pcie question

It seems yes, you can.
PCIe slots come in a variety of physically different sizes referred to by the maximum lane count they support, ie. x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 and x32. A PCIe card will fit into a slot of its size or bigger, but not into a smaller PCIe slot
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* a PCIe card will physically fit (and work correctly) in any slot that is at least as large as it is (e.g. an x1 sized card will work in any sized slot);
* a slot of a large physical size (e.g. x16) can be wired electrically with fewer lanes (e.g. x1, x4, or x8) as long as it provides the power and ground connections required by the larger physical slot size.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
 
Ah sweet... hope that wiki is correct. Can't always trust it. But I do have a PCIe USB card that I can test out. Just hope it doesn't fry the mobo or something if it doesn't work. :eek:
 
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