PCIE riser causing crashes

[Adamjms3]

My pcie riser (which is needed to run) is causing all of my games to crash within 5 seconds of playing. The card works fine without the riser and im wondering if anyone knows how to fix?

 

[dark_lord69]

I would just get a new one.
Also, your not the first person to have an issue with a riser card.

Generally if you don't absolute NEED the riser card then I would say don't use it but you indicated that it was needed so I would get a new one. (They're cheap.)

 

[mlga91]

Yeah, they're pretty cheap:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA67038T3057&cm_re=riser-_-9SIA67038T3057-_-Product

https://www.amazon.com/PCIE-Micro-Express-Flexible-Extension/dp/B00D79EV0G/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1482437430&sr=8-8&keywords=pci+express+riser

It's funny though that it crashes under load only, if a riser goes bad, i'd expect that it will not even boot.

 

[Adamjms3]

thanks for all your help, just gonna buy a new one then and hope i dont run into the same issue

 

[c1684901]

There are many cable discussions here
Https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/flexible-pcie-risers.873/

Here's a discussion of the technology
https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/the-pcie-flexible-riser-card-has-standard-features-from-li-heat-ltd.1534/#post-32133