That's very true, there are a few easy ways to rectify the situation:
1) ROGConnect flashing doesn't even need a CPU or RAM installed. As long as the board is getting power, you can force a flash to the selected BIOS chip.
2) The BIOS chips are in DIP8 sockets for easy removal/replacement. I'm not sure about anyone else here, but I have the ability to flash DIP8 ROMs with a USB programmer, so if worst comes to worst, I can just remove the BIOS chip from the RIVE, put it in the programmer, go to another computer and flash the BIOS using that computer and the programmer. Even without a programmer, you can buy pre-programmed BIOS chips online and just pop the new chip in the socket.
3)Swap the two chips and boot. It'll say something like "Updating iROG 1." Once that's done, you should be good to go.
Depends on the situation. I use fixed so I can't really comment on how to properly set up an offset.
In this situation, I'm just going to point you towards Raja or LardArse. They can answer your question much better than I can.
The only way would be to put the Xense in the x1 slot, which would require the bottom-most 680 to have a single-slot cooler(pretty much the only way that'll happen is if you're watercooling).
Otherwise, you'll have to put the Xense in x16 slot 5, which will reduce your 680s to x16/x8/x8.







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