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01-13-2008, 06:34 AM
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PCI express question
Can you use a 1X card (with the small number of connectors) in a 4X or 16X slot?
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01-13-2008, 06:46 AM
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I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you can. Might still work, but why would you waste a 16x slot for a 1x card? doesn't your motherboard have 1 or 2 1x slots?
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01-13-2008, 07:09 AM
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 one 16X one 4X one 1X three legacy PCI |
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01-13-2008, 07:15 AM
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of course there are the 3 PCI slots, but I'm not counting those. I still don't think that a 1x card would work properly in a 16x slot.
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01-13-2008, 07:20 AM
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I would have to assume that you only have the 4x one free since the 16x one is used up by a video card. I don't know much about 4x ones though.
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01-13-2008, 07:35 AM
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Hmm looks like I may be able to after all...
Yes you can, PCIe is compatable as long as the co-efficent of the x is lower on the card then the co-efficent of x on the slot you wish to use. Thus a 1x card would fit in a 1x, 4x, 8x, or 16x slot. A 1x slot will fit only 1x cards A 4x slot will fit only 1x, and 4x cards A 8x Slot will fit only 1x, 4x, and 8x cards A 16x slot will fit only 1x, 4x, 8x, and 16x cards The 16X slot will be used for a video card, the 4X slot will (hopefully) be used for a 1X ethernet card. |
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01-13-2008, 11:16 AM
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ah cool.. I didn't know that so it's nice to learn news things.
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01-14-2008, 12:29 AM
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I found a site where someone taped up the connectors to turn their 16X GFX card into a 1X card and it still worked. |
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