PCI-E only running at 8x Help Please

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Battl3fr0nt

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In CPUz my 8800GTS was link Width x16 with my P5B and I just got the Asus Striker Extreme and it is only running in Link Width x8 and Max Supported is X16. Anyone know how I can Fix this?
 
Check your BIOS. By default, PCI is selected instead of PCI-E.

BIOS/Advanced/PCIPnP/Primary Display Adapter: PCI-E
 
**edit** I misread your post.

PCI = 1x and shouldn't be keeping your 16 lanes from showing up. I guess anythings possible though so it's worth trying.
 
If your motherboard has one of those chips that you have to switch out for SLI, make sure you have it on "Single card".
 
The Asus Stiker Extreme has 3 physicall PCIe x16 slots, but one is electrically x8. Make sure that you haven't got your video card in the x8 slot.
 
My 7950GX2 is working as x8 in both my P5K and P5B and I could never figure out how to make it run in x16 mode. I posted everywhere, so far everyone keeps telling me to check for BIOS setting and driver. None work so I gave up and just use it as is.
 
JCNiest5 said:
My 7950GX2 is working as x8 in both my P5K and P5B and I could never figure out how to make it run in x16 mode. I posted everywhere, so far everyone keeps telling me to check for BIOS setting and driver. None work so I gave up and just use it as is.
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Well he's saying he used to have the P5B, but now he has a board that should have no issues with this.

Your P5B might have one of those cards as an earlier poster said. You can usually run 16x and 1x with the card in one direction, or 8x and 8x for an SLI config with the card in the other direction.
 
Yeah It's in the right spot... and my P5B Ran my 8800 GTS A3 in x16 so I don't get why this bored would not.. Im not in SLI it is just a single card... anyone else know anything about it? please help me.

Thank's
 
Ok.. I just went into my Bios and checked some stuff out.. If you Turn off "Link Boost" it will run it at x16.. I did a google search to see what it was.. and there is just to much to explan.. but Yeah if you want ur PCI-E to run full 16X turn it off.. Just do a google search to check it out if you would like... but thank's for helping me out with this and maby this will help a few other's that are having the same prob with 680i mobo's :)
 
I must have had "Link Boost" disabled on mine. I tried different BIOS settings trying to help and missed that setting.
 
Fairly sure the 7950GX2 is reported as x8 because thats what each board gets, since theres 2 boards it's x16 total.
 
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