Modifying a x8 PCIE slot to take a x16 GPU! I fixed my

Situation with a Mellanox X3 10GB network card I have a PCIe slot working on 4 lanes The duo Mellanox card uses a

You can put anything smaller than the slot in just fine It's the PCI-e bracket screw that really holds things into place I'd get the newest

pciex16 slot 1 Answer 1 As it turns out, it is a PCIe interface and the extension cable worked Thanks @brhans for offering the added bit of confidence I

pcie 20 x16 slot The PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode when a device is installed in the M2C_CPU connector * For optimum performance, if only one PCI