So a PCIE x16 card works in an x1 slot right?

[Maximilian]

But! What if you did this to it?

Would that still work? Not my card FYI :awe:

 

[KingFatty]

Yeah the guy sounds like he knows what he's doing:

The part where you have to be extra careful is now done. I accidentally cut a tiny bit of the 7th pin (I should have been more careful), but I used an ohm meter to make sure it still had a good ground on both sides (the 7th pin is ground on both sides). Also, don't cut too far up into the card, or you might start cutting important stuff.

From: http://www.invisiblerobot.com/pcie_x1/

Note the additional info at the bottom, where you may have to use a jumper:

Additional Info added July 23, 2011:

Step 5. If it doesn't work -- If any type of PCIe X1 mod doesn't work right away, with some motherboards and/or video cards you also have to "tell" the motherboard that you have an X1 card installed by adding a jumper between pins A1 and B17, as illustrated by Marc Bevand in his Blog. [My system didn't need this additional step, and many people don't, but I've received confirmation from other people whose systems did need the jumper.]

Another alternative: Instead of modifying either the video card or the motherboard is to use a cheap PCI X1 extender/riser cable [I've seen them under $10 shipped on eBay] and modifying it instead, as illustrated by Marc Bevand in his Blog.

 

[ElFenix]

seems like it'd be easier just to cut the little plastic bit off the end of the slot

 

[Insert_Nickname]

seems like it'd be easier just to cut the little plastic bit off the end of the slot

Why not just get a graphics card with a 1x PCIe connector? That's even easier. Though such cards tend to be a little more expensive then their regular counterparts.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Lol, amazing.

anyway, it works in x1 mode with all those contacts taped off, so if you cut them off leaving the rest of the pcb intact it should work.

 

[zhuks]

Or he could have bought an adapter off of ebay for $5.

 

[Ken g6]

I think usually people who want to do a mod for this to work cut a notch out of the x1 slot, not the x16 card.

 

[Attic]

seems like it'd be easier just to cut the little plastic bit off the end of the slot

lol, yea this.

 

[AntonioHG]

Lol... I guess seeing as it's a cheap card, you could just chop it up. Save yourself the hassle when trying to RMA the motherboard and perhaps having it rejected because you modded it.

There are adapters, like the other post mentions, so I dunno.

 

[Lean L]

More importantly... Motherboards should just have open ended slots. It confuses me why any slot is closed when PCI-e was designed to negotiate speed based on the connection it has.

 

[zir_blazer]

More importantly... Motherboards should just have open ended slots. It confuses me why any slot is closed when PCI-e was designed to negotiate speed based on the connection it has.

This. There are already Motherboards like that, Supermicro has one. Otherwise, I would use the PCIe Riser. Doing that to a Video Card would kill its resale value or warranty.

 

[AkumaX]

This. There are already Motherboards like that, Supermicro has one. Otherwise, I would use the PCIe Riser. Doing that to a Video Card would kill its resale value or warranty.

haha i think that's the point i don't see tons of people chopping up their GTX Titans, but I could certainly see myself doing it to a $10 AR HD 6450 / GT 210 (and not wanting to slot-out the end on the motherboard)