Secondary Slot Problem

[ZaKa]

Hi,

When I put my video card inside my secondary PCI-e slot(rather than my primary), my PC boots up and runs as though there is no video card inside; it looks like safe mode.

Does this mean that my slot is dead? Or will the slot work fine when I SLI my 2 cards.

Thanks,
ZaKa

 

[SpinachEater]

Hehehe, I have to laugh just a bit. If you are seeing that you are in safe mode then your slot is working just fine.

You just have to reinstall your divers. I can't explain it exactly because I don't fully understand why this is but when you install a card in a certain slot, it is installed specifically to that slot somehow. There might even be a way to repair the drivers without having to reinstall but I am not that driver savvy.

I didn't know about this until I moved my sound card to a different PCI slot and it found it as new hardware. I just reinstalled the drivers and it all worked out. You should be set, no worries.

 

[ZaKa]

I'm not actually "in" safe mode but it's just low-resolution.

I will try reinstalling the drivers to that slot, thanks!