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

[Thiesi]

Hi there,

I recently got two GTX580 cards which I was hoping to use in SLI mode in my HP z400. Since HP mentions some SLI-related specs in their datasheet for the z400, I thought the motherboard (X58) was "SLI ready". However, only after installing the two cards I found out I was wrong.

I tried the two most recent versions of the patch, but to no avail. Whenever I boot into the modified HAL/kernel setup, the system reboots before even showing the login window. This happens with 7 64 & NVIDIA drivers 262.99.

Apparently some other people in this thread were reporting problems with the GTX 580 recently, so I wonder if there's anything that could be done in order to solve this issue for all of us.

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

 

[DroneHive]

From which version of the drivers that occurs?

Still using 260.99 here, want me to try another version?

 

[anatolymik]

Still using 260.99 here, want me to try another version?

257.12 for example. did you move cards?

 

[anatolymik]

Hi there,

I recently got two GTX580 cards which I was hoping to use in SLI mode in my HP z400. Since HP mentions some SLI-related specs in their datasheet for the z400, I thought the motherboard (X58) was "SLI ready". However, only after installing the two cards I found out I was wrong.

I tried the two most recent versions of the patch, but to no avail. Whenever I boot into the modified HAL/kernel setup, the system reboots before even showing the login window. This happens with 7 64 & NVIDIA drivers 262.99.

Apparently some other people in this thread were reporting problems with the GTX 580 recently, so I wonder if there's anything that could be done in order to solve this issue for all of us.

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

try to remove one card and boot in sli option. i need to know get your system boot. also it would great if you test not gtx580. your motherboard is x58. i'll need dump of your system

 

[Thiesi]

try to remove one card and boot in sli option. i need to know get your system boot. also it would great if you test not gtx580. your motherboard is x58. i'll need dump of your system

Okay, I'll give it a shot with just one card. I also have a GTX 480 lying around which I'll pop in for testing purposes (only one of them though, so no real SLI test possible with that). As for the dump - what should I do? Just post the output of bcedit?

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

 

[Thiesi]

I just tried it with one GTX 580 and with one GTX 480 - with the same results as previously. The system reboots during booting without actually reaching the login screen.

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

 

[anatolymik]

I just tried it with one GTX 580 and with one GTX 480 - with the same results as previously. The system reboots during booting without actually reaching the login screen.

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

try to boot with disabled automatic restart

 

[lajarnette]

lajarnette with what version of the driver you have sli works?

drivers 260.99

I tested these 2 cards graph on asus Asus P5Q pro / E6400 OC / Windows 7 64 bit / drivers 260.99 / patch 0.9b and that works

But do not work on Asus P5E64 WS Evolution ...

 

[anatolymik]

drivers 260.99

I tested these 2 cards graph on asus Asus P5Q pro / E6400 OC / Windows 7 64 bit / drivers 260.99 / patch 0.9b and that works

But do not work on Asus P5E64 WS Evolution ...

on P5E64 try 191.xx for the sake of the experiment

 

[lajarnette]

on P5E64 try 191.xx for the sake of the experiment

Hello anatolymik,

I tested : 191.xxx SLIPatch_v0.9_beta.exe / do not work

191.xxx SLIPatch_v0.91_beta.exe / do not work

260.xxx SLIPatch_v0.9_beta.exe / do not work

260.xxx SLIPatch_v0.91_beta.exe / do not work

 

[anatolymik]

Hello anatolymik,

I tested : 191.xxx SLIPatch_v0.9_beta.exe / do not work
191.xxx SLIPatch_v0.91_beta.exe / do not work
260.xxx SLIPatch_v0.9_beta.exe / do not work
260.xxx SLIPatch_v0.91_beta.exe / do not work

very intresting. i'll do for you something. tommorow or a day after tommorow i'll send you file to test.
by the way. don't use SLIPatch_v0.9_beta. use latest.
what about ACPI 2.0 in bios? it looks like driver doesnt want to read acpi table for sli cert.

 

[anatolymik]

DroneHive any news? did you move cards?

 

[lajarnette]

what about ACPI 2.0 in bios? it looks like driver doesnt want to read acpi table for sli cert.

Thank you for your help

 

[Callagan]

Asrock 890 FX

Hi Anatolymik.

Thanks for the 0.91b patch.

It worked fine on my rig (Asrock 890 FX deluxe3, 2xGTS250, Windows 7 64 bits with 260.99 drivers).
I just had a small problem with the hal.dll coming from a previous (and failed) installation : no update or install available so I removed the patched dll, replaced it by a backup, and could apply the patch.


Большое спасибо

 

[anatolymik]

Thank you for your help
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8790/acpi0.jpg

with acpi 2.0 it doesn't work?

 

[lajarnette]

with acpi 2.0 it doesn't work?

:shadedshu
(my last tests are with acpi 2.0 enabled)

 

[anatolymik]

:shadedshu
(my last tests are with acpi 2.0 enabled)

ok. wait for special patch. we'll do research

 

[YukonCornelius]

Installs patch, but still no SLI...

Has anyone had any success with an Intel S5520SCR motherboard? Before I bang my head trying to get a pair of 580's in SLI, just want to see if anyone has had previous luck with this MB.

Running 262.99 drivers... Patch .9B and .91 both install, and reboot successfully... But no SLI option in the NVidia contol panel...

 

[johnsmm]

Hi there,

I recently got two GTX580 cards which I was hoping to use in SLI mode in my HP z400. Since HP mentions some SLI-related specs in their datasheet for the z400, I thought the motherboard (X58) was "SLI ready". However, only after installing the two cards I found out I was wrong.

I tried the two most recent versions of the patch, but to no avail. Whenever I boot into the modified HAL/kernel setup, the system reboots before even showing the login window. This happens with 7 64 & NVIDIA drivers 262.99.

Apparently some other people in this thread were reporting problems with the GTX 580 recently, so I wonder if there's anything that could be done in order to solve this issue for all of us.

Bye, K&K,
T-Zee

I had posted 3-4 pages before that my HP Z800 also has same problem with the patch, Reboot with out error "no one seemed to care about my post"
I tried booting with a single card in sli mode same crash.
Used Win 7 64Bit, and 480GTX!
I tried registering in the Russian forum and they wont let me register lol , che za xyinya

 

[johnspack]

Heh, yeah, 21-22k in vantage is normal for 2 gtx260s. I get the same.

 

[anatolymik]

Has anyone had any success with an Intel S5520SCR motherboard? Before I bang my head trying to get a pair of 580's in SLI, just want to see if anyone has had previous luck with this MB.

Running 262.99 drivers... Patch .9B and .91 both install, and reboot successfully... But no SLI option in the NVidia contol panel...

what version did you try?

 

[anatolymik]

che za xyinya

i'm working on special patch now. it'll help to get know more about this problem. you just have to wait

 

[TiN]

Asus P5E64 WS Evolution use PLX bridge for PEG slots. Do not use slots via bridge, or SLI fail.

 

[lajarnette]

Asus P5E64 WS Evolution use PLX bridge for PEG slots. Do not use slots via bridge, or SLI fail.

Hello Tin
Can you explain, I do not understand ?

I use PCIXE16_1 (blue) and PCIXE16_2 (blue)

I tried with and without bridge SLI but the sli is not fonctionel

 

[TiN]

try black slots.
and first black + blue