help help help!! fast... somehow my PCI-E interface downgraded to 8x. what do I?

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#1 RainbowWarrior0
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^^^^^^ how do I get it back up to 16x I have a BFG 8800GTS 640 OC2 ...

every test program I ran indicated that it runs at 8x... (RivaTuner, GPU-Z, PC-Wizard etc.)

help please..

am desperate:cry:

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#2 yoyo462001
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your PCI-E doesn't just go down to x16 are you sure it wasn't a 8x first?
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#3 bumsoil
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what mobo

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#4 RainbowWarrior0
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I might have just messed it up somehow but I can't remmember how...

I remmeber there is a wway to change it dough I don't remember how...

can u please help me...

(and yah am sure it was 16x before... its a GIGABYTE P35 mobo)

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#5 yoyo462001
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you should be able to change it in bios.
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#6 RainbowWarrior0
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any method other than BIOS? don'y like hanging around there:P
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#7 wooz101
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any method other than BIOS? don'y like hanging around there:PRainbowWarrior0
Are you serious?
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#8 --Anna--
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If, your MB is SLI, then one of your slots ???MAYBE 16x and one slot could be 8x. Depends on your MB, check your manual.
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#9 RainbowWarrior0
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nvm fixed through BIOS ty all... man... got the comp tday and was afraid it already got f*(#$ up...