PCI x16 Slots on LGA 775

[olds]

Upgrading an older PC.
Asus P5B Deluxe

The blue slot is occupied by a video card.
The slot below it is blocked by the video card.
Can I run a sound card in the black x16 slot?

Mobo

 

[dave_the_nerd]

yes.

 

[olds]

Thank you

 

[VirtualLarry]

Should be able to. Although I heard/read about one mfg that wouldn't boot a PCI-E x4 RAID card in a secondary PCI-E x16 "graphics" slot. IOW, they would only initialize a graphics card in either x16 slot in the BIOS. Shoddy BIOS.

In theory, at least, any PCI-E card should work in any PCI-E slot, as long as it physically fits into the slot.

Edit: PS. I have a nice DFI X48 LGA775 board, NIB, in my FS thread. It has three physical PCI-E x16 slots, two x16 PCI-E 2.0 electrically (as the X48 has plenty of PCI-E lanes), and one x4 electrically.

 

[tweakboy]

You need to use the PCIexpress slot the little one. OR PCI slot.

Don't put it in that second 4x slot. Actually there is no sound card made the size of a video card 16x slot. All sound cards now are PCIexpress "small slot". Some PCI slot.

So grab a PCIexpress sound card small slot and your off. Or a PCI sound card and your off.
gl

:whiste:

 

[WilliamM2]

You need to use the PCIexpress slot the little one. OR PCI slot.

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You just make this stuff up as you go along?

 

[olds]

Now I am confused.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Now I am confused.

Ignore tweak this time around.

 

[tweakboy]

You just make this stuff up as you go along?

How dare you question me.

Prove to me there is a 16x PCIE sound card that goes into video card sized slot and then you can call me a douche. Thought so!

I I think I know more about audio related stuff then most...

Find me a big slot video card sized sound card and Ill change my name to Larry... no offense to larry my friend.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

How dare you question me.

Prove to me there is a 16x PCIE sound card that goes into video card sized slot and then you can call me a douche. Thought so!

I I think I know more about audio related stuff then most...

Find me a big slot video card sized sound card and Ill change my name to Larry... no offense to larry my friend.

x1 and x4 PCI-E cards, sound or otherwise, will work fine in x16 slots. The extra slot length is empty and the slot will operate electrically at x1 or x4, as needed. Just like plugging a USB 2 or SATA 2 device into a USB 3 or SATA 3 port.

Assuming the motherboard implements PCI-E properly. (Some older boards built specifically for Crossfire or SLI have second slots that act wonky, but that's rare.)

That's not an audio-related thing, that's a PCI-E thing.

 

[WilliamM2]

How dare you question me.

Prove to me there is a 16x PCIE sound card that goes into video card sized slot and then you can call me a douche. Thought so!

I I think I know more about audio related stuff then most...

Find me a big slot video card sized sound card and Ill change my name to Larry... no offense to larry my friend.

Re-read the part I quoted, where you said he had to use the smaller PCI-E slot. You are wrong. And you don't know as much about audio as my little sister does.

Not that audio has anything to do with what kind of card will work in what slot. Guess we'll be calling you Larry from now on.

 

[olds]

My onboard sound is cutting out so I want to use this card:
ASUS PCI 5.1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045JHJSS

 

[tweakboy]

x1 and x4 PCI-E cards, sound or otherwise, will work fine in x16 slots. The extra slot length is empty and the slot will operate electrically at x1 or x4, as needed. Just like plugging a USB 2 or SATA 2 device into a USB 3 or SATA 3 port.

Assuming the motherboard implements PCI-E properly. (Some older boards built specifically for Crossfire or SLI have second slots that act wonky, but that's rare.)

That's not an audio-related thing, that's a PCI-E thing.[/

I hear you. But all Im saying is there is no such thing as a 16x PCIe video card slot sized sound cards. thats all Im saying

no sounds cards ,,,,,,, now all them are short little PCIe 4x or PCI.

 

[LV3]

My onboard sound is cutting out so I want to use this card:
ASUS PCI 5.1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045JHJSS

That card wont work. That is a regular PCI card, you need to get a PCI-e variant for your PCI-e slot.

Something like this

Or, you could use the card you linked, if you use the slot just below your graphics card. That looks like a regular PCI

 

[olds]

The white one below my graphis card is blocked by the card.
Thanks for the info and link.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Not that audio has anything to do with what kind of card will work in what slot. Guess we'll be calling you Larry from now on.

I think I must protest!

Edit: Btw, Tweakboy is half-right. You won't find a PCI-E sound card that has an x16 connector on it. So you could use the little short white PCI-E x1 slot on that board.

But like I said, there's no reason (in theory at least), that a PCI-E x1 sound card wouldn't work in the PCI-E x16 slot either.

However, unless that board is an X38/48 board, then by putting *anything* into the secondary x16 slot, then you will likely bring down the PCI-E bandwidth to both slots to x8, limiting your graphics card.

So it indeed would be smarter to use the small short PCI-E x1 slot (the white one) for the sound card. Score a half a point for TB.

 

[tweakboy]

I think I must protest!

Edit: Btw, Tweakboy is half-right. You won't find a PCI-E sound card that has an x16 connector on it. So you could use the little short white PCI-E x1 slot on that board.

But like I said, there's no reason (in theory at least), that a PCI-E x1 sound card wouldn't work in the PCI-E x16 slot either.

However, unless that board is an X38/48 board, then by putting *anything* into the secondary x16 slot, then you will likely bring down the PCI-E bandwidth to both slots to x8, limiting your graphics card.

So it indeed would be smarter to use the small short PCI-E x1 slot (the white one) for the sound card. Score a half a point for TB.

Yes, agreed Larry. :thumbsup:

 

[tweakboy]

BTW Xonar line is great you can get 5.1 or 7.1 to your liking and quality products and audio.

I paid 200 bones on my card. It is PCI card. But you dont have to spend that much.... Grab a Xonar Essense or just check out what www.asus.com has.

WARNING: If you go ASUS way or anyone else, DO NOT use ASUS botched drivers. Instead use. Uni Xonar modded drivers that dont take up anything in background and no bugs and solid.

Im using 1.63 Uni Xonar , I record @ 64bit/192khz @ 1ms latency. So it feels just like my yamaha grand piano. The quality of the card is UNREAL... I take each of my monitors volume to 5 dots, theres 15 dots,,, not even close to half way and ASUS does the rest,, Its a champ in the studio. Sonar X2 .. gl not a single drop out!

 

[cmdrdredd]

I think I must protest!

Edit: Btw, Tweakboy is half-right. You won't find a PCI-E sound card that has an x16 connector on it. So you could use the little short white PCI-E x1 slot on that board.

But like I said, there's no reason (in theory at least), that a PCI-E x1 sound card wouldn't work in the PCI-E x16 slot either.

However, unless that board is an X38/48 board, then by putting *anything* into the secondary x16 slot, then you will likely bring down the PCI-E bandwidth to both slots to x8, limiting your graphics card.

So it indeed would be smarter to use the small short PCI-E x1 slot (the white one) for the sound card. Score a half a point for TB.

P5B Deluxe has one PCIe 1.1 x16 slot and one PCIe x16 slot that is electrically x4. So if you have two GPUs installed (crossfire works) one is running at x16 and one at x4.