Hi, Gigabyte once decided to add SLI support to all X58 boards after all ...except the EX58-DS4 which was already EOL. =( I found out about this, after I bought myself a second GTX660 Ti. I read this SLI support is in fact only a certain string in the BIOS, just like all SLIC mods are done here. So now I am hoping that someone can help me doing this mod. Manufacturer: GIGABYTE Motherboard Model: GA-EX58-DS4 BIOS revision: F11 BIOS type: Award Bios Download Link: www[DOT]gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2959#bios I have added an export from the ACPI table from my current BIOS version F6, which has an SLIC mod, but I dont know if its relevant!
O really!?! You just made me a very happy man! So you modified this yourself? Do you have this board yourself too and using it? Thank you VERY much!
Yap, using Award Tool. But I don't have it. You still need a patched HAL or modified driver to get it working. Please post a screenshot of AIDA64 (Motherboard -> ACPI -> DSDT) Btw, is the SLIC mod successful??
I'm sorry, what is a HAL? With modified driver you mean the GeForce driver? The modified BIOS I had with SLIC mod worked fine yes. But actually I dont care much about such a mod, because the Loader by Daz works so well.
I see... i've read some of it quickly (I am at work), but will do more effort tonight. How do I get the modified HAL and / or driver? And does your BIOS require some regedit in Windows? Thanks again man! If this works, it would save me an upgrade. My i7-920 @ 3,9GHz is still sufficient for games.
There are dedicated forums on this topic. Search a bit after finishing work Noop, the modded bios doesn't require any registry changes.
Okey thanks Tito. I've read the forum thread you linked to, learned a bit about the requirements to get SLI working. So I need this modified BIOS you created and a modified HAL (which is a .dll file in Windows if I'm correct) OR a modified GeForce driver. The link in the thread to these is dead. I've also did some searches for simular threads on this forum, but still can't find it? Also a few questions about the BIOS. I can simply install this using QFlash? And, I assume you added the SLIC 2.1 mod, for Windows 7, right? I will try flashing it in a few minutes - thank god I have DualBIOS, otherwise I wouldn't dare.
Alright! Succesfull BIOS flash (using FLASHSPI). I have not tweaked my BIOS settings yet, but I will go and install AIDA now. One thing I saw; Windows 7 says I'm not legit now. But I'll try and fix that later.
Screenshot AIDA: Translated: it says SLI cert is not available Like I said, I don't care much about the SLIC mod - a Loader should work fine. And I will do a fresh Windows install anyways. What I really want is getting SLI up and running! Hope you can still help me!
Wait wait wait... Have you installed my mod or the original bios from Gigabyte?? First flash official one then (after reboot) my mod. (Hint: Try to rename the modded bios as SLIC.BIN or something shorter in length)
No I flashed yours right away. So okey, I will flash it again with the official one. And then again with yours.