SnowKatana
I just got a 2nd 780 6gb card and for the life of me can not get SLI to show up on Nvidia control panel.
 
I've tried reinstalling the drivers many times, taking the cards out and putting them back in as well as the bridge, cleared CMOS and still nothing.
 
I know my motherboard can do SLI (MSI Z87 M-Power)
The SLI bridge is the new EVGA ones and it lights up when pluged in
 
but one main thing do I need to use the 8 pin to 2x 6 pin splitter? Because the one I got in the box of my new (which I just got today) all the female end plugs on the splitter on the 8 pin are all misaligned all to hell and can't fit in the slot. Right now I just have it plugged with a 8 pin to 8 pin, which powers it fine, but I'm not sure if it's enough power or not.

HeavyHemi

SnowKatana
I just got a 2nd 780 6gb card and for the life of me can not get SLI to show up on Nvidia control panel.
 
I've tried reinstalling the drivers many times, taking the cards out and putting them back in as well as the bridge, cleared CMOS and still nothing.
 
I know my motherboard can do SLI (MSI Z87 M-Power)
The SLI bridge is the new EVGA ones and it lights up when pluged in
 
but one main thing do I need to use the 8 pin to 2x 6 pin splitter? Because the one I got in the box of my new (which I just got today) all the female end plugs on the splitter on the 8 pin are all misaligned all to hell and can't fit in the slot. Right now I just have it plugged with a 8 pin to 8 pin, which powers it fine, but I'm not sure if it's enough power or not.

Hello and welcome to the forum. You have to have power and ground on all the pins on the GPU. In other words both an 8 pin a 6 pin PCIe plug are required. What power supply are you using that doesn't have enough PCIe power cables to run SLI without using adapters? The adapters are only supposed to be used if you cannot use the PCIe power cables on the PSU.

SnowKatana

HeavyHemi

SnowKatana
I just got a 2nd 780 6gb card and for the life of me can not get SLI to show up on Nvidia control panel.
 
I've tried reinstalling the drivers many times, taking the cards out and putting them back in as well as the bridge, cleared CMOS and still nothing.
 
I know my motherboard can do SLI (MSI Z87 M-Power)
The SLI bridge is the new EVGA ones and it lights up when pluged in
 
but one main thing do I need to use the 8 pin to 2x 6 pin splitter? Because the one I got in the box of my new (which I just got today) all the female end plugs on the splitter on the 8 pin are all misaligned all to hell and can't fit in the slot. Right now I just have it plugged with a 8 pin to 8 pin, which powers it fine, but I'm not sure if it's enough power or not.

Hello and welcome to the forum. You have to have power and ground on all the pins on the GPU. In other words both an 8 pin a 6 pin PCIe plug are required. What power supply are you using that doesn't have enough PCIe power cables to run SLI without using adapters? The adapters are only supposed to be used if you cannot use the PCIe power cables on the PSU.

Let me rephrase it. the card came with two Y connectors a 6 pin to two molex plugs which I have plugged in fine

The other Y connector is a 8 pin to two 6 pins all female ends, but the connectors to the 8 pin are all messed up and I can't plug it in to the card. Right now I have a 8 pin to 8 pin cord I had extra from my psu, which powers my card, but I don't if it's enough power for SLI or not.
 
and any way to get a replcement for the messed up 8 pin Y connector.

HeavyHemi

SnowKatana

HeavyHemi

SnowKatana
I just got a 2nd 780 6gb card and for the life of me can not get SLI to show up on Nvidia control panel.
 
I've tried reinstalling the drivers many times, taking the cards out and putting them back in as well as the bridge, cleared CMOS and still nothing.
 
I know my motherboard can do SLI (MSI Z87 M-Power)
The SLI bridge is the new EVGA ones and it lights up when pluged in
 
but one main thing do I need to use the 8 pin to 2x 6 pin splitter? Because the one I got in the box of my new (which I just got today) all the female end plugs on the splitter on the 8 pin are all misaligned all to hell and can't fit in the slot. Right now I just have it plugged with a 8 pin to 8 pin, which powers it fine, but I'm not sure if it's enough power or not.

Hello and welcome to the forum. You have to have power and ground on all the pins on the GPU. In other words both an 8 pin a 6 pin PCIe plug are required. What power supply are you using that doesn't have enough PCIe power cables to run SLI without using adapters? The adapters are only supposed to be used if you cannot use the PCIe power cables on the PSU.

Let me rephrase it. the card came with two Y connectors a 6 pin to two molex plugs which I have plugged in fine

The other Y connector is a 8 pin to two 6 pins all female ends, but the connectors to the 8 pin are all messed up and I can't plug it in to the card. Right now I have a 8 pin to 8 pin cord I had extra from my psu, which powers my card, but I don't if it's enough power for SLI or not.
 
and any way to get a replcement for the messed up 8 pin Y connector.

Okay...but, if you're trying to use a PSU that doesn't already have the proper PCIe connectors for SLI it concerns me that it won't have enough power to run SLI.
Are you sure that 8 pin you're trying to use isn't for the motherboard? What is the model and watts for the PSU you are trying to use?

SnowKatana

Sajin
Have you tried older video drivers? If not, give them a shot. Are you running the latest motherboard BIOS? If not, update it then try to SLI again.

I have the latest BIOS, and tried older drivers and still nothing.

Sajin
Download this and follow the instructions in the readme to get your SLI up and running. 
 
If you need help I can teamviewer you and help you set it up. 

SnowKatana

Sajin
Download this and follow the instructions in the readme to get your SLI up and running. 
 
If you need help I can teamviewer you and help you set it up. 

I can download the file but when I extract it is says "can not open file as archive"

HeavyHemi

SnowKatana

Sajin
Download this and follow the instructions in the readme to get your SLI up and running. 
 
If you need help I can teamviewer you and help you set it up. 

I can download the file but when I extract it is says "can not open file as archive"

What program are you trying to use to extract the zip file?

Sajin

SnowKatana

HeavyHemi

SnowKatana

Sajin
Download this and follow the instructions in the readme to get your SLI up and running. 
 
If you need help I can teamviewer you and help you set it up. 

I can download the file but when I extract it is says "can not open file as archive"

What program are you trying to use to extract the zip file?

7zip, winRAR, Dicectory Opus
and none of them worked,
 
though WinRAR was able to open the file but would get an error trying to run any of the files.

Disable all your antivirus programs and re-download the file. The file has a false positive in it that some antivirus software may block.

rsbrownjr
I hate to say this, but screw that antivirus stuff.  I find it to be more of a hindrance than a help.  But then, I am the only one that uses my machines.  No teenagers, kids, nothing.  Occasionally my GF uses one of them.  But she doesn't surf any questionable sites, either.  Just real estate stuff.  Have not had any problems there.
 
My point is, if you are the only one using that machine, and you don't surf any questionable (e.g., porn) sites, just use MS Security Essentials and have it scan once a week.  It comes with both Win7 and Win8.  Give  it a try.  Quit running all that extra crap in the background.  Operate your system from a clean boot (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135).  You'll have a much snappier system that way.

kirbfiorne
I'm trying to use it right now, and it can't find the patch =/...