04-06-2012, 01:01 PM 
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2012, 01:03 PM by .::Rizwan::..)
		
	
	
		Some, not all, motherboards use this mechanism to detect the presence of cards during POST. Down-plugging an x16 card in an x1 connector on these motherboards results in a system that does not boot or does not detect the card. The solution is to simply short pins A1 and B17 to do exactly what a real x1 card does.
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