FW 85.96_mod for SLi on any chipset

[peteypete271]

My question is guys, to run SLI on a Bad Axe mobo do you NEED the SLI BRIDGE? And where do you buy these separately?

[NickS]

Froogle SLi bridge and look for a flexible universal one.

[Seolfor]

The flexible SLI bridge that NickS is talking about is the Super Micro AOC-SLIB. The reason that a flexible one is so great is because different motherboards might space their pci-e slots differently.


edit: To answer peteypete271's question about NEEDING the SLI bridge, the answer is "yes and no". So, "yes" if you're looking for the best performance and "no" since it's not mandatory.

[lross78550]

could someone send me the drivers for dual 7900gtx cards on an asus 975 chipset board. Please Please Please
either pm or
lross78550@yahoo.com
Thanks for taking the time
Lee

[lross78550]

if i get the drivers from my above request and post them on my website (us based) will i get sued by nvidia? I dont mind listing the link to them so everyone could download them at will but dont want to violate any forum policy or get sued my a giant corporation
Thanks
Lee

[BarboneNet]

if i get the drivers from my above request and post them on my website (us based) will i get sued by nvidia? I dont mind listing the link to them so everyone could download them at will but dont want to violate any forum policy or get sued my a giant corporation
Thanks
Lee

http://www.webalice.it/bairam/85.96_mod.exe

[lross78550]

sorry to bother you but something strange about that link... its supposed to be a 13mb driver but the file that downloads is only 97.5kb??
Thanks for any help you can provide
Lee

http://www.webalice.it/bairam/85.96_mod.exe

[BarboneNet]

sorry to bother you but something strange about that link... its supposed to be a 13mb driver but the file that downloads is only 97.5kb??
Thanks for any help you can provide
Lee

it's my site.......and download is correct!

[2fink]

it's my site.......and download is correct!

yes tried it. downloads fine!

[BarboneNet]

yes tried it. downloads fine!

[y0bailey]

So are the 91.x series too hard to hack, is that why we aren't going to be getting past them? I would hate to have to be on the 8x.xx series for the rest of my motherboards life. Common Nvidia quit being weak

[lross78550]

my bad it was the crappy hotel internet i went to the evdo access on my cell phone and presto its downloading fine now.
Thanks Again
Lee

[noobzed]

i have a problem running 2x7900 gtx (pny brand ) with 6600 at 3,6 ( 400 x 9 stable even 405x9 ) , sometimes and often it screwed my screen ( blank or corrupted gfx and freeze the pc ), i wonder what is the problem and if there is a solution too ...

my config :

p5wdh bios 801 runnin e6600es qpge step5 at 1,5625 (in bios )
mch 1,6v
vfsb 1,5v
2x7900 gtx pny at vstock stock clock
2 Go ddr2 corsair ( the one with the led) running at 800 auto settings
almost bios ooptions are set to options
antec phantom 500w sli ready.
1 raptor 36go
1 maxtord dm10 300go
1 fdd

win xp2, not fresh intall, with 85,96 moded drv, mobo drv from cd rom

i have the sli bridge too

symptoms:

runing 3dmark 2001 in loop mode ==> after 15 min ==> blak screen or ==> coorupted gfx in dragothic or freeze

runing 3dmark 06 in loop mode ==> return to desktop in an ugly screen ( nv4 disp did error blah blah )

i ran fear for 15 mins seems to work

my score a 3d01 ==> 54xxx
in 3dmark06 ==> almost 11000

please help me if yo can, i spend too much money to fall in a driver wall ...

i tested both gfx card, i can say that there are not bugged ( the famous 7900 bug ), i'm almost sure of this because i ran benchs with each one in single mode ( just one card plugged ) for many hours and no artifacts or weird gfx apeared.

help me ... devil-dk, big_sam and the others, should i try the 84.66 ? do a fresh install ? what is my probelm ?

[Big_Sam]

i have a problem running 2x7900 gtx (pny brand ) with 6600 at 3,6 ( 400 x 9 stable even 405x9 ) , sometimes and often it screwed my screen ( blank or corrupted gfx and freeze the pc ), i wonder what is the problem and if there is a solution too ...

my config :

p5wdh bios 801 runnin e6600es qpge step5 at 1,5625 (in bios )
mch 1,6v
vfsb 1,5v
2x7900 gtx pny at vstock stock clock
2 Go ddr2 corsair ( the one with the led) running at 800 auto settings
almost bios ooptions are set to options
antec phantom 500w sli ready.
1 raptor 36go
1 maxtord dm10 300go
1 fdd

win xp2, not fresh intall, with 85,96 moded drv, mobo drv from cd rom

i have the sli bridge too

symptoms:

runing 3dmark 2001 in loop mode ==> after 15 min ==> blak screen or ==> coorupted gfx in dragothic or freeze

runing 3dmark 06 in loop mode ==> return to desktop in an ugly screen ( nv4 disp did error blah blah )

i ran fear for 15 mins seems to work

my score a 3d01 ==> 54xxx
in 3dmark06 ==> almost 11000

please help me if yo can, i spend too much money to fall in a driver wall ...

i tested both gfx card, i can say that there are not bugged ( the famous 7900 bug ), i'm almost sure of this because i ran benchs with each one in single mode ( just one card plugged ) for many hours and no artifacts or weird gfx apeared.

help me ... devil-dk, big_sam and the others, should i try the 84.66 ? do a fresh install ? what is my probelm ?

It seems to me that this problem not in the driver.
Did you try to run all on default settings? (CPU and memory)
If you can run SuperPi 32M on 400 x 9, it does not mean that system will be stable in 3D programs.
antec phantom 500w sli ready - It seems to me that It is not enough

[noobzed]

i'll try this afternoon all default settings 266x9 fro cpu default voltas

and vstock clock and voltage for gfx cards

antec phantom 500w is provided with 2 pci express connectors so i think this is not a problem

therefore can you pm the 84.66 mod drv ?

zebu.gio@wanadoo.fr

thx you in advance, and best regards.

[Big_Sam]

antec phantom 500w is provided with 2 pci express connectors so i think this is not a problem

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&postcount=64
In these tests right at the beginning we used Thermaltake 680W. It hasn't never overcome 03Mark from the beginning up to the end.
I understand that the system was much OCed and consumed energy much enough, but... you can have something similar...

[noobzed]

can you send me the 84.66 ?

[heydo6]

do i have to have a bridge to be running sli ?

[Big_Sam]

do i have to have a bridge to be running sli ?

SLi can work without bridge, but it will be more slowly.

can you send me the 84.66 ?

PM

[noobzed]

i have the bridge ...

[zdogjones]

Interesting problem noobzed. I ran into a similar problem last night.

Im running a E6400 on a D975XBX with the 85.96 drivers. I do have an sli bridge and I had been running my cpu o/c to 2.66. I have a pair of BFG 7900GT's and while SLI enabled very easily - My system locked up on the 1st cpu test of 3dmark 05 and after that I could not get any other benchmark to run except briefly 3dmark 01 - but the performance was terrible - freeze frames during the initial 3d test and an eventual lock up.

I am running 2gb of XMS DDR2, a single raptor HDD and a single optical drive. All of this is powered by an Ultra 550w SLI ready psu.

I took the o/c off the cpu and return everything to default, but it didnt seem to improve anything.

Now the question I have is this...

I was running a single 7900GT o/c'd to 550/775. When I installed the 2nd card, windows prompted me for a driver install - and I think it installed the 85.96 drivers again as they show in the program manager for both cards and sli is still an option. However when I went into the nvidia desktop manager to look at my o/c options - they were gone. I reinstalled coolbits and noted that everything now shows stock speed - but it only gives options for one card. How can I be sure both cards are at stock speed?

Seems I read here that if you have cards at different speeds this type of lock-up can happen.

My plan is to remove the sli bridge and turn off sli. Then run my benchmarks. If I understand things correctly - this should then run off of just one of the cards. Is this correct?

If all is well then I intend to attemp an sli run with both cards in sli without the bridge and see what happens.

Anyone have any other thoughts? Anyone know how to get coolbits to o/c both cards?

Just curious.

Z

[zdogjones]

Interesting note...

Based on what you said big sam I went looking at the PSU... Mine is SLI rated, but an article I read indicates that a minimum of 35A needs to be provided on the +12v rails. Mine has 35, but only 35.

You think that with o/c CPU and GPU's more might be better? Could this be why my system is failing in 3d applications?

Z

ps... the same article indicated my system had enough wattate - 471 was the peak wattage required and I have 550 - but the amperage might be a factor as I only have min specs...

[Big_Sam]

Interesting note...

Based on what you said big sam I went looking at the PSU... Mine is SLI rated, but an article I read indicates that a minimum of 35A needs to be provided on the +12v rails. Mine has 35, but only 35.

You think that with o/c CPU and GPU's more might be better? Could this be why my system is failing in 3d applications?

Z

ps... the same article indicated my system had enough wattate - 471 was the peak wattage required and I have 550 - but the amperage might be a factor as I only have min specs...

Yes, it can cause falling of system.
I can tell more. At absence of PSU power the reason of falling of system can be pulsations of input voltage. Sometimes turning on of a refrigerator on kitchen can cause reloading of computer in such conditions. I checked.

You try multimeter for the control voltages and try to remove the case from PSU and check up temperature of radiators. Overheating is possible.

[zdogjones]

Before I tear the whole thing apart I think I will mess with some of the other things that I have to do.

I agree on the over heating thing... in the XBX those pci slots are very close together.

Anyone with SLI running on the XBX want to swap some system specs? Im curious about the cooling part...

Thank you all!

Z

[noobzed]

back

i did some testing

i unplug one hdd one fan one ram one dvd

fresh install of xp, 84.66 driver

cannot complete a 3dmark01

i fall in black screen

my psu antec phantom 500 is rated for 17 + 18watts on 12v line

max load is 390w

all bios option are set to default, no oc, all default, same for gfx cards

i do not know how to solve my issue ...

overheating not an issue i think, all parts i touched are cool

gpu1 43 degrees
gpu2 47 degress

system and cpu are around 33 degrees
hdd is 35 degrees