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    Major SLI problem on my M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by IndianaJames, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. IndianaJames

    IndianaJames Newbie

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    Hey all, I've got an issue with enabling SLI on my M1730. I've got dual Nvidia 8700s, both running on driver version 7.15.11.7532. When I go onto the NVidia control panel and enable SLI, I am prompted to restart the machine. I do, and it restarts normally up through the BIOS screen. The display then goes black and nothing else happens. The only way I have been able to recover from this is to restart again in safe mode and do a system restore. I can't figure out any way to solve this problem and a solution would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks!

    Also, my apologies if this has been covered before, I tried looking for similar threads around here, but as the main M1730 thread is now over 1000 pages long, I couldn't look through everything...
     
    IndianaJames, Dec 13, 2008
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  2. Boo Boo

    Boo Boo Notebook Deity

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    use 180.43 from laptop2video
     
    Boo Boo, Dec 14, 2008
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  3. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Video driver is usually the culprit.
    Go to laptopvideo2go.com and get the latest one...
    I use 180.84 and so far all`s good. Except for GTA IV :D
     
    eleron911, Dec 14, 2008
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