Recent content by jibyc

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    PCI-E Power usage. Soundcard seems to be low on power.

    Well I have since removed the second card and it is still an issue so it can't be power. I'll try cleaning the contacts and see if thats the issue.
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    PCI-E Power usage. Soundcard seems to be low on power.

    Hi, Recently I have noticed that the logo LED on the side of my X-Fi soundcard is only 30-40% of the normal level. At power on it is at full level for a moment or two and then dips. The front panel that is connected to the sound card also only works as a headphone passthrough, none of the...
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    PCIe Slot Bandwidth

    Solved. BIOS setting for "Slot 3,4" must be set to 16/NC rather than AUTO or 8/8. A BIOS update takes away this option all together and assigns full speed automatically.
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    PCIe Slot Bandwidth

    I have checked the BIOS and set it to x16/x16/x1. GPU-Z and catalyst control centre still report that the second slot is running at x8.
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    PCIe Slot Bandwidth

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    PCIe Slot Bandwidth

    Hello, I recently impimented a Crossfire setup on my DFI Lan Party DK 790FX-M2RS (Link) which has 3 PCIE slots, two are used by the GPUs and one by a Creative soundcard. Upon running GPU-Z it reported that one of the cards (Slot 2 for ref) is running at x8 instead of x16. My understanding of...