ASROCK Fatal1ty Z77 Professional Series Quick Installation Guide

Fatal1ty Z77 Professional Series Motherboard
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2.7 SLI
TM
and Quad SLI
TM
Operation Guide
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
and Quad SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface)
technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics
cards. Currently, NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
technology supports Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit /
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
®
Quad SLI
TM
technology support
Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation
procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLITM technology, you should have two identical SLITM-ready graphics
cards that are NVIDIA
®
certifi ed. For Quad SLITM technology, you should
have two identical Quad SLITM-ready graphics cards (dual-GPU on each
graphics card) that are NVIDIA
®
certifi ed.
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
technology. Download the driver from NVIDIA
®
website
(www.nvidia.com).
3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use
NVIDIA
®
certifi ed PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
®
website for details.
2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.7.1.1 Installing Two SLI
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
Step 1. Install the identical SLI
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
®
certifi ed
because different types of graphics cards will not work together properly.
(Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card
into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that
the cards are properly seated on the slots.
Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express
graphics cards.

ASROCK Fatal1ty Z77 Professional Series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel Z77
CPU Socket	LGA 1155
Max Memory	32 GB
PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots	3
PCIe 2.0 x1 Slots	2
PCI Slots	2
SATA 6Gb/s	4
SATA 3Gb/s	4
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Form Factor	ATX
Memory Slots	4 x DIMM
Memory Speed	DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066
USB 3.0 Ports	4 (2 rear, 2 via header)
USB 2.0 Ports	8 (4 rear, 4 via headers)
Audio	Realtek ALC898
Video Outputs	HDMI
Multi-GPU Support	Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and AMD Quad CrossFireX