February 10, 201115 yr Just wondering if Anybody is Using Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 with ASUS M4A785-M Successfully
February 10, 201115 yr Just wondering if Anybody is Using Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 with ASUS M4A785-M Successfully I'm pretty sure what makes it work or not work for any motherboard is whether it supports non-graphic cards in it's PCIe slot. But I'm interested if it matters if the slot is 4x or 8x of if adapter cards automatically upgrade/downgrade their own speed to match the slot's speed.
February 11, 201115 yr Only some cards will auto-detect the link speed and upgrade their bandwidth if they detect a PCI-Express 2.0+ slot instead of a PCI-Express 1.x slot. Some cards may not work at all in lesser slots than what they are designed for, while some may but they have to be specifically designed to handle that. It all depends on how the card was designed to function. If a card is physically and electrically a 4-lane PCI-Express card it is impossible for it to use the extra lanes if plugged into an 8-lane PCI-Express slot.
February 11, 201115 yr Author Brit Do you know if the Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 work with ASUS M4A785-M. And if not can you recommend a AM3 board that does but is newer and easy to find online. Thanks
February 11, 201115 yr I can confirm that in my tests using two ASUS M4A785-M motherboards and three Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 cards they DID NOT WORK. See this thread for details. All three SASLP cards were tested using other motherboards and all three worked just fine. The issue has to be with the Asus motherboards. I also expect there is some conflict in which the motherboard expects the SASLP card to be a video card. This board is also very finicky about which USB Flash drive it will and won't boot from. I recommend you avoid this board if at all possible.
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