My New PC... about to hit CHECKOUT.

matthewhotdude · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:42

personally before sending back id start again from the beginning

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:45

Matthewhotdude, i guess they didnt like your post lol

turboduck · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:46

N00bie said:
Nothings come out of place or that?

nope nothing, it knows that there is 3 GPU's installed...

and i can enable SLI.. but not "TRI SLI"

but then all i get is 2 GPU's ... see GPU-Z below -

gary996 · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:47

turboduck said:
10 cm from the bottom of the mobo to the bottom of the case and 2.5 cm overhang on the third card... hope this helps dude

Cheers mate wanting to find a case I can put a Feser quad rad into. That case seems to have a lot of room at the bottom.

Hope you get you tri sli working mate.

matthewhotdude · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:48

N00bie said:
Matthewhotdude, i guess they didnt like your post lol

I know! I didnt say anything wrong....talk about dictatorship

original.wood · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:50

you dont reckon its a problem with GPU-Z or Nvidea Conrtol Panel?

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:50

LOL indeed but tbh would u be happy buying a machine then reading that lol, ive bought from OCUK and been happy so please dont ban me after reading that comment

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:55

Problem Solved!

Thanks for the input and suggestions. As I mentioned in my first post, Vista 64 would not recognize that a third GPU was in the system. No matter how many times I unistalled cards and drivers, Vista would not recognize the third card which would prevent the installation of drivers for the third card. I had confirmed that each card individually functioned and that I had the latest drivers for GPUs and MB. I found an almost obscure post on on the NVidia forums with an installation method that worked for me. Here is what I did:

1) Turn off computer
2) Remove GPUs except for PCIe 16X1
3) Reboot
4) Remove GPU drivers
5) Reboot
6) Install GPU drivers (I used 180.48-latest WHQL)
7) Shut Down
8) Install GPU in PCIe 8x1
9) Reboot and windows will install driver (confirm 2 GPUs in Control Panel)
10) Shutdown
11) Install 2 -Way SLI bridge
12) Reboot and confirm that SLI option is available in NVidia panel
13) Shutdown
14) Remove 2-Way SLI bridge
15) Install 3rd GPU in the PCIe X16_2 slot without SLI bridge
16) Reboot and windows will install driver.
17) Confirm 3 GPUs are avaialble in Control Panel. In my case, the GPU from PCI Express Root Port 9 was now missing (PCIe 8x1 slot)
18) Shut down
19) Install 3 Way SLI bridge and reboot
20) Windows bubble may inform you that SLI is available
21) Confirm you have 3 GPUs in Control Panel (I did)
22) Confirm that 3 Way SLI is available in the NVidia Panel

I know this sure sounds like a convulated method for installing 3 way SLI on the UD5 Mobo but it worked! The strange part was losing the second GPU in PCIe 8x1 and then having it re-appear when installing the 3-way SLI bridge. I

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:56

Dont know if this will work

turboduck · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:38

N00bie said:
Problem Solved!

Thanks for the input and suggestions. As I mentioned in my first post, Vista 64 would not recognize that a third GPU was in the system. No matter how many times I unistalled cards and drivers, Vista would not recognize the third card which would prevent the installation of drivers for the third card. I had confirmed that each card individually functioned and that I had the latest drivers for GPUs and MB. I found an almost obscure post on on the NVidia forums with an installation method that worked for me. Here is what I did:

1) Turn off computer
2) Remove GPUs except for PCIe 16X1
3) Reboot
4) Remove GPU drivers
5) Reboot
6) Install GPU drivers (I used 180.48-latest WHQL)
7) Shut Down
8) Install GPU in PCIe 8x1
9) Reboot and windows will install driver (confirm 2 GPUs in Control Panel)
10) Shutdown
11) Install 2 -Way SLI bridge
12) Reboot and confirm that SLI option is available in NVidia panel
13) Shutdown
14) Remove 2-Way SLI bridge
15) Install 3rd GPU in the PCIe X16_2 slot without SLI bridge
16) Reboot and windows will install driver.
17) Confirm 3 GPUs are avaialble in Control Panel. In my case, the GPU from PCI Express Root Port 9 was now missing (PCIe 8x1 slot)
18) Shut down
19) Install 3 Way SLI bridge and reboot
20) Windows bubble may inform you that SLI is available
21) Confirm you have 3 GPUs in Control Panel (I did)
22) Confirm that 3 Way SLI is available in the NVidia Panel

I know this sure sounds like a convulated method for installing 3 way SLI on the UD5 Mobo but it worked! The strange part was losing the second GPU in PCIe 8x1 and then having it re-appear when installing the 3-way SLI bridge. I

ill give this a go now mate thanks! would you mind linking the original thread ?

dlknight · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:40

turboduck said:
haha thanks guys, although some advice may be just as good Im going to try uninstalling the drivers and re installing them again i suppose, cant think what else it could be

Have you tried uninstalling PhysX ? I had issues with that on my PC. Also check that you haven't dedicated one of the cards to PhysX processing.

N00bie said:
Dont know if this will work

Are you trying to increase your post count noobie ?

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:42

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:43

http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/ga-ex58-ud5-windows-will-not-recognize-3rd-gpu-tri-sli-29498/

Mr Kingston · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:50

well good luck with the tri sli, i think i might have issues with my quad sli soon when i migrate to i7, (9800 gx2s ) not 295s.

Good luck op

turboduck · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:55

N00bie said:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/ga-ex58-ud5-windows-will-not-recognize-3rd-gpu-tri-sli-29498/

thanks mate but this guy seems to have a different issue, he cannot see all 3 GPU's when they are all plugged in... i can its just that Nvidia control panel can't... anyways will still give it a shot, thanks for your help ! Will post back with results

turboduck · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:05

1) Turn off computer
2) Remove GPUs except for PCIe 16X1
3) Reboot
4) Remove GPU drivers
5) Reboot
6) Install GPU drivers (I used 180.48-latest WHQL)
7) Shut Down
8) Install GPU in PCIe 8x1
9) Reboot and windows will install driver (confirm 2 GPUs in Control Panel)

im up to here... the second GPU in control panel is STANDARD VGA GRAPHICS ADAPTOR... im not sure if this is right... does anyone know ? Im assuming it needs the Nvidia driver installed again or something each time a card is added ... ?

Mr Kingston · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:08

i would say yeh,, install the driver each time a card is added

turboduck · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:13

Mr Kingston said:
i would say yeh,, install the driver each time a card is added

trying, it says it already has the most recent version lol

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:13

NP dude i aint that great with SLI stuff.

N00bie · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:18

Make sure to configure the PCI-E lanes in the BIOS Setup to be x16-x8-x8 for 3way-SLI users. Mine is set to x16-x16-x1 because I'm only using SLI. Just don't leave it at auto. Tried forceware 181.20 and 181.22 so far.