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I have your X7DWE main board, BIOS rev 1.1b together with two PCI-e Intel Server Pro 1000 PT QuadPort (EXPI9404PTBLK) NIC card and Windows 2003 installed. The Intel NIC cards can only work properly in the PCI-E x4 slot. When they are used in one of the PCI-e x8 slot, the card gets recognized and accepts an IP address. We can read from the network, but can not write on the network. What could be the issue?
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The PCI-E x4 slot is a PCI-e Gen 1 and all the PCI-e x8 slots are Gen 2. We have a new BIOS to provide better support for Gen 1 add-on cards like your Intel NIC cards in the new Gen 2 slots. Please use the attached file and update your BIOS.

FAQ_8187_7DWEA138.zip
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FAQ ID:
8187
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Firmware/BIOS related
Peripherals:
PCI-Expansions (PCI-X, PCI-Express, etc.)
Date Posted:
11/07/08
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