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PowerMike G5

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I have the Highpoint 7101-A x16 PCIE card, which splits the x16 slot into equal x4 Gen 3 slots for up to 4 M.2 SSDs.

I noticed that one slot only runs at x1 while the rest run fine at x4. Has anyone else experienced this issue with this card?

Highpoint support hasn't been much help in resolving this. Curious if others have encountered this and have found a solution.

Looking at the PCIe expansion utility, it also shows the card running at x8 speed while in a full x16 slot. It recognizes the card as a full x16 card, but yet only runs at x8. But 3 of the 4 slots are running at full x4 speed.

I'm a bit baffled as to why.

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