How To: Enable SLI on pre-i7/i5 hardware - Page 57

Nick [D]vB · Oct 1, 2009, 11:20 PM

I'm glad you got both cards detected, now I am the only member of the "broken Biostar club" again... .

I am not sure but maybe it's best to do the Stringinstall / HALmod *before* you install the nvidia drivers???

The other guys know more about this, maybe thay can help?

yeba · Oct 1, 2009, 11:24 PM

Hey anatolymik, I finally enabled SLI using halmod on my raid setup. Here is my setup again

Asus P5E WS Pro x38 mobo
Intel Raid
Win 7 x64
2x 9600GT

Previously, I can only use halmod using non RAID. With RAID setup , I was only able to SLI using modded drivers + SLI cert.

SO I was messsing around more. Here is what I did to make it work:
1. Fresh win7 x64 install. Disable UAC. Reboot.
2. Run windows update , pick ACPI utility update ( this might be important update for this to work) and do not update video drivers using the windows update. Unselect everything else.
3. Install official drivers. Reboot.
4. Run SLI string installer.
5. Unpack 0.81 halmod. Replace hal.dll with the hal.dll from http://www.xdevs.com/sli/Patch.rar. Run the halmod install with the modified hal.dll. Reboot.
6. SLI detected. Enable SLI and enjoy.

I did the steps above first without doing step #2 and my PC BSOD. So the acpi software update may be important.

edit: I forgot to mention, using 0.81 halmod by itself did not work. Cpu-z shows x38 after using ur unmodified 0.81 halmod package.

edit 2: Nevermind, as soon as I restarted my working SLI setup, it BSOD'ed again. I guess this raid setup is really screwing up. I also tried the Marvell RAID and no good also.

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeba

Yes, using intel raid. all version of halmod BSOD at different places.

With non-raid setup, I can at least use halmod 0.7.

anatolymik · Oct 2, 2009, 02:46 AM

did i understand correct do you keep getting BSODs?

anatolymik · Oct 2, 2009, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeba

Hey anatolymik, I finally enabled SLI using halmod on my raid setup. edit: I forgot to mention, using 0.81 halmod by itself did not work. Cpu-z shows x38 after using ur unmodified 0.81 halmod package.

This is a new feature. CPUZ show real information about chipset. And i keep working on it.

TheWolf · Oct 2, 2009, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anatolymik

This is a new feature. CPUZ show real information about chipset. And i keep working on it.

Cool! Thanks for your hard work on this...

Nick [D]vB · Oct 2, 2009, 12:12 PM

Great to have CPUZ / Everest working properly again, but now I need to work out another way to check I have installed the Halmod correctly!

It seems like my Biostar board is a lost cause, but I look forward to being able to test something soon. Keep up the good work mate.

yeba · Oct 2, 2009, 08:59 PM

yeah.

I thought 0.81 halmod did not work because it showed x38 instead of x58 in cpu-z.

I'll try ur 0.81 again.

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by anatolymik

did i understand correct do you keep getting BSODs?

agentdax5 · Oct 2, 2009, 09:41 PM

So I'm bummed this isn't working out for me. CPUZ shows me with an X58 chipset, and the certificate is getting injected properly. But nothing yet, even on my 2nd clean install of Windows 7 x64.

yeba · Oct 2, 2009, 11:01 PM

You da man! 0.81 halmod finally worked for me without BSODs. I did several restarts after enabling SLI and no BSODs so far.

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by anatolymik

This is a new feature. CPUZ show real information about chipset. And i keep working on it.

sordido · Oct 2, 2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeba

You da man! 0.81 halmod finally worked for me without BSODs. I did several restarts after enabling SLI and no BSODs so far.

Thanks.

did you try the new beta drivers also ?

Nick [D]vB · Oct 3, 2009, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agentdax5

So I'm bummed this isn't working out for me. CPUZ shows me with an X58 chipset, and the certificate is getting injected properly. But nothing yet, even on my 2nd clean install of Windows 7 x64.

It seems this hack just won't work properly on BIOSTAR boards, I have not seen anyone get it working on a Biostar board yet,

(can anyone hear an axe-grinder?

). Did you do a clean install in the end? Have you tried the patched driver without the HALmod?

Until I can replace my Biostar with a proper motherboard I can only test on my old nforce4 system, I tried 0.81 but still no luck,

I look forward to trying the next version when it is ready.

agentdax5 · Oct 3, 2009, 01:34 AM

I'm not on a Biostar board. I'm on an Asus P5Q Premium. I've done clean installs, haven't tried the patched driver on this current install as I was told with Halmod 0.8 and up it doesn't require it.

Nick [D]vB · Oct 3, 2009, 01:44 AM

Sorry my mistake, it was reprobate7 having problem with his Biostar board. Any HALmod should not need the patched driver:

StringInstall (Asus) + HALmod + Any official driver OR StringInstall (Asus) + modded 190.62 driver (signed in test mode)

So you could remove the HALmod and try the modded driver in test mode. It is just an idea...

armand · Oct 3, 2009, 03:22 AM

Why every body hier use windows 7 x64 ? (sorry for the stupid question)

yeba · Oct 3, 2009, 04:13 AM

No , I only uses 190.62 so far.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sordido

did you try the new beta drivers also ?

TheWolf · Oct 3, 2009, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by armand

Why every body hier use windows 7 x64 ? (sorry for the stupid question)

Not everyone uses W7 64. There is a SLI mod for XP Pro, if that is what your wondering.

cxghjcqr · Oct 3, 2009, 08:18 AM

So far I am playig crysis in win7 64bit and battlefield2142 in XP,my PC would be reboot suddenly with MODSLI,not BSOD.
BTW battlefield2 is OK in win7 64bit with MODSLI,Other games is not tried,yet
Isn't my power supply (Tt AH680) power enough?

anatolymik · Oct 3, 2009, 08:28 AM

http://www.xdevs.com/sli/HALMod v0.82 alpha.zip

a new HALMod

cxghjcqr · Oct 3, 2009, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anatolymik

http://www.xdevs.com/sli/HALMod v0.82 alpha.zip

a new HALMod

Thank you ,friend.
Is there any functions improved? I pay close attention to your work all the time.

anatolymik · Oct 3, 2009, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cxghjcqr

Thank you ,friend.
Is there any functions improved? I pay close attention to your work all the time.

improved support with nForce chips

Nick [D]vB · Oct 3, 2009, 09:13 AM

Thanks! .

. I will go test it right now, just got to put that pc back together...

derGhostrider · Oct 3, 2009, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by armand

Why every body hier use windows 7 x64 ? (sorry for the stupid question)

I am using Windows Server 2008 R2.

....

The reason for Win7 x64 is easy: Anatolymik is working on this version right now. A good decision as it is the most modern (and actually also the best) Windows Version available.

--------

@anatolymik:
Some time ago I announced to test Win7 x64 on my Xeon system. Sorry for the delay but my license did not arrive yet.

Nick [D]vB · Oct 3, 2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anatolymik

improved support with nForce chips

Sorry I took a long time to reply, I had to re-build that pc. Sadly no SLI for me yet, but some progress maybe???

I can see that CPUZ now detects the southbridge as intel! (old versions of HALmod did not do this) Please ignore the motherboard model, I edited this to "Rampage II Extreme" using DMI editor, after SLI did not work I thought this might help, but I am sure you know it does not.

GPUz says SLI "Disabled" and not "Disabled (available)" does this matter? Also, I have an ASUS "ATK0110 ACPI Utility" device driver installed, will this effect anything (I tried disabling it but no effect). Have I got the installation order correct??

UAC OFF -> reboot -> StringInstall (ASUS) OK -> reboot -> HALmod 0.82 -> reboot -> Install official driver -> reboot -> (say a prayer ->) check SLI...

I run everything as an Administrator, also after String install I notice that the windows install checker pops-up, is that normal? (I always select "this program installed ok"). I have attatched the DATS if they can help. I will try again with a clean install of everything...

Also, would it help to fully reverse my old SLI hardware mods (un-solder chipset back to Nforce4-Ultra, flash bios back to A8N-E, un-edit DMI names etc) I will only do all this if you think it can help. Please let me know if there are any other ideas I can try.

Thankyou for doing this for me, I realise you are doing extra work to make fixes for my nforce system, I really appreciate all your hard work on it. I have not lost hope yet, I'm sure we will get there in the end... .

anatolymik · Oct 3, 2009, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick [D]vB

Sorry I took a long time to reply, I had to re-build that pc. Sadly no SLI for me yet, but some progress maybe???

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4194/nosli.th.jpg

I can see that CPUZ now detects the southbridge as intel! (old versions of HALmod did not do this) Please ignore the motherboard model, I edited this to "Rampage II Extreme" using DMI editor, after SLI did not work I thought this might help, but I am sure you know it does not.

GPUz says SLI "Disabled" and not "Disabled (available)" does this matter? Also, I have an ASUS "ATK0110 ACPI Utility" device driver installed, will this effect anything (I tried disabling it but no effect). Have I got the installation order correct??

UAC OFF -> reboot -> StringInstall (ASUS) OK -> reboot -> HALmod 0.82 -> reboot -> Install official driver -> reboot -> (say a prayer ->) check SLI...

I run everything as an Administrator, also after String install I notice that the windows install checker pops-up, is that normal? (I always select "this program installed ok"). I will try again with a clean install of everything...

Also, would it help to fully reverse my old SLI hardware mods (un-solder chipset back to Nforce4-Ultra, flash bios back to A8N-E, un-edit DMI names etc) I will only do all this if you think it can help. Please let me know if there are any other ideas I can try.

Thankyou for doing this for me, I realise you are doing extra work to make fixes for my nforce system, I really appreciate all your hard work on it. I have not lost hope yet, I'm sure we will get there in the end...

i think there are some problems with the cert. send me your surrent dsdt.
i can get it by using "iasl -g"

Nick [D]vB · Oct 3, 2009, 12:52 PM

Here it is (also added all files above) thanks.

System Name:	TheWolf
Processor:	Q9650/Q9550
Motherboard:	Abit IP35ProXE/IX38QuadGT
Cooling:	Big Typhoon x4
Memory:	G-Skill/A-Data/SuperTalent
Video Card:	3x MSI 260GTX OC 2x216 1x192 shaders
Hard Disk:	Hitachi 80gb x2
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S183
CRT/LCD Model:	Norcent/Neovo
Case:	none/benching stations
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Crosair TX650W
Software:	XP/W7

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus P5Q Premium
Cooling:	Scythe Mugen-2
Memory:	Cosiar 4GB (2 x 2GB) (PC2 6400) TWIN2X4096-6400C5
Video Card:	XFX 9800 GT
Hard Disk:	Seagate 750 GB, Hatachi 250 GB
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S223L
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer X191W (19" Widescreen)
Case:	Antec 902
PSU:	Cosiar 750 Watt CMPSU-750TX
Software:	Windows 7 x64 RTM

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus P5Q Premium
Cooling:	Scythe Mugen-2
Memory:	Cosiar 4GB (2 x 2GB) (PC2 6400) TWIN2X4096-6400C5
Video Card:	XFX 9800 GT
Hard Disk:	Seagate 750 GB, Hatachi 250 GB
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S223L
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer X191W (19" Widescreen)
Case:	Antec 902
PSU:	Cosiar 750 Watt CMPSU-750TX
Software:	Windows 7 x64 RTM

System Name:	My computer #1 / My computer #2
Processor:	INTEL C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz (without default core voltage :p) / INTEL C2Q Q9550 @ 3.7 Ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS Rampage Formula / GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R
Cooling:	NOCTUA NH-U12P SE2 / NOCTUA NH-U12P
Memory:	4x1Go G.Skill PC8500 1066Mhz @ 1066Mhz / 42x1Go G.Skill PC8500 1066Mhz @ 960Mhz
Video Card:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Hard Disk:	1To Samsung / 250Go Samsung
Optical Drive:	Samsung reader.writer DVD / Samsung reader.writer DVD
CRT/LCD Model:	IIYAMA ProLite E2607WS-B1 / SAMSUNG T220
Case:	Antec Twelve Hundred / ANTEC 3000
Sound Card:	CREATIVE soudblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer / CREATIVE soundblaster
PSU:	Corsair 1000W HXEU / Corsair 750W
Software:	MS windows XP pro Sp3 / MS windows XP pro Sp3

System Name:	TheWolf
Processor:	Q9650/Q9550
Motherboard:	Abit IP35ProXE/IX38QuadGT
Cooling:	Big Typhoon x4
Memory:	G-Skill/A-Data/SuperTalent
Video Card:	3x MSI 260GTX OC 2x216 1x192 shaders
Hard Disk:	Hitachi 80gb x2
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S183
CRT/LCD Model:	Norcent/Neovo
Case:	none/benching stations
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Crosair TX650W
Software:	XP/W7

Oct 1, 2009, 11:20 PM	#1401
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	I'm glad you got both cards detected, now I am the only member of the "broken Biostar club" again... . I am not sure but maybe it's best to do the Stringinstall / HALmod before you install the nvidia drivers??? The other guys know more about this, maybe thay can help?

Oct 2, 2009, 02:46 AM	#1403
anatolymik Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,421 (0.97/day) Thanks: 98 Thanked 789 Times in 307 Posts	did i understand correct do you keep getting BSODs?

Oct 2, 2009, 12:12 PM	#1406
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Great to have CPUZ / Everest working properly again, but now I need to work out another way to check I have installed the Halmod correctly! It seems like my Biostar board is a lost cause, but I look forward to being able to test something soon. Keep up the good work mate.

Oct 2, 2009, 09:41 PM	#1408
agentdax5 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 62 (0.05/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	So I'm bummed this isn't working out for me. CPUZ shows me with an X58 chipset, and the certificate is getting injected properly. But nothing yet, even on my 2nd clean install of Windows 7 x64.

Oct 3, 2009, 01:34 AM	#1412
agentdax5 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 62 (0.05/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	I'm not on a Biostar board. I'm on an Asus P5Q Premium. I've done clean installs, haven't tried the patched driver on this current install as I was told with Halmod 0.8 and up it doesn't require it.

Oct 3, 2009, 01:44 AM	#1413
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Sorry my mistake, it was reprobate7 having problem with his Biostar board. Any HALmod should not need the patched driver: StringInstall (Asus) + HALmod + Any official driver OR StringInstall (Asus) + modded 190.62 driver (signed in test mode) So you could remove the HALmod and try the modded driver in test mode. It is just an idea...

Oct 3, 2009, 03:22 AM	#1414
armand Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 12 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Why every body hier use windows 7 x64 ? (sorry for the stupid question)

Oct 3, 2009, 08:18 AM	#1417
cxghjcqr Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: CHN Posts: 86 (0.06/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	So far I am playig crysis in win7 64bit and battlefield2142 in XP,my PC would be reboot suddenly with MODSLI,not BSOD. BTW battlefield2 is OK in win7 64bit with MODSLI,Other games is not tried,yet Isn't my power supply (Tt AH680) power enough? Last edited by cxghjcqr; Oct 3, 2009 at 08:42 AM.

System Name:	wolf :D
Processor:	Q6600
Motherboard:	GA-EP45-DS4
Cooling:	Noctua NH-U12P
Memory:	DDR2 1066 1GB×4 (GEIL Blackdragon by Micron D9GMH pellet)
Video Card:	ZOTAC N260-896D3 X2 SLI
Hard Disk:	ST SATA 320G(7200,10)
Optical Drive:	SONY x16 DVD_RW
CRT/LCD Model:	SAMSUNG SyncMaster 226BW
Case:	Tt Armor.Jr Mini (VC3000BWS)
Sound Card:	On board
PSU:	Tt AH680
Software:	windows 7 64bit
Benchmarks:	http://bbs.expreview.com/viewthread.php?tid=24023&extra=page%3D1

Oct 3, 2009, 08:28 AM	#1418
anatolymik Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,421 (0.97/day) Thanks: 98 Thanked 789 Times in 307 Posts	http://www.xdevs.com/sli/HALMod v0.82 alpha.zip a new HALMod

Oct 3, 2009, 09:13 AM	#1421
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Thanks! .. I will go test it right now, just got to put that pc back together...

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