PCI

(Posted in motherboard forum because this appears to most likely be a motherboard issue.) Hello there. My computer was due for a cleaning and I happened to remove my graphics card (an RTX 3090), dust it off with canned air, and reinstall it into the main PCI slot of my motherboard (MSI MPG X570...

Hello everyone. I'm having this problem that's been causing a lot of issues for me and it's already driving me a bit insane. After resetting and formatting my PC, my device manager tells me that my "Simple PCI Communications Controller Driver" doesn't exist, or isn't installed or whatever. I...

I was told it is nice to keep software and OS on a 500gb nvme m.2, and have a 2tb nvme m.2 for my game storage. I am about to build my first pc and am looking at the diagram of my mobo. I have a 5.0 pci m.2 slot/lane with my gpu and 4.0 pci nvme m.2 slot. Should I put the 500gb os drive in the...

Hi, is there any way to know the distance between pcie slots before buying the mobo? cant find such info on both msi and gigabyte official sites. Trying to figure out if i install my Asrock AMD rx 7800xt challenger oc on new mobo (trying to choice one) how many pcie slots gets wasted. can u...

Hi, i see many mobos have two PCI-E x16 slots, where the primary PCI-E x16 is for my gpu, but 2nd one only supports up to x4 or something. I'll never use more than 1 gpu on my mobo. then what's the use of a 2nd PCI-E x16?

I got a Wi-Fi card today I installed it into my PC and I noticed the bracket is a little off so I moved the card so that bracket lines up with my case mount. I took a look at the PCI slot and I'm no expert but I'm in PCI slots This doesn't look right. my question is this the norm?

I've been getting these errors every once in a while (I think ever since updating my chipset drivers & device manager adding a bunch of Intel PCIe stuff). I've tracked down this driver to "Intel(R) PCIe RC 060 (x4) G4". Any idea what this might be? No crashes or issues, only WHEA warnings...

I don't know why my 2060 is only using x1 1.1 pci, checked on gpu-z and hwinfo64 Running horribly in games Already uninstalled drivers with DDU and tried old and new drivers I have one m.2, and 3 sata drives, never had a problem with PCI lines Is there a way i can check what lines are they...

Hello, I have Asus Z97-P, It has 4 SATA connections and all of them are occupied. Is there any way I can add another HDD to this setup and can I just remove current HDDs without losing all the data on it? Thanks

Hi I have the x79-ud3 gigabyte motherboard. It has a pci slot on it, and there I wanted to connect a Konig PCI card which has 4 USB 2.0 ports on its back , and 1 extra USB 2.0 port on its side. However, the Konig card 's PCI output connector has 2 cuts, and the PCI slot has one cut. The Konig...

Hello guys, beforehand I'd like to ask you to not mind the English cause isn't my first language. My PC: Asrock A320M Ryzen 5 3600 GTX 1660S SSD 2x8gb 2666mhz Kills.re 500w 80 Plus Bronze So, I'm having a problem here relative to VIDEO TDR FAILURE BSOD (nvlddmkm). It happens whenever I...

I have no idea if this even possible, I may completely wasting my time but I am trying to connect a CRT Monitor to my modern PC for some retro emulation. This is my current build: Asrock B450m pro4 AM4 Motherboard Ryzen 5 3600x CPU RTX 3060 12gb GPU Corsair CX-M 650W 16GB RAM The CRT monitor I...

Hi everyone, I'm a bit confused on how to proceed with this, I bought a Nitro+ RX 590 from my friend that I'd like to install into my system to replace the RX 560D I've been using for the past 5 years, but I am worried about the power requirements: The card has a maximum power consumption of...

I was looking at this mining motherboard, with numerous Slots for GPUs and such. (It has eight PCI slots.) Alas, the processor is advertised as a Celeron 1037U. If you look it up, you will find: PCI Express Revision...

This may be a stupid question so I apologize in advance. I recently got a new GPU that requires a 6pin conector. I have a Modular PSU Corsair CX600M and I lost the PCI-E cable for it, so I borrowed one from my friend and it doesnt fit.. do I need a original corsair cable and if so where can I...

I have a Lenovo V50s-071MB computer. I now realize the power supply is very small, 260 watt max. I wanted to install a new graphics card on on the PCI express 16 slot I have, but as expected theres no 8 pin power connector. The chassis and so the power supply are very small form factor...

Basically the title. I was playing a game yesterday, it was running fine, I exited out of it and maybe fifteen minutes later I hear a "POP", my screen goes dark, and I smell a burned plastic smell. I determined it was my GPU because none of the ports on it work, and checking device manager (my...

Essentially, I bought a computer from a refurbish site not too long ago, and once I opened it, it appeared to have been dropped. the computer itself would turn on, but no display would show, nor would any power go through to the USB. I eventually found that this must've been an issue with the...

I recently got the urge to visit the second-hand computer market and got some ancient computer parts. An Asrock H61m-DPS motherboard, an intel i3-2120, and a D-link DGE-530T rev-B2 PCI gigabit ethernet card. My initial idea is to move my file server, which runs on an old dell laptop now, to this...

Hey! So I read this article by TechPowerUp: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 PCI-Express scaling It has a sentence that had me worried a bit: "Intel is now allowing motherboard designers to add Gen 5 M.2 NVMe slots on their upcoming 700-series motherboards, but they're going about this by stealing PCIe...

Heyo. Haven't built a system in a long time and looking to upgrade. Currently stuck on the motherboard of all things though, as the PCI(e) generations are confusing me. Chipsets like the B350 are listed as PCIe gen2 yet the listings of actual B350 motherboards are stating it's using PCIe...

If you ever heard the saying 'no question is too dumb', I'm here to challenge that. So I recently inherited a entry level gaming pc. I was satisfied with the components except for the GPU (GTX 750) that I tried to change today to a Asus GTX 1060 dual fan. However, I could not do that since my...

slightly concerned about the odd mismatch my 6+2 pci cable has, the left one is fine, but the shoulder/clip thing to keep the 2 locked with the 6 on the right doesn't work, and the 2 pin is ever so slightly (few mm) further out of the 8 pin connector than the 6 are. Just worried that it may...

I recently got a 3060 TI for my new gaming rig. When I first got it I opened it up and it didn’t seem like I touch anything I wasn’t supposed to but I took it out a day later and noticed fingerprints on the golden fingers.Way I can clean it without damaging the card

My configuration is Asrock X470 Master SLI, Ryzen 5850X and 2 x 1080Ti. Till today all worked well with SLI and 2 GPUs - on default UEFI settings. Today I upgraded CPU from Ryzen 3600 to 5850X and problems arised. After installing it suddenly computer started to detect only 1 gpu - the one in...

So basically, I have a Fractal Design Torrent case which is an EXTREMELY positive pressure focused case. I recently got myself a RTX 3070 MSI Gaming Z card which came with a GPU sag bracket, but in order to be able to install the GPU sag bracket, I had to remove almost every single PCI-E bracket...

Hi! I had problems with coffee and my macbook pro 2015, I took out the ssd hard drive, bought a PCI x4 adapter, put it together and connect it to my computer PCI x16 slot. I have windows server, but it doesn't recognize it... Any help please¿? Thank you!!! :)

Hello Everyone I got a real tricky issue with my Desktop PC. Recently I got a new Ethernet cable(15m) for my Desktop PC which my PC didn't recognize, here is the details of the connection: 15m cable to the Wall --> connects to a wall Ethernet inline adapter --> then another 15m cable runs to...

I currently have a Rosewill RNX-N150PCe v2, but it does not support 5Ghz. My router is Eero B010011, although I would like a card that is as broadly compatible as possible. My only requirements are that the new card be dual band (bt would just be a plus) and relatively inexpensive (<$50)...

I have this slot on my old motherboard (one on the far left) and I'm in need for USB3. I was wondering maybe it is some kind of PCI slot that I can attach USB3 card on and was hoping someone here would know. There are no PCI-E or any other slots on it, just this and 2 graphic card slots that...

Hi all, I want to install my graphics card into the second PCI slot as part of my final build I want the clearance space above to add a model on top for the final look. I'm using the ASUS Maximus Hero Z690 Motherboard and it says: +++ Intel® 12th Gen Processors* 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots...

I have an audio setup consisting of two soundcards: First soundcard: Line out (lime green), for my speakers Mic in (light pink), for my external microphone Line in (light blue), to plug my phone in and listen to its audio from my PC speakers without disconnecting them Second soundcard: Line...

Hi all, This is my first post so I hope everything here is formatted and tagged correctly. I have an Industrial PC with an ASRock IMB-781 Rev G/A 1.03 mother board. It has been in a rack for the past year, and yesterday I took it out to see about potentially changing a PCI card (this PC has 3...

I'm kinda just confused. HWiNFO is telling me that I have x4 PCIe lanes even though my motherboard manual is saying that I have x16. Maybe I'm misreading this? Maybe x4 @ x4 means x16? I'm not well educated on this. Please enlighten me!

Hello, I have an ASUS z87 plus board, 760 GPU and 600 watt power supply, windows 7. The PC has been running fine for years, but recently it stopped turning on. The CPU fan would give one rotation before the PC shut off or sometimes nothing would happen. I unplugged the GPU and the PC turns on...

Kind of overwhelmed trying to figure out and understand PCI lanes. Easy to find CPU + mobo chipset lanes, but I don't get how they're taken up, shared, etc. Is there really no way to just get a report from software? Can't CPU-Z or HWinfo or something else tell me how many lanes in use? Does...

Hi guys, I have a 3070 GPU with a 12 pin connector to it. My PSU is the Corsair CS550M. ( View: https://i.imgur.com/HhepHKp.jpg ) So I am thinking of ordering this cable...

Hi guys, I have a 3070 with a 12 pin connection to it. (https://i.postimg.cc/28x1kyqb/image1.jpg) My PSU isn't modular and has 2 x 6+2 PCI extensions (https://i.postimg.cc/vTk3Dh2h/PXL-20210623-111941376.jpg) see the link to understand what I mean. My question is, can I use the 2 x 6 PCI...

Hi, I want to upgrade my PC and thinking of to install ryzen 5 5600x or ryzen 7 5800x in my B450 Tomahawk Max(JUST GOT THE BIOS UPDATE;)) but seems that it has a extreme heating issues with ryzen 7 (Not going to overclock it!!! And I am also Limited to 240mm AIO or air cooler with height of...

As most of us know, modern mobos do not have the good, 'ole PCI slot. Not a single one. I'm in need to install an external audio card (onboard audio got fried), but as you may have guessed by the title: there is no correct slot on the mobo. So... can I actually install a PCI card in a PCIe 4x...