Question Using GPU On 2nd PCIEx16

[taimoorbaig382]

Hello! I just bought an used Asus B85M-E Motherboard. I assembled my PC and tried running it. But i was facing NO POST ISSUE! So i tried removing my GPU from first PCIEx16 slot and placed it on second PCIEx16 slot and PC went fine! Before this all, i also faced NO POST ISSUE when my single stick of ram was placed in DIMM_1, DIMM_2 and DIMM_3! But when i placed it in DIMM_4! PC went fine :\

My Questions:
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Q1) Will there be a performance loss if i keep using my GPU on SECOND PCIEx16 SLOT?

Q2) Should i replace this motherboard because of RAM issue described above? Or is it fine that my RAM only runs on DIMM_4?

Thanks in advanced!

 

[Lutfij]

When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Please don't list wattage when mentioning PSU. We will need make and model of the PSU as well as it's age.

A1| What GPU are you using?
A2| That depends, maybe you have a perfectly fine motherboard and your PSU is bad or you have a bad board and you need to do some maintenance on it to get it up to par.

 

[taimoorbaig382]

My RIG:
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3
Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo
Micron 8GB 1600MHz RAM
Seagate 500GB 7200RPM HDD
Asus B85M-E Motherboard
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580 8GB
Antec Basiq Power 550W 80+ Certified Modular PSU
Windows 10 Pro x64 Build 1809

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Hello! I just bought an used Asus B85M-E Motherboard. I assembled my PC and tried running it. But i was facing NO POST ISSUE! So i tried removing my GPU from first PCIEx16 slot and placed it on second PCIEx16 slot and PC went fine! Before this all, i also faced NO POST ISSUE when my single stick of ram was placed in DIMM_1, DIMM_2 and DIMM_3! But when i placed it in DIMM_4! PC went fine :\

My Questions:
----------------------

Q1) Will there be a performance loss if i keep using my GPU on SECOND PCIEx16 SLOT?

Q2) Should i replace this motherboard because of RAM issue described above? Or is it fine that my RAM only runs on DIMM_4?

Thanks in advanced!

You should have it in the top slot for full performance of the GPU.