SLI Bridge.

Johan45

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• Mar 23, 2016

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Is a SLI bridge proprietary to the motherboard. I ask because I tried to different ASUS branded ones and no go. I took the one out that came with the Giga board and it recognized the bridge without a hiccup. Just seems odd to me since it's just a strap and I can't believe the other two are just no good.

 

caddi daddi

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• Mar 23, 2016

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I have been able to swap all my bridges, both sli and xfire from brand to brand.

 

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Johan45

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I have used predominantly ASUS boards to date so I really had nothing to base it off of. I just find it odd that both the SLI bridges didn't work this time.

 

JrClocker

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I bought an EVGA one (because it's perty)....no issues

 

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wingman99

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JrClocker said:

I bought an EVGA one (because it's perty)....no issues

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Lochekey

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Sounds like you are having a "Woomack" moment.

 

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Johan45

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It must be a driver thing. The bridge worked for Win10 but not Win7(dual boot) so I'll have to pull a card and start again. I didn't think it would be something like that but hey these critters seem to have a mind of their own some days

 

JrClocker

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wingman99 said:

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Here's an old pic with only 1 card installed...bottom left:

 

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Johan45 said:

It must be a driver thing. The bridge worked for Win10 but not Win7(dual boot) so I'll have to pull a card and start again. I didn't think it would be something like that but hey these critters seem to have a mind of their own some days

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Post back if reinstalling on windows 7 works?

JrClocker said:

Here's an old pic with only 1 card installed...bottom left:

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That is a big bridge, cool light.

 

JrClocker

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wingman99 said:

That is a big bridge, cool light.

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Yeah - that is a 3-way bridge. They have 2-way, but I thought this one looked cooler.

The light is default white, but comes with 3 different overlays to change the color.

The light only activates on certain model cards (says which ones on their website)

 

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Johan45

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wingman99 said:

Post back if reinstalling on windows 7 works?


That is a big bridge, cool light.

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It'll be a few days. I'm on to something else tonight/tomorrow. Going to freeze some things again.

 

caddi daddi

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you just loves some cold, don't you?

 

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Johan45

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I do CD I really do.
Turns out it was just the driver but it was a real PITA to get it to finally accept the SLI. Always saw two cards just couldn't join them.

 

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• Apr 1, 2016

• #14

SLI and CFx bridges are mobo and brand agnostic.

 

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Johan45

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Yeah, I figured they were since it's just a connection, just thought it was funny that switching to the giga worked but only in Win10.