Quote Originally Posted by orbiter View Post
Hi guys..

Just a quick question for you guys who know the MFII inside out. I'm getting a Xonar D2X sound card tomorrow for which I need a PCI-E x1 slot free. I've been informed that I can't use the top black slot for this as its not wired up as a proper PCI-E slot. So to free up another PCI-E x1 slot I've had to move my GTX295 down to the lower PCI-E x16 slot, however someone has mentioned that the lower slot on th MFII only operates at x8 speed? now I think this is only true when crossfiring two cards and a single card would run at it's max x16 speed in either slot? Could you please confirm for me guys?

Many Thanks

Orb
I thought it`s possible to use the black one for other audio cards? Here or at forumdeluxe I read a post from somebody reporting that he is using a X-Fi in the black PCIex1.

Edit: Ok, I found the post at forumdeluxe and the guy says, if you disable the onboardsound in the bios its a normal PCIex1 and his X-Fi Titanium is running without any problems in this slot.