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User Guide - Page 5
Chapter 3: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support
3 . 1 Overview 3 - 2 3.1.1 Requirements 3 - 2 3.1.2 ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards 3 - 2
3 . 2 Dual graphics card setup 3 - 4 3.2.1 Setting the ASUS EZ selector card 3 - 4 3.2.2 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards 3 - 6 3.2.3 Installing the device drivers 3 - 1 0 3.2.4 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows 3 - 1 0
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User Guide - Page 7
... sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you encounter technical problems with the package.
• Before using the product, make sure all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified
service technician or your local power company.
• If the power supply is set to the correct voltage in any damage, contact your dealer...
User Guide - Page 12
SLI_WARN_LED
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When use 2 Graphics but do not plug EZ-PLUG
OFF
When use 2 Graphics but did not connect the ASUS EZ Plug™. Onboard LEDs
The motherboard comes with a green standby power LED that lights up when you installed two graphics cards but do so may cause severe damage...
User Guide - Page 13
... the rear part of the chassis
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Do not overtighten the screws! The edge with external ports goes to unplug the power cord before installing the motherboard. Doing so can cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components.
1 . 2 . 1 Placement direction
When installing the motherboard, make sure that you install the motherboard, study the configuration...
User Guide - Page 17
...; 64 processor.
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A8N-SLI CPU Socket 939
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1-7 This mark should match a specific corner on the CPU.
The 128-bit-wide data paths of the marked corner (with gold triangle) on the socket to ensure correct installation. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard. Gold triangle
1 . 3 . 1 Installing the CPU
To install a CPU: 1 . 1.3 Central Processing...
User Guide - Page 19
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Retention bracket lock
Your boxed CPU heatsink and fan assembly should come with installation instructions for the CPU, heatsink, and the retention mechanism.
To install the CPU heatsink and fan:
1 .
Make sure that a Thermal Interface Material is already installed on the motherboard upon purchase.
• You do not match the CPU documentation, follow the latter...
User Guide - Page 21
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Do not forget to plug this connector. Hardware monitoring errors can occur if you fail to connect the CPU fan connector! When the fan and heatsink assembly is in place, connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN. GND +12V Rotation
5 .
User Guide - Page 23
... insert the DIMM into a socket to unlock the DIMM.
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1
DDR DIMM notch
Support the DIMM lightly with extra force.
2 . Failure to do so may cause severe damage to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components. ASUS A8N-SLI
1-13 1 . 4 . 3 Installing a DIMM
Make sure to both the motherboard and the components.
1 .
User Guide - Page 24
... completely seated on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Align the card connector with the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components.
1 . 5 . 1 Installing an expansion card
To install an expansion card:
1. See Chapter 2 for the card.
2 . Install the software drivers for later use . The following sub-sections describe the slots and...
User Guide - Page 27
... the system hangs due to overclocking, use the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature. ASUS A8N-SLI
1-17 1.6 Jumper
Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS, which include system setup information such as system passwords. Move the jumper cap from pins 1-2 (default) to default values.
To erase...
User Guide - Page 33
...-SLI
1-23 Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connector on the motherboard, making sure that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of 1 A ~ 3.48 A (41.76 W max.) at +12 V. CPU, chassis, power, and chipset fan connectors (3-pin CPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA1_FAN, 3-pin CHIP_FAN))
These fan connectors support...
User Guide - Page 56
...# delay (Trcd) x Row precharge time (Trp) 2T x 1/T/2T Memory Timing 2T
Bottom of 32-bit [31:24] IO DRAM Over 4G Remapping [Disabled] MTRR mapping mode [Continuous]
200Mhz 8T 4T
[E0]
Select Menu
Item Specific Help
to select DRAM configuration. [Auto] is recommended. [Manual] allows you to display a pop-up menu with the...
User Guide - Page 59
... to enable this field to the default setting [Disabled]. IRQ-xx assigned to When set to [PCI Device], the specific IRQ is set to Manual. When set to [Reserved], the IRQ is not configurable. If you are using standard VGA cards, leave this item. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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Setting this field to
IRQ Resources
[PCI...
User Guide - Page 75
... Discard Changes
Select Menu
Item Specific Help
This option saves data to the Exit menu
ASUS A8N-SLI
2-37 Configuration options: [Setup] [System]
2.7 Exit menu
The Exit menu items allow you can clear it by the onboard button cell battery. Forgot the password? The RAM data containing the password information is powered by erasing the CMOS Real Time...
User Guide - Page 86
...: 1. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager then click nView Properties.
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Chapter 3: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Make sure that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com).
3 . 2 . 4 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in the NVIDIA nView properties...
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