05-05-2012, 01:21 PM
Hello, and a wonderful day to everybody.
A little time ago, I bought a new mainboard and 2 xeon nocona with 4x3600Mhz HT enable.
The board supports 2 PCIe x8 cards. And there was the problem! Where to buy a PCIe x8 card? I didn't find one, and in other forums were discussed that PCIe x16 isn't much faster than x8. But my ports are closed, so I could'nt put a HD3870 on it. So you can take a knife and make it open, but don't damage a contact!
I attached some pics, and on one pic there is the cut in red, I didn't take the knife on the pins, it's of course plastic.
I think, anybody could need this TUT, and I hope anybody it's not me alone with a problem like that
Good luck
Take this tut on your own risk!!!!! And please be carefull!! It could damage the hardware!
A little time ago, I bought a new mainboard and 2 xeon nocona with 4x3600Mhz HT enable.
The board supports 2 PCIe x8 cards. And there was the problem! Where to buy a PCIe x8 card? I didn't find one, and in other forums were discussed that PCIe x16 isn't much faster than x8. But my ports are closed, so I could'nt put a HD3870 on it. So you can take a knife and make it open, but don't damage a contact!
I attached some pics, and on one pic there is the cut in red, I didn't take the knife on the pins, it's of course plastic.
I think, anybody could need this TUT, and I hope anybody it's not me alone with a problem like that
Good luck
Take this tut on your own risk!!!!! And please be carefull!! It could damage the hardware!