Msi z87m-g43 and Nvidia SLI

I called tech support before i purchased another GTX 660 and was told that this even though it states "Crossfire" ready, would still work with SLI. Both GPU's are recognized but I cannot get SLI enabled. changed cable cable with another... searched allot of forums for answers and it seems that it's a MB compatibility issue.
Running Win 8.1, I5 4460, 16gb ram.
appreciate any input
len

Quote from: charvels4me on 12-August-13, 21:03:34
I called tech support before i purchased another GTX 660 and was told that this even though it states "Crossfire" ready, would still work with SLI. Both GPU's are recognized but I cannot get SLI enabled.
badboy2k is right, that guy from tech support is wrong.
SLI works in x16/x16 or x8/x8 only.
It does NOT work if a card is running in x4.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z87M-G43.html#/?div=Basic
PCI-E Gen : Gen3 (16), Gen2 (4)

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