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Trying to get 3-way SLI to work
I am a hobbyist and I'm trying to get 3-Way SLI to work. The short
summary is -- I had it post to BIOS once and boot into Windows Vista for one second, and then blank screen. I then got into BIOS one more time and changed boot priority to CD, because I want to re-install Windows. Then, BIOS seemed to freeze after I pressed F10 to save and I have not been able to get VGA again -- no post. I have tried a lot of troubleshooting-- disconnecting various cables, etc. I have now tried a different ATI VGA card and it does get to post either. Here's what I have for equipment: Enermax Revolution 85+ PSU Asus P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM DDR2 1066 Intel 6800 CPU STA disk SATA CD Asus 285 boards (three) The PSU has six PCI-E cables Everything is firmly seated Thermaltake Big Typhoon Thermaltake Spedo case Any idea son what to try next? - JB |
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I am a hobbyist and I'm trying to get 3-Way SLI to work. The short summary is -- I had it post to BIOS once and boot into Windows Vista for one second, and then blank screen. I then got into BIOS one more time and changed boot priority to CD, because I want to re-install Windows. Then, BIOS seemed to freeze after I pressed F10 to save and I have not been able to get VGA again -- no post. I have tried a lot of troubleshooting-- disconnecting various cables, etc. I have now tried a different ATI VGA card and it does get to post either. Here's what I have for equipment: Enermax Revolution 85+ PSU Asus P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM DDR2 1066 Intel 6800 CPU STA disk SATA CD Asus 285 boards (three) The PSU has six PCI-E cables Everything is firmly seated Thermaltake Big Typhoon Thermaltake Spedo case Any idea son what to try next? - JB There is an Nvidia newsgroup. alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia Nvidia has the slizone.com web site, and one thing they list, is certified power supplies for various hardware configurations. Three 285 boards lists two possible power supplies. A Channelwell CWT1200VC, and a Thermaltake Toughpower W0133 (which could be about 1200 watts as well, not sure). http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_psu.html Now, if I use an Xbitlabs power number, the card weighs in at 160.8W (depends on clock rate). Three of them would be 480W, or 12V @ 40A. The non-3D mode power would be much lower, so it shouldn't be a power issue at startup. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...c_5.html#sect0 There are at least three Enermax products with your product name. I would have expected the 12V @ 70A total for the "small one", would be enough. Have you tried one card, then two cards, then three ? What happens then ? Have you tried two-way SLI with the two cards ? Then rotate out one of the cards, and test with the third card, to see whether that works ? The P5N-T doesn't have anything other than the 24 pin "EATXPower" connector as a source of 12V slot power for the three video cards. But fortunately, if you look at the Xbitlabs detailed GIF for power, the slot only draws 16.8W/12V = 1.4A. And 3 x 1.4A is only 4.2A, which the two 12V wires on the main 24 pin power connector can handle with ease. The majority of power flows via the connectors on the end of the card. So the motherboard distribution of power for your 285's, is minimal. In fact, it is lower than running a couple 6600 cards. Have you tried looking for any articles on tri-SLI ? This is the first one I found. There might be some more out there. (Picture of hardware) http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6605/3waysliug9.png (Article) http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33910748 Paul |
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I am a hobbyist and I'm trying to get 3-Way SLI to work. The short summary is -- I had it post to BIOS once and boot into Windows Vista for one second, and then blank screen. I then got into BIOS one more time and changed boot priority to CD, because I want to re-install Windows. Then, BIOS seemed to freeze after I pressed F10 to save and I have not been able to get VGA again -- no post. I have tried a lot of troubleshooting-- disconnecting various cables, etc. I have now tried a different ATI VGA card and it does get to post either. I think only Vi$ta allows 3-way SLI ... (I read it from the manual of a Asus motherboard). -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.2) Linux 2.6.28.7 ^ ^ 16:33:01 up 1:27 0 users load average: 1.01 1.04 1.13 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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Trying to get 3-way SLI to work
Right you are. Vista only for 3-way SLI.
http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_faq.html#s12 (Do the Win7 Betas support it also?) "Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)" wrote in message ... wrote: I am a hobbyist and I'm trying to get 3-Way SLI to work. The short summary is -- I had it post to BIOS once and boot into Windows Vista for one second, and then blank screen. I then got into BIOS one more time and changed boot priority to CD, because I want to re-install Windows. Then, BIOS seemed to freeze after I pressed F10 to save and I have not been able to get VGA again -- no post. I have tried a lot of troubleshooting-- disconnecting various cables, etc. I have now tried a different ATI VGA card and it does get to post either. I think only Vi$ta allows 3-way SLI ... (I read it from the manual of a Asus motherboard). -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.2) Linux 2.6.28.7 ^ ^ 16:33:01 up 1:27 0 users load average: 1.01 1.04 1.13 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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Now, if I use an Xbitlabs power number, the card weighs in at 160.8W (depends on clock rate). Three of them would be 480W, or 12V @ 40A. The non-3D mode power would be much lower, so it shouldn't be a power issue at startup. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...orce-gtx285ssc... There are at least three Enermax products with your product name. I would have expected the 12V @ 70A total for the "small one", would be enough. It is the Revolution 85 Have you tried one card, then two cards, then three ? What happens then ? Have you tried two-way SLI with the two cards ? Then rotate out one of the cards, and test with the third card, to see whether that works ? I can't even get to post with one card now, and I tried with a different one than the 285 (an ATI card). |
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When using just one video card and still not being able to POST, I'd suspect your build is faulty. *Have you checked the CPU fan is spinning, that the heatsink is firmly seated atop the CPU, remember to use thermal paste, checked voltages on the output taps from the PSU, made sure there was a load on the PSU other than the mobo, like attach a hard disk? CPU spins, heatsink is seated, what do you mean when you say check taps? I have tried every possible different connection -- with HDD, without -- changed SATA ports, etc. It is now a personal challenge, if you get my meaning. The machine is winning right now! |
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Now, if I use an Xbitlabs power number, the card weighs in at 160.8W (depends on clock rate). Three of them would be 480W, or 12V @ 40A. The non-3D mode power would be much lower, so it shouldn't be a power issue at startup. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...orce-gtx285ssc... There are at least three Enermax products with your product name. I would have expected the 12V @ 70A total for the "small one", would be enough. It is the Revolution 85 Have you tried one card, then two cards, then three ? What happens then ? Have you tried two-way SLI with the two cards ? Then rotate out one of the cards, and test with the third card, to see whether that works ? I can't even get to post with one card now, and I tried with a different one than the 285 (an ATI card). If you cannot get to POST, your next steps would be 1) Beep tests. With no video present, the computer case speaker should beep. A beep indicates BIOS code is being executed. If the board won't beep, then perhaps it isn't getting very far into the BIOS. You can do the same beep style tests, by removing the RAM. 2) There should be a different beep pattern for missing RAM, than for video. You can use that difference, to see if a single stick of RAM is working or not. (I.e. Plug in a single stick, then see if the "bad RAM" beep pattern changes to "missing video". That tells you the RAM passed a simple test in the BIOS.) 3) If there is still no joy, you can clear the CMOS, with the power cord unplugged. Consult the manual for the exact procedure. It should involve a jumper with a name like CLRTC. If it works, and you were to get into the BIOS, then the Real Time Clock would also get cleared to an earlier default time of day. 4) Could the BIOS be corrupted ? It could, but it would be hard to understand why. There have been boards with Nvidia chipsets that were notorious for bricking. But in a quick scan of the vip.asus.com forum, I don't see any sign of that. This particular motherboard discussion group is mostly noise. I couldn't see any pattern to what is going on. http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx...=1&model=P5N-T Deluxe The motherboard has a three year warranty. You could return it under warranty. Then, go out and buy another motherboard, while you're waiting. Where you go next, in terms of purchases, is the big question. Does Nvidia have a trustworthy chipset ? Some Nvidia chipsets have been known to blow PCI Express slot interfaces. But I would have expected to still be able to POST, assuming you can find an interface that works. I use an old FX5200 PCI video card, when all else seems to be failing. It's pretty hard to kill those. When the repaired motherboard comes back, you can sell it, or keep it as a spare (doorstop). One of the problems with the new stuff, is finding enough review articles to even get a grasp on what you're getting. For example, this is a socket change to LGA1366, and motherboard makers can get a license to run SLI on an Intel X58 chipset. This particular board uses an Nforce 200. I cannot find a block diagram, showing how it is connected. The X58 can split into four x8 PCI Express 2.0 interfaces, so I don't see where the big win is with the Nforce 200. A block diagram would have made things clearer. PCI Express lanes don't "multiply". The X58 only has 36 lanes total, basically 16+16+4. If an Nforce 200 takes a 16 group, and makes 16+16 from it, the bandwidth available is still limited by the input, as 16 lanes. So while adding the Nforce 200 allows more slots to be wired up, it doesn't change the grand total of 36 lanes on the Northbridge (and a few x1's for motherboard peripherals on the Southbridge). http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...&m odelmenu=1 "Multi-GPU Support Supports NVIDIA 2-Way and 3-Way SLI techonology Supports ATI CrossFireX technology, up to Quad CrossFireX HTH, Paul |
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Trying to get 3-way SLI to work
Thanks again for helping.
Did you check you weren't off by a pin for the 20-pin connector from the PSU to the mobo? It is connected right... Change the CMOS battery yet? *Some mobos won't boot with a dead or missing battery. Tried that just now, no luck. Have you shorted the 2-pin mobo header to clear CMOS, waiting 10 seconds, removed it, and rebooted? Tried that as well. There is no post at all to video. I tried a different monitor as well... |
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