Has anyone here tried this:
https://hardforum.com/threads/asus-pike-is-usable-as-pcie-x4.1781277/
?
Unfortunately, the pictures are gone, but I assume something like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-4X-to-4X-Riser-Card-Extender-Express-Extension...
and a low profile card are required.
In any case, an extra PCI-e x4 slot may come in handy. :-)
Christian
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On 07/21/2017 01:34 PM, Christian E. Jørgensen wrote:
Has anyone here tried this:
https://hardforum.com/threads/asus-pike-is-usable-as-pcie-x4.1781277/
?
Unfortunately, the pictures are gone, but I assume something like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-4X-to-4X-Riser-Card-Extender-Express-Extension...
and a low profile card are required.
In any case, an extra PCI-e x4 slot may come in handy. :-)
Christian
It works, yes. ASUS just flipped the slot around for the PIKE slot as a crude form of lock-in to the PIKE cards. Electrically and firmware-wise it's just a standard 4x slot.
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On 2017-07-21 20:40, Timothy Pearson wrote:
It works, yes. ASUS just flipped the slot around for the PIKE slot as a crude form of lock-in to the PIKE cards. Electrically and firmware-wise it's just a standard 4x slot.
A crude form of lock-in indeed. I'm glad that it's only a minor annoyance to someone who just wants to use the slot as a standard PCI-e x4 slot.
Anyway, I've just ordered the riser and this low profile M.2 to PCI-e adapter:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Desktop-Dual-Port-NGFF-M-2-B-M-Key-SSD-to-PCI-Expres...
Now I'm hoping that Petitboot will let me boot from it. :-)
Christian
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