How To: Enable SLI on pre-i7/i5 hardware - Page 70

aGeoM · Oct 8, 2009, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

You are the MAN!!

Its working!!

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/8152/sliii.jpg

Let's see some benching.

PP Mguire · Oct 8, 2009, 03:51 AM

Benching on the way, just gotta ram the clocks on my CPU up.

It was a permission problem as was suspected. Cant believe i was being outwitted by a stupid simple problem.

Back in the original bios modding and SLI modding craze i was pro. Now that i have a job im just lazy

Kudos to the amazing people who wrote these files....off to benching!

Edit1: Uh oh, its crashing on me.

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Benching on the way, just gotta ram the clocks on my CPU up.

It was a permission problem as was suspected. Cant believe i was being outwitted by a stupid simple problem.

Back in the original bios modding and SLI modding craze i was pro. Now that i have a job im just lazy

Kudos to the amazing people who wrote these files....off to benching!

Edit1: Uh oh, its crashing on me.

what the crash it was?

Goonit · Oct 8, 2009, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Benching on the way, just gotta ram the clocks on my CPU up.

It was a permission problem as was suspected. Cant believe i was being outwitted by a stupid simple problem.

Back in the original bios modding and SLI modding craze i was pro. Now that i have a job im just lazy

Kudos to the amazing people who wrote these files....off to benching!

Edit1: Uh oh, its crashing on me.

BENCHMARKS!

aGeoM · Oct 8, 2009, 04:43 AM

Nick's Halmod rev.4 + SLIStringInstaller v1.1 + Catalist 9.9 + Win7x64 -> NO Crossfire

PP Mguire · Oct 8, 2009, 07:38 AM

It was my cpu.

But it does work.

Single card cpu 3.8ghz

SLI 3.6ghz

Id see more of an increase in Vantage i bet.

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aGeoM

Nick's Halmod rev.4 + SLIStringInstaller v1.1 + Catalist 9.9 + Win7x64 -> NO Crossfire

http://img.techpowerup.org/091008/HA...v.4 No-CFX.jpg

did you try with HALMod v0.7 on CrossFire capable system?

Nick [D]vB · Oct 8, 2009, 01:02 PM

...and on the 4th revision, Anatolymik said "Let there be SLI", and there was SLI, and it was good.

IT'S ALIVE!!!

YOU DID IT MATE!

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick [D]vB

...and on the 4th revision, Anatolymik said "Let there be SLI", and there was SLI, and it was good.

IT'S ALIVE!!!

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8907/slid.jpg

YOU DID IT MATE!

thanks for your patient and testing.

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 01:07 PM

now i know a little more about SLI Capable system detection....

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 01:08 PM

what about some benching?

Nick [D]vB · Oct 8, 2009, 01:08 PM

Thankyou for your patients!!

I am sorry it took so long to test, it took me two days to find a 9800GT bios that would work on both cards.

I will do some benchmarks now and post the results!

back soon...

JrRacinFan · Oct 8, 2009, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anatolymik

did you try with HALMod v0.7 on CrossFire capable system?

He's trying to make crossfire on nforce. Same as me.

Nick [D]vB · Oct 8, 2009, 02:15 PM

Performance is not so great...

Single:

SLI:

Crysis performance is also the same -1% scaling with SLI, nice...

I had to underclock the video memory for the GT bios to work but I tested SLI with these cards on 4GHz i7 monster and the performance was fine??

I think maybe pcie x2 is not up to SLI, I will try without the bridge, I think the SLI bridge actually has more bandwidth than the x2 port! lol

I was also going to try the A8N-SLI bios again, it has options for "SLI Apature" etc that might help?

I will also play with the PEG link mode and try overclocking the pcie bus from 100MHz, swapping the slots etc

I have to give my friend his card back soon so I will not have long to test today, I will try and get another card soon to continue testing.

But at least SLI is enabled at last, I am just happy with that for today.

JrRacinFan · Oct 8, 2009, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick [D]vB

Performance is not so great...

Single:
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9486/singlet.th.jpg

SLI:
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/746/sliish.th.jpg

Crysis performance is also the same -1% scaling with SLI, nice...

I had to underclock the video memory for the GT bios to work but I tested SLI with these cards on 4GHz i7 monster and the performance was fine??

I think maybe pcie x2 is not up to SLI, I will try without the bridge, I think the SLI bridge actually has more bandwidth than the x2 port! lol

I was also going to try the A8N-SLI bios again, it has options for "SLI Apature" etc that might help?

I will also play with the PEG link mode and try overclocking the pcie bus from 100MHz, swapping the slots etc

I have to give my friend his card back soon so I will not have long to test today, I will try and get another card soon to continue testing.

But at least SLI is enabled at last, I am just happy with that for today.

Your experiencing cpu bottlenecking. Run Vantage.

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

Your experiencing cpu bottlenecking. Run Vantage.

yeah. it's because of CPU. i know it for sure

TiN · Oct 8, 2009, 03:56 PM

Weak cpu, refer to scores on hwbot:

http://www.hwbot.org/listResults.do?...true&limit=100

PP Mguire · Oct 8, 2009, 05:47 PM

Deff weak cpu man. Before i traded my X2 4200+ for an FX57 i ran my 280 on it and the X2 at 2.8ghz and got 7000 in 06

Thats what my 7950GT got.

Ronny@Home · Oct 8, 2009, 05:49 PM

Help please! I have installed drivers -> disabled UAC -> restart -> SLIStringInstaller v1.1 (Gigabyte)-> HALMod v0.9 alpha -> no SLI

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9...tremenosli.jpg
An i still in testmode?!? What did i do wrong?

PP Mguire · Oct 8, 2009, 06:00 PM

Ok from Explorer enter windows\system32 and look for hal.dll after click right mouse button and click properties.
click security. click advanced , after click owner. (You gotta give your user and system full access under security settings)

With this your making it so the Halmod can modify this file. After this is done try doing the halmod and restart. It should work then.

Ronny@Home · Oct 8, 2009, 06:13 PM

No, it didnt work.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/239/access.jpg
Could there be another problem maybe with the dell SLIC in my bios?

PP Mguire · Oct 8, 2009, 06:20 PM

Ok you used Gigabyte Slistring correct, and using 190.62 drivers? (It goes fresh install, Nvidia drivers, slistring, check everest and if there is Slistring under DSDT then Halmod)

If you do Halmod without a Slistring then you will just BSOD

Edit: I forgot to add, whenever you use the files "slistring" and "install" you have to right click and run as administrator.

anatolymik · Oct 8, 2009, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronny@Home

Help please! I have installed drivers -> disabled UAC -> restart -> SLIStringInstaller v1.1 (Gigabyte)-> HALMod v0.9 alpha -> no SLI

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9...tremenosli.jpg
An i still in testmode?!? What did i do wrong?

My congratulations!!! You had to install ASUS Cert. That's why it doesn't work

derGhostrider · Oct 8, 2009, 06:27 PM

Ronny: So you have a PC from DELL (with one of the famous DELL-OEM-Boards) and tried the Gigabyte-SLIC?

It might be worth a try to use the HALmod (ASUS) and the modded driver instead of the SLIstrininstaller.

And some advice in German as it will be easier for me....:

Hi!

Wenn Du die Modded-Drivers verwenden willst, dann mußt Du ASUS auswählen, nicht Gigabyte!

Schick doch auch mal die .dat und .dsl-Dateien, die Du erhälst, wenn Du "iasl -g" ausführst. (am besten gleich hier im Forum zum Download posten). Anatolymik kann anhand dieser Dateien besser erkennen, was passiert ist bzw was nicht funktioniert hat.

Ich vermute erstmal, daß es am DELL-Mainboard liegt. Das hat nunmal ein DELL-eigenes BIOS und nicht mehr die normale Gigabyte-Kennung.

Auf jeden Fall wurde bei Dir der SLIstring nicht richtig eingefügt, was man an Screenshot von Everest sehen kann.

--------

anatolymik:
I suspect that the problem of Ronny is based on the OEM-Mainboard within his DELL-Computer. Dell changes the BIOS so that the system (mainboard) is recognized as "DELL" instead of Gigabyte. So he might need a special DELL-SLIC if he wants to use standard drivers (not the modded drivers).

PP Mguire · Oct 8, 2009, 06:31 PM

Read his cpuz screenie. Its clear he has a Gigabyte Ep45 Extreme.

System Name:	aGeoM's Black Spider Project
Processor:	AMD PHENOM X4 9950BE JAAHB AA 0820BPMW @3500
Motherboard:	ASUS CROSSHAIR II Formula, Bios 1210
Cooling:	D-Tek Fusion V2+Swiftech MCP655+Black Ice GTS-Lite 240 w/ 2 AC-Ryan 120 fans
Memory:	2*1Gb OCZ 2N1066SR2GK @1066 CL5 5-5-15 2CR Unganged
Video Card:	ASUS 9800GT Ultimate SLI
Hard Disk:	RAID 2x Seagate 250Gb SataII ST3250410AS
Optical Drive:	NEC AD-7191S DVD+/-RW 20X SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ACER P221W 22''
Case:	NZXT Zero
Sound Card:	SupremeFX II
PSU:	LC POWER ARKANGEL 850W
Software:	Windows Vista x64

Oct 8, 2009, 03:51 AM	#1727
PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.31/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	Benching on the way, just gotta ram the clocks on my CPU up. It was a permission problem as was suspected. Cant believe i was being outwitted by a stupid simple problem. Back in the original bios modding and SLI modding craze i was pro. Now that i have a job im just lazy Kudos to the amazing people who wrote these files....off to benching! Edit1: Uh oh, its crashing on me. Last edited by PP Mguire; Oct 8, 2009 at 04:04 AM.

System Name:	Univac \ Univaclap
Processor:	Intel Core i3 @ 4.4ghz\ C2D P8400
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P55-UD3R\ Intel MP45
Cooling:	True 120 Black \ 17" Zalman cooler black
Memory:	2x2gb Kingson HyperX 2000mhz \ 4gig DDR3 1066
Video Card:	XFX 4890\ 9800 GTS M
Hard Disk:	64gig G.Skill SSD + 1tb Seagate + 2tb Seagate + 160gb WD Black 2.5 + 120Gb Maxtor (XP)
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 23" Syncmaster 2343 2048x1152 \ 17" 1920x1200
Case:	NZXT Beta \ Laptop
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer PCI
PSU:	Thermaltake 1000watt Toughpower Modular
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 OEM (Legit) + XP SP2 x86 dual boot
Benchmarks:	27,192 3dmark06 (4.0ghz i5 + 280 SLI all air) 23k 06 single 280 4.6ghz i5 single stage 14k 06 4850

Oct 8, 2009, 04:43 AM	#1730
aGeoM Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Algarve/Portugal Posts: 216 (0.10/day) Thanks: 59 Thanked 38 Times in 28 Posts System Specs	Nick's Halmod rev.4 + SLIStringInstaller v1.1 + Catalist 9.9 + Win7x64 -> NO Crossfire __________________ [img disabled]http://www.hwbot.org/signature.img?t=1&uid=10814&iehack=.jpg[/img]

System Name:	aGeoM's Black Spider Project
Processor:	AMD PHENOM X4 9950BE JAAHB AA 0820BPMW @3500
Motherboard:	ASUS CROSSHAIR II Formula, Bios 1210
Cooling:	D-Tek Fusion V2+Swiftech MCP655+Black Ice GTS-Lite 240 w/ 2 AC-Ryan 120 fans
Memory:	2*1Gb OCZ 2N1066SR2GK @1066 CL5 5-5-15 2CR Unganged
Video Card:	ASUS 9800GT Ultimate SLI
Hard Disk:	RAID 2x Seagate 250Gb SataII ST3250410AS
Optical Drive:	NEC AD-7191S DVD+/-RW 20X SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ACER P221W 22''
Case:	NZXT Zero
Sound Card:	SupremeFX II
PSU:	LC POWER ARKANGEL 850W
Software:	Windows Vista x64

Oct 8, 2009, 07:38 AM	#1731
PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.31/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	It was my cpu. But it does work. Single card cpu 3.8ghz SLI 3.6ghz Id see more of an increase in Vantage i bet.

Oct 8, 2009, 01:02 PM	#1733
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	*...and on the 4th revision, Anatolymik said "Let there be SLI", and there was SLI, and it was good.* IT'S ALIVE!!! YOU DID IT MATE!

Oct 8, 2009, 01:07 PM	#1735
anatolymik Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,420 (0.99/day) Thanks: 98 Thanked 781 Times in 306 Posts	now i know a little more about SLI Capable system detection....

Oct 8, 2009, 01:08 PM	#1736
anatolymik Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,420 (0.99/day) Thanks: 98 Thanked 781 Times in 306 Posts	what about some benching?

Oct 8, 2009, 01:08 PM	#1737
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Thankyou for your patients!! I am sorry it took so long to test, it took me two days to find a 9800GT bios that would work on both cards. I will do some benchmarks now and post the results! back soon...

System Name:	Mine; Hers; Our HTPC; NAS Box
Processor:	i7 2600k : i3 2120 : Celeron G440 : P4 2.6Ghz Nwood
Motherboard:	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 : Asus P8P67 Pro : Asrock H61M/U3S3 : Dell
Cooling:	CM 212+ w/ scythe jyuni : Stock : Stock :Stock
Memory:	2x4GB Ripjawx 1866 cl9 : 2x2GB Corsair 1600 cl9 : 2x2GB Ridgebacks 1066 cl5 : 768MB PC3200
Video Card:	Palit GTX560Ti 2Gb : XFX HD5770 : Integrated : Integrated
Hard Disk:	2x 750GB Raid 0 + Maxtor 500GB : WD Black 1TB+Corsair Nova 2 64GB : Toshiba 750GB : Leftover ATA133
Optical Drive:	Lite-On DVD-RW : Samsung DVD-RW : None : None
CRT/LCD Model:	AOC 21" : AOC 20" : Philips 42" HDTV : Headless
Case:	Rocketfish : CM HAF 912 : Bgears Cube Style case : Dell
Sound Card:	X-Fi Xtremegamer : Onboard : Onboard : Onboard
PSU:	Tt 750W Modular : Antec 500W Earthwatts : Corsair CX430 : Dell's OEM

Oct 8, 2009, 02:15 PM	#1739
Nick [D]vB Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 189 (0.14/day) Thanks: 77 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts	Performance is not so great... Single: SLI: Crysis performance is also the same -1% scaling with SLI, nice... I had to underclock the video memory for the GT bios to work but I tested SLI with these cards on 4GHz i7 monster and the performance was fine?? I think maybe pcie x2 is not up to SLI, I will try without the bridge, I think the SLI bridge actually has more bandwidth than the x2 port! lol I was also going to try the A8N-SLI bios again, it has options for "SLI Apature" etc that might help? I will also play with the PEG link mode and try overclocking the pcie bus from 100MHz, swapping the slots etc I have to give my friend his card back soon so I will not have long to test today, I will try and get another card soon to continue testing. But at least SLI is enabled at last, I am just happy with that for today. Last edited by Nick [D]vB; Oct 8, 2009 at 02:32 PM.

Oct 8, 2009, 03:56 PM	#1742
TiN Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Taipei Posts: 184 (0.14/day) Thanks: 8 Thanked 68 Times in 35 Posts System Specs	Weak cpu, refer to scores on hwbot: http://www.hwbot.org/listResults.do?...true&limit=100

System Name:	selfmade caseless :D
Processor:	Intel 2600K, various Intel ES CPU's
Motherboard:	EVGA P67 FTW / EVGA SR-2 / :)
Cooling:	LN2
Memory:	DDR3
Video Card:	GTX 590 Zombie, other Zombies
Hard Disk:	3x1TB WD1002FAEX RAID5, Intel 320 300GB
Optical Drive:	Liteon DVDRW
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2711, 3008WFP, 2007FP, 2007FP
Case:	none
Sound Card:	Augidy 2 Platinum
PSU:	Enermax Revolution85+ 1050W / 1250W
Software:	W2k3 64bit SP1, FreeBSD, Win8
Benchmarks:	http://www.hwbot.org/community/user/tin?oldstyle=true

Oct 8, 2009, 05:47 PM	#1743
PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.31/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	Deff weak cpu man. Before i traded my X2 4200+ for an FX57 i ran my 280 on it and the X2 at 2.8ghz and got 7000 in 06 Thats what my 7950GT got.

Oct 8, 2009, 05:49 PM	#1744
Ronny@Home Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 6 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help please! I have installed drivers -> disabled UAC -> restart -> SLIStringInstaller v1.1 (Gigabyte)-> HALMod v0.9 alpha -> no SLI http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9...tremenosli.jpg An i still in testmode?!? What did i do wrong?

Oct 8, 2009, 06:00 PM	#1745
PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.31/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	Ok from Explorer enter windows\system32 and look for hal.dll after click right mouse button and click properties. click security. click advanced , after click owner. (You gotta give your user and system full access under security settings) With this your making it so the Halmod can modify this file. After this is done try doing the halmod and restart. It should work then.

Oct 8, 2009, 06:13 PM	#1746
Ronny@Home Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 6 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No, it didnt work. http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/239/access.jpg Could there be another problem maybe with the dell SLIC in my bios?

Oct 8, 2009, 06:20 PM	#1747
PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.31/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	Ok you used Gigabyte Slistring correct, and using 190.62 drivers? (It goes fresh install, Nvidia drivers, slistring, check everest and if there is Slistring under DSDT then Halmod) If you do Halmod without a Slistring then you will just BSOD Edit: I forgot to add, whenever you use the files "slistring" and "install" you have to right click and run as administrator.

Oct 8, 2009, 06:27 PM	#1749
derGhostrider Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 42 (0.03/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Ronny: So you have a PC from DELL (with one of the famous DELL-OEM-Boards) and tried the Gigabyte-SLIC? It might be worth a try to use the HALmod (ASUS) and the modded driver instead of the SLIstrininstaller. And some advice in German as it will be easier for me....: Hi! Wenn Du die Modded-Drivers verwenden willst, dann mußt Du ASUS auswählen, nicht Gigabyte! Schick doch auch mal die .dat und .dsl-Dateien, die Du erhälst, wenn Du "iasl -g" ausführst. (am besten gleich hier im Forum zum Download posten). Anatolymik kann anhand dieser Dateien besser erkennen, was passiert ist bzw was nicht funktioniert hat. Ich vermute erstmal, daß es am DELL-Mainboard liegt. Das hat nunmal ein DELL-eigenes BIOS und nicht mehr die normale Gigabyte-Kennung. Auf jeden Fall wurde bei Dir der SLIstring nicht richtig eingefügt, was man an Screenshot von Everest sehen kann. -------- anatolymik: I suspect that the problem of Ronny is based on the OEM-Mainboard within his DELL-Computer. Dell changes the BIOS so that the system (mainboard) is recognized as "DELL" instead of Gigabyte. So he might need a special DELL-SLIC if he wants to use standard drivers (not the modded drivers).

Oct 8, 2009, 06:31 PM	#1750
PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.31/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	Read his cpuz screenie. Its clear he has a Gigabyte Ep45 Extreme.

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