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1-6 Setup of ATI CrossFireX
™
/NVIDIA SLI Conguration
A. System Requirements
- Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system
- A CrossFireX/SLI-supported motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver
- Two CrossFireX/SLI-ready graphics cards of identical brand and chip and correct driver
- Two CrossFire
(Note )
/SLI bridge connectors
- A power supply with sufcient power is recommended (Refer to the manual of your graphics cards for
the power requirement)
B. Connecting the Graphics Cards
Step 1:
Observe the steps in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two CrossFireX/SLI graphics cards on the
PCI Express x16 slots. For optimum graphics performance, be sure to install the cards on the PCIEX16_1
and PCIEX8_1 slots.
Step 2:
Insert the CrossFire
(Note)
/SLI bridge connectors in the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on top of the two
cards.
Step 3:
Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the PCIEX16_1 slot.
C. Conguring the Graphics Card Driver
C-1. To Enable CrossFireX Function
After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go to
the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Browse to the CrossFireX menu
and ensure the Enable CrossFireX
™
check box is selected.
(Note) The bridge connectors may be needed or not depending on your graphics cards.
Procedure and driver screen for enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology may differ by graphics cards.
Refer to the manual that came with your graphics cards for more information about enabling Cross-
FireX/SLI technology.
C-2. To Enable SLI Function
After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go
to the
NVIDIA Control Panel
. Browse to the
Set SLI Conguration
screen and ensure the Enable SLI technology check box is se-
lected.
- GA-P55A-UD5 1
- Motherboard 2
- Oct. 16, 2009 2
- Copyright 3
- Disclaimer 3
- Documentation Classications 3
- Table of Contents 4
- Box Contents 6
- Optional Items 6
- Block Diagram 8
- 1-1 Installation Precautions 9
- 1-2 Product Specications 10
- 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13
- CPU Socket Lever 14
- 1-4 Installing the Memory 16
- 1-4-2 Installing a Memory 17
- PCI Slot 18
- PCI Express x1 Slot 18
- 1-6 Setup of ATI CrossFireX 19
- /NVIDIA SLI Conguration 19
- 1-7 Back Panel Connectors 20
- 1-8 Onboard LEDs and Buttons 22
- Quick Buttons 23
- Phase LED 23
- 1-9 Internal Connectors 24
- 8) IDE (IDE Connector) 27
- System Status LED 29
- S0 On 29
- S1 Blinking 29
- S3/S4/S5 Off 29
- 18) COMA (Serial Port Header) 33
- 19) BAT (Battery) 33
- - 34 -Hardware Installation 34
- Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 35
- 2-1 Startup Screen 36
- 2-2 The Main Menu 37
- M.I.T. Current Status 39
- Miscellaneous Settings 48
- Isochronous Support 48
- Virtualization Technology 48
- 2-4 Standard CMOS Features 49
- Drive A 50
- Halt On 50
- Memory 50
- 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features 51
- 2-6 Integrated Peripherals 53
- SMART LAN1/2 55
- Green LAN 55
- 2-7 Power Management Setup 57
- 2-8 PC Health Status 59
- 2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults 61
- 2-10 Load Optimized Defaults 61
- 2-12 Save & Exit Setup 63
- 2-13 Exit Without Saving 63
- Security Chip 64
- Security Chip State 64
- 3-2 Application Software 66
- 3-3 Technical Manuals 66
- 3-4 Contact 67
- 3-5 System 67
- 3-6 Download Center 68
- 3-7 New Utilities 68
- Chapter 4 Unique Features 69
- 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 72
- B. Updating the BIOS 73
- A. Before You Begin 75
- B. Using @BIOS 75
- C. After Updating the BIOS 75
- 4-3 EasyTune 6 76
- 4-4 Dynamic Energy Saver 77
- B. Total Mode 78
- C. Stealth Mode 78
- 4-5 Q-Share 79
- 4-6 Smart 6 80
- SMART Recovery 81
- SMART DualBIOS 81
- SMART Recorder 82
- SMART TimeLock 82
- 4-7 Smart TPM 83
- 4-8 Auto Green 84
- (Note 1) 85
- (Note 3) 85
- (Note 2) 85
- 4-10 Teaming 86
- Chapter 5 Appendix 87
- A. Installing Windows XP 102
- B. Installing Windows Vista 104
- C. Rebuilding an Array 108
- A. Conguring Speakers 113
- B. Conguring Sound Effect 114
- A. S/PDIF In 115
- B. S/PDIF Out 116
- * Enabling Stereo Mix 119
- A. Recording Sound 120
- B. Playing the Recorded Sound 120
- 5-3 Troubleshooting 121
- Appendix - 122 122
- - 123 - Appendix 123
- 5-4 Regulatory Statements 124
- Appendix - 126 126
- Contact Us 127
- Appendix - 128 128
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