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

[MikeTyson]

OKay so I have just done InstallSli.cmd

Then immediately afterwards, have done bcdedit.exe

Here is the result:

 

[anatolymik]

OKay so I have just done InstallSli.cmd

Then immediately afterwards, have done bcdedit.exe

Here is the result:

http://img.techpowerup.org/100105/safe10.png

reboot the PC and try to boot with SLIEnabled

 

[MikeTyson]

reboot the PC and try to boot with SLIEnabled

Lol it will be the same result as always, a failed boot

But okay I'll do it anyway

 

[anatolymik]

Lol it will be the same result as always, a failed boot

But okay I'll do it anyway

just do and we'll see

 

[MikeTyson]

just do and we'll see

Yep, went straight to Windows Repair and didn't boot

 

[anatolymik]

Yep, went straight to Windows Repair and didn't boot

did you have UAC disabled when you ran Installsli.cmd

 

[MikeTyson]

did you have UAC disabled when you ran Installsli.cmd

Yea, because when it wasn't disabled it would ask for Administrator password even though I didn't set one, so i couldn't do it...

 

[anatolymik]

Yea, because when it wasn't disabled it would ask for Administrator password even though I didn't set one, so i couldn't do it...

unplug one card

 

[MikeTyson]

unplug one card

And then?

 

[anatolymik]

And then?

try to boot

 

[anatolymik]

you may have hardware issues

 

[anatolymik]

i'm going crazy.

 

[SoLoR]

you may have hardware issues

i think so as well, that something is wrong with his windows instalation.

 

[anatolymik]

i think so as well, that something is wrong with his windows instalation.

agreed. it's not ok

 

[MikeTyson]

i think so as well, that something is wrong with his windows instalation.

...I had this exact same problem in Windows XP Pro SP3

I went to Windows 7 to try and resolve the issue but it's exactly the same

How can you tell me I'm doing something wrong :S

If I've clean formatted, completely, and tried 2 different OS's, it's obviously not related to anything on my hard drive

And yes, removing one card, my system still failed to boot in SLIEnabled x32

 

[anatolymik]

...I had this exact same problem in Windows XP Pro SP3

I went to Windows 7 to try and resolve the issue but it's exactly the same

How can you tell me I'm doing something wrong :S

If I've clean formatted, completely, and tried 2 different OS's, it's obviously not related to anything on my hard drive

And yes, removing one card, my system still failed to boot in SLIEnabled x32

try another card

 

[anatolymik]

that BSOD you have had in windows xp sp3 (0x0000007e) does not relate to my mod. do you remember you did overwrite my modded files by orignial? do you remember that BSOD doesn't away? i've read somewhere one man has a similar BSOD. he fix it by cleaning videocard

 

[MikeTyson]

that BSOD you have had in windows xp sp3 (0x0000007e) does not relate to my mod. do you remember you did overwrite my modded files by orignial? do you remember that BSOD doesn't away? i've read somewhere one man has a similar BSOD. he fix it by cleaning videocard

I never had it unless I booted to SLIEnabled x32

Never had it otherwise

 

[anatolymik]

I never had it unless I booted to SLIEnabled x32

Never had it otherwise

i know that you never had it. but with original files your system didn't boot (when you overwrite my modded files by original)

 

[SoLoR]

...I had this exact same problem in Windows XP Pro SP3

I went to Windows 7 to try and resolve the issue but it's exactly the same

hm, i think problem is different? doesnt it trys to run "startup repair" when you boot in win7 and you where geting blue screens in winxp? This means something is wrong with boot settings in win7... However i have no clue what that could be... maybe your computer just doesnt like this patches ;( /sarcasm

edit: hm just noticed you are geting blue screens with win7 as well, did you use that asus sli string patcher? or did you use some other manufacture?

 

[MikeTyson]

i know that you never had it. but with original files your system didn't boot (when you overwrite my modded files by original)

Yea but with normal XP and normal Windows 7 it worked fine, so it must be something the mod does that stops it booting

 

[anatolymik]

hm, i think problem is different? doesnt it trys to run "startup repair" when you boot in win7 and you where geting blue screens in winxp? This means something is wrong with boot settings in win7... However i have no clue what that could be... maybe your computer just doesnt like this patches ;( /sarcasm

SS shows that used loader is mine, but for some reason it doesnt want to load kernel and hal. so Mike do next:

go to windows\system32

look for ntoskrnl.exe and copy it to other folder
look for hal.dll and copy it to other folder
rename ntoskrnl.exe to ntoskrnp.exe
rename hal.dll to halsli.dll

copy renamed files to windows\system32

try to boot with SLIEnabled

 

[anatolymik]

i edited last post.

 

[anatolymik]

if it'll not work do next:

go to windows\system32
look for winload.exe and copy to other folder
rename winload.exe to osloadw7.exe

copy it to windows\system32
and try to boot

 

[MikeTyson]

SS shows that used loader is mine, but for some reason it doesnt want to load kernel and hal. so Mike do next:

go to windows\system32

look for ntoskrnl.exe and copy it to other folder
look for hal.dll and copy it to other folder
rename ntoskrnl.exe to ntoskrnp.exe
rename hal.dll to halsli.dll

copy renamed files to windows\system32

try to boot with SLIEnabled

PC Booted in SLi Enabled (which is weird cos I have done this before and it did not work) with 1 card, SLi was not available

PC booted in SLi Enabled with 2 cards, SLi is still not available

So now that I have successfully booted, the SLi is still not available?

However there is no SLi String installed as you asked me not to do that

Shall I do it now?