I bought this 2 years ago, and it is plugged into Asus Socket AM3+/ AMD 970/ Quad CrossFireX/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard (M5A97) How is this possible? I bought this 2 years ago, and it is plugged into Asus Socket AM3+/ AMD 970/ Quad CrossFireX/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard... » Read More I bought this 2 years ago, and it is plugged into Asus Socket AM3+/ AMD 970/ Quad CrossFireX/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard (M5A97) How is this possible? « Show Less
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Most video cards these days use a universal slot known as PCI-Express. There are x16 and x8 PCI-E slots. They have been the standard for video cards for quite a few years now.
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Stacy:Yes, this motherboard has USB 3.0 ports. It has an internal USB 3.0 header, which is one reason I bought this MB, and it has 2 USB 3.0 ports on the rear panel plus 4 USB 2.0 ports. My Thermaltake case has 2 USB 3.0 ports on the front panel with the cable to attach to the internal USB 3.0 header. Works fine. Any other questions, please ask. C. Johnson
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I'm using it in this ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Has served me well since the beginning of November anyway :D
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You probably figured it out by now but for anyone else... I'm using this with that motherboard right now, the brown (spdif) wire goes to pin 1, the black wire (ground) goes to the other pin, you'll have to connect the +5v red wire to the +5v pin on a free usb header. This is probably the same for a lot of other gigabyte motherboards, just make sure the color coded wires on this are actually in the right order.
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So...the card is double wide (takes up two card bays or "slots") but only uses one PCIE connector but might block another. It probably depends on the layout of your particular motherboard - but advance MBs that support multiple graphics cards (For SLI) have enough PCIE slots spaced accordingly to allow for 2, 3 or even 4 double wide cards linked together in SLI. I'm not sure what (if any) type of connector is blocked in the 2nd bay by the double wide card (maybe a regular PCI connector in some cases?). You should research your motherboard layout to see what is possible.
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Dirk, when I purchased the board last year I may not have acknowledged its PCIe 3.0 expansion slots; but according to ASUS, all 6 slots are PCIe 3.0. Sorry if I provided misinformation, hope it didn't hinder or delay your build.
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As Althea stated, there are 2 connections available. One on the top (on the motherboard itself) and one on the bottom (on the video card.) The ones on the top are disabled because the ones on the bottom are the active ones. Be sure to use the bottom ones. They pass through the video card which provides your more powerful graphics experience. No need to return it.
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I would check Gigabyte's website or ask it on Tom's Hardware forum. They know everything!
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My experience would say yes, what you're asking is certainly possible and that you should also contact Gigabyte and/or provide more info to be sure. In general what you're asking is a common setup. You should check to make sure your mSATA port is SATA 3 also, because I have the feeling it might not be.I'm back because I became curious and did some homework. I foresee no problems and that you'll likely just have to tell it to boot to mSATA in BIOS. It also appears that your mSATA is SATA 2, if that matters to you.
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that cpu is actually socket AM2+, it is still compatible with this motherboard, no issues
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I've go the A99-Deluxe motherboard, and everything needed to install it was in the ThunderboltEX II Components package. It's been a while since I installed it, so my memory is hazy, but I do remember initially facing the same question, and the documentation was confusing. I think it may not have been a different cable, but an adapter that plugged on the one that was included, but whatever it was was definitely in the package.
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I've had a PC with the same card as you. I going to assume your motherboard has the port big enough, and you have the power supply for it. Other than that it's as simple at removing the old and putting the new one in.
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Well the new Haswell motherboards come with PCI slots still. I can't say whether or not they're dying or anything, but a lot of audio cards still use PCI. Even brand new ones.
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The motherboard that I used had already a PCI Express 3.0. I do not recall the video board needing any special connection to either the motherboard or power. I do not know how to crossfire with AMD A10-6700/ w 8670D I/G. I used a motherboard that is using an Intel I5 processor.
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It seems like a software or configuration problem. If the usb ports of your motherboard are damaged, this will add you new usb ports via pci. But if your current usb ports are Ok, then it would be the same.
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I personally regret not going with the M5A99 for 2 reasons. I already had 2 Nvidia cards I planned to SLI and found out this board only supports cross fire. One of the sata ports is blocked by my video card so I am limited in adding drives since I am already using 4 ports.
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John,I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but I'm actually typing on the thing this minute. In my own experience (running Windows 7) the thing is literally plug & play. I've had this one a while, but don't recall anything other than minor adjustments being necessary straight out of the box - no BIOS adjustments, etc. Hope this helps.