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Mainboard nForce 680i SLI/  

Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 

                                             

 

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Express auxiliary connector (6-pin connector), please contact your graphics board partner for 
an HDD-to-PCI Express power adaptor.   

 

The NVIDIA SLI power supply recommendations are based on the following test 
configurations: 

 

 

High-End NVIDIA SLI Configuration: 

  Dual GeForce 6800 Ultra Graphics cards 

  Athlon 64 939-pin CPU or Intel Xeon 

  Two or more HDD, including RAID 0,1, 0+1 or 5 configurations 

  Two optical drives 

  PCI sound card 

 

 

Mid-Range NVIDIA SLI Configuration: 

  Dual GeForce 6800 or GeForce 6800 GT Graphics cards 

  Athlon 64 939-pin CPU 

 Single HDD 

  Two optical drives 

  PCI sound card 

 

 

Entry-Level NVIDIA SLI configuration: 

  Dual GeForce 6600 GT Graphics cards 

  Athlon 64 939-pin CPU 

 Single HDD 

  One optical drive 

 
 

For a list of certified power supplies, go to:   

http://www.slizone.com/content/slizone/build.html

. 

 
 
 
 

Install Your NVIDIA SLI-Ready Parts 

 

Now that you have obtained the necessary NVIDIA SLI-Ready parts, it is time to configure the 
system. This procedure assumes you have already installed the motherboard. The NVIDIA 
nForce 680i SLI motherboard has three PCI Express slots. The two outer slots (black) are 
used for the SLI configuration. The middle slot (blue) is used for CPU physics and is not 
configured into the SLI configuration.   

 

Summary of Contents for nForce 680I LT SLI

Page 1: ...ds in this document are registered by their respective owner Disclaimer We make no warranty of any kind with regard to the content of this user s manual The content is subject to change without notice and we will not be responsible for any mistakes found in this user s manual All the brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has be...

Page 2: ...e 680i LT SLI nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCPs nForce 680i LT SLI MCPs Support Socket 775 Intel CoreTM 2 Extreme CoreTM 2 Quad CoreTM 2 Duo Pentium Extreme Edition Pentium Processors User Manual Dimensions ATX form factor 244mm x 305mm W x L Operating System Windows Vista Windows XP ...

Page 3: ...y components and software versions This mainboard contains very delicate IC chips Always use a grounded wrist strap when working with the system Do not touch any IC chip lead connector or other components Always unplug the AC power when you install or remove any device on the mainboard or when confuguring pins and switches Packing List nForce 680i SLI nForce 680i LT SLI Mainboard I O Shield IDE Ca...

Page 4: ...allation DIMM0 1 2 3 8 Back Panel Configuration 10 Connectors 13 Front Panel Headers FRONTPNL 14 EZ Control Button 15 Headers Jumpers 15 Audio Configuration 17 Slots 17 Power Supply Attachments 18 CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP 20 INTRODUCTION 20 MAIN MENU 21 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 23 SOFTWARE LIST 23 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 23 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 27 APPENDIX I 8 6 4 2 CHANNEL AUDIO EFFECT SETUP 30 AP...

Page 5: ...with standard PCI expansion cards are also allowed The nForce 680i SLI nForce 680i LT SLI provide one floppy disk drive connector that can be used with 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB drives There is also one IDE connector for connecting two IDE hard drives supporting Ultra ATA 33 66 100 133 Moreover these mainboards come with Serial ATA II feature six SATA II connectors which the interfaces can p...

Page 6: ...I MCP I O Controller Winbond W83627DHG High Definition Audio Codec Realtek ALC885 LAN Controller Marvell 88E1116 IEEE1394 Controller TI TSB43AB22A Memory Four DIMM sockets Supports unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAM Supports a total memory capacity of up to 8 GB Supports Dual Channel data bus Onboard HD Audio CODEC ALC885 High performance CODEC with high S N ratio 100 db Compatible with Az...

Page 7: ...rives Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB IDE Connector One IDE connector Supports up to two IDE devices Supports Ultra ATA 33 66 100 133 Supports high capacity hard disk drives Serial ATA II Connectors Six SATA II connectors Supports SATA 2 0 specification with data transfer rate up to 3 Gbps One SATA II connector can only support one SATA II HDD Onboard LAN Chip Supports Dual LAN the nForce...

Page 8: ...I 2 0 power management Green Function Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Supports Phoenix Award BIOS power management function Supports S0 normal S1 power on suspend S3 suspend to RAM S4 suspend to disk depends on OS and S5 soft off Shadow RAM Integrated memory controller provides shadow RAM functionality and supports ROM BIOS Flash Memory Supports flash memory functionality ...

Page 9: ...Mainboard nForce 680i SLI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 5 Configuration Layout of nForce 680i SLI ...

Page 10: ...Mainboard nForce 680i SLI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 6 Layout of nForce 680i LT SLI ...

Page 11: ...e angle A Next lift up the iron cover B 2 There are 2 distinctive marks located near the corners of the socket on the same side as the lever as shown C Match these marks with the marks on the CPU and carefully lower the CPU down onto the socket D 3 Replace the iron cover and then lower the lever until it snaps back into position E This will lock down the CPU F 4 Smear thermal grease on the top of ...

Page 12: ...gnment 1 Sense 2 12V 1 NFORCE FAN 3 GND Memory Installation DIMM0 1 2 3 The nForce 680i SLI nForce 680i LT SLI mainboards provide four DIMM Dual In Line Memory Modules sockets which allow you to install 240 pin unbuffered non ECC DDRII 800 667 533 SDRAMs They also support Dual Channel Technology and allow you to install a total memory capacity of 8 GB DIMM on the nForce 680i SLI Attention It is re...

Page 13: ...definition by Intel once one channel of the memory capacity is the same with the other channel the Dual Channel will be enabled then For example if you install one 256 MB memory in DIMM0 and another in DIMM1 256MB x 2 512MB you must install a total of 512 MB memory in DIMM2 or DIMM3 so that the Dual Channel can be enabled 3 If you only need to install one memory it is recommended to install it in ...

Page 14: ...DIMM Slot and press firmly using both thumbs until the module snaps into place 4 Repeat steps 1 2 3 for the remaining RAM modules Back Panel Configuration Back Panel of the nForce 680i SLI The pictures above are for reference only Your actual installation may vary slightly from the pictures ...

Page 15: ...nly when your stereo system has digital input function IEEE1394 Port IEEE1394 There is one IEEE1394 port on the back panel of your case that allows you to attach compatible device is also available USB Ports LAN Ports USB1 USB LAN1 USB LAN2 There are six onboard USB 2 0 1 1 ports on the back panel These USB ports are used to attach with USB devices such as keyboard mice and other USB supported dev...

Page 16: ...system is enabled this port will output audio for the front speakers Mic In pink This port is for connecting to a microphone When the 8 6 4 2 channel audio system is enabled this port will be the input of your microphone Center Subwoofer orange This port connects with the center subwoofer speakers It will be functional when the 8 6 channel audio system is driven for center subwoofer output Rear Sp...

Page 17: ...ector If you attach two IDE HDDs you must configure one drive as the master and the other one as the slave In this case one optical device i e CD ROM DVD ROM etc should be attached to this connector as well SATA II Connector SATA A0 A1 B0 B1 C0 C1 The six SATA II connectors support 3 Gbps transmit rate and one SATA connector only can attach one SATA HDD of each time using SATA cables Pin Assignmen...

Page 18: ...tch Header Blue RESET This header can be attached to a momentary SPST switch reset button cable on your case front panel The switch is normally left open When the switch closed it will cause the mainboard to reset and run the POST Power On Self Test Power LED Header Green PWRLED These mainboards provide a 2 pin power LED header If there is a 2 pin power LED cord on your case front panel you can at...

Page 19: ...onnector on the back panel of your case Attaching the serial connector by a cable Optional onto this header then you can use the serial connector to attach with a mic modem or other peripheral device Front USB Headers USB6 7 USB8 9 These mainboards provide six or four onboard USB 1 1 2 0 ports on the back panel that attach to USB devices There are two additional USB headers that can be connected b...

Page 20: ...d when you are unable boot your system and need to reset the BIOS settings CMOS settings back to the manufacturer s original settings This is also a way to reset the system password if you have forgotten it CLR_CMOS Assignment Pin 1 2 Closed Clear CMOS Data Pin 2 3 Closed Normal Default Note Close stands for putting a jumper cap onto two header pins 1 Turn off your system and disconnect the AC pow...

Page 21: ...16 slots which support one way bandwidth up to 4 GB s They are also allowed to install two identical SLI ready PCI Express graphics cards to enable SLI Technology for better graphics performance PCI Express x8 Interface slot PCIE x16_3 nForce 680i SLI only The nForce 680i SLI allows you to install an external graphics card which the PCI Express x8 interface supporting one way bandwidth up to 2 GB ...

Page 22: ...ble onto these slots PCI Interface Slots PCI1 2 PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect which is a bus standard for installing expansion cards such as network card SCSI card etc to these PCI slots Power Supply Attachments Auxiliary Power for Graphics AUX PWR The 4 pin connector is an auxiliary power connection for graphics card Exclusive power for the graphics card provides better graphic...

Page 23: ...agement functions such as the instant power on function The connector pins are described below Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 PWROK 20 RSVD 9 5V_AUX 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V ATXPWR 12 3 3V 24 GND Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 GND 5 12V 2 GND 6 12V 3 GND 7 12V ATX12V 4 GND 8 12V Attention In gene...

Page 24: ...is document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system Key Function In general you can use the arrow keys to highlight options press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous option Down...

Page 25: ...rd compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features Include all the adjustable items of Award special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Include all the adjustable items of chipset special features Integrated Peripherals Include all onboard peripherals Power Management Setup Include all the adjustable items of Green function features ...

Page 26: ... such as temperature voltage and fan speeds Load Defaults It can load the preset system parameter values to set the system in its stable performance configurations Set Password Set change or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and or BIOS setup Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving All CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 27: ...at in each folder of the Driver 1 When you insert the driver CD into the CD ROM you ll see the screen as the picture below There are several driver buttons displayed in the Driver Menu screen and you can click on the drivers to install Category Platform NVIDIA Chipset Driver Windows Vista XP Realtek Audio Driver Windows Vista XP The screen and images are only for general reference The version of t...

Page 28: ... nForce 680i LT SLI 24 Windows Vista Driver Windows XP 64bit Driver Attention Before you install the Realtek Audio Driver on Windows XP 64bit operating system please go to the Microsoft website to install the update for enabling HD Audio ...

Page 29: ...nboard nForce 680i LT SLI 25 Windows XP 32bit Driver NVIDIA Chipset INF It provides all drivers for the functions which built in both the Northbridge Southbridge Realtek Audio Driver It provides the driver of Realtek HD Audio CODEC ...

Page 30: ... 2 Click on the User Manual button you can choose the manual to read 3 If you click the Browse CD button you can browse all the files in the Driver CD Attention Before you read manuals you must install the driver of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 to browse PDF files ...

Page 31: ...ts are lit hard drive is active but system seems hung Causes Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the mainboard Solutions 1 Power Down 2 Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM press down firmly until the module snaps into place Problem 3 System does not boot from the hard disk drive but can be booted from the CD ROM drive Causes 1 Connector between hard drive and system board ...

Page 32: ...ny salvageable data Then performs low level format partition and then a high level format the hard drive Re install all saved data when completed Problem 6 Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure Causes Incorrect information entered into the BIOS setup program Solutions Review system s equipment Reconfigure the system Problem 7 The Screen is blank Causes No power to monitor Solut...

Page 33: ...drive cable not connected properly Solutions Check hard drive cable Problem 13 Cannot boot the system after installing a second hard drive Causes 1 Master slave jumpers not set correctly 2 Hard drives are not compatible different manufacturers Solutions 1 Set master slave jumpers correctly 2 Run SETUP program and select the correct drive types Call drive manufacturers for possible compatibility pr...

Page 34: ... the audio icon from the Windows Vista screen 2 When your audio device is plugged the system will detect it and show the Speakers tab automatically You can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose Stereo Quadraphonic 5 1 Speaker or 7 1 Speaker by your speakers in the Speaker Configuration item 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices ...

Page 35: ...button you can see the screen like the picture below 3 You can choose 2 4 6 or 8 channels by your speakers 4 You can click the Auto test button to test your audio devices To take advantage of 7 1 Channel Audio Effects you must use audio software that supports this functionality You must also make sure your software is specifically configured for 7 1 Channel Audio Effect supoort ...

Page 36: ...ccurs on one drive the system can still read and write data using the other drive The minimum number of drives for a RAID 1 configuration is 2 You are required to use an even number of drives Disk Striped Mirroring RAID 0 1 This mode combines both the performance benefits of RAID 0 with the fault tolerance of RAID 1 The minimum number of drives for RAID 0 1 configuration is 4 drives This configura...

Page 37: ... configure your RAID Array you have to enable the RAID option in the BIOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals RAID Config RAID Enable Save Exit Setup 1 When the screen below displays press Delete to enter the BIOS setup screen 2 Move the arrow keys to the Integrated Peripherals item and press Enter ...

Page 38: ...ard nForce 680i LT SLI 34 3 After entering the sub menu arrow down to the RAID Config item Press Enter 4 Enable the RAID Enable item and then select the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID Press Esc to exit this screen ...

Page 39: ...the Save Exit Setup item Press Enter 6 Press Y and then press Enter to finish the setup NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Configuration The NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility is used to configure RAID disk management into your hard disks This section will explain how to setup and maintain your RAID disk drives ...

Page 40: ...een prompts you with the following message Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility 2 Press the F10 key to enter the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility note that you will only have a short window of time to press F10 before the system continues the next step of the boot process The NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility main screen will display as shown below In addition you will see all the SATA HDDs connected to your co...

Page 41: ...RAID 0 1 Striped Mirror JBOD Spanned RAID 5 Your choice will depend on the RAID Mode that best fits your needs for either performance redundancy or both Attention The Port and Disk Model shown on these screens represent the disk drives installed on the PATA or SATA connectors and are sample data only The actual data that displays on your screen will likely vary ...

Page 42: ...ainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 38 á Stripe Block Stripe block size will directly affect performance when data is written to or read by your system 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K Optimal This item is not available for RAID 1 and JBOD arrays ...

Page 43: ...ess Enter According to your configuration requirements select Mirrored RAID 1 Striped RAID 0 Striped Mirror RAID 0 1 Spanned JBOD or RAID 5 in the drop down menu Then hit Enter The example here is RAID 0 Striped 2 Next Tab over to the Stripe Block item and press Enter You can select the stripe block size for your array which will affect performance It s recommended that you select Optimal Press En...

Page 44: ... to the Free Disks selection box and use the up down arrow keys to select disks for your RAID array Use the right arrow key to move selected disks to the Array Disks section the selected drive will be highlighted You can use the left arrow key to reverse your selection ...

Page 45: ...ter all of the options are properly configured press F7 A confirmation box will display as shown below Hit Y to continue the RAID array creation 5 An alert box will appear as shown below Press Y to clear the Master Boot Record and complete the RAID array creation ...

Page 46: ... screen as shown below You can press Enter to view the details 7 The Array Detail screen provides you all the information of the RAID array you created You can press Enter to go back to the previous page If you want to exit NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility press Enter and then hit Ctrl X to restart your computer ...

Page 47: ...ee the screen below please confirm the information about the RAID arrays you have created If you select a RAID Mode with wrong hard disk numbers 1 For example if you select Mirrored configure four hard disks into your array disks and then you press F7 go to the next step ...

Page 48: ...otify you that you selected an invalid number of disks In a mirrored array you can only configure two disks at one time You must press Enter to go back to the main screen to reconfigure your options again The RAID Introduction to this manual explains disk requirements for each RAID configuration ...

Page 49: ...I Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 45 Deleting Array 1 If you want to delete an existing array go to the Array Detail screen as below Press D 2 An alert box will display for your confirmation to delete the array Press Y to delete ...

Page 50: ...Mainboard nForce 680i SLI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 46 3 After the array is deleted successfully you will return to the main screen where you can re create a new array as shown below ...

Page 51: ...y Use the up down arrow keys to select an array Then press B to specify the selected array as a bootable array You will see a special symbol marked in the Boot item of the highlighted array When there is only one RAID array When there are two RAID arrays or more you can only select one ...

Page 52: ... assume that your HDDs have already been attached to the SATA connectors and your RAID arrays have already been configured using the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Configuration section Download the NVIDIA RAID driver from the Albatron website 1 Go to the Albatron website http www albatron com tw 2 Move your mouse pointer to the Product Info menu item and then click the Mainbo...

Page 53: ...ow is NF 680i SLI mainboard 4 Click Driver as shown below on the left panel Click the download icon to download the NVIDIA RAID driver You should download the RAID driver according to your operating system The picture below illustrates a selection for a system using a Windows XP 32 bit Operating System ...

Page 54: ... Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 50 5 Press the Save button to download the RAID zip file You must unzip the file and save the files onto media that you can use on an existing storage device on your computer e g floppy disk drive ...

Page 55: ...T SLI 51 Install Windows XP 1 During the Windows XP installation a Windows Setup screen will prompt you with Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver Press F6 2 Press s when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device ...

Page 56: ... LT SLI 52 3 Insert the media which includes the RAID Driver into your computer Press Enter to locate the appropriate OS device driver You will install two drivers 4 Select the NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required and press Enter to locate this driver ...

Page 57: ...Force 680i SLI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 53 5 When you see the screen shown as below again press s to download the second RAID driver 6 Select the NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller required and also press Enter ...

Page 58: ...u want to install the operating system files 9 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to the Windows XP installation folders and restart the system After the system reboots the setup program will continue with the installation all the way to completion 10 Wait until Windows XP finishes installing devices regional settings networking settings components and any other remaining tasks Reb...

Page 59: ...l assume that your HDDs have already been attached to the SATA connectors and your RAID arrays have already been configured using the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Configuration section Download the NVIDIA RAID driver from the Albatron website 1 Go to the Albatron website http www albatron com tw 2 Move your mouse pointer to the Product Info menu item and then click the Mainb...

Page 60: ...example used below is NF 680i SLI mainboard 4 Click Driver as shown below on the left panel Click the download icon to download the NVIDIA RAID driver You should download the RAID driver according to the operating system The picture below illustrates Windows Vista 32 bit Operating System ...

Page 61: ...oard nForce 680i LT SLI 57 5 Press the Save button to download the RAID zip file You must unzip the file and save the files to media that you can use on an existing storage device on your computer floppy disk drive or USB Flash Drive ...

Page 62: ... During a Windows Vista installation there will be an item Load Driver Click on it and then insert the media containing the RAID Driver files into your computer You will install two drivers 2 Click on Browse to browse into the folders of the media to locate the folder with the files ...

Page 63: ...t the media which includes the RAID Drivers 4 The example here is floppy disk drive Make sure you have inserted the floppy disk including the RAID Drivers Select Floppy Disk Drive A Click OK to load the RAID Drivers The system will scan for the drivers automatically ...

Page 64: ... nForce 680i LT SLI 60 5 Select the NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller and click Next to locate this driver Please wait until finished 6 When you go back to the screen shown as below click Load Driver again to download the second RAID driver ...

Page 65: ...Mainboard nForce 680i SLI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 61 7 Click on Browse to browse into the folders of the media to locate the folder with the files 8 Select the media which includes the RAID Drivers ...

Page 66: ...ce 680i LT SLI 62 9 Select Floppy Disk Drive A and click OK to load the RAID Drivers The system will rescan for the drivers automatically 10 Select the NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller and click Next to continue Please wait until finished ...

Page 67: ...perating system files 12 After setup examines your disks it will copy files to the Windows Vista installation folders and restart the system After the system is rebooted the setup program will continue with the installation all the way to completion 13 Wait until Windows Vista finishes installing devices regional settings networking settings components and any other remaining tasks Reboot the syst...

Page 68: ...ilding an array you must connect new hard disk s onto your computer 2 Power on your computer When the system boots up during the POST Power On Self Test you will be given an opportunity to enter the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility when the screen prompts you with the following message Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility 3 Press F10 key to enter the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility note that you will only hav...

Page 69: ...LI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 65 5 You should see the existing RAID array on your system Press R to rebuild the array 6 The next screen will display as below Use up down arrow keys to select a free disk Press A to continue ...

Page 70: ... Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 66 7 An alert box will display for your confirmation to rebuild array Press Enter to go to the next step 8 A confirmation box will display as shown below Hit Y to continue rebuilding the RAID array ...

Page 71: ...LT SLI 67 9 You have successfully finished the setup of rebuilding an array in the NVIDIA RAID Setup Utility Press Ctrl X to restart your computer 10 During the boot process you will see the screen below Confirm the Rebuild information as shown below ...

Page 72: ...tic You can check of the Rebuild in the following steps Go to to Start All Programs NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Control Panel Storage under Windows 12 A notification box will display to notify you rebuilding the array is started Rebuilding the array will take a while Please wait until finished ...

Page 73: ...ainboard nForce 680i SLI Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI 69 13 When the rebuilding is finished make sure the Status item for your Rebuild Array shows Healthy You have now successfully rebuilt the RAID array ...

Page 74: ...fied components and a matrix to determine the power supply required for your particular graphic cards go to http www slizone com content slizone build html While NVIDIA recommends an SLI Ready power supply the following table provides some general power supply recommendations based on testing performed in the NVIDIA SLI validation lab Recommended Power Supplies If the power supply specifies two 12...

Page 75: ...eForce 6800 GT Graphics cards Athlon 64 939 pin CPU Single HDD Two optical drives PCI sound card Entry Level NVIDIA SLI configuration Dual GeForce 6600 GT Graphics cards Athlon 64 939 pin CPU Single HDD One optical drive For a list of certified power supplies go to http www slizone com content slizone build html Install Your NVIDIA SLI Ready Parts Now that you have obtained the necessary NVIDIA SL...

Page 76: ...m 1 Install two SLI Ready graphic cards into the two outer black PCI Express x16 slots on the motherboard Be sure to seat the graphic cards into the connectors SLI graphics cards in these slots Two SLI graphics cards installed in the outer two block PCI Express slots on the motherboard Note the blue PCI Express slot is empty ...

Page 77: ...ect the PCI Express supplementary power connectors from the system power supply to each of the graphic cards From Power Supply Three PCI Express graphics cards installed Only the two outer cards will be SLI ed using the SLI Connector shipped in your motherboard kit ...

Page 78: ... NVIDIA SLI Software Upon power up the operating system recognizes the new NVIDIA SLI Ready components and displays the Found New Hardware message Your motherboard shipped with a set of drivers that you must install Once these drivers are installed reboot your system As part of the NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture NVIDIA drivers include a full set of controls for SLI systems Install the SLI conn...

Page 79: ...tem message displays to let you know that your hardware and software components have been installed properly Click on this message to enable your NVIDIA SLI Enable NVIDIA SLI At this point you need to enable NVIDIA SLI You can do this either by clicking on the SLI capable system balloon or by going to the NVIDIA Control Panel To launch the NVIDIA Control Panel select Start All Programs NVIDIA Corp...

Page 80: ...LI 76 Select Set SLI configuration from under Performance Click Enable SLI technology recommended and click Apply The system reboots to apply the setting and display the following message upon reboot Congratulations on your new NVIDIA SLI Ready PC system ...

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