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

[galeuk]

I have some news !!

SLi is ok with 190.62 drivers + sli string + slipatch 0.7a
SLi NOT ok with 195.xx or 196.xx + sli string + slipatch 0.7a

Edit :
3d mark vintage :
Single : P5360 CPU 18226 GPU 4339
SLi : P9559 CPU 18179 GPU 8254

Wahhhou !

It's good but now i would like to canhave the lastest driver for have more performance and more sli support !

How can i do ?

 

[galeuk]

I have installed 196.x over the 190.x and i loose SLi... i don't understand why... With old driver all is ok. With lastest SLi is not activated

and i re install 190.62 and all is ok....

May be there is a protection in 196 serie drivers..

 

[anatolymik]

I have installed 196.x over the 190.x and i loose SLi... i don't understand why... With old driver all is ok. With lastest SLi is not activated

and i re install 190.62 and all is ok....

May be there is a protection in 196 serie drivers..

what's your system specs?

 

[galeuk]

Asus P7P55D LE
CHipset P55
Intel i7 860
4GB Ram
2 x 9600GT (16x + 4x)
WIn7 x64 + StingSLi + Slipatch 0.7a
With 190.62 drivers all is ok. If i install lastest drivers, impossible to activate SLi.

 

[Darrenm72]

I went through this process last night http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30 and everything went OK got SLI on the boot screen.

Then I enabled SLI with Nvidia Control Panel just to be on the safe side.

Then this afternoon when i boot my PC screen resolution went west and aero peek in windows wouldn't work and Nvidia control panel would not open?

If you need anymore information from me so that you could help please advize and i'll attach some pictures

 

[anatolymik]

Asus P7P55D LE
CHipset P55
Intel i7 860
4GB Ram
2 x 9600GT (16x + 4x)
WIn7 x64 + StingSLi + Slipatch 0.7a
With 190.62 drivers all is ok. If i install lastest drivers, impossible to activate SLi.

i've heard P55 supports SLI

 

[anatolymik]

I went through this process last night http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30 and everything went OK got SLI on the boot screen.

Then I enabled SLI with Nvidia Control Panel just to be on the safe side.

Then this afternoon when i boot my PC screen resolution went west and aero peek in windows wouldn't work and Nvidia control panel would not open?

If you need anymore information from me so that you could help please advize and i'll attach some pictures

attach please

 

[TheWolf]

WARNING! NVIDIA 196.75 drivers can kill your graphics card
Click the link & read.

 

[galeuk]

i've heard P55 supports SLI

P55 in some motherboard don't support SLI.

Have you an idea for my problem ?

 

[Darrenm72]

I've done a fresh install of windows 7 x64 and i will go through the process again when the SLI bridge connection comes.

These are the drivers i have so far

 

[anatolymik]

I've done a fresh install of windows 7 x64 and i will go through the process again when the SLI bridge connection comes.

These are the drivers i have so far

what's your system specs?

 

[anatolymik]

P55 in some motherboard don't support SLI.

Have you an idea for my problem ?

i have to think

 

[Darrenm72]

PC and Cooling Silencer 610
Abit Motherboard AX78
Athlon 64 X2 5400+ BLACK EDITION 2.8 Ghz
Artic Cooling 64 Pro
Geil 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400 800Mhz EVO ONE
2 x XFX GeForce 8800 GS 384MB DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI 580 Mhz
NEC Optiarc AD-7201S 20x Internal DVDRW Lightscribe
Zalman GS1000 Titanium Professional Full Tower ATX Case
2 x Western Digital 250GB Caviar SE16 SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive ATI 2+0 Stripe/RAID0
Windows 7 Ultimate X64

 

[anatolymik]

PC and Cooling Silencer 610
Abit Motherboard AX78
Athlon 64 X2 5400+ BLACK EDITION 2.8 Ghz
Artic Cooling 64 Pro
Geil 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400 800Mhz EVO ONE
2 x XFX GeForce 8800 GS 384MB DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI 580 Mhz
NEC Optiarc AD-7201S 20x Internal DVDRW Lightscribe
Zalman GS1000 Titanium Professional Full Tower ATX Case
2 x Western Digital 250GB Caviar SE16 SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive ATI 2+0 Stripe/RAID0
Windows 7 Ultimate X64

strange problem. have you run installsli.cmd from cmd or not? did you have UAC disabled?

 

[galeuk]

i have to think

Yes thank you really. DO you work on new rev patch ?

 

[Velvet Wafer]

WARNING! NVIDIA 196.75 drivers can kill your graphics card
Click the link & read.

so that means, when youre running on manual fan control, or even a 12v molex, nothing can happen? if the problem only exists during automatic mode?

 

[Mussels]

so that means, when youre running on manual fan control, or even a 12v molex, nothing can happen? if the problem only exists during automatic mode?

you win a: nothing.

but you were right.

 

[Darrenm72]

strange problem. have you run installsli.cmd from cmd or not? did you have UAC disabled?

UAC disabled, but as running installsli.cmd I didn't do it from cmd I just clicked on the icon in the download package. Which brought up the black command screen is there a difference.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

you win a: nothing.

but you were right.

alright, then i will stay on the driver. i always use manual, because i dont like sudden roaring,or the sound of rushing air, during gaming

 

[Darrenm72]

Ok i'm about to try and install SLi again, after fitting coolers to graphics cards, but before I do could you please tell me i'm doing it the right way. Thanks

1. I run this first Windows 7 64bit SLI Patch, version 0.7a, Reboot PC and during reboot select SLI enabled system and boot it

2. Then run SLI String installer v.2.0

3. Press ASUS, regardless of real motherboard vendor, to patch Windows registry with SLIC certificate

now I go to Section C as i'm running windows 7 64 bit

4. Disable UAC (Does UAC have to be enabled while going through steps 1-3, as I have already disabled UAC)

5. Copy modified driver file from bottom of article to c:/windows/system32/drivers

 

[oiluj]

Darrenm72, you have a real mess in your mind or my english is not good enough to understand you.

All you have to do is:

1.- Install Windows 7 x64
2.- Disable UAC
3.- Download and unzip in a folder the SLI Patch 0.7a (for Windows 7 x64)
4.- Open a Command Prompt window with Administrator Rights (type 'cmd' at "Start" menu, right click and select "Run as administrator")
5.- In the Command Prompt window, move to the folder where you unzipped the patch files and run 'installSLI.cmd' by typing it and pressing 'Intro'.
6.- Now you can see if everything is OK. If so, reboot, go to nVidia Control Panel and activate SLI.

SLI Patch 0.7a DOESN'T need any "SLI string installing", nor copying any modified drivers files.

 

[Darrenm72]

Here are some attachments to see if I have done it right. Also if at any time I need to uninstalled I just reverse the process using cmd and 'uninstallSLI.cmd'

 

[TheWolf]

Here are some attachments to see if I have done it right. Also if at any time I need to uninstalled I just reverse the process using cmd and 'uninstallSLI.cmd'

Yes I would say you have it done correct.
Yes to the other question as well.

Have fun gaming & try some benchmarks, maybe post some scores without & with sil enabled.

 

[galeuk]

i have to think

Hi,

DO you have an idea ?
Thanks again for your hard work.

 

[anatolymik]

Hi,

DO you have an idea ?
Thanks again for your hard work.

i was busy a little. now i'm going to test a new method