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...
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...
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...
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