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    M1730: Missing SLI?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by biscuits, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. biscuits

    biscuits Newbie

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    Chasing an answer from other (8700M) M1730 owners to a quick question :

    In Vista, does 'Display Adapters' in 'Device Manager' show one NVIDIA 8700M GT or two?

    Mine is currently only showing one at the moment (and I have a feeling it used to show two). Basically, my option to enable SLi seems to have disappeared from the nVidia control panel. I'm trying to figure out if its hardware or software at the moment ... I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling original and latest drivers but still no luck. Got a few more things to try out tonight but thought I'd post this question to see if it would help narrow things down for me ...

    Cheers,
    Dave.
     
    biscuits, Oct 22, 2008
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  2. JellyBeans

    JellyBeans Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm looks like the extra card isnt being detected thats weird.
     
    JellyBeans, Oct 22, 2008
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  3. italian.madness

    italian.madness Notebook Consultant

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    Yes you should see the two.
    Try agai with drivers but using the correct procedure with d.sweeper.
    If replacing drivers does not help well contact dell.
    Let us know
     
    italian.madness, Oct 22, 2008
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    techguy317 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any luck with this? I'm having the exact same problem.
     
    techguy317, Nov 27, 2008
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  5. joebetsill

    joebetsill Newbie

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    Hey, I had this very problem and it drove me insane-- until today.

    Turns out, if you remap the mediadirect button to boot windows then you magically lose a display adapter.

    I don't know if this will work for you, but I just remapped it back to the power button (and ubuntu has been pushed back to the Mediadirect button) and presto, two graphics cards again!

    Happy Thanksgiving!
     
    joebetsill, Nov 27, 2008
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