I built my first PC for flight simulation and gaming purposes. I decided after-the-fact to add a PCE-I Adapter and went with the Asus PCE-AC68. The issue that I ran into is the MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti covers the PCIe x1 slot on the Asrock Z87M Extreme4 motherboard. I've been reading online that the a PCIe x1 device should work in a PCIe x4, x8, or x16 (but not the in reverse order, higher number device to a lower number slot). I installed the Wireless Adapter into the motherboard's PCIE4 slot (x16) and installed the drivers. The computer doesn't recognize the wireless adapter as being installed and the configuration program won't run until the adapter is installed.
So, my first question is whether or not what I read online is accurate and/or did I just misunderstand something?
Second question, if I drop the GPU down to the PCIE3 slot to allow access to the PCIE2 slot what performance issues/reduction can I expect? The motherboard guide describes PCIE1, PCIE3, & PCIE4 as x16 slots for graphics cards and states to configure the graphics cards as follows: One GPU in PCIE1, 2 GPU's in PCIE1 & PCIE3, and 3 GPU's in PCIE1, PCIE3, & PCIE4. Can I put my one GPU in the PCIE3 slot and expect it to run? With or without performance issues?
And finally, referring back to question one, since the guide states that the PCIE4 slot is for a graphics card, should I have expected the adapter not to work.
Side note, the blue light on the panel face of the adapter is lit when I have the computer running.
Asrock ZZ87M Extreme4 Guide
"PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphic cards.
PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.
PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphic cards.
PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphic cards."
Thanks for your comments in advance.
So, my first question is whether or not what I read online is accurate and/or did I just misunderstand something?
Second question, if I drop the GPU down to the PCIE3 slot to allow access to the PCIE2 slot what performance issues/reduction can I expect? The motherboard guide describes PCIE1, PCIE3, & PCIE4 as x16 slots for graphics cards and states to configure the graphics cards as follows: One GPU in PCIE1, 2 GPU's in PCIE1 & PCIE3, and 3 GPU's in PCIE1, PCIE3, & PCIE4. Can I put my one GPU in the PCIE3 slot and expect it to run? With or without performance issues?
And finally, referring back to question one, since the guide states that the PCIE4 slot is for a graphics card, should I have expected the adapter not to work.
Side note, the blue light on the panel face of the adapter is lit when I have the computer running.
Asrock ZZ87M Extreme4 Guide
"PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphic cards.
PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards.
PCIE3 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphic cards.
PCIE4 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphic cards."
Thanks for your comments in advance.
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