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Intel i5-2400 and GPU with PCI-e 3.0

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April 7, 2014 4:33:13 AM

Hi.
I bought a new MO-BO, it's MSI Z77A-G43. I've got Gigabyte GTX760 rev 2.0. It's a long card, so i can only put it in PCI-e 3.0 slot. I've got a problem now, the video signal isn't working. Some people think that it's BIOS fault, but i saw suggestions that think it's CPU fault. I don't know what to do now. I'm asking you that if my card would work on PCI-E 3.0 slot with 2.0 speed, beacause of my processor. I can't put it in 2.0 slot, because my Brutus 410 isn't that big. Will this card work on this slot with this processor and 2.0 speed? I'll later upgrade my bios, so i'm asking now about this i5-2400. Thanks for replies.

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a c 104 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 4:39:14 AM

Your CPU doesn't support PCIe 3.0, so all the slots are PCIe 2.0 anyway (which isn't a problem).
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 4:42:42 AM

PCIe is backwards compatible.

You may be thinking of the slot length, e.g. x16. You want it in the slot closest to the CPU, generally.
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April 7, 2014 4:43:27 AM

but i was asking that if this slot would work with 2.0 speed
since processor would turn 3.0 slot on 2.0 speed, so this problem is BIOS fault at all?
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April 7, 2014 4:45:50 AM

look, my card is using PCI-e 3.0, but my processor is only able to use PCI-e 2.0. i'm asking that if card in this 3.0 slot will work as 2.0?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 4:49:40 AM

Yes, the card will work perfectly fine at 2.0 speeds. That's what backwards compatible means.
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April 7, 2014 4:51:53 AM

okay, so it isn't processor fault?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 4:56:19 AM

No. The processor is perfectly capable of running a 760.

Just to check, you've got it in the blue slot that's closest to the CPU?

Do you have another system or another GPU you can test?

Try disabling fast boot in the BIOS.
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 5:04:49 AM

That's the right slot.

Might need to RMA the card.
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 5:13:24 AM

Returned Merchandise Authorization. Basically, permission to send it back for a replacement.
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April 7, 2014 5:22:19 AM

but it isn't broken, for what should i do it ?
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April 7, 2014 5:27:33 AM

okay, last question, my processor should transformate pcie 3.0 to 2.0, if it wouldn't do it, should i disable PCI-e 3.0 in my BIOS?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 5:30:03 AM

That might work, but I doubt it will make a difference.
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April 7, 2014 5:31:35 AM

diffrence in performance or diffrence in this problem?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 5:34:48 AM

Difference to the problem.
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April 7, 2014 5:40:13 AM

Someone Somewhere said:
Yes, the card will work perfectly fine at 2.0 speeds. That's what backwards compatible means.


you wrote here that it would work AT 2.0 SPEEDS but i still haven't got answer if my card would work fine IN PCI-E 3.0 SLOT with this processor which change this slot to 2.0 speed, is it true?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 5:43:33 AM

The slot runs at what the CPU tells it to. In this case, that CPU can't tell it to run at anything above 2.0. The physical slot has almost nothing to do with attainable speeds.

The force lower speed options are usually for buggy cards that don't properly announce what speed they can run at, e.g. saying they can do 3.0 but can only do 2.0.
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April 7, 2014 5:47:55 AM

okay, to sum up, will it work?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 5:50:01 AM

I said above that I doubt it will make a difference.
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April 7, 2014 5:56:08 AM

you're using hard language, cause i don't understand what do you mean.
i'll ask again, are you sure that it would co-operate with each other?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 6:31:53 AM

No, I'm not sure.

I don't think it will work. But it might. I don't know.
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April 7, 2014 6:37:53 AM

but you said that processor would change 3.0 slot to 2.0 slot, so why shouldn't it work?
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a c 211 à CPUs
April 7, 2014 6:49:11 AM

No. The processor will already be telling it to run at 2.0. Changing that motherboard will tell the motherboard to tell the processor to run at 2.0, where the processor would normally run at 3.0. I doubt it makes a difference on non-Ivy Bridge systems.

I cannot predict the future; I cannot say anything with 100% certainty.
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April 7, 2014 6:50:29 AM

okay, sorry for trouble. thanks for help
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