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Something I did note was when I have a graphics card connected to the second port I will not physically see a blue screen display. The system would freeze screens go blank then you here the system beep. Windows recovery shows then you see the windows crashed pop-up after log-in.
Here is a link for the motherboard,
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1150 - GA-B85M-D3H (rev. 1.x)
These are the details on the expantion slots;
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
2 x PCI slots
On a higher specified motherboard, GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1150 - GA-Z87X-D3H (rev. 1.x)
I see it says to do this * When installing a x8 or above card in the PCIEX4 slot, make sure to set PCIE Slot Configuration in BIOS Setup to x4.
In the BIOS of my system there is only one option I see; I have changed between the Gen modes and it does not seem to make a difference (still get BSOD when connected to second port, also have tried both graphics cards have the same BSOD with either connected). In the system block diagram is shows two PCI bus' one for the main x16 graphics port and a second x4 bus with the x16 size graphics port and two PCI ports shared. I have been using one of the PCI ports for an Intel network adapter.
Miscellaneous Settings
PEG Gen3 Slot Configuration
Allows you to set the operation mode of the PCI Express slots to Gen 1, Gen 2, or Gen 3. Actual operation
mode is subject to the hardware specification of each slot. For example, the PCI Express x1 slots can
support up to Gen 2 mode only. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting. (Default: Auto)
Here is the motherboard layout;
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