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    question on your hybrid sli icon on your bottom ride side of your windows tray

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Worgen, Oct 14, 2009.

  1. Worgen

    Worgen Notebook Guru

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    when i switch back to sli 280m my bottom right of my windows does not show hybrid sli icon in the tray is this normal? It usually have a hybrid sli icon on my windows tray. strange?
     
    Worgen, Oct 14, 2009
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  2. coldcase

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    If you mean the 2 little green boomerangs then yes they sould be there. 2 for SLI, 1 for integrated GPU.

    Make sure the icon is not hidden because it's been inactive. Check your notification area properties.
     
    coldcase, Oct 15, 2009
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    see in the nvida control pannel i cant disbale sli for some reason its greyed out on enabled! why cant i change it? is everyones like this?
     
    adrian890, Oct 15, 2009
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  4. Glzmo

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    If you have Hybrid mode enabled in BIOS, you won't be able to disable SLI in Windows, because Hybrid SLI is also an SLI feature and SLI needs to be enabled for you to be able to switch between the integrated 9400M and your dedicated video cards on the fly in Windows.
    To be able to disable SLI in Windows, you'll have to disable Hybrid SLI in the BIOS and disable the integrated Graphics in the BIOS as well. Of course doing so won't let you switch between your integrated graphics and your dedicated graphics on the fly in Windows anymore.

    As for your original issue, make sure to enable Hybrid SLI in BIOS, start Windows, uninstall your Nvidia display drivers, reboot, reboot again, run driver sweeper, reboot again and install your Hybrid-SLI-capable video card drivers again.
     
    Glzmo, Oct 15, 2009
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