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Missing SLI Connector?
What the hell is a SLI connector? I had to reinstall my system because when I got home from work the other night & powered my pc up, I got a black screen and couldn't get past it, not even through safe mode. I'm running Windows 7 32 bit.
Anyway, I'm using 2 Nvidia GeForce 7900 cards, and I'm pretty sure I've had these cards 'SLI enabled' in the past, but now I just updated the drivers and it says I'm missing a SLI Connector? I've never seen this message before. Is that a piece of hardware? Should it have come with the cards, or is it a motherboard thing?
What kind of functionality will I be missing out on if I don't get it? In the Nvidia control panel, Disable SLI is set by default, but I *can* set 'Maximize 3d Performance'. Just did it, the screen went dark for a moment like the computer was about to reboot, came back up with no errors, and it looks like it's ok, but I don't really know how to tell if SLI is actually enabled or not...
The motherboard I'm using is 'ASUS Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 Crosshair IIV Formula', per Driver Detective.