GTS 250 problem

[BoerRepublic]

Specs
Gigabyte GTS 250 1GB
Intel core i5 650 @ 3.6 GHZ
GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2H LGA 1156
4 gig Ram
Huntkey True AFPC 700W Power Supply


I ran Gpuz and I says my graphics card is only running at PCI x4 instead of x16. How do I fix this?

 

[wa1]

Ahh... Try re-seat the card, that should help you fix your problem...

 

[BoerRepublic]

I have a x16 and a x4 and it was actually in the x4 slot so i moved it to the x16...... but it now says it's running at x1

 

[wa1]

already tried re-seating the card?
Not long time ago i also suffering from the same problem like yours, instead of x16 my pcie speed is x4, so i re-seat the card and my card goes back to x16...

 

[BoerRepublic]

It was x4 cause it was in the x4 slot so i moved it to the x16 slot but now it's only running at x1

 

[wa1]

Yes, i heard you. Now, even your card already on x16 slot, have you re-seat it again? Re-seat=unplug and plug it again to your x16 slot?

If your card isn't properly attached to pcie slot then it could make issues like yours (x8 - x4 - x1).

 

[BoerRepublic]

I've taking it out the slot and unplugged the power cable, twice and needed to re install graphics drivers

 

[wa1]

ANd make sure you install the proper driver for your card...
Just do it slowly, even i must re-seat my card 2 or 3 times to get the actual speed (x16)...

 

[BoerRepublic]

I've done it 3, times installed the old driver that came with card....garn back to the new drivers. it's laging in everything I'm just going to go back to x4

 

[Mousemonkey]

Have you tried resetting the BIOS and running without an OC on the CPU?

 

[BoerRepublic]

Resetting the bios by removing the battery?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Sometimes you may have to move a jumper to reset, check your motherboards manual for resetting CMOS.

 

[BoerRepublic]

I reset CMOS and took off CPU oc, still at x1