
SPP) and the 780i SLI south bridge (essentially unchanged since the
nForce 590 days) are joined by the new comer: nForce 200 chip seen
close to the primary GPU slot. The combination of these chips gets
very, very hot and during overclocking this is much more obvious. I
didn’t have any stability issues and was still able to push the chipset
pretty far but cooling will be a concern for most. Use that fan!!
The
connections on the rear of the motherboard are pretty standard in
today’s motherboard market and include six USB 2.0 connections, analog
and optical 8-channel audio output, dual Gigabit network connections, a
single Firewire port and dual PS2 connections for legacy keyboards and
mice.
Had terrible experiences with
Had terrible experiences with the audio and ethernet port.
i had this board running long
i had this board running long time now no problems until latly when i changed from cable to dsl ..i get C1 code so i took out ram and put in one at a time nothing changed ..so then i put ram in 2-3 and 4 slots and its fine the first slot when i put ram card in i get C1 code not sure how to fix ..and not getting any response from suport
when in stalling the ram
when in stalling the ram populate the right bank firs. ram t then the left, or the slot was dinged and damaged when installing your ram a hard fix however unless you can repair electronics. advice give up the bank that does not work, and call it a day1 finally, donot force the ram check compatability ram issues first, overall i use the same board for 3 plus years no issues!