Did My SLi Bridge Go Bad?

[Live4u129]

Well today I bought a new CPU and motherboard, being the Q8300 and an Asus P5N-D. When I hook everything up, it wouldn't give me any image on the screen. I started testing my graphics cards individually, but they were fine. I put both of them in the computer without the bridge, and it booted up just fine. I put the bridge on and then booted up, and it wouldn't give me an image. What could be wrong here? When I used the non-flexible bridge with my EVGA 750i it seemed to work fine, but with this flexible one they seem to fail.

Thanks!

 

[tecmo34]

Have you tried it with the EVGA non-flexible bridge??

 

[Live4u129]

I can't because of the way the graphics cards are positioned. They are closer together than the non-flexible bridge will permit.

 

[tecmo34]

Verification... You do have the monitor connected to the top slot card correct??

It might be time to contact ASUS for a replacment or purchase a new bridge.

 

[Live4u129]

I did have the monitor plugged into the top card.

 

[tecmo34]

I does sound like the bridge is bad....

Another question, when you don't have the bridges connected, do you have SLI enabled / checked in the Nvidia Control Panel

 

[Live4u129]

I can't get into the Nvidia panel because when the SLi bridge is plugged in, the computer won't post. It's really weird.

 

[tecmo34]

I was trying to say go to the Nvidia panel with the bridge not connected..

 

[Live4u129]

Oh, well no, it doesn't even detect the other card when no bridge is attached.

 

[tecmo34]

It sounds like it is a defective bridge, which ASUS should replace since it is a newly bought board.