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Fire Demon Banned for Spam More chocolate please! I have made 2,563 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 566 likes My gender is Male	I broke the clip on my PCI slot. Jan 6, 2016 4:49:59 GMT -6 Post by Fire Demon on Jan 6, 2016 4:49:59 GMT -6 Would it matter if I changed slots for my video card? Motherboard is an Asrock 970 Extreme4 has 3 blue PCIE 2.0x16 slots and when installing my new graphics card I accidentally broke off the clip and end bit of the PCI slot that holds the end bit in to lock it. As it's a heavy card it's secure and not prone to moving but I am wondering if it would cause a problem moving it to another slot which the end clip hasn't broken? My installation manual says if using only one card to put it in the slot closest to the CPU, but is that really that important? Will it matter if the clip is broken or am I worrying way too much?
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Fidite Nemini Banned for Spam I have made 2,795 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,264 likes BSN Posts Some	I broke the clip on my PCI slot. Jan 6, 2016 18:29:43 GMT -6 Post by Fidite Nemini on Jan 6, 2016 18:29:43 GMT -6 Typically, the further away a PCIe slot is from the CPU, the less lanes it's connected with, depending on the chipset. I'm not exactly familiar with this problematic in detail, but I'd suppose that the second PCIe slot is only connected with 8 lanes instead of the full 16. That however depending on your GPU shouldn't be a significant limitation unless you're rocking a top-of-the-line GPU or SLI/Crossfire. Either way, the GPU should be detected by the system no matter which PCIe slot it's in. In case of doubt, check the manual.
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Sentinel Arian Banned for Spam I have made 4,063 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,122 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 17K+	I broke the clip on my PCI slot. Jan 6, 2016 23:09:03 GMT -6 Post by Sentinel Arian on Jan 6, 2016 23:09:03 GMT -6 You broke it like a true monster.
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Cyonan Pillar of the Community I have made 544 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 539 likes	I broke the clip on my PCI slot. Jan 7, 2016 3:06:10 GMT -6 Post by Cyonan on Jan 7, 2016 3:06:10 GMT -6 Jan 6, 2016 18:29:43 GMT -6 Fidite Nemini said: Typically, the further away a PCIe slot is from the CPU, the less lanes it's connected with, depending on the chipset. I'm not exactly familiar with this problematic in detail, but I'd suppose that the second PCIe slot is only connected with 8 lanes instead of the full 16. That however depending on your GPU shouldn't be a significant limitation unless you're rocking a top-of-the-line GPU or SLI/Crossfire. Either way, the GPU should be detected by the system no matter which PCIe slot it's in. In case of doubt, check the manual. I used to have a PC that didn't work if I put my video card in the second PCI-e slot while the first was still empty. It detected it, but it refused to boot anyway. but if that's the case, it should be in the manual.
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Fire Demon Banned for Spam More chocolate please! I have made 2,563 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 566 likes My gender is Male	I broke the clip on my PCI slot. Jan 7, 2016 20:59:42 GMT -6 Post by Fire Demon on Jan 7, 2016 20:59:42 GMT -6 I tested this out The middle slot which isn't broken is x8 2.0 The proper slot is x16 2.0 Tested this with GPU Z I'm told there shouldn't be much noticeable difference between the two slots but if you are doing gaming it might show itself. I moved the card back to the first slot.
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