Accessories

It appears that the IDE and floppy cables are not true rounded cables. They seem to be normal cables with a rounded shroud over them. Oh well, I guess that works too. The SATA cables were packed in pairs with a total of four sets of SATA data and power cables. Inside the red bubble wrap is the SLI bridge. The Karajan audio module is protected by a clear plastic cover.

Cables	Connectors and Karajan 5.1 audio module

DFI was nice enough to include some extra jumpers with the package. It's easy to lose or misplace these jumpers, especially when you are installing or messing around with the motherboard. I personally prefer these tabbed jumpers because they are a lot easier to grip! The long black jumpers are the ones used for the DRAM voltage switch and the SLI selector.

DFI also included a replacement I/O shield as well as an extractor tool in the package. The extractor tool can be used to pull out the BIOS chip, as well as jumpers like those used for the SLI switch.

I/O shield and Extractor Tool	Manuals

When it comes to documentation, DFI included a leaflet on SLI, a quick installation guide and an owner's manual. Now the owner's manual is quite sparse. There wasn't a lot of information that one could get out of it, apart from jumper locations and configurations, and a list of specifications.

You would have expected a feature-rich motherboard like this to be accompanied by a detailed manual on how to use the features. There weren't even any explanations of the different BIOS options! You guys will have to rely on the BIOS Optimization Guide for that.

Finally, DFI provided a driver and utility CD as well as a floppy disk containing the NVIDIA SATA/IDE and Sil3114 drivers.

Driver CD and Diskette

The floppy disk is required when you install Windows XP as Windows XP doesn't come with default drivers for those SATA controllers. The CD contains some utilities, programs, and various drivers for the motherboard.