Hi, It's an M-key slot and I'm currently running an XPG SX8200 Pro in it right now, so it's definitely got x4 PCIe...
R On Sun, Dec 8, 2019, 15:25 Matt B <matthewwbradl...@gmail.com> wrote: > As somebody who's abused the hell out of pcie extenders (I have over three > meters of pcie-over-cheap-usb3.0-cable in one box) I've never had an > obvious issue so it seems pretty tolerant. You probably just won't get the > same transfer speed. > > I would check if any drives you have show up as being attached to pcie > instead of sata when in that slot. > Also double check it's keying. If the keying of the slot is such that it > can't even accept an nvme drive, then there's your answer right there. > > Sincerely, > -Matt > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 6:12 PM Rafael Send <flyingfishfin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey, >> I used the mini PCIe -> x1PCIe version with the same cable length from >> the same people to test the card in the WiFi slot successfully, so I doubt >> that it is a signal integrity problem. >> >> I'll try to build against coreboot master on Monday and see what happens. >> >> How can I get the sort of logs that would help here out of coreboot? >> I'll be building with Tianocore. >> >> Cheers, >> Rafael >> >> On Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 04:58 Nico Huber <nic...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> Hi Rafael, >>> >>> On 07.12.19 07:40, Rafael Send wrote: >>> > However, so far nothing I've done lets me detect the Sunix card if I >>> try to >>> > put it in the NVME slot using this adapter >>> > <https://www.adt.link/product/R42.html>. I would think it should just >>> show >>> > up under "lspci" like it does in the WiFi slot, but it does not. >>> >>> have you tried the adapter with another device yet? Though, even if it >>> did work, from above link: >>> >>> "1. All kinds of Motherboard and equipment condition such as signal >>> driving ability is different, the results of our test does not >>> guarantee that it is the same as your test results. You need to >>> know, as long as using a extension cable, the signal will have a >>> loss. The buyer who requires perfectly, please don't buy." >>> >>> So they know, that board design matters for the compatibility of their >>> adapter. I'm a mere software developer, so could be totally wrong about >>> this: PCIe rates are now that high that the trace length between chips >>> can get longer than a wavelength. Doesn't mean it can't work, but there >>> may be things to take special care of and I don't know if regular PCIe >>> ports are prepared for it. In other words, lightspeed might be too slow >>> to make things like this plug'n'play :D >>> >>> > I have not tried the latest Coreboot / port yet, but I figured I might >>> as >>> > well get some opinions on the subject. >>> >>> Still worth a shot, imho. You never know what a proprietary BIOS does. >>> And even if it doesn't work, coreboot logs can give some insight. >>> >>> Nico >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org >> >
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