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eVGA 680i SLI + 3870X2 = Weird BIOS Messages

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alphadogg

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When I plug in an ASUS 3870X2 into my eVGA 680i SLI (122-CK-NF68-A1) motherboard, I get exactly three odd, japanenglish BIOS messages:

"Warning: Have Option ROM Can Not Be Invoke (Vendor ID:10DEh, Device ID: 0373h)

If I put in any other ATI (or NVidia) card, all seems well. So nothing's faulty. I thought the X2 cards used a combo of driver and a PCI switch on-card to acheive CrossfireX, otherwise the card simply looks like two cards.

Is it supposed to work?
 
10DEh:0373h is an NVIDIA bridge device of some sort on the 680i. Unfortunately I'm not sure why it's going haywire with your 3870X2, it's supposed to work just fine.
 
Well, I did flash the BIOS to the newest as a just-in-case. No joy.

Looks like a fundamental incompatibility. The bridge device would be likely the PCIe bridge on the card that splits the 16x slot over the two GPUs. I was hoping it would work. I guess I'll have to go get two cheaper cards. (I need to be able to run four monitors.)
 
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