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    Intel XL710-QDA2 in PCIe 4.0 x 2 Slot?

    I want to directly connect two computers using two Intel XL710-QDA2 40Gbps PCIe 3.0 x8 cards. However, the only slot I have available on my MSI x670-P Wi-Fi motherboard is a PCIe 4.0 x 2 slot (the physical slot size is x16). See "PCI_E4" in the diagram below: If the card I would put in the...
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    2x10G+2x2.5G+PCIE Solt+Intel VPRO+U.2 NVME[Minisforum MS-01]

    Minisforum released their workstation (MS-01) News source: (Chinese)[铭凡发布 MS-01 迷你工作站:i9 + 独显,双万兆网口 - IT之家] [English Version] Anyone interested?
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    Supermicro X10DRU-i+ - use for internal PCIe x8 port

    Repurposing this as it was gathering dust, but in the current case (no idea what's the equiv CSE number, but it's a 2U unit with 12LFF having the PCIE specs/risers of 6018U-TR4T+ except in a 2U case): - 2 x16 free slots on the WIO riser (hello 2 asus hyper cards) - 1 x8 slot on same WIO (used...
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    H12SSL-NT: Intel X710-DA4 card works in X16 slots but not X8 slots

    I have a known good Intel X710-DA4 10G ethernet card. This is a PCIe 3.0 X8 card. I plugged this card into the H12SSL-NT motherboard and it works on all 3 X16 slots I tried but not in either of the X8 slots. In slots 1, 3 and 5 (all X16), the BIOS will fully make it through POST and the card...