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24-07-2009, 19:27
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Long Island Iced Tea
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 221
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PCI-E network card doesn't work in 1x slot but works in 16x slot?
Just got a PCI-E ethernet card. Tried it in my sole PCI-E 1x slot and nothing, suspect the card is DOA but just to make sure, I whipped out my graphics card and tried it in the 16x slot (I have onboard graphics too). Turns out the card is fine.
Does this mean my PCI-E 1x slot is dead? Or is there something in the BIOS I need to enable to get it to work?! |
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24-07-2009, 20:15
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Screaming Orgasm
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Newbury
Posts: 15,194
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It very much depends on the board. If it has more than one 16x slot, try the graphics card in the other one and maybe the 1x slot will work. A lot of boards (particularly older ones) share lanes between PCIe sockets so it may just be a conflict.
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24-07-2009, 21:27
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Long Island Iced Tea
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 221
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This is a mATX board with just one PCI-Ex16 and one PCI-Ex1
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24-07-2009, 21:32
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Screaming Orgasm
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Newbury
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Fair enough. Unlikely to be that then.
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24-07-2009, 22:01
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Vodka Martini
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Kingston
Posts: 862
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Only way to find out if it's buggered is to use another PCI-E card in the 1x slot and see if it works i'm afraid. As mark said, it depends from motherboard to motherboard and in earlier PCI-E supporting mobos there were many layers of subtle and unexplainable complications.
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