Re: How does PCIe appear to the host?

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost (Mouse) writes:

>It's supposed to negotiate down to x1?

Yes.

> Then either Vantec or ASRock
>has done something odd or my particular Q1900M has a duff "x16" slot,
>because it doesn't work.

I once had a PCIe network card in a x16 slot that didn't work reliable
and wasn't recognized now and then. Reason was that the edge connector
wasn't correctly aligned and I had to shape it with a file. Some things
are just too cheap.


Greetings,