mumbai_gamer Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Hi everyone, About two weeks ago, I lost feed to my monitor from my video card. I had assumed that my card had reached the end of its life cycle. Today, I had the thought of swapping the card from the existing x16 slot to x4 slot just to see if I get a different result and my display came to life. Now, I am confused wherein does the issue lie. If it is the motherboard, I believe I will lose my Windows licence as well and would require a complete fresh install. Edited July 30, 2017 by mumbai_gamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 Well if it works in the 4x slot and not the 16x, I would suspect it is a the PICE slot has gone bad, though its not very common. Does the video card work normally in the 4x slot? like does the card act normally? also have you tried putting it back in the 16x again since you know the card works? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 I agree with the Cow, sometimes it's juat a matter of resetting the video card, put it back in the 16x slot and see if it works ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbai_gamer Posted July 30, 2017 Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I agree with the Cow, sometimes it's juat a matter of resetting the video card, put it back in the 16x slot and see if it works ! Well if it works in the 4x slot and not the 16x, I would suspect it is a the PICE slot has gone bad, though its not very common. Does the video card work normally in the 4x slot? like does the card act normally? also have you tried putting it back in the 16x again since you know the card works? Well, I did reset it about 6-8 times before giving up and assuming my card is kaput. I too believe that my x16 slot has malfunctioned but I had never come a slot dying off. My current plan is to invest in a better card and run it in the x4 slot until I can fully upgrade the system. Videos online claim that one will see no performance dip by running a card in the slower slot. Edited July 30, 2017 by mumbai_gamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted July 30, 2017 Posted July 30, 2017 You will see a performance dip in a PCIE 2.0 4x slot (which is your motherboard). 8X PICE 2.0 (aka 4x PCIE 3.0) only starts to really dip down at 2k if you have a powerful video card like a 1080Ti. With your video card and CPU, it won't make a difference. Because of all the factors like video card, resolution, memory and video card most people will not see a difference. However there is if you play at higher resolutions with a system that isn't bottlenecked elsewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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