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Aedris wrote:
Currently, my PCIe bus is running at x8 x4 x4 x4 and I have no idea how to fix this. I'm guessing this is the root of my problem, and the reason my Asus card wont show more than one drive at a time. I have tested this by verifying it in bios and in gpu-z (and i ran the bus render test, still x8 mode)
01-17-2018 02:06 PM
Aedris wrote:
Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help!
Parts list at the bottom:
I have a few problems.
1. I don't know which of these problems is causing my issue, but there are a few potential issues.
2. My Pcie bus is running at the incorrect speeds?
3. My asus splitter card may be defective? ( ^more likely)
My goal: I have a Asus hyper m.2 x16 lane splitter card and I want to run 2 samsung 960 evos on it in raid 0(doesnt need to be bootable). My asus hyper card will not show more than 1 ssd at a time, and no ssd will show up when installed in the 3rd or 4th slot on the card.
(im currently running my boot drive on a separate asus hyper x4 card, and running one gaming drive on the x16 card, although i would prefer if i could run all three on the m.2 card without bandwidth issues)
Currently, my PCIe bus is running at x8 x4 x4 x4 and I have no idea how to fix this. I'm guessing this is the root of my problem, and the reason my Asus card wont show more than one drive at a time. I have tested this by verifying it in bios and in gpu-z (and i ran the bus render test, still x8 mode)
I played around in bios but I could not find a way to set either my gfx card to x16 mode, or my lanes to x8 4 x8 x4, which would be the default sli setup if i had a second gfx card but to no avail.
A few bits of information.
-My system is running in performance mode in windows, psu is not set to eco mode, and my graphics card is set to performance in nvidia control panel for my game of choice (black desert online) but the Pcie bus still stays at x8 mode.
-I have tested each of my ssds on the hyper x4 card, all of them show up in bios and windows partition manager. I have the 250gb running my windows atm, and one of the 500gbs running as a game drive, so i know all the drives are functional.
-when installing two drives onto the x16 card, whichever drive is in the first slot, is the one that is detected, whether it is the 250gb, the 500gb game drive, or the clean 500gb drive, whichever is in the first slot shows up. This leads me to believe it is indeed a bus bandwidth problem.
I have no idea how to fix the bandwidth settings. Ive browsed through forums, and looked at videos. Maybe im just not searching the correct terminology or something. If anyone can link me to a video or post that you think can help me fix the bus bandwidth that would be appreciated. Direct instructions on specific settings in the asus bios to fix the problem would of course be preferred.
Parts List:
CPU: Intel Core I7-8700k @5Ghz >1.36v
RAM: G-Skill TridenZ rgb 16gb @3866 > 18 18 18 38 >1.35v
MOBO: Asus Maximus X Apex
GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid @stock
PSU: EVGA SuperNova P2 850 @Eco Mode Disabled
PCIe Cards: 1x EVGA 1080 ti SC2 Hybrid > in slot Pcie x16_1
1x Asus Hyper m.2 x4 > in slot Pcie x16_2
1x Asus Hyper m.2 x16 > in slot Pcie x16_3
1x Creative Sound Blaster Z > in slot Pcie x16_4
All System Drives: 1x Samsung 960 Evo 250gb boot
1x Samsung 960 Evo 500gb Games/programs drive
1x Samsung 960 Evo 500gb formatted, clean drive.
1x Samsung 840 pro old boot > in slot Sata 6.0_1
1x Western Digital 1TB SE 7200 rpm > in slot Sata 6.0_2
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