English 2.5.1.2 installing three sli, Ready graphics cards – ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 User Manual
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2.5.1.2 Installing Three SLI
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
Step 1. Install the identical 3-Way 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.) Each graph-
ics card should have two goldfi ngers for the 3-Way SLI Bridge connector.
Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot, another graphics card to PCIE4
slot, and the other graphics card to PCIE6 slot. Make sure that the cards
are properly seated on the slots.
Step2. Connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics card.
Please make sure that both power connectors on the PCI Express graph-
ics card are connected. Repeat this step on the three graphics cards.
Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI
connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot.
Two Goldfi ngers
Step3. Align and insert ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S2S Bridge Card to the goldfi ngers
on each graphics card. Make sure ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S2S Bridge Card
is fi rmly in place.
ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S2S Bridge Card