To install two SLI-ready graphics cards under SLI Mode, you will need to:

Prepare two identical NVIDIA certified, SLI-ready PCI Express x16 graphics cards (the same model from the same manufacturer).

Make sure the graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Download the latest driver form NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com).

Make sure your power supply unit is sufficient to provide the minimum power required.

The following illustration is served for DEMO only. All the devices, including the motherboard, the graphics cards, the SLI Bridge Connector, or the SLI bracket, may not be exactly the same type, shape, or model as the one you bought.

1.Unscrew and remove five of the I/O brackets at the chassis’s rear panel starting from the first one for PCIEXP1 slot.

Carefully insert two graphics cards into both the PCI Express X16 slots on this motherboard. Secure the graphics cards with the two screws removed from the I/O bracket to the first and last screw holes. Leave the three screw holes in between unscrewed.

2.Place Abit’s exclusive SLI FAN assembly “SLIpstream” atop the two graphics cards. For not installing the SLI supporting bracket, you may secure the fan assembly now with the three screws removed from the I/O bracket.

Keep any components on the graphics cards away from been touched by the metal frame of the SLI FAN assembly.

3.Bridge connect two graphics cards with the “SLI Connector Card” (fit in both direction).

Keep any components on the “SLI Connector Card” away from been touched by the metal frame of the SLI FAN assembly.

Now complete the installation of two graphics cards, SLI FAN assembly, and the “SLI Connector Card”.

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