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    HELP!! Can't Boot into windows after enabling SLI

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by J@CKY, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. J@CKY

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    I cannot boot back to Windows after enabling the SLI setting, originally using nVidia original driver. I chose to enable SLI, but i forget which "monitor" i have choosen (there are 2 options in the setting penal, i dont know why)

    after that, it ask me to reboot the machine..i clicked yes and it reboot, but it appeared to be idle for quite a long time without any HDD usage (is this normal?) and the screen's black...

    After waiting for quite a long time, I cold boot the machine and get into save mode, with internet access....

    HELP, pls... how can i get it back to normal....+_+
     
    J@CKY, Sep 13, 2008
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    uninstall the Nvidia driver from Safe Mode.

    boot back into Normal Mode and reinstall the latest stable Nvidia drivers.
     
    Gophn, Sep 13, 2008
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    thanks....
    i can boot back into the normal mode and downloading the latest driver...

    I wonder what mistake I have made...
    Why I can't switch on the SLI mode? I did something wrong for the settings? @_@
     
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    O... the one i have jz downloaded is not the for 9800M GT, but 9800 GT.

    I can't find driver for 9800M GT on the official site of nVidia....+_+
    could anyone help?
     
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    thanks for everyone's help....
    i end up use the driver which is provided by Sager's Driver CD,

    I would like to ask, how could i check out wht version of driver i have installed

    I tried to check it out at device manager, but the driver version labelled there is 7.15.11.7602... very different from the latest version of 177.XXX... is my version of driver very outdated?
     
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    that means you have 176.02 driver.

    derived from 7.15.1 1.7602
     
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    thx Gophn,

    i saw the latest version of GeForce driver is 177.98

    how could i check out if it is compatable with my card (9800M GT for this case)
     
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    the latest may be 177.... but they are not official or may not be stable with the mobile cards.

    you can try, but the ones I linked are stable and from Clevo.
     
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    the 177.92 is a good one give it a shot, you can always roll back
    haven't read anything good about the 177.98 yet
     
    royk50, Sep 13, 2008
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