UncleDirtNap

Follow up ... I did find the manual to this motherboard and see that is says both the PCIe slots are reserved for Graphics cards. Wish I'd have know this was a potential problem before I bought the card. Any thoughts on the links to potential replacements, or any other LGA 775 Core 2 Duo motherboards at Newegg that would work with the IBM ServeRAID M1015 would be appreciated.

I posted this in the more general SATA Controller Cards section but since this is a rebranded LSI card I have I thought maybe here would be better?? Anyone care to offer some guidance? So I bought one of the IBM ServeRAID M1015 cards as suggested on E-Bay from a seller who flashed it with the IT mode firmware as recommend believing that it I could put it in my second PCIe 2.0 slot on my Biostar TP45 HP motherboard. Unfortunately when I put the card in it doesn't seemed to be recognized in any fashion. No errors, so bios options, no hard drive present when computer boots - nada. In looking at the manual for the card under the install instructions it notes that some PCIe 2.0 slots will work only with graphics devices *ugh* Assuming I just haven't overlooked some BIOS setting, how does one determine if such a slot is in their motherboard? The specs at Biostar's web site simply says "2 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot (CFX x8)" If I look to replace the motherboard, what sort of slot am I looking for? The card itself is PCI-E 2.0, does that mean it will/won't work in a motherboard that has on board graphics and a single PCIe x16 slot? Would any of these motherboard definitely work or not work with the M1015? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130305 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121373 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130305 Even though none says PCIe 2.0?