2x msi gtx 1080 sli new to sli

Only565

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i am new to sli lol so my question is
I've turned on my SLI through the nvidia control panel in my task bar i have a icon that says

NVIDIA GPU ACTIVITY and that one of my cards are inactive have i done something wrong or how would i change this? its bugging me, ive included a screen shot of what i am talking about

http://imgur.com/rdVq0zX

intel 4790k
16gb ddr3
 
Solution
Made sure the SLI is enabled in the nvidia control panel. Also make sure you have the SLI bridge connected to the cards. Finally not all games use SLI and while you are on the desktop you won't see any use of the second video card since nothing is using it.

iamacow

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Made sure the SLI is enabled in the nvidia control panel. Also make sure you have the SLI bridge connected to the cards. Finally not all games use SLI and while you are on the desktop you won't see any use of the second video card since nothing is using it.
 
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