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Hey all, new to pci-express, and am wondering do I snap off that blue piece to fit the video card into the slot ? new mobo, new video card
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Nov 15th, 2006 09:46 PM #1
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Nov 15th, 2006 09:51 PM #2Member
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u need to simply pull it back (or forward depending on mobo) and the card will slide in. u dont rip anything off. that holds the video card in place and without it u have no video card, plain and simple. it WILL slide out without that.
its just like AGP man, its a lock. mobos are different, thats a slip in lock, some slide underneath the section on the video card.
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Nov 15th, 2006 10:02 PM #3
Is that black thing on the bottom with the same locking arm also PCI-express? SLI/Crossfire board?
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Nov 15th, 2006 11:10 PM #4yes. its a PCIe x16 slot (you can see it labelled as such on the circuit board). x16 slots are used for video cards.
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Nov 15th, 2006 11:51 PM #5
(x3) NEVER break anything off a motherboard, especially if you don't know what it's for...
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Nov 16th, 2006 02:35 AM #6
I hope this isnt reffering to that guy that cut off part of the PCI-E slot for his AGP card to go into
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Nov 16th, 2006 09:59 PM #7Member
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Originally Posted by equalizr
I hope this isnt reffering to that guy that cut off part of the PCI-E slot for his AGP card to go into
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Nov 16th, 2006 10:01 PM #8 Originally Posted by equalizr
I hope this isnt reffering to that guy that cut off part of the PCI-E slot for his AGP card to go into
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