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    Adding SLI to GPU VBIOS????

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by usmc1488, Apr 7, 2011.

  1. usmc1488

    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    OK gents a questions for you gentlemen. Im trying to install two GTX28om MXM 2.1 cards into an Area 51 M17x. The cards work great accept for one thing. For whatever reason NVIDIA produced the cards without a physical SLI foot for a SLI bridge, in doing that NVIDIA didn’t program SLI into the cards VBIOS.

    First I must add that Ive proven with my dual 9800m gt’s that I can run SLI without the SLI Bridge with at the greatest amount, a 5 FPS drop depending on what game is being played. So yes SLI in my Area 51 M17x can work without the bridge.
    So I began to flash different VBIOS on the cards to re-gain the feature, which I’ve succeeded in when using either a 9800m GTX MXM 2.1 VBIOS or a GTX285m MXM 3.0 VBIOS. When utilizing either VBIOS the SLI option is enabled in the NVIDIA control panel and when activated GPUZ recognizes SLI as activated too. BUT the second a video game or benchmark is ran I’ll receive the dreaded “video driver stopped and has recovered” error. I’ve done everything from a driver sweep to a CMOS battery pull to rid the error, yet it still occurs.

    Now my question, due to my various VBIOS flashes I’ve proven that the SLI software is still on the card somewhere, yet I cant get it unless I flash a VBIOS that the GPU’s do not like. Do any of you know a way in which to re-activate the SLI feature on the GTX280m MXM 2.1 VBIOS? Ive tried Nibitor but there is no option In there to do so, and re-naming the card another one with SLI doesn’t work either. HELP PLEASE.
     
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    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    Cricket, anyone? Bueler :)
     
  3. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    bios editing is a dangerous and unkown land let alone vbios editing hopefully someday we will be capable of doing it but by then gpus will all be going along the mxm standar and interchangable betwen laptop