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Chapter 9
Using NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
6 If your graphics boards have an auxiliary power connector, connect them to the
power supply using the supplied power connector cables.
7 Replace the system’s cover and reconnect your display(s) to the SLI-capable
graphics board installed in the x16 expansion slot.
8 Plug the power cable back into the system.
Installing the Display Driver
Follow the steps listed below to install your driver software:
1 Power on the system and log into Windows.
2 Cancel the Windows “Found New Hardware Wizard”.
This message should apear twice – one for each graphics board).
3 Run “setup.exe” in the SLI driver you saved to your desktop.
4 Follow the “Next” prompts to proceed with driver installation.
5 Once the software has been installed, choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer
now” and select “Finish” to reboot the system.
Enabling SLI Mode
1 After logging back into Windows, you should see the message “SLI capable
system” in the bottom right corner of the screen.
2 Click anywhere on the message.
If the message disappears, continue with the following steps.
3 Right click the desktop and click Properties->Settings->Advanced, then click the
Quadro FX product tab.
4 Click the SLI multi-GPU tree item to open the SLI multi-GPU page.
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