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    I'm running a Asrock Z170 Extreme 7+ with an Intel Skylake i7 6700 processor and 16 Megs of Corsair Vengence 2666Mhz DDR4. I have a Thermatake P5 case and my 2 EVGA GTX 970's mounted vertical. I just pulled these cards from my Asrock Z97 Mobo and the SLI worked great in a surround with 3x 27" monitors at 5750 x 1080 in Ultra. I am using the same SLI bridge so I know the bridge works. The issue is the SLI is not showing up in the "Nvidia Control Panel". I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers 361.43. Both cards are showing up in the device manager. And the bios is up to date. But still no SLI.

    It will allow me to plug all 3 monitors into a single card to get the surround at 5760 x 1080 however SLI is still not showing. And when I tried 3D Mark it said 2 cards no SLI.

    Now here is where it might be an issue. The mobo contains 4 PCIe 16x slots. And due to the cable lengths I am using the 9.8" card cable supplied by Thermaltake is in the first 16x slot which in the manual is the PCIe (2) slot and the second card cable (much shorter) is in the PCIe (6) slot at the bottom. SLI options are not there. I did order an additional PCIe 16" cable that is 9" long. But I did not think it mattered what PCIe slot you plugged into, or where the bridge plugged in front or back.

    Could it be that I'm using 2 PCIe busses that are not directly next to each other?

  • #2
    Re: SLI not showing in Nvidia Control Panel

    Welcome to the forum.

    From your motherboard user manual:

    2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)
    • PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.
    • PCIE2 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.
    • PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.
    • PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphics cards.
    • PCIE5 (PCIe 3.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.
    • PCIE6 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.

    In order for SLI to work, each PCI-e slot must have x8 or higher lane width and this is why SLI can not be enabled.

    The PCIE6 slot only has x4 lane width.
    Q9650 @ 4.10GHz [9x456MHz]
    P35-DS4 [rev: 2.0] ~ Bios: F14
    4x2GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 1094MHz @5-5-5-15
    MSI N460GTX Hawk Talon Attack (1GB) video card <---- SLI ---->
    Seasonic SS-660XP2 80 Plus Platinum psu (660w)
    WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data)
    Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD (boot)
    SLI @ 16/4 works when running HyperSLI
    Cooler Master 120XL Seidon push/pull AIO cpu water cooling
    Cooler Master HAF XB computer case (RC-902XB-KKN1)
    Asus VH242H 24" monitor [1920x1080]
    MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card
    Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
    win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
    HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
    CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
    E6300 (R0) @ 3.504GHz [8x438MHz] ~~ P35-DS3L [rev: 1.0] ~ Bios: F9 ~~ 4x2GB Kingston HyperX T1 PC2-8500, 876MHz @4-4-4-10
    Seasonic X650 80+ gold psu (650w) ~~ Xigmatek Balder HDT 1283 cpu cooler ~~ Cooler Master CM 690 case (RC-690-KKN1-GP)
    Samsung 830 128GB SSD MZ-7PC128B/WW (boot) ~~ WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data) ~~ ZM-MFC2 fan controller
    HT|Omega Striker 7.1 sound card ~~ Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080] ~~ Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
    win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium ~~ CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD U.P.S
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    • #3
      Re: SLI not showing in Nvidia Control Panel

      U da Man, profJim

      Roger that, thanks for the Help... I knew there was someone smarter than me out there. Kind of embarrassed I over looked that. Now I need to wait patiently for the new expansion ribbons.

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      • #4
        Re: SLI not showing in Nvidia Control Panel

        You're welcome, glad to help out.

        Let us know how it works when your new pci-e riser ribbons arrive.

        "We get too soon old and too late smart."
        Q9650 @ 4.10GHz [9x456MHz]
        P35-DS4 [rev: 2.0] ~ Bios: F14
        4x2GB OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 1094MHz @5-5-5-15
        MSI N460GTX Hawk Talon Attack (1GB) video card <---- SLI ---->
        Seasonic SS-660XP2 80 Plus Platinum psu (660w)
        WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data)
        Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD (boot)
        SLI @ 16/4 works when running HyperSLI
        Cooler Master 120XL Seidon push/pull AIO cpu water cooling
        Cooler Master HAF XB computer case (RC-902XB-KKN1)
        Asus VH242H 24" monitor [1920x1080]
        MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card
        Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
        win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
        HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
        CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS
        E6300 (R0) @ 3.504GHz [8x438MHz] ~~ P35-DS3L [rev: 1.0] ~ Bios: F9 ~~ 4x2GB Kingston HyperX T1 PC2-8500, 876MHz @4-4-4-10
        Seasonic X650 80+ gold psu (650w) ~~ Xigmatek Balder HDT 1283 cpu cooler ~~ Cooler Master CM 690 case (RC-690-KKN1-GP)
        Samsung 830 128GB SSD MZ-7PC128B/WW (boot) ~~ WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data) ~~ ZM-MFC2 fan controller
        HT|Omega Striker 7.1 sound card ~~ Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080] ~~ Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
        win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium ~~ CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD U.P.S
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