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Title: Machine locks up running 2 pci-e extender cables Post by: Jepito on August 30, 2011, 02:21:25 AM trying to get a new mod running
the machine blue screens or locks up after a few min... currently running 2 onboard 6950 's id like to hook up all 4 cards and stagger them but when i add the pci-e extender cables it crashes .. i run windows 7 32 bit gig ram ect my mother board is asus p8p67ws revolution http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131714 gigabyte video card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125385&Tpk=gigabyte%206950 when i plug up all 4 cards on the board it runs great - but when i add 2 pcie extender cables all goes to hell any useful help or info will be rewarded..... Title: Re: Machine locks up running 2 pci-e extender cables Post by: TeaL on August 30, 2011, 03:18:50 AM Are you sure the cables are good?
Try plugging in just one card using each cable to see if one of them (or both) are bad. Title: Re: Machine locks up running 2 pci-e extender cables Post by: Jepito on August 30, 2011, 08:23:11 AM I have 8 cables and tried different ones .... just wandering if anyone use-n the extender cables are having any problems ... my cables look like this
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Jepito/cable.jpg now matter how or what order i run the cards .... i get blue screens is it a voltage problem i wander . i see other pictures of this card on extender cables running fine ??? i thought i could plug them in and ROLL ... when i remove the extenders and run them from the board it rocks i needed them apart for cooling Title: Re: Machine locks up running 2 pci-e extender cables Post by: Boozilla on September 06, 2011, 12:54:11 PM I have been wrestling with the same issue. I can run the card plugged into the MB socket, put the 16-16 extender inline and the issue comes back.
not sure what is the reasoning behind the issue but I am currently stuck using 3 1x-16x ribbons and the cards behave properly I really hope someone can figure this out, having one in the Mb socket is overlapping my 5th port so i have one of this cards sitting on the damn shelf not a solution but a work around, since having them running they perform wonderfully |
