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Gin Fushicho   06-03-2009 at 01:43:46 AM

Hi , I've got a ASUS Crosshair 590i its SLI enabled, and I have the cards bridged together and jsut installed the latest drivers , both cards are recognized but I cant Enable SLI in my Nvidia control panel , its not even there! and not only that but now I cant enable PhysX either. help? ;-;


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mousemonkey   06-03-2009 at 01:46:51 AM
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Have you tried some older drivers?

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UberGenocide   06-03-2009 at 01:54:17 AM
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are you talking about the 185.XX drivers??

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Gin Fushicho   06-03-2009 at 02:02:17 AM
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Yes I'm talking about the 185.85 drivers , and no I cant go to older drivers because I no longer have them.

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UberGenocide   06-03-2009 at 02:45:18 AM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

Yes I'm talking about the 185.85 drivers , and no I cant go to older drivers because I no longer have them.



can you go to device manager and use the "Rollback driver" option???

Uber :D

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Gin Fushicho   06-03-2009 at 03:06:47 AM
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UberGenocide wrote :

can you go to device manager and use the "Rollback driver" option???

Uber :D



It rolls me back to nothing and I get that 640x480 resolution. >.<

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UberGenocide   06-03-2009 at 03:33:36 AM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

It rolls me back to nothing and I get that 640x480 resolution. >.<



WHAT thats retarded >.<

hmmmm what was the version of your last drivers and try and fin a reliable source

i would type in driver (181.XX or such) and type nvidia and maybe it will put you on the link

make sure you download from a trusted site tho...i know you wouldnt like a critter in your computer XD

Uber :D

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Gin Fushicho   06-03-2009 at 04:02:37 AM
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Critters have a hard time getting into my computer with out getting blown away before the get withing 15 feet of my fire wall. :p

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UberGenocide   06-03-2009 at 01:16:04 PM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

Critters have a hard time getting into my computer with out getting blown away before the get withing 15 feet of my fire wall. :p



lol did you find a safe website to download the 181.XX drivers?

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Gin Fushicho   06-03-2009 at 02:42:03 PM
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They didnt work. >.< Stupid computer. >.<

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UberGenocide   06-03-2009 at 07:27:25 PM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

They didnt work. >.< Stupid computer. >.<



how about the driver disk the card came with????

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Gin Fushicho   06-04-2009 at 12:48:13 AM
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UberGenocide wrote :

how about the driver disk the card came with????



o.o good idea. I had not thought of that.

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mousemonkey   06-04-2009 at 09:29:28 AM
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Other than a double check on the power supply connections to both cards, with a multi meter if possible, I'm at a loss as I can't find a manual for that board.

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UberGenocide   06-04-2009 at 01:10:30 PM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

Has them.



Did u use the CD drivers?? did they work??

Uber :D

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Gin Fushicho   06-04-2009 at 05:36:47 PM
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no. >.< I think my 2nd card might just be bad as I waited to buy the 2nd one. thanks for all the help guys.

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UberGenocide   06-04-2009 at 09:17:58 PM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

no. >.< I think my 2nd card might just be bad as I waited to buy the 2nd one. thanks for all the help guys.



one more suggetion

how about a new SLI bridge

and are the cards the exact same

Uber :D

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Gin Fushicho   06-04-2009 at 10:15:48 PM
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Yes the cards are the same. and I'm jsut going ot return the 2nd one because getting a new SLI bridge would take long enough that I cant return the card.

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UberGenocide   06-05-2009 at 01:34:38 AM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

Yes the cards are the same. and I'm jsut going ot return the 2nd one because getting a new SLI bridge would take long enough that I cant return the card.



kk let us know what it is... this thread has smoked my brain.... lol

Uber :D

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Gin Fushicho   06-05-2009 at 02:11:40 AM
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UberGenocide wrote :

kk let us know what it is... this thread has smoked my brain.... lol

Uber :D



Speaking of which.... my performance increased when i removed the 2nd card. =/ It's getting RMA'd right now.

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UberGenocide   06-07-2009 at 01:23:37 PM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

Speaking of which.... my performance increased when i removed the 2nd card. =/ It's getting RMA'd right now.



I was thinking that but i did not want you to 'waste' time RMA

anyways. good luck and update us

Uber :D

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Gin Fushicho   06-07-2009 at 08:17:54 PM
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UberGenocide wrote :

I was thinking that but i did not want you to 'waste' time RMA

anyways. good luck and update us

Uber :D



Guess what? =3 I got money back for it. lol. I'll jsut save it for when the next awesome card comes out. :3

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UberGenocide   06-07-2009 at 09:39:38 PM
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Gin Fushicho wrote :

Guess what? =3 I got money back for it. lol. I'll jsut save it for when the next awesome card comes out. :3



lol uber sweet

Uber :D

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