STEP THREE Installing your NVIDIA SLI-Certified Components
Now that you have obtained the necessary NVIDIA SLI Certified parts and confirmed your power supply needs its time to configure the system.
1. Install the NVIDIA SLI Certified Motherboard (per instructions in the accompanying manual)
Check here for a list of NVIDIA Certified SLI Ready motherboards.
2. Install both of the NVIDIA SLI Certified graphics cards (per instructions in the accompanying manual)
3. Connect the PCI Express supplementary power connectors to each of the graphic cards (where applicable):
4. Install the NVIDIA SLI connector* to connect the two graphics cards:
Check here for a list of NVIDIA Certified SLI Ready Add-in Cards.
* The NVIDIA SLI connector is only used with GeForce 6600 GT products and above.
Once the new NVIDIA SLI-certified components have been installed in the system, they will be recognized by the operating system upon Windows boot-up. A Found New Hardware message will be displayed:
You must now install the NVIDIA SLI software in order for the system to recognize the new hardware. Go on to Step Four for software installation.
