Why would a PCIe x16 slot be limited to PCIe x1 card?

Depending on how accessible the slot it, you should be able to simply snip the rear plastic of the 1x slot open on the motherboard and it should

NI PCIe 6612 has x1 Form Factor and maximum bandwidth for x1 configuration is 250MBs It doesn't change if you put x1 card in x2, x4,

candy stars slot Other PCIE slots are x16 physically, but they all operate as x1 electrically With that said, if I put my HBA to the x1 slot, what is

can i put pcie x4 in x16 slot I've never tested it, but allegedly it will split a single x16 slot into an x8 x4 and x4 in