ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Mainboard

[rbc1100]

OK I have the computer up and running, no OS installed yet. The 1st try I got into the bios and set the date/time and other stuff I wanted. I pressed F10 to save and rebooted. It would not reboot all all I got was three beeps, so I shut off the main power switch and turned it back on it posted and I had to go back into the bios and redo everything. this happened 3 times one time I got 4 beeps. Then I jiggled the top gfx card hit the reset and it booted to the no os disk installed. I reset it and powered down four or five times and now its goes to the no os disk installed, no problem that is what its suppose to do. My question is why do you think I had to redo the bios settings in the begining but now it seems fine. I am going to get a new mainboard battery just in case. Would a bad connection from one of the gfx cards cause it to loose the bios settings? It does not seem possible to me. The case has plastic retainers to hold the cards in but I am going to screw them to the tower. As they seem a little wobbley to me. Again thanks!!!!!

[Train]

Asus is the answer as most of their mobos, if something goes wrong, default back to the factory settings. Even a bad shutdown can cause it to happen.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

[rbc1100]

I got the system up and running. As of right now I have XP Pro installed. Had some problems getting Vista to run. I will try that later. I have a question about SLI. I went to nvidia's website and down loaded the mainboard drivers and gfx drivers for the board. Is my computer suppose to show two gfx cards or just the one that the monitor is plugged into. How do I tell if the sli is functioning. Everything else seems fine. This is my 1st sli build so I am kinda in the dark here. The board board is an Asus nforce 4 sli deluxe. (yes I know obsolete) but it sure does run good. thanks

[photolady]

If you have two graphics cards, in SLi configuration, the computer/system will show both cards. That's normal, nothing to worry about.

[rbc1100]

My system only shows one card. Maybe I missed something in the bios. Or didn't get the right drivers. I am not use to Asus boards yet as I have been a Epox fan for so long. both cards have power to them and the fans are running. I have the sli bridge installed between the cards. thanks

[rbc1100]

The cards are BFG 8600 GT OC 512meg. With nvidias software you are suppose to be able to enable both cards. I have dual GFX card option enabled in the bios. But I am not finding the option on the software end. I though I had the right drivers installed but maybe not. Does any one know what driver from nvidia I need I been to their website dozens of times, I even installed the drivers from the disk that came with the cards. Still no option for dual cards on the software end. Nvidia's instructions say this option should be there and used to enable dual cards. thanks

[Train]

Look in Device manager and see what is what.
Far as I know it is the one install that is all that is needed.

[rbc1100]

I found the problem. There is a little card between the gfx cards that looks like a memory stick for a laptop. It can be inserted in two different directions. When I got the board it was in the single gfx card position. I turned it around to enable dual cards, but apparently did not push it in far enough. All is good now and I am in gaming heaven. What a difference between this system and my other single core, single gfx card system (fast unit BTW). It just keeps getting better. Now looking down the road to next build.

[photolady]

Thanks for posting the solution. And that you found the problem. Daunting as these builds are sometimes, it's nice when the fix is simple.