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Hardware Installation

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place this part on the top of
the bridge connector.

retention bracket

Connecting Two Graphics Cards:
Step 1: Observe the steps in "1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards"

and install two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same
model to the PCIE_16_1 and PCIE_16_2 slots.

Step 2: Insert the SLI bridge (the GC-SLICON) to the SLI gold

edge connector on top of both cards. Make sure the
two mini female slots on the bridge connector
securely fit onto the SLI gold edge connetors of both
cards.

Gold edge connector on the top of
graphics card

Female slots on the bridge connector

Step 3: In order to securely fix the bridge connector be-

tween the two cards, you must install the retention
bracket included with the motherboard and secure
the retention bracket to the chassis back panel with
a screw.

Step 4: Plug the display cable into either one of the two

graphics cards for display output. If you plug the
display cable to the card on the PCIE_16_1 slot,
make sure to set Init Display First in BIOS
Setup to PEG; if you plug the display cable to
the card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, set Init Display
First
to PEG(Slot2).