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

[Francko79]

1.0 final version for XP 32 bit

it means. we'll sort out.

Hi ANatolymik,

The final version for XP 32 bit is 1.0 build 20.13, right?
Im trying to install it and I get BSOD on startup, but the previous final version before the latest updates works OK.
Can u send PM me that one if its not much to ask?
I also noticed that the previous was even a higher number version than 20.13.

BTW, using 266.44

Thanks!

 

[anatolymik]

Hi ANatolymik,

The final version for XP 32 bit is 1.0 build 20.13, right?
Im trying to install it and I get BSOD on startup, but the previous final version before the latest updates works OK.
Can u send PM me that one if its not much to ask?
I also noticed that the previous was even a higher number version than 20.13.

BTW, using 266.44

Thanks!

with what kind of boot you installed? general boot or advanced boot? what kind of bsod? i checked just now. latest one has more build number. that's all right. do you have driver installed when you get BSOD? if you have try to uninstall it and try to boot. i need to know that

 

[Francko79]

with what kind of boot you installed? general boot or advanced boot? what kind of bsod? i checked just now. latest one has more build number. that's all right. do you have driver installed when you get BSOD? if you have try to uninstall it and try to boot. i need to know that

Hi again Anatoly,

I just sent you all the details to your e-mail.



Thanks!


Franco

 

[juanchacin]

I am using the SLI Patch v0.7 alpha (Win 7 home premium 32bit) with the forceware 257.15, this appear to be the only combination that works for me, any other attemp ends in BSOD, thats why a need to learn how to modify the forcewares like we used to do with the 190.62, cause i feel this method way more stable

Is there someone that want to give me a hand to modify the 260.99

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND THANKS

 

[anatolymik]

Friends! It was my bad! I forgot Sveetsnelda comletely! Sveetsnelda, you are good guy. You are first who did sli available to everybody at this forum. Good job, Sveetsnelda! Please congratulate us! I could did last two hacks only because of Sveetsnelda's work!

 

[Psymon]

Hello first sorry for my bad english.I have a question im currently have a Nvidia 260 GTX but i was going to upgrade to a 570 GTX and now i have found this post and i want to know if i can make Sli whit 2 570 GTX on my DP45SG motherboard and also i have the controler version 260.99 i need to downgrade this version to another one? and can you please tell me the right order to make the sli work becouse i was reading a lot of pages and i get a little confused about how to do it
And it will work with this pc?:
Prossesor:Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 @ 3.00GHz
motherboard: intel DP45SG Extreme Series Motherboard
Ram:4Gb
And please if you can answer me in spanish(not nesesary)

 

[Francko79]

I am using the SLI Patch v0.7 alpha (Win 7 home premium 32bit) with the forceware 257.15, this appear to be the only combination that works for me, any other attemp ends in BSOD, thats why a need to learn how to modify the forcewares like we used to do with the 190.62, cause i feel this method way more stable

Is there someone that want to give me a hand to modify the 260.99

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND THANKS

Thx Juan,

But the previous version to the final one worked just fine on XP 32bit.
Does anyone have the one released on the 19th? and please, please, PM it to me?

Thx in advanced


Franco

 

[DeadSkull]

Anyone else having issues with their gpus recognizing a second monitor through hdmi with latest nVidia drivers 260.93 on Win7 x64?

 

[juanchacin]

Thx Juan,

But the previous version to the final one worked just fine on XP 32bit.
Does anyone have the one released on the 19th? and please, please, PM it to me?

Thx in advanced


Franco

Hi Francko79 here is what you are looking for

http://www.mediafire.com/?hweufl6pri0c51z

all 4 SLI Patches, including the released on december 19th

 

[Francko79]

Hi Francko79 here is what you are looking for

http://www.mediafire.com/?hweufl6pri0c51z

all 4 SLI Patches, including the released on december 19th

Thx a lot JUAN.
Worked perfectly with the one from the 19th (20.12)

 

[anatolymik]

link updated. fixed bug for x32 systems

 

[donkeybanana]

Merry Christmas all! And great work on the patch.

I am having issues myself, running GTX460 in SLI on a GA-P55A-UD3.

I have read a lot of the tips posted to others having similar issues and still have no luck getting the patch to work.

I have followed the process correctly, each time doing the following:

1) Disable any SLIPatch
2) Uninstall Forceware
3) Reboot to Safe Mode
4) Run Driver Sweeper
5) Reboot to Windows and install Forceware XXX
6) Reboot to Windows and install SLIPatch 0/1.X

I have tried the following combinations:

1.a) 258.96 + 0.8b
1.b) 258.96 + 0.9b
1.c) 258.96 + 0.91b
1.d) 258.96 + 1.0
2.a) 260.99 + 0.9b
2.b) 260.99 + 0.91b
2.c) 260.99 + 1.0
3.x) 265.90 + N/A

The 265.90 drivers simply run through a constant kernel crash/restart loop - the drivers, not the PC - until I have to hard-reset.

The rest of my attempts all end with the exact same issue; Once Windows has finished loading, all I get is a black screen and no desktop. There is no startup sound, so the desktop is not loaded, and swapping the DVI connection does nothing to help.

Are there any particular BIOS settings I need to enable/disable?

Cannot use the 257.15 drivers with my card.

anatolymik, any help for me mate?

All I get is a grey screen on startup. I have also tried with an SLI cable and it still refuses to work.

 

[juanchacin]

link updated. fixed bug for x32 systems

Hi "anatolymik" can you describe exactly what bug did you fix for x32 systems, thanks for your time.

 

[anatolymik]

anatolymik, any help for me mate?

All I get is a grey screen on startup. I have also tried with an SLI cable and it still refuses to work.

can you boot with slioption without driver installed?

 

[anatolymik]

Hi "anatolymik" can you describe exactly what bug did you fix for x32 systems, thanks for your time.

i added:

call memoryaddressdetect

into instructions flow before jump to emulating code

 

[donkeybanana]

can you boot with slioption without driver installed?

I can boot into SLI patched Windows with both cards and no drivers.

 

[donkeybanana]

I just retried modified 258 drivers and got the same grey screen.

 

[anatolymik]

I just retried modified 258 drivers and got the same grey screen.

when you get grey screen? can you enable sli? tell me about in detail please

 

[donkeybanana]

when you get grey screen? can you enable sli? tell me about in detail please

I get the grey screen immediately after the Windows loading screen. Then there is no disk activity so Windows stops loading, and I never reach the desktop.

 

[anatolymik]

I get the grey screen immediately after the Windows loading screen. Then there is no disk activity so Windows stops loading, and I never reach the desktop.

it occurs when sli enabled or not?

 

[aXeL_UK]

I get the grey screen immediately after the Windows loading screen. Then there is no disk activity so Windows stops loading, and I never reach the desktop.

Hiya, I noticed you're using a Gigabyte MB.

I could be way off base, however I suspect your issue is nothing to do with the patch. Gigabyte MB's are notoriously problematic where ACPI is concerned, which is used by SLI. If you google it, many people are reporting SLI not working even on 'certified' Gigabyte MBs. It seems that ACPI isn't working in the BIOS as it's supposed to.

It might be worth digging around to see who's having a good experience and then buy the same MB. Although I do hope I'm totally wrong! If it is an ACPI problem what it means, in my limited understanding, is ACPI can't assign the resources for both the cards when they're running in SLI - don't know why it should be different for non-SLI tho. Either way I would look for a BIOS update with ACPI updated (I think GB call it something else in the BIOS, can't recall what), however I fear with that MB you maybe sunk.

 

[DeadSkull]

Anyone else having issues with their gpus recognizing a second monitor through hdmi with latest nVidia drivers 260.93 on Win7 x64?

Disregard this. My issue appears entirely to be result of bad HDMI adaptor. Other then that many thanks for the crack, used 0.9 Beta to enable SLI with latest nVidia 260.99 drivers for my cards.

 

[Robert-The-Rambler]

Count Me In Too

Disregard this. My issue appears entirely to be result of bad HDMI adaptor. Other then that many thanks for the crack, used 0.9 Beta to enable SLI with latest nVidia 260.99 drivers for my cards.

I will be testing this today with non SLI certified Gigabyte GA-X58 DS4 with two GTX 465s. Wish me luck. Where is the damn UPS truck?

 

[donkeybanana]

it occurs when sli enabled or not?

SLI patch with 2 cards installed gives grey screen after Windows loading screen and before desktop.

No patch gives no grey screen but no SLI option.

This is with and without SLI bridge.

 

[DroneHive]

DroneHive any news? did you move cards?

Hi, and happy new year!

Took me some time to do another test since I was away from main machine, then got a lot of work...

Moved cards to adjacent PCI slots as you suggested (had them spaced for cooling). Tried a couple of driver versions, finally 260.99, and SLIPatch 1.0. Things have changed in the way I get a BSOD instantly at boot now when using SLI patch boot (machine works without a hitch in normal boot, just no SLI of course).

In normal boot both cards seen, I can set PhysX to second card, but not much else.

Too bad I was hoping to try this http://www.techspot.com/news/34091-parallels-introduces-workstation-extreme.html without having to buy an insanely priced Z800. But that needs Quadro (dunno if there are still ways to softquadro geforce boards) and SLI (and Xeon with VT-x and VT-d, but this the Supermicro board has it, as well as 5520 chipset and theorically enough PCI 16x lanes to power 4 GPU, just no SLI...)