Help with my Foxconn 915GL7MH-S

[MiST91]

hi, i have a Foxconn 915GL7MH-S motherboard, not the most popular motherboard in the world i know, but acording to Foxconn website, and just about any other website i'v seen with mention of this motherboard (about 2 in total :ohwell:) all say its PCI-E x16, but i only get x4 :mad:, does anyone know how to get the full x16?

please help me :respect:

[panchoman]

the board is normal. it happens with all boards except for the x38 boards. for x16 slots, if you have 2, the first one will be a true x16 slot, and the second one will only act as a x4 or x8 slot. theres nothing you can do it about it.

[MiST91]

but there is only the 1 PCI-Express port and 4 PCI, but i can't see a company making a x4 PCI-express port for graphics as it would be slower than AGP wouldn't it?

[MiST91]

looks simple, which voltage do i want to be looking at? i dont want a fried CPU


sorry, ignore that i posted into wrong thread

[cdawall]

dont worry your 8500GT wont fill the 4x bandwidth and thus the speed is not an issue try speeding up your PCI-e bus speed a little and you can get a slightly higher bandwidth

[MiST91]

i have the pci-e bus speed running at 115 at the moment still doesn't seem to increase

[cdawall]

i have the pci-e bus speed running at 115 at the moment still doesn't seem to increase

the 8500GT is running just fine on 4x PCI-e dont worry the extra boost on the bus should more than offset anything else

[MiST91]

thanks :toast:

[Namslas90]

Your mobo supports the following;

PCI Express x16 Support (only for 915G/P/PL7MH series)
· Supports 4 GB/sec (8 GB/sec concurrent) bandwidth
· Low power consumption and power management features

Expansion Slots
· Three PCI slots
· One PCI Express x16 Graphics slot (only for 915G/P/PL7MH series)

PCI Express Slot
PCI Express will offer the following design advantages over the PCI and AGP
interface:
-Compatible with existing PCI drivers and software and Operating Systems.
-High Bandwidth per Pin. Low overhead. Low latency.
-PCI Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5 Gb/s on the data pins. This
results in a real bandwidth per pair of 250 MB/s.
-A point to point connection, allows each device to have a dedicated connection
without sharing bandwidth.
-Ability to comprehend different data structure.
-Low power consumption and power management features

WARNING
If a performance graphics card was installed into 16X PCI Express slot,
2 x 12 pin power supply was strongly recommended.

Note
To install the system with an add-on PCI Express VGA card, please make
sure to install the driver of the add-on PCI Express VGA card before you
install the onboard VGA driver. If the onboard VGA dirver has already been
installed prior to installing the add-on PCI Express VGA card, the system
will automatically set the onboard VGA as the primary graphics adapter. In
this case, if you want to install the add-on PCI Express VGA card, you need
to remove the onboard VGA driver first, and then install the add-on PCI
Express VGA card and its driver.

Bios settings;
vPCI Express Root Port Func
Press <Enter> to set the items of PCI Express root port function.

vPCI Express Port 1
This option is used to enable or disable PCI Express port 1/2/3. The available
setting values are: Auto, Enabled, Disabled.

vPCI-E Compliancy Mode
This option is used to select the PCI Express compliancy mode version. The
available setting values are: v1.0a, v1.0.

[MiST91]

wow, you certainly know your shit m8 lol. thanks man ;) :toast: