Bad Pci slot or gpu?

[adrian007]

Hello
I have recently build a new pc and its fair to say im a total noob at this
the system for some reason is crashing when the gpu in any of the pci x 16 slots on the motherboard but will run fine in the middle slot which is pci x8
My question is are there any aditional steps to installing a gpu into the x16 slot apart from plug in connect power and load drivers?
Also is there much point worrying about it will I get better performance from using a x16 slot?
Here is my hardware

G1.Assassin2
8192MB RAM
Intel i7-3930K 3.20GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Patriot Pyro SSD

Thanks in advance
Adrian

 

[KaiGaming]

Hi, It is most likely the mobo, and it cannot be the gpu because when you plugged it into the x8 it worked. The difference between x8 and x16 is very minimal. I suggest you get a replacement for your mobo because you might have dual gpu setup in the future.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

What psu do you have ?

Don't know much about the difference in slots but maybe it uses more power in the X16 and can't the spu handle it. ( stupid idea probably, i dunno. )

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

psu, not spu. grmmbl,

 

[Deemo13]

Which power supply are you running?