We didn’t recommend using the Chinese driver in our mining GPU video, but now, we’ll show you how to make Nvidia’s drivers work for yourself – And how to go deeper.

Buy a P106 (mining "GTX 1060") on Taobao: https://lmg.gg/8KV9W

Buy a real GTX 1060:
On Amazon: http://geni.us/rveAUH
On Newegg: https://lmg.gg/8KV6B

Download link for GeForce driver 416.34: https://lmg.gg/8KV93

Download link for HxD: https://lmg.gg/8KV9m

Download link for DifferentSLIAuto: https://lmg.gg/8KV9P

Download link for 7-Zip: https://lmg.gg/8KV9p

TechPowerUp Forum Thread: https://lmg.gg/8KV91

How to mod the P106 driver

Make sure Secure Boot is disabled and Windows is in testsigning mode Check your motherboard manual for information on how to disable Secure Boot Testsigning can be enabled by opening up a Command Prompt or PowerShell as administrator, then typing:bcdedit /set {current} testsigning onbcdedit /set {current} nointegritychecks onThis can be done for a single boot by going to Start ->Power ->Restart and holding shift while clicking Restart, then choosing Troubleshoot, then Advanced Options, then Startup Settings - Once you get to the menu, choose to disable driver signature enforcement. After restarting, you’ll know it worked if some text is displayed in the lower right corner of your desktop Download and extract the GeForce driver using 7-Zip In the extracted folder, go to theDisplay.Driverfolder and opennv_dispi.infusing Notepad++ Search for lines containing1B87(P104-100),1BC7, (P104-101)1C07(P106-100), and1C09(P106-090) Change each line"s Section number to match the1C06(GTX 1060) line - On 416.34, that means fromSection110toSection108On the third set of lines, the Section numbers will be different; Again change it to match the1C06(GTX 1060) line - On 416.34, that"sSection109toSection107Save the file Install the driver as normal – Windows will complain that it’s unsigned; Click allow. Right-click the desktop, go to Display Settings, then Graphics Settings From here, you can force any game to use the P106 to render while your integrated GPU is used for display output.

How to perform the SLI mod

Make sure Secure Boot is disabled and Windows is in testsigning mode Check your motherboard manual for information on how to disable Secure Boot Testsigning can be enabled by opening up a Command Prompt or PowerShell as administrator, then typing:bcdedit /set {current} testsigning onbcdedit /set {current} nointegritychecks onThis can be done for a single boot by going to Start ->Power ->Restart and holding shift while clicking Restart After restarting, you’ll know it worked if some text is displayed in the lower right corner of your desktop Install both graphics cards you wish to attempt SLI withThe first three characters of the PCI device ID MUST match to enable SLITo find out what the device ID is, right-click the start button and click Device Manager In the Display adaptors list double-click the card you want to check. Under the Details tab, click the drop-down and then click Hardware IDs. It will look like this:PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1F07&SUBSYS_86701043&REV_A1VEN_10DEmeans Nvidia, whileDEV_1F07is the device ID – In this example, an RTX 2070.So in order to run SLI, the other card’s device ID will have to also start with DEV_1F0Download and install the GeForce driver as usual Download and extract theDifferentSLIAutopackage Go toC:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepositoryand sort by date Go into the newest folder beginning withnv_dispi.infCopy thenvlddmkm.sysfile to theDifferentSLIAutofolder Open theinstall.cmdfile in theDifferentSLIAutofolder in Notepad++ Replace the three mentions ofnv_dispi.infininstall.cmdwith the folder name we got thenvlddmkm.sysfile Open thenvlddmkm.syswe copied in a hex editor (HxD) In HxD, go to Search, then Find, then click the Hex Values tab Search for79050fba6b240ePosition the cursor at the start of these values Replace withC7432400000000(no need to delete first, just type over it) Save the file Reboot into Safe Mode with Networking Click Start, then Power, then hold shift while clicking Reboot In the menu that comes up, click Troubleshoot, then Advanced Options, then Startup Settings (on some PCs, this may be behind a “show more options” arrow) - Once the PC reboots, press 5 on the screen that appears. Runinstall.cmdin theDifferentSLIAutofolder as administrator Reboot into normal mode Enable SLI (hopefully)