Enabling Hybrid Sli - Asus M3N78-EM Manual

4.1.2

Enabling Hybrid SLI

• Before enabling GeForce Boost and HybridPower, ensure that you have
installed a dGPU recommended for GeForce Boost on your motherboard.
• Ensure that you have connected your display to the dGPU. Otherwise, the
motherboard cannot detect your display and no image appears.
To enable Hybrid SLI
1. Turn on the system and press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST)
to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
Go to Advanced > Chipset > SouthBridge Configuration. Set the Primary
2.
Graphics Adapter item to [Internal VGA First], and Hybrid SLI Mode item to
[mGPU always enable]. See section 2.4.3 Chipset for details.
SouthBridge chipset Configuration
Primary Graphics Adapter
Hybrid SLI Mode
Hybrid SLI Frame buffer Size
PCIE 2.0 Support
AZALIA Audio
Front Panel Select
SPDIF Mode Setting
Onboard LAN
OnBoard LAN Boot ROM
SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE
1394 Controller
3. Save your changes and Exit Setup.
4. Turn off the system, disconnect your display from the dGPU, and connect
your display to the onboard VGA port at the rear panel.
5. Turn on the system and press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST)
to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
Go to Advanced > Chipset > SouthBridge Configuration. Set the Hybrid
6.
SLI Frame buffer Size item to [256MB]. See section 2.4.3 Chipset for
details.
SouthBridge chipset Configuration
Primary Graphics Adapter
Hybrid SLI Mode
Hybrid SLI Frame buffer Size
PCIE 2.0 Support
AZALIA Audio
Front Panel Select
SPDIF Mode Setting
Onboard LAN
OnBoard LAN Boot ROM
SouthBridge ACPI HPET TABLE
1394 Controller
ASUS M3N78-EM
[Internal VGA Firs]
[mGPU Auto]
[128MB]
[Auto]
[Internal codec+E}
[HD Audio]
[SPDIF Output]
[Auto]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Internal VGA Firs]
[mGPU always enable]
[256MB]
[Auto]
[Internal codec+E}
[HD Audio]
[SPDIF Output]
[Auto]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
Options
PCI VGA Card First
Internal VGA First
PCIE VGA Card First
Options
PCI VGA Card First
Internal VGA First
PCIE VGA Card First
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