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First SLI Enable Problem

ah well, little off topic, but i gotta say it.
Nice worries you have m8, i have been so skint lately, have not bought any new hardware in ages, i miss all this setting up and nervous deep into the night new toys troubleshooting :D
 
Vekiq said:
ah well, little off topic, but i gotta say it.
Nice worries you have m8, i have been so skint lately, have not bought any new hardware in ages, i miss all this setting up and nervous deep into the night new toys troubleshooting :D
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LOL! I'm feeling the effects this morning. I got to 1:00am and seemed to develop the most simple problem of trying to install graphics drivers on a fresh install of windows and the screen just going black... Now I'm stuck again and I have eyes like **** holes in the snow! :eek:
 
Gigabyte again ;-)
I think it's not Windows issue. There must be something hardware-specific that blocks SLI being activated.
Well, did you put graphic card to correct slot ? Did you put SLI finger properly (without this it still works, but if finger is broken...) ? Do your PCIe slots are configured properly in BIOS ? And is your BIOS up-to-date ?
Normally, it takes about 6-7 secs at first time, even less later.
 
biuro74 said:
Gigabyte again ;-)
I think it's not Windows issue. There must be something hardware-specific that blocks SLI being activated.
Well, did you put graphic card to correct slot ? Did you put SLI finger properly (without this it still works, but if finger is broken...) ? Do your PCIe slots are configured properly in BIOS ? And is your BIOS up-to-date ?
Normally, it takes about 6-7 secs at first time, even less later.
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SLI bridge is brand new. Is there a wrong way to put a PCIe card in? BIOS up to date and what would I need to check in BIOS to make sure they are correctly configured?

Thanks,

Adam.
 
Sorry to see you're still having problems.

I suggest you try each card individually to ensure they work.

If both cards work individually, but not in SLI, then it's probably either motherboard or power supply problems.

What power supply are you using?
 
Surveyor said:
Sorry to see you're still having problems.

I suggest you try each card individually to ensure they work.

If both cards work individually, but not in SLI, then it's probably either motherboard or power supply problems.

What power supply are you using?
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Corsair AX750... No problems! ;)
 
AdamN said:
LOL! I'm feeling the effects this morning. I got to 1:00am and seemed to develop the most simple problem of trying to install graphics drivers on a fresh install of windows and the screen just going black... Now I'm stuck again and I have eyes like **** holes in the snow! :eek:
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what card have you got the monitor plugged into....if its in the wrong one the screen will go black if its ment to be in the other....if your control panel lets you atempt sli it sees both cards...how long does it take once you click enable sli to enable or do you give up after say 5 mins...its worth just letting it time out if its going to just so we can see how long it tries for....report back mate:)
 
I know the monitor is in the right place.

I've been told that it should never take that long... I'll try it again now and leave it for 10 minutes of so but I'm sure it's not going to work...

This is becoming more and more frustrating.
 
+1 If I do anything other than move the mouse, the whole thing hangs and can only be fixed by restarting?!
 
sounds like drivers issues from what you have said.....
266.58 is the latest..i take it this is what you got?

update
just read a few things on the net about people having probs with 260gtx sli.....try flashing your bios to latest
this sorted the problems they were having with it
 
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Correct 266.58 drivers installed. Case is off and it's a 800D that is full of fans. Cooling and heat I'm sure are not the problem.
I'm slowly becoming of the opinion that something is wrong that I won't be able to fix...

FYI The 'Applying Changes' box has been in the same place for 15 minutes now...
 
Not sure if I can bothered with these old cards. Have been doing a bit of reading and the pre-order deal on the 5850 from Overclockers looks like a way to go,2 of them for 215 quid, crossfire, happy days?!
 
flash your mobo bios to latest and see if that does it...i would say yes
worth a shot then if still doesnt work then look at 5850.....
 
Next problem is the mobo was a package from OCUK. If I flash the BIOS I loose the warranty?
I'm in a right pickle here.
 
andicole0 said:
You really shouldn't lose warranty after a BIOS update.

Andi.
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You may not lose the warranty on the motherboard but if it was an overclocked bundle then his is what OcUK say:

"If you update the BIOS we will no longer be able to provide support for configuring and maintaining the CPU overclock."
 
Surveyor said:
You may not lose the warranty on the motherboard but if it was an overclocked bundle then his is what OcUK say:

"If you update the BIOS we will no longer be able to provide support for configuring and maintaining the CPU overclock."
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I have to play safe here.
 
how the hell can you lose your warrenty because of a bios update....if they didnt want you to have it they wouldnt put it on there site.....
if you have a ocuk overclock that you might lose its simple to overclock it again so no big deal there....if your feed up trying to get it to work then give up and close the thread otherwise try this or stop asking for advice on the matter
 
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