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Issues with 8800GT SLI setup, is SLI enabled?

Last post 11-18-2008, 1:25 AM by GmsCool. 4 replies.
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  •  11-17-2008, 12:36 PM 424861

    Issues with 8800GT SLI setup, is SLI enabled?

    Hey guys,

    I need some help.  Cheapasiangamerguy and Penewab2007 i'm looking in your direction Hmm

    This is my first SLI setup.  I built the PC with one graphics card installed, started up the machine and installed the 64 bit drivers from nvidia's website. I then turned off the computer, installed the second card with SLI bridge, and restarted the computer.  When Vista booted, the Nvidia drivers game me a prompt saying something along the lines of "We have detected a second graphics card has been installed, would you like to enable SLI".  I clicked yes and everything ran fine.  A few weeks later, my drivers crashed in game.  After that, it appeared that my SLI was disabled and my computer was running on a single card. 

    I removed one card, booted, shut down, installed the card again and booted, I wasn't given a prompt.  I tried reinstalling the drivers, and still no prompt.  I can't find any type of Nvida tool to tune my graphics drivers, and I can't find any way to determine if SLI is indeed enabled and functioning correctly.  There is a 95% chance that this is a completely stupid question and the answer is right in front of my face but unfortunately I haven't found it yet.  Any help is appreciated.

    GIGABYTE GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard
    AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION
    Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB
    G.SKILL 8GB DDR2 1000
    Dual GeForce 8800 GT 512MB running SLI
  •  11-17-2008, 12:57 PM 424896 in reply to 424861

    Re: Issues with 8800GT SLI setup, is SLI enabled?

    Right click the desktop, select NVidia control panel. The option is in there.

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  •  11-17-2008, 2:11 PM 424945 in reply to 424896

    Re: Issues with 8800GT SLI setup, is SLI enabled?

    Sweet, I will try this when I get home and let you know if it works.  Thanks a lot Gms!

    GIGABYTE GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard
    AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION
    Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB
    G.SKILL 8GB DDR2 1000
    Dual GeForce 8800 GT 512MB running SLI
  •  11-17-2008, 10:23 PM 425211 in reply to 424945

    Re: Issues with 8800GT SLI setup, is SLI enabled?

    Worked perfectly, thanks.  I knew it was something obvious.

    GIGABYTE GA-M750SLI-DS4 Motherboard
    AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION
    Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB
    G.SKILL 8GB DDR2 1000
    Dual GeForce 8800 GT 512MB running SLI
  •  11-18-2008, 1:25 AM 425240 in reply to 425211

    Re: Issues with 8800GT SLI setup, is SLI enabled?

    Glad to help. Big Smile


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