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Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support

4. Align and firmly insert the S�I bridge connector to the goldfingers on each

graphics card. Ensure that the connector is firmly in place.

5. Connect two independent auxiliary power sources from the power supply to

the two graphics cards separately.

6. Connect a VGA or a DVI cable to the graphics card.

5.2.3

Installing the device drivers

Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install

the device drivers.

Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA

®

SLI™

technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.

com).

Goldfingers

SLI bridge

5.2.4

Enabling the NVIDIA

®

SLI™ technology

After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature

in NVIDIA

®

Control Panel under the Windows

®

Vista™ operating system.

Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel

You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods.
A. Right click on the empty space of the Windows

®

desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel.

The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See

Step B5).