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    [SOLVED] Graphics Card Runs Slower at PCIe x16?

    I built a new system (but am using my old graphics card a Nvidia 1060 GTX). On my motherboard, if you put a card in the second PCIe x16 slot, then the first slot runs at x8. When the graphics card was running at x8, I checked in HWInfo and it said in the "system summary" that the Graphics...
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    [SOLVED] Can someone explain how to check if a USB Flash Drive is Single Sector? Because the motherboard instructions require it?

    The motherboard I purchased for my new system is an Asus Rog Strix X570-E and I found instructions on using the USB Bios Flashback and it says quote "Prepare a USB flash drive with a capacity of 1GB or more. *Requires a single sector USB flash drive in FAT16 / 32 format. " The part that...
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    [SOLVED] Two Questions on the ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Motherboard

    Thanks, I thought Windows 10 would recognize the changes in PCIE bus (3.0 to 4.0) automatically, but wasn't sure. I got the motherboard today, but I surprisingly do not see any BIOS version sticker on the box or even a date of manufacturer sticker. I usually use Gigabyte, but trying Asus...
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    [SOLVED] Two Questions on the ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Motherboard

    1st) Has anyone upgraded from a Ryzen 2000 series CPU on this motherboard to a Ryzen 3000 or 5000 series CPU? If I use a Ryzen 7 2700x CPU to check the motherboard, and install Windows 10, and when my Ryzen 9 5900x cpu arrives in a couple weeks, will Windows upgrade the PCIE bus to 4.0 from...