SLI compatiblity issues with NF980-G65

Hi, I consider myself average for tech knowledge.  Just enough to get myself into trouble.
I currently have a  NF980-G65.  I just upgraded to a second GTX 470 from nVidia for SLI.  However when I run any application that is SLI compatible the bottom half of the screen shakes and wobbles.  This happens even if I swap GPU positions on the board, so I know its not the GPU itself, and only happens when SLI is enabled.  I contacted nVidia, we troubleshot for a while, but they concluded it was the BIOS.  I tried finding an updated BIOS on the site, but it seems the latest version isn't compatible with Windows 7 64bit.
At this point I'm at a loss as to what to do to fix this.

Quote from: UnseenGuardian on 03-August-10, 03:31:05
I am having very similar problems, same mobo as you but different cards. I noticed this right away after building the rig and playing Starcraft 2, bottom half of screen glitches and flashes. Cards are both good. I have narrowed it down as well to something in the SLI bridge (or the way the PCI bus is used with the bridges connected), because once removed the problem goes away.
Now I have done benchmarking in Heaven Benchmark 2.0, and have found about a 3-5% drop in frame rates with the SLI Bridge REMOVED. This is not very significant, so at worse case scenario you could try leaving the bridge off and benchmarking to see if you get similar results.
I would obviously prefer to have a bridge for the extra boost in performance but with the glitches I would rather have them gone.
I would like to try this to see if I can have the best SLI performance and no glitching, mrinfinit3, could you help a guy out with a link to how you got your asus SLI bridge? I am concerned that if I buy a 'hard bridge' it won't fit as all mobo manufacturers seem to have slightly different distances between slots.
I'm sorry it took so long to reply to ya bud... ya here's the link http://estore.asus.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=229
I'm using 2 of them (one on each finger) you'll notice rite away that they fit better (more resistance when sliding the on)
I personally got mine from misc. asus builds Ive done for customers here in @ the shop. I have an asus hard bridge but it's slightly too long for the 16x-16x slots.. but since this issue has happened..
I'm getting a rather large collection of MSI bridges now. lol

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