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A8N-SLI Deluxe-How do you change bus from x8 to x16 for PCIE?
I cant find anywhere in the bios to change this. Thanks!
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In article , tecknotot wrote:
I cant find anywhere in the bios to change this. Thanks! In the manual, in section 4.4, there is a picture of the BIOS screen. "SLI Mode" is the bottom item in the list. Both the EZ Selector card and the BIOS have to be changed, to run x16 or (2) x8 mode. This Tomshardware article mentions the Selector card that has to be rotated and reinserted in its connector on the motherboard, to change modes. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...rmance-07.html "There is also a small board there for selecting single or dual slot operation" Here is a picture of the selector card that needs to be rotated: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...ages/a8n-2.jpg I've seen mention in one of the forums, that some people are having trouble getting x16 mode to work properly. It may be that, at least for now, your system will have to run x8/x8 until it is fixed. I guess you'll know for sure, when you change the BIOS setting, and rotate the little selector board. According to this article, there is no appreciable difference between running a single PCI-E card in x16 or x8 mode, at least for real games, so you aren't missing anything if you cannot get x16 mode set up. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...nalyse-09.html Paul |
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tecknotot wrote in message
... I cant find anywhere in the bios to change this. Thanks! Alot of people are having trouble with the because the EZ Selector card on this board is by default in dual SLI video card mode, which makes both PCIe video card slots 8x. This is contrary to Asus official documentation which states that the board ships with the card in position for single use even though it is in dual mode by default (at least is was on my new board and as best I can tell by all the posts on this subject most others). So if the selector card didn't get flipped around, your slot will be stuck in 8x mode instead of 16x. |
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