I tried that. Twice! The first try was done using both 16x PCIe Ports on my mainboard. Then I did a clean reinstall of Windows XP32bit with both graphic cards in PCIe-Slots that are connected to the same IOH-36D. Still no SLI available.
GPU-Z and nHancer recognize the system as "SLI availbable" but also say: "Disabled".
(See attached screenshot).
Seems to be the only solution.
As suggested I tried to use the modified drivers without HAL-Mod: No SLI.
Then I installed the HAL-Mod for XP 32bit: No change, except that the Chipset has been recognized as X58.
Now I have to find someone with the Supermicro C7X58. No SLI for me. :-(
Scope (_SB.PCI0)
{
Name (SLIC, Buffer (0x9E)
{
"987134512781Genuine NVIDIA Certified SLI Ready Motherboard for SUPERMICRO X8SAX 0101-Copyright 2008 NVIDIA Corporation All Rights Reserved-765289891023(R)"
})
}
Device (_SB.PCI0.WMI1)
{
Name (_HID, "pnp0c14")
Name (_UID, "MXM2")
Name (_WDG, Buffer (0x14)
{
/* 0000 */ 0x3C, 0x5C, 0xCB, 0xF6, 0xAE, 0x9C, 0xBD, 0x4E,
/* 0008 */ 0xB5, 0x77, 0x93, 0x1E, 0xA3, 0x2A, 0x2C, 0xC0,
/* 0010 */ 0x4D, 0x58, 0x01, 0x02
})
Method (WMMX, 3, NotSerialized)
{
CreateDWordField (Arg2, Zero, FUNC)
If (LEqual (FUNC, 0x41494C53))
{
If (IFSL ())
{
Return (SLIC)
}
}
Return (Zero)
}
}
| System Name | TheWolf |
|---|---|
| Processor | Q9650/Q9550 |
| Motherboard | Abit IP35ProXE/IX38QuadGT |
| Cooling | Big Typhoon x4 |
| Memory | G-Skill/A-Data/SuperTalent |
| Video Card(s) | 3x MSI 260GTX OC 2x216 1x192 shaders |
| Storage | Hitachi 80gb x2 |
| Display(s) | Norcent/Neovo |
| Case | none/benching stations |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Crosair TX650W |
| Software | XP/W7 |
| System Name | TheWolf |
|---|---|
| Processor | Q9650/Q9550 |
| Motherboard | Abit IP35ProXE/IX38QuadGT |
| Cooling | Big Typhoon x4 |
| Memory | G-Skill/A-Data/SuperTalent |
| Video Card(s) | 3x MSI 260GTX OC 2x216 1x192 shaders |
| Storage | Hitachi 80gb x2 |
| Display(s) | Norcent/Neovo |
| Case | none/benching stations |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Crosair TX650W |
| Software | XP/W7 |