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MVP Switch Card on asus mobo
Name: The Faz Date: December 17, 2006 at 11:45:07 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon 64 4400 at 2.92GHz Product: Self-Built
Comment:
I'm preparing an ASUS A8R-MVP Crossfire mobo. I want to use a single video card. The manual says that to be able to run a single card at full x16 speed, the video card has to be installed in the blue PCIe slot and the MVP Switch Card in the black PCIe slot. Without the switch card installed, the video is limited to x8 speed.
But the system doesn't boot with the MVP Switch card installed (it boots fine without the switch card). What do I do?
Name: The Cool Guy Date: January 3, 2007 at 05:40:19 Pacific
Reply:
I have the same problem when using the MVP switch card, it doesn't boot. I have tried everything to try and get it to boot but nothing works. I thought my switch card was damaged at first but I have checked it out and this seems to happen a lot, I guess all of us that can't get the switch card working will have to put up with x8 or buy another card.
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