biird Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I recently just got Leopard up and running on my desktop using my 7300LE card. The only problem is that it isn't my main card; my 8600gts is. I know the 8600gts isnt working on osx86 yet and the only way to get Leopard to boot is to unplug my 8600gts out of the PCI-E slot. Is there a workaround past this? I have the 8600gts in the main PCI-E slot and the 7300le in the lower slot. I haven't tried swapping slots just because of the way the heatsinks are....I don't wanna hack up the heatsinks unless I really have to.......I've checked my bios (Phoenix Bios, AN8-SLI mobo) and I can not find any setting where I can disable a PCI-E slot. Would I have to have the 7300le in the top PCI-E slot to get Leopard to boot with both cards plugged in? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76322-dual-graphics-cards-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3vilution Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 The ONLY way to have 2 gfx cards in both slots is if they are the same cards in SLI mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76322-dual-graphics-cards-question/#findComment-539074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biird Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 Ah. So even if I have the devID of the 7300le in the kext and made it the bootable card by having it in the top slot, it still would lock up? I saw a post along the same lines when I was searching but I didn't come across any answers. Obviously this is something I would have tried, but with the way the waterblock screws are on my 8600gts I havent given it a whirl. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76322-dual-graphics-cards-question/#findComment-539106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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