Will this MB Boot directly from a Plextor PX-G256M6e (M.2) or the PCIe version of it? Any special setup req'd?
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The motherboard will boot directly to the Crucial M550 512GB SATA M.2 Type 2280 Internal Solid State Drive CT512M550SSD4 and should boot to the Plextor M.2 drive. Judging from the reviews it may not yet be a stable configuration. The Gigabyte M.2 compatibility chart seems pretty out of date as of 2014/10/15. I don't have any information about the PCIe version.
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Not familiar with that model, but as long as you have an available PCI-E port, it should work. You should be more concerned about the OS you are going to use this on, versus the hardware you are planning on plugging into.
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While reading the product description, the mobo here is integrated with the APU 1 PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface
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Yes it will. Installed one on a MB of the same year, boot up time is under twelve seconds now.
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the power supply is only 300W that's actually the first thing I replaced. The MB has at least one but I'm thinking 2 PCIe slots. If you're PCIe card needs PCIe power straight from the PSU then you will need a better PSU because it has no extra peripheral power connections. Great computer. I love it!
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I run mine with the FX-6300 and Gigabyte MB as well. It should work, it's not ultra fast stock.
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yes it will work but you wont be using it at its fullest potential. but when you upgrade your MB down the line its ready for you.
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I would check Gigabyte's website or ask it on Tom's Hardware forum. They know everything!
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Dirk, when I purchased the board last year I may not have acknowledged its PCIe 3.0 expansion slots; but according to ASUS, all 6 slots are PCIe 3.0. Sorry if I provided misinformation, hope it didn't hinder or delay your build.
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Your machine will need a pci-e 3.0 port that is free. I dont know about that machine in particular, but if it wqs made in the past five years or so it should have one.
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Blake I'm sorry for this late response. on May 22, 2013 my heart decided to attack me. I installed the card so that I could install another hard drive and to overcome an unreliable sata port on my motherboard. the printed instructions that came with the board were printed on a single sided half sheet of paper (very small print) I only read them briefly as I was not going to try to boot off of the raid card. But I'm fairly certain that booting from the card was one of the choices. after installing the card and connecting the hard drives and starting the computer up I'm running XP Home SP3 the "found new hardware" pest popped up I closed it and installed the mini Disc that came with the card, the drivers were installed and the computer rebooted. Now on the post start up screen the offer to enter the raid controller is the first thing that comes up, you get about five seconds to press F3. Hope this helps.
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Sorry, I never tried booting from it. It may depend on whether or not your BIOS sees it when it boots. I highly doubt you can do anything with this card before the OS loads.
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It is CRAP send it back. I went thru 2 of these and they both died so there is a problem they wont admit to on this board. buy ASUS MB they are the best. These people also have crappy support. STAY AWAY form gigabyte (I hope they feel this)
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this is a TOUGH question, the simple answer is NO as its missing OSX BIOS info so the MB wont install the drivers for it BUT you can re-flash with an apple aware bios and then yes OSX will detect and install drivers... as i understand its just not plug'n'play on OSX but you could email support at ATI (AMD) and ask for assistance and confirmation of the probably erroneous advice ive given or they may have a working bios for the card, or patch for OSX to get the apple ID anyway... good luck
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No. Go to amazon site copy link and past to your browser. Scoll to bottom of page read the tech stuff discriptions. THis card requires a PCIe 2.0 abd a16 lane graphic slot on the mobo. PCI is not 16 lane. Note the "Express" in the nomenclature. my question to you is did you not read the specs or did not understand. Suggest you do more research on line on the difference between varions type of mobo slots and what they do or what they accommodate in a way of cards. "http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-900331-Radeon-Express-Graphics/dp/B004DCA8W6/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_t"
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Mine is in a headless server, Win 8.1 Pro. I can't get into the BIOS without hooking it up. If I knew what you were looking for I'd like to help.
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i have no issue with this unit..love it actually, only con is usb needs to be connected to mother board.