cant sli my two xfx xxx 8800gt's

[whe3ls]

i just got two xfx xxx 8800gt's 600m 512mb. one card is a rev 1.1 referance green pcb. the other is a non referance with the non referance heatsink and its a rev 1.4. im running vista 32bit with 181.22 drivers. i go to enable sli in the nvidia conrtol pannel and screen goes black with a white curser in the top left corner.

[swale]

The blinking cursor is normal just let it do its business be pateint.....if not workiong still maybe its cause the different revisions are not compatible.

[whe3ls]

The blinking cursor is normal just let it do its business be pateint.....if not workiong still maybe its cause the different revisions are not compatible.

is waiting 4+ hours normal?

[Nanometer]

i dont think this is an xfx problem, you need to go to your mobo manual and see what it says about cars with different revisions.. look online for that. we are also assuming the cards work just fine by themselves

[whe3ls]

i dont think this is an xfx problem, you need to go to your mobo manual and see what it says about cars with different revisions.. look online for that. we are also assuming the cards work just fine by themselves

well see i killed my abit board. big surprise. i have a dfi 680i lt incoming. im hoping for better luck. also does the sli bridge matter, i heard it does. if it doesn't work this time ill rma both cards to get a matching set. ones green the other is black.


the black one is this one
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x108/Mr-Bluntman/14-150-272-04.jpg

and the green one
http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/10/29172010279l.jpg

[jasonelmore]

RMA the old one so you can get a new one. Tell em it's not compatible.

[whe3ls]

RMA the old one so you can get a new one. Tell em it's not compatible.

i going to wait till my 680i shows up first. but the old one has Qimonda ic's to. the other one has Hynix ic's like my 8800gt 640m had.


if any thing ill try my old 640m ,my buddy has it, with the 600m's

[whe3ls]

i got my 680i today. but no sli bridge. does which sli bridge matter?

[jasonelmore]

As long as you already have one it does'nt. that motherboard was supposed to come with a sli bridge. you can buy them on evga's website at www.evga.com

[whe3ls]

i got the board used. my sli bridges i have are too long

[jasonelmore]

i got the board used. my sli bridges i have are too long

are they the hard PCB type or the flexible ribbon type? if you have the hard pcb type you'll have to go get one of these

http://www.evga.com/Products/images/gallery/401-MB-0013-01_MD_1.jpg

For $9.99 Right Here (http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=401-MB-0013-01&family=Accessories%20-%20Hardware)

[whe3ls]

are they the hard PCB type or the flexible ribbon type? if you have the hard pcb type you'll have to go get one of these

http://www.evga.com/Products/images/gallery/401-MB-0013-01_MD_1.jpg

For $9.99 Right Here (http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=401-MB-0013-01&family=Accessories%20-%20Hardware)

mine are the hard type ones form a evga 780i the other is form a evga 680i tr. they are 90mm in length the one for this board needs to be 63,5mm. or a flexible ribbon that you linked which i may pick up. ill check with a couples buddys in the next couple days and see if they have any of the smaller sli bridges

[whe3ls]

i was able to find a sli bridge what fits. hopefully this works this time. it came form a asus a8n sli

edit it works woot
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5567/wootv.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/wootv.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img22/wootv.jpg/1/)

[whe3ls]

results so far
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8474/154k.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/154k.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img291/154k.jpg/1/)