Can anyone shed any light on what exactly is needed in order to use pci-e x1 adapter risers on a windows 7 x64 machine? My mobo is a MSI z77a-g45 and has 3 x16 slots and 4 x1 slots. According to the manual, a total of 6 of them should be available at any one time. I have successfully used all 3 x16 slots, but could never get windows to recognize the card when using a x1 riser. It seems like any time I try rearranging my setup to test the x1 riser, windows get all screwy and I wind up reinstalling the drivers to fix it. After a few times I gave up and put together a second rig for my other cards, but i still would like to figure this out.
I tried the x1 riser on another (older) mobo, and couldnt get it to work on there either. Tried jumping pins on the mobo slot but all it did was cause the fan to kick on high and the system still did not detect the card. I inspected the riser and used a voltmeter to check for short/open circuits, and it all checked out.
Has anyone else experienced these same issues using x1 risers?
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