Making SLI work on ANY non Nforce chipset MB

eclipseaudio4 · 11-01-2009, 11:22 AM

This is going to be a guide on how to make SLI work on ANY non Nforce chipset board. Brought to you by Tristanguy1224 and Eclipseaudio4

First and foremost I take no responsibility nor does XtremeSystem.org if something goes wrong and damage is done.

Here is a link to almost everything you need. forcedSLI.rar The other things you will need are, The latest driver cleaner or driver sweeper, and the latest Nvidia drivers, and a little dos knowledge.

This will be for Windows 7 64bit but should work for the other OS's as well.

The first thing you need to do is download everything I have listed.(bookmarking this page would be a good idea as well) Now reboot into safe mode with networking. (F8 when bios hands over to OS) Now run driver cleaner for all things Nvidia.

It will reset and when it does make sure you do not go back into safe mode.
Now install the latest Nvidia Drivers(actually will work for all drivers)
After that resets check to make sure you have Nvidia control panel. If not you have done something wrong.

Next you are going to take the folder SLIStringInstaller v1.81 and open that up there will be three exe's open "slistringinstall.exe" You now want to click ASUS. It does not matter what MB you have use the ASUS button if you do not it will not work. it will then tell you that it installed the string or something to that effect. You can now close it.

Next you are going to open cmd but you have to open it from the windows directory and run with administrator rights. should be something like this c:\windows\system32 it should be in this folder.

Now that you have cmd open it gets a little tricky the easiest way to do this for me was to have those three folders you expanded from the forcedsli rar on the desktop.

Now type "cd.." then enter until you get to C:\> . Next (as long as you have those folders on the desktop) type "cd users" you should now have C:\Users> now type "cd (your sign in name)" for me it was "cd home" now it will look like C:\users\HOME> (with your sign in name where HOME is). Next you will type "cd desktop" and you get C:\users\HOME\desktop> . Next you wan to type "cd hal" for C:\users\HOME\desktop\HAL> and finally you will type "install" this will get the command going. now your prompt should look like C:\users\home\desktop\hal> type "cd.." to go back to C:\users\home\desktop> and then type "cd Patch" this will bring you to C:\users\home\desktop\patch> now type "prepare" after this is done shutdown and set yourself up to run SLI. (put the bridge on and so forth) Power up and check Nvidia control panel it should look like this.

I am sorry if this guide got long winded and kinda hard to read but... It works.

No SLI

SLI

If you have any issues we will try to help you out but this should be considered beta for now and we would appreciate it if some one would confirm this does work as I have posted it.
Thanks!

Vivi · 11-07-2009, 03:30 AM

Awesome thread!!

Thanks!!

2chesapeakes · 11-07-2009, 03:41 AM

The links say max number of downloads reached. Can you set up another link to the dowenloads.
Thanks

stummerwinter · 11-07-2009, 04:23 AM

Wow, interesting thing, thanx for sharing...

jmke · 11-07-2009, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2chesapeakes

The links say max number of downloads reached. Can you set up another link to the dowenloads.
Thanks

^

much appreciated if somebody could host this file without limit

Biker · 11-07-2009, 05:15 AM

Cannot find the requisite archive anywhere else...

C'mon eclipseaudio4!

Stop playing Left4Dead or sleeping and stuff and up the files somewhere else!

stummerwinter · 11-07-2009, 06:27 AM

Works with 190.62, but can't get an older driver running...

jmke · 11-07-2009, 07:26 AM

http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/conten...php?content.30

TheKarmakazi · 11-07-2009, 07:37 AM

I have webspace on a fat pipe I can host on. Someone just send me the files. PM me and Ill give u my email

Neox69 · 11-08-2009, 06:01 PM

Still on that RMA, but I might have another board coming in to test...

eclipseaudio4 · 11-09-2009, 02:57 PM

Sorry guys I have been hella busy.
Biker: LOL I wish altho I was a little.
TheKarmakazi I will PM you for e-mail and send them to you.
stummerwinter: I had it running 185.85's just fine

eclipseaudio4 · 11-09-2009, 04:45 PM

Ok guys I have reuploaded to a new file sharing site. Hopefully It will be unlimited as they said. I have also sent the files to TheKarmakazi as he said he will host them as well.

SocketMan · 11-09-2009, 06:47 PM

I got SLI working on K9a2 (790fx+SB600) using this thread:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=231383

a few weeks ago,however there were some limitations -
only worked with 1 force ware driver and adding
ram/ another gpu would BSD on boot up.
Only worked in "test mode" (driver checking off) in win7.

Mr.Guvernment · 11-09-2009, 07:41 PM

Mirror for downloads if above doesn't work for people.

http://www.mathiau.com/forums/XS/SLIMod/forcedSLI.rar

eclipseaudio4 · 11-09-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SocketMan

I got SLI working on K9a2 (790fx+SB600) using this thread:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=231383

a few weeks ago,however there were some limitations -
only worked with 1 force ware driver and adding
ram/ another gpu would BSD on boot up.
Only worked in "test mode" (driver checking off) in win7.

This is kinda like that in that it only works in test mode(I belive, have not tried in reg) But that is a small price to pay for SLI. From the testing I did I can tell you If done correctly it will work with all drivers, and should not have any issues If you add anything. Sometime in Jan I will have 2 260's that I will be able to test this on as well, but until then I can not say with 100% certainty that you will be able to change the cards out(altho there is no reason it should not work.)

The link you posted is the other way that you supposedly can do this. We had no luck what so ever with that method. All in all we spent over 10Hrs trying to get that method to work when we gave up on it. The method described in the OP took all of 30Min to get working properly and about 4 days of testing.

Neuromancer · 11-09-2009, 10:48 PM

Nice job

Since you have winrar you can make a self extracting executable that runs a BAT file to eliminate all that typing

Just use one of the standard windows variables instead of extracting to C: or a specific drive letter so it runs on anyones PCs no matter there OS drive letter

%HOMEPATH% will send it the default user directory (or guest folder in XP) or for more options check these environment variables out

(Not trying to sound ungrateful just trying to help out

)

ggdh · 11-10-2009, 04:09 AM

Looks great! I'll try it after work! Thanks!

ShArKo · 11-10-2009, 04:40 AM

Nice thread......... thanks

TiN_EOF · 11-10-2009, 05:20 AM

eclipseaudio4

It's not much polite to post SLI mods without respect of it's developers.

SLI mod was developed and tested by anatolymik and sveensnelda from TechPowerUp! forums.

We supported it 60+ more page discussions, http://forums.techpowerup.com/showth...=60844&page=29, and supported also on other forum, including XS here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=231383

So please, add anatolymik and sveensnelda to credits. And these guys are still working on newer mods, because with 195.xx drivers NVIDIA added extra check, to prevent SLI.

Also, as was stated here earlier: there is full guide,without any ads or download limits for everybody. I've tested more that 10 configs, also other people forums tested much more, so it's little reward for all developers time elapsed for mods.

BTW, if anybody will try files described here for non-Win7 64bit they will 100% crush OS. HAL mod is _special_ for every OS type. anatolymik developed only XP32 (non ASUS certificate version) mod and Windows7 64bit so far.

Thanks.

eclipseaudio4 · 11-10-2009, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiN_EOF

eclipseaudio4

It's not much polite to post SLI mods without respect of it's developers.

SLI mod was developed and tested by anatolymik and sveensnelda from TechPowerUp! forums.

We supported it 60+ more page discussions, http://forums.techpowerup.com/showth...=60844&page=29, and supported also on other forum, including XS here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=231383

So please, add anatolymik and sveensnelda to credits. And these guys are still working on newer mods, because with 195.xx drivers NVIDIA added extra check, to prevent SLI.

Also, as was stated here earlier: there is full guide,without any ads or download limits for everybody. I've tested more that 10 configs, also other people forums tested much more, so it's little reward for all developers time elapsed for mods.

BTW, if anybody will try files described here for non-Win7 64bit they will 100% crush OS. HAL mod is _special_ for every OS type. anatolymik developed only XP32 (non ASUS certificate version) mod and Windows7 64bit so far.

Thanks.

Well first off thanks for craping in this thread. A PM would have been much more appropriate.

Second I never said that I made this. I did not know who did but never claimed it was my own. That being said now that I look back at his site http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/conten...php?content.30 I do see that that is the name that should have been credited.
I must say however tho that the way it is explained was very hard to follow and at times just unexplained. We spent hours trying to get this to work as a result of this.
If people were really interested to know who made It I am sure he signed it in the code somewhere. Also you are correct it will only work in 7.

What it really comes down to tho is awareness! The more people know about this the better as we will no longer be stuck with an inferior chipset.

Dapman02 · 11-17-2009, 02:53 PM

Extremely interested in trying this out, but I want to make SURE this works. Is there anyway to see if my system is ready for SLi before I blow 200 dollars on this.

TiN_EOF · 11-17-2009, 03:06 PM

Dapman02

A lot of people tried already, and everything works. It's not "alternative" or "another" SLI here, it's the same SLI made by NVIDIA. It's just without checks of platform.

Download latest Everest and look at ACPI/DSDT Table section. If you see there SLI Certificate: YES, cert data and HAL report of chipset hardware : Intel X58 on your mobo - then 99.9% that it will work properly. If you don't see both these things - your modification go wrong way, recheck and redo everything again.

Dapman02 · 11-18-2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiN_EOF

Dapman02

A lot of people tried already, and everything works. It's not "alternative" or "another" SLI here, it's the same SLI made by NVIDIA. It's just without checks of platform.

Download latest Everest and look at ACPI/DSDT Table section. If you see there SLI Certificate: YES, cert data and HAL report of chipset hardware : Intel X58 on your mobo - then 99.9% that it will work properly. If you don't see both these things - your modification go wrong way, recheck and redo everything again.

Under the ACPI DSDT it says this

ACPI Signature DSDT
Table Description Differentiated System Description Table
Memory Address CFEA0450h
Table Length 41793 bytes
OEM ID A7577
OEM Table ID A7577100
OEM Revision 00000100h
Creator ID INTL
Creator Revision 20051117h

Does the Creator ID mean it worked?
I havn't restarted yet, so that my be it.

DosDuoNo · 11-29-2009, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eclipseaudio4

Well first off thanks for craping in this thread. A PM would have been much more appropriate.

Second I never said that I made this. I did not know who did but never claimed it was my own. That being said now that I look back at his site http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/conten...php?content.30 I do see that that is the name that should have been credited.
I must say however tho that the way it is explained was very hard to follow and at times just unexplained. We spent hours trying to get this to work as a result of this.
If people were really interested to know who made It I am sure he signed it in the code somewhere. Also you are correct it will only work in 7.

What it really comes down to tho is awareness! The more people know about this the better as we will no longer be stuck with an inferior chipset.

a PM would not have been 'appropriate' you shamelessly ripped off another bunch of guys work as your own, with the full intent on taking all the credit, as you did earlier in the thread.

the way it was explained was too hard to follow? the guide is perfect for anyone with any compuiter knowladge at all, so FAIL on that point.

and i am also sure that 'people' will not go through hours of code to find sveetsnelda's name. (one of the guys you ripped off for this how too, without giving proper credit)

Quote:

Also you are correct it will only work in 7

of course he's correct, he been helping to Dev this since the start, lol

as for awareness the how to for this 'Mod' was in the news section of this very forum for weeks, then it was moved to the 'Drivers' section, to keep it off the radar.

you also say you spent hours working on this ehh? some of us here have spent weeks helping these guys out, testing thier mods. i personaly must have done over 100 win 7 re-images to test this stuff out.

personaly i think you tried to rip this off for the credit, and you have been caught, how you think you would ever get away with it, is beyond me.

if you wanted to construct a 'how too' you should have given full credit to the developers for it, who may i add are still working on the mod to comply with the recently released 195 drivers,

for what its worth, your how to is good work, just very sad you ddnt credit the guys for what is probaly the best individual work of 2009, this has been the holy grail of workarounds for years..

these guys have done it......

Quote:

This material would have been impossible without the participation of:

Author modifications and specialist programming Sveetsnelda
Author of modifications HAL.dll - anatolymik
Support and testing by xDevs.com

Information Support Resources techPowerUp!, Xtremelabs.org, 3Dnews.ru, Xtremesystems.org.

Big THANKS to:

TheWolf, SArd, DeDaL, cyclone, and all who are interested in going on.

franklin5252 · 12-22-2009, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eclipseaudio4

This is going to be a guide on how to make SLI work on ANY non Nforce chipset board. Brought to you by Tristanguy1224 and Eclipseaudio4

First and foremost I take no responsibility nor does XtremeSystem.org if something goes wrong and damage is done.

Here is a link to almost everything you need. forcedSLI.rar The other things you will need are, The latest driver cleaner or driver sweeper, and the latest Nvidia drivers, and a little dos knowledge.

This will be for Windows 7 64bit but should work for the other OS's as well.

The first thing you need to do is download everything I have listed.(bookmarking this page would be a good idea as well) Now reboot into safe mode with networking. (F8 when bios hands over to OS) Now run driver cleaner for all things Nvidia.

It will reset and when it does make sure you do not go back into safe mode.
Now install the latest Nvidia Drivers(actually will work for all drivers)
After that resets check to make sure you have Nvidia control panel. If not you have done something wrong.

Next you are going to take the folder SLIStringInstaller v1.81 and open that up there will be three exe's open "slistringinstall.exe" You now want to click ASUS. It does not matter what MB you have use the ASUS button if you do not it will not work. it will then tell you that it installed the string or something to that effect. You can now close it.

Next you are going to open cmd but you have to open it from the windows directory and run with administrator rights. should be something like this c:\windows\system32 it should be in this folder.

Now that you have cmd open it gets a little tricky the easiest way to do this for me was to have those three folders you expanded from the forcedsli rar on the desktop.

Now type "cd.." then enter until you get to C:\> . Next (as long as you have those folders on the desktop) type "cd users" you should now have C:\Users> now type "cd (your sign in name)" for me it was "cd home" now it will look like C:\users\HOME> (with your sign in name where HOME is). Next you will type "cd desktop" and you get C:\users\HOME\desktop> . Next you wan to type "cd hal" for C:\users\HOME\desktop\HAL> and finally you will type "install" this will get the command going. now your prompt should look like C:\users\home\desktop\hal> type "cd.." to go back to C:\users\home\desktop> and then type "cd Patch" this will bring you to C:\users\home\desktop\patch> now type "prepare" after this is done shutdown and set yourself up to run SLI. (put the bridge on and so forth) Power up and check Nvidia control panel it should look like this.

I am sorry if this guide got long winded and kinda hard to read but... It works.

No SLI

SLI

If you have any issues we will try to help you out but this should be considered beta for now and we would appreciate it if some one would confirm this does work as I have posted it.
Thanks!

Nice benchmark on a 8800.