PCI-E config question Help!!

**dandano** · 11-27-09, 10:58 AM

Hi

I have an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, and I recently bought a GTX 285 1024 video card. I've been having a few issues, and I checked the setting of the PCI-E bus, and it reports the video card is running at PCI-Express x8 instead of x16!

The bios was set to auto, but I changed it to Single Video card, and I checked the selector card on the motherboard, and it is also set to single video card, but I can't get the PCI-E bus to go to x16 for the video card. This is the only PCI-E card I have in the machine, so I can't figure out why it's stuck on x8.

Can anyone help? Specs in sig.

shilk · 11-27-09, 12:18 PM

Are you sure it's in the main PCI-E slot?

If it's a PCI-E 1.0/1 running at x16, it's the same as a PCI-E 2.0 @ x8, IIRC. So no need to worry about it.

**dandano** · 11-27-09, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shilk

Are you sure it's in the main PCI-E slot?

If it's a PCI-E 1.0/1 running at x16, it's the same as a PCI-E 2.0 @ x8, IIRC. So no need to worry about it.

Makes sense. Seems strange that the nvidia control panel would report it as PCI-E x8, but it is a PCI-E 1.0 board.

thanks, man

11-27-09, 10:58 AM	#1
dandano hardware antiquarian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 281	PCI-E config question Help!! Hi I have an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, and I recently bought a GTX 285 1024 video card. I've been having a few issues, and I checked the setting of the PCI-E bus, and it reports the video card is running at PCI-Express x8 instead of x16! The bios was set to auto, but I changed it to Single Video card, and I checked the selector card on the motherboard, and it is also set to single video card, but I can't get the PCI-E bus to go to x16 for the video card. This is the only PCI-E card I have in the machine, so I can't figure out why it's stuck on x8. Can anyone help? Specs in sig. __________________ Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz LGA 1366 \| Asus P6X58D-E \| Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (7-8-7-20) \| Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB SATA (Windows 7 Pro) \| LiteOn iHES208 BluRay DVD Burner SATA \| EVGA GTX 570 SC \| Corsair HX650 PSU 3.3v(24A) 5v(30A) 12v(52A) \| Lian Li PC-60 Plus case with window (black) \| Monsoon 2.1 Speakers \| Dell UltraSharp U2410 LCD (1920x1200@60Hz)

11-27-09, 12:18 PM	#2
shilk Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: California Posts: 913	Re: PCI-E config question Help!! Are you sure it's in the main PCI-E slot? If it's a PCI-E 1.0/1 running at x16, it's the same as a PCI-E 2.0 @ x8, IIRC. So no need to worry about it.