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Soccket 2011 Assassin 2 2x580 SLI & Surround Problem

Soccket 2011 Assassin 2 2x580 SLI & Surround Problem
« on: February 08, 2012, 11:27:42 pm »
I have recently Upgraded my system with the following components

Gigabyte G1-ASSASSIN 2
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) 2133MHz DDR3
Intel i7-3960X Core i7 Extreme CPU
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H100
NEW! Intel SSD 480GB 520 Series, SATA III

Not Changed:
1200W PSU
2x 580GTX's


Previous System

i7  Quad, W SLI & Surround Working with
2x 580GTX's
1200W Silver Stone PSU

Setup Bios Stock Settings  CPU 3.30  RAM 2133 
Installed Windows 7  64bit Ultimate
Installed Mobo Drivers
Installed Nvidia 285  Drivers  NO Surround Option
WTF!  Googled... Seems I need beta drivers to get surround to work
Installed 290.36

Surround Option back, tried to enable and the system goes to one screen then looks like the diver craps.
Rebooting & I get a Garbeled single display, only way to get rid of this was to go back to 1 card.

I have tested both cards in 3DMark2011 and they are both stable in single configurations
I have tested Slot 1 and Slot 3 as above.

The minute I put a second card in and attempt to enable SLI the whole system craps to 1 display and I reboot to garbledness.

I have spent 10 hours trying to get this to work, If Someone knows a workaround please help.