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ECS 6100SM-M PCI-E upgrade

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rrr1431   03-04-2009 at 08:00:04 AM

Based on the Mobo manual and online sources, the PCIe slot of this board only runs at 8x. Is it possible to upgrade the speed to 16x via bios or driver update? or is this a hardware limited thing?

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aford10   03-04-2009 at 09:07:12 AM
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No. You have to upgrade the board if you want a pcie slot to run at x16.

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rrr1431   03-05-2009 at 03:42:59 AM
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Ok thanks. I guess that i'll be forced to do that.

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