A8N-SLI Deluxe/Premium thread - Page 11

Sick Willie · 01-02-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by sirshambling

They work fine in SLI mode with BIOS 1002.

Impossible.

SLI is an nvidia technology and requires drivers that support it. You may be able to install both cards, and possibly even use them independently, but they are not running in SLI mode.

Sick Willie · 01-02-2005, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sierra

How are you getting ATI cards to work in SLI mode? You need the bridge connector to enable SLI.

Not entirely correct. This page talks about SLI without the connector, but, as of today, SLI does require video cards with an (SLI enabled) nvidia chipset.

edit for clarity

fvbounty · 01-02-2005, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sierra

How are you getting ATI cards to work in SLI mode? You need the bridge connector to enable SLI.

Its probably just running off of one card and not 2 just doesn't know it?

sirshambling · 01-02-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sick Willie

Move your drives to 1 & 2, leave 3 & 4 enabled in BIOS setup, and see if that doesn't fix the disappearing drive problem. It did for me. At least before XP decided it didn't like my Maxtor DM9 160 gig SATA drive in conjunction with this board. The Maxtor drive works fine while connected to any other board...

Thanks - I'll try that.

Also thanks for the ATI alert - good job I leaned that before doing any benchamrking" I'll swpa them out for a couple of Nvidia cards.

John

azproc · 01-02-2005, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sirshambling

Thanks - I'll try that.

Also thanks for the ATI alert - good job I leaned that before doing any benchamrking" I'll swpa them out for a couple of Nvidia cards.

John

If you want to run SLI, make sure the nVidia cards you get are SLI approved (apparently a sticker on the box)... (likely 6600GT cards... or 6800GT/Ultra if you can even find them).

fvbounty · 01-02-2005, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by azproc

If you want to run SLI, make sure the nVidia cards you get are SLI approved (apparently a sticker on the box)... (likely 6600GT cards... or 6800GT/Ultra if you can even find them).

Here's a link to nvidia and all the nvidia sli compatible cards....

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_ha...certified.html

sirshambling · 01-02-2005, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the helpful links - I'm sure I'll find something suitably quiet.

Also I don't mind some of the earlier patronising comments about my efforts - I'm always happy to have my errors pointed out politely by experts. That's why I'm a member of ABXZone.

John.

fvbounty · 01-02-2005, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sirshambling

Thanks for the helpful links - I'm sure I'll find something suitably quiet.

Also I don't mind some of the earlier patronising comments about my efforts - I'm always happy to have my errors pointed out politely by experts. That's why I'm a member of ABXZone.

John.

Didn't mean to patronize you but I thought it was common knowledge about Nvidia SLI, there's alot of good info on this thread about SLI, Good Reading....

Sick Willie · 01-02-2005, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirshambling

Thanks - I'll try that.

Also thanks for the ATI alert - good job I leaned that before doing any benchamrking" I'll swpa them out for a couple of Nvidia cards.

John

NP. Let me know how it goes on the HD detection issue. This issue about drove me crazy that first night. Now I just have one anomaly I can't explain and therefore, haven't solved, yet...

sirshambling · 01-02-2005, 06:01 PM

I'm out of town for a few days but I'm putting aside next weekend for further work on the board - hopefully the Nvidia cards will have arrived by then.

Thanks for all the help and advice.

John

bap4201 · 01-03-2005, 01:01 PM

hey, does anybody know how to disengage the lock on the pci-e slots? What I mean is so that I can physically remove the video card from the slot. I should have looked at this carefully when there was no cards in the slots, but now with both populated, it sort of is covered over and I don't have a clear sight of it. Any help appreciated.

Also, has anyone removed the heatsink from the chipset? If so, how did you do it?

Thanks!

Glorfy · 01-03-2005, 02:31 PM

As you look at the motherboard, near the ram slots, at the end of the slot, the is little plastic locking arm. You have to pull this 'down' (towards the PCI slots) while pulling the card out, as least thats what I did

Trouble is, there's very little room to work around the ram slots - not the best design! Oh it doesn't help to RTFM either - as its not mentioned!

bap4201 · 01-03-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Glorfy

As you look at the motherboard, near the ram slots, at the end of the slot, the is little plastic locking arm. You have to pull this 'down' (towards the PCI slots) while pulling the card out, as least thats what I did

Trouble is, there's very little room to work around the ram slots - not the best design! Oh it doesn't help to RTFM either - as its not mentioned!

I know, it is not mentioned in the manual at all! I was surprised, because it seems to be a very well written, easy to understand, detailed manual!

Thanks for the reply! :wave2:

Walt12 · 01-04-2005, 12:30 AM

Tried 1003.005, won't let me boot above 232 HTT, whereas I was at 240 no problems with 1003.003. Anything (apart from the PCI lock) new in 005 that needs to be adjusted?

Also I have cold boot issues + an occasionally disappearing 3rd drive (RAID0 on SATA1 & 2) ... 120GB Maxtor SATA. Similiar to some of the problems above.

zonetripper · 01-07-2005, 10:47 AM

Hey, quick question. What tool are you guys using to flash the BIOS on the A8N-SLI? They don't seem to have this particular model's flash util covered on their website.

-- oh, and EastLuna[DOT]com has 11 A8n-SLIs in stock (for some reason the board here won't let me post a URL?)

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sirshambling Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11	Thanks for the helpful links - I'm sure I'll find something suitably quiet. Also I don't mind some of the earlier patronising comments about my efforts - I'm always happy to have my errors pointed out politely by experts. That's why I'm a member of ABXZone. John. __________________ 2 x Maxtor 10 300GB HDD 2 x HIS X800 Pro IceQII 2GB Crucial Ballistix 400 RAM Pioneer 116 DVD ROM Pioneer 712 DVD-RW Creative Audigy 2 ZS WD USB 250GB External HDD
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01-02-2005, 06:01 PM	#160
sirshambling Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11	I'm out of town for a few days but I'm putting aside next weekend for further work on the board - hopefully the Nvidia cards will have arrived by then. Thanks for all the help and advice. John __________________ 2 x Maxtor 10 300GB HDD 2 x HIS X800 Pro IceQII 2GB Crucial Ballistix 400 RAM Pioneer 116 DVD ROM Pioneer 712 DVD-RW Creative Audigy 2 ZS WD USB 250GB External HDD
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01-03-2005, 01:01 PM	#161
bap4201 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: White Mountains, New Hampshire Posts: 152	hey, does anybody know how to disengage the lock on the pci-e slots? What I mean is so that I can physically remove the video card from the slot. I should have looked at this carefully when there was no cards in the slots, but now with both populated, it sort of is covered over and I don't have a clear sight of it. Any help appreciated. Also, has anyone removed the heatsink from the chipset? If so, how did you do it? Thanks! __________________ Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (bios 1004.001 beta) \| A64 FX-55 (250x11) \| 2x 512 Mb OCZ PC3200 (2.5-3-3-10 1T 1:1) \| 2x eVGA 6800 Ultra / SLI Mode \| OCZ PSU 600w \| 2x 74GB Raptors RAID 0\| SB Audigy ZS \| Lian Li Black Full Tower \| Koolance Exos Liquid Cooling \| Win XP Pro sp2 slipstream \| Viewsonic P95F+B 19” PerfectFlat
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01-03-2005, 02:31 PM	#162
Glorfy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Banbury, UK Posts: 150	As you look at the motherboard, near the ram slots, at the end of the slot, the is little plastic locking arm. You have to pull this 'down' (towards the PCI slots) while pulling the card out, as least thats what I did Trouble is, there's very little room to work around the ram slots - not the best design! Oh it doesn't help to RTFM either - as its not mentioned! __________________ DFI Nf4 SLI-DR A64 3800 X2 OCZ 3200 Platinum Limited Editon (BH6) 2XLeadtek 6800 GT OCZ 600 PSU Prometeia Mach II
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01-04-2005, 12:30 AM	#164
Walt12 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Auckland Posts: 41	Tried 1003.005, won't let me boot above 232 HTT, whereas I was at 240 no problems with 1003.003. Anything (apart from the PCI lock) new in 005 that needs to be adjusted? Also I have cold boot issues + an occasionally disappearing 3rd drive (RAID0 on SATA1 & 2) ... 120GB Maxtor SATA. Similiar to some of the problems above. __________________ Cheers A64 3200+@2.43 @ 1.45v \| TT 735 Polo HSF \| Asus A8N-SLI Dlx BIOS 1003.006 beta \| 2x HyperX PC3200 (BH-5) 512Mb 203MHz 2-2-2-10 @ 2.9v \| 2x Albatron PC6600GT's in SLI @550/1100 71.24 drivers\| 2x 36GB Raptors RAID 0\| Maxtor 120GB SATA \| NEC3500A \| Samsung 172X TFT
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01-07-2005, 10:47 AM	#165
zonetripper Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 11	Hey, quick question. What tool are you guys using to flash the BIOS on the A8N-SLI? They don't seem to have this particular model's flash util covered on their website. -- oh, and EastLuna[DOT]com has 11 A8n-SLIs in stock (for some reason the board here won't let me post a URL?) Last edited by zonetripper : 01-07-2005 at 11:12 AM.
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