how do i know my 280 SLI are working now??

Hay again guys, as i posted yesterday when i recived my M17x when ever i played a game i n sli i would get white flashing on my screen. I just updated a few drivers and It now runs but in a window without the flashing crazy white spam. But i cant seem to get it to a bigger window. i just updated it with the dell drivers that were 'urgent' bios and video and nvida drivers. is my sli still faulty? so confused ;P

thnx again guys

 

do you mean fullscreen mode and windowed mode? If so most of the time the alt+enter switches between the two

 

ahh when i alt enter into full screen, i still get the flashing white screen, guess it still fked my 2nd gfx card =(

 

of course, stilll doubting me?

I don't believe sli works in windowed mode if i remember correctly anyways.

 

ofc not just hoping it would work =(

waiting for the technition to phone me for him to come out and replace my 280 =( he better phone soon coz i wanna book him for monday so i can enjoy this beuty i just cant keep my mind at rest to enjoy it knowning somethings not right if u know what i mean!

thnx for the help and questions guys, least im not alone =))

 

remember it may not be the gpu, it may be the sli cable that connects both the gpus together.

 

Hi adrian890,
Forgive me if I ask questions you've either already answered, or possibly resolved. I'm trying to catch up with the issues you've been having. It's my understanding that with SLI disabled, you don't get the white flashing effects? If that is indeed true, then you're probably looking at your slave card or bridge.
Also, there seems to be some issues with certains games (Far Cry 2 in particular that I have yet to test myself). I think you may have mentioned the white flickering in Crysis as well, which is not normal. The games that I have tested personally are Call of Duty, Last Remnant, Unreal Tournament 3, and Fallout 3. All of them seem to run rather decent at a resolution of 1280 x800.


Thanks,
Gabe

 

hi again gabez, sorry was in the shower! thats correct, games i tested are fallout 3 and farcry 2, both have spazmic white flashing on the screen with sli enabled, but when its disabled everything is fine =(
heavy gutted. been waiting all day for the technition to call me and book an appointment for monday but hes not, so im currently in a que phoning alienware about why hes not phoned me yet =(

 

Hi Adrian,
It definitely sounds like a slave card issue. On rare occasion, the bridge(SLI Cable) can get pinched or damaged. However, I'm guessing that's it's most likely the slave card. On your order confirmation, you should be able to see who your onsite provide is. For instance, my order confirmation sheet has "Banctec Service Agreement" towards the bottom. Also, keep in mind that technicians have until 10:30 or 12:00 to contact you (this all depends on the service provider).

Thanks,
Gabe

 

The sli/window mode issue isn't going to cause artifacts like this, just lower performance - nvidia acknowledges this in their driver release notes and claims it to be a limitation on Vista.

Just troubleshooting be removing 1 thing at a time till it works, I would say that it is likely an issue with your slave card and/or cable.