https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:39:22 +0000 Wed, 24 May 2017 11:42:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4739 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4739&PID=29724&title=z270-extreme4-pcie-slot#29724 Author: NM Accoutant
Subject: 4739
Posted: 24 May 2017 at 11:42am

I have the Z270m-Pro4 board with an Intel 750 in PCIE4.  Although I ran into problems with BIOS version 2.0, when using version 1.40 that NVME drive is recognized and boots from that slot.  The documentation for my board states "*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks" in relation to the PCIE4 slot which is an X16 slot.

Thus I think the information you received from that technician is incorrect.
]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 11:42:12 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4739&PID=29724&title=z270-extreme4-pcie-slot#29724 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4739&PID=26399&title=z270-extreme4-pcie-slot#26399 Author: jaydub
Subject: 4739
Posted: 01 Apr 2017 at 2:44am

I have a Z270 Extreme4 board. I tried installing a Vantec firewire expansion card into PCIE4, which is a 16x slot. However, BIOS doesn't recognize it as inserted. If I install the card into any of the 1x slots, BIOS does recognize it. Is there something special I need to do to get a 16x slot to recognize a 1x non-graphics card? In BIOS, the PCIE slots are all set to "Auto".

Update:
I'm being told by ASRock tech guy Eric that 16x slots can only be used by graphics cards. How is that possible? So if I choose only one graphics card, then I only have three slots for various expansion cards? That can't be.

Edited by jaydub - 01 Apr 2017 at 8:12am]]> Sat, 01 Apr 2017 02:44:50 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4739&PID=26399&title=z270-extreme4-pcie-slot#26399