Topic: Can I connect PCI-E x16 card to x16 port via x1 cable extender ? (Read 4071 times)
What about if the wire jumps off for any reason while the system is on? Just get a PCI-E 1x to 16x cable form ebay, it's around 6-9$ and it will save you potential problems.
It might be a bad idea to connect these two before the x1 extender is in, because it could indicate a card was present when not. But maybe it's harmless; I really don't know.
As long as the machine is off, and unplugged (and has been for some time) then it shouldn't make a difference.
What jumper? What setting is this jumper supposed to control? And is the jumper on the video card or on the motherboard?
Sorry for my english, not a jumper.
A piece of wire/cable
This is what I was talking about http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1788271/pics/x16.jpg
Works fine.
Thanks. Just to be clear, you are referring to the PCIe extender in that picture? What is that white twistie-tie thing for, that's curving from the front of the PCIe slot to the back of it, and curves around two capacitors?
Looks like the twisty-tie is electrically connecting pin#81 of the B-side (2nd from bottom right in usual locking-clip-to-left orientation) to pin#1 of the A-side (top-left), and thus letting the motherboard know something is plugged in (without filling the whole x16 slot).
I'm basing this guess on the pinout information at:
http://pinouts.ru/Slots/pci_express_pinout.shtml
...where it also says, "Add on card needs to have PRSNT#1 connected to one of PRSNT#2 depending what type of connector is in use.". (For x16, PRSNT#1 is pin#1-side-A, and PRSNT#2 is pin#81-side-B.)
It might be a bad idea to connect these two before the x1 extender is in, because it could indicate a card was present when not. But maybe it's harmless; I really don't know.
Yes, some motherboards will need two pins on the PCIe 1x slot "shorted" in order for it to detect that a card is present. On my particular machine it wouldn't even see the card until I shorted out those two pins... now it works like a champ!
It's well descibed here http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=42
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The PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification describes five "presence detect" pins
What jumper? What setting is this jumper supposed to control? And is the jumper on the video card or on the motherboard?
Sorry for my english, not a jumper.
A piece of wire/cable
This is what I was talking about http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1788271/pics/x16.jpg
Works fine.
Thanks. Just to be clear, you are referring to the PCIe extender in that picture? What is that white twistie-tie thing for, that's curving from the front of the PCIe slot to the back of it, and curves around two capacitors?
What jumper? What setting is this jumper supposed to control? And is the jumper on the video card or on the motherboard?
Sorry for my english, not a jumper.
A piece of wire/cable
This is what I was talking about http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1788271/pics/x16.jpg
Works fine.
What jumper? What setting is this jumper supposed to control? And is the jumper on the video card or on the motherboard?
Yes, but at 1x bandwidth. No jumpers needed
I'm pretty sure you do need jumpers, or a 1x to 16x cable.
Yes, but at 1x bandwidth. No jumpers needed
Can I connect PCI-E x16 card to x16 port via x1 cable extender ?
Do it need any jumpers like when I connect video card to x1 ?
Thanks
Do it need any jumpers like when I connect video card to x1 ?
Thanks
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