980 SLI woes

[MERCENARY_TAO__]

I just got a second 980, ran to my computer slapped her in there, put on that sli bridge that has been sitting on my desk taunting me for the past 4 months annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd.

 

Flickering.
Crashing.
Black Screens.

 

ANY game that I run in full screen just will not work, every single one will flicker like some shit hipster club, take a crap, black screen, then spit me out to the desktop.

 

I can get GTA V to work in windowed mode, but I get no performance increase when I do, so I don't know what the problem is.

 

I'm currently on the latest driver (the battlefront beta one, I was on an earlier one but I had the same effect).

 

SLI is enabled in nvidia control panel, precision x and afterburner both recognize the cards. I have no idea how to fix this I and need someone to show me the light.

 

Will you be that person internet dweller? Please be that person.

[Coombzy]

Are you using the SLI profile for each game?

[MERCENARY_TAO__]

Are you using the SLI profile for each game?

I have googled sli profiles but from what I have seen it seems that they come with the driver and run as soon as I launch the game?

 

I'm new to SLI if you cant already tell.

 

If what I said was completely wrong could you direct me to where I could find these profiles and how to run them?

[ConnorDahne]

I have googled sli profiles but from what I have seen it seems that they come with the driver and run as soon as I launch the game?

 

I'm new to SLI if you cant already tell.

 

If what I said was completely wrong could you direct me to where I could find these profiles and how to run them?

It should turn on automatically, you can always look in your global settings in nvidia control panel.

Can you post a full list of your parts?

[MERCENARY_TAO__]

It should turn on automatically, you can always look in your global settings in nvidia control panel.

Can you post a full list of your parts?

i5 2500k

8gb of patriot g2 series ram 1333mhz

z77a-gd65

2 980s

rm850 gold rated psu

 

I know you said all but I cant think of anything else that could be causing a problem.

[ConnorDahne]

i5 2500k

8gb of patriot g2 series ram 1333mhz

z77a-gd65

2 980s

rm850 gold rated psu

 

I know you said all but I cant think of anything else that could be causing a problem.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130643

Is this the motherboard you have??

It doesn't appear to support sli unfortunately, that could definitely be your issue.

I got two different results when I googled the motherboard, if you could post a link that would help us narrow down.

Sorry if I sound demanding lol

[skkane]

Try updating to your mb's latest bios if you haven't. Also move the sli bridge to the 2nd connectors afterwards if it still does it.

 

The motherboard should support SLI with x8 for each lane. GPU-z should show x8 in there, check that also.

[MERCENARY_TAO__]

Attention everyone:

 

 

I had two problems, one was that a sli finger was broken (one of the two on the far left), and the other being that my sli bridge was a lemon.

 

I now have a new bridge moved over to the other spot.

 

 

Lord GabeN is smiling upon me now.

 

Thank you everyone for your suggestions.

If a mod could close this down that would be great.

[skkane]

Sometimes mine we're also flickering like crazy when using the 1st sli connection posts. Switched to 2nd posts and problem was gone. I am using the 1st posts again now with no flickering.... so can't explain any of it.