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bofh23 on Sept 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: How PCI-Express works (2020)

There’s a nice photo of an open back PCIe x1 connector here:

File:PCIe J1900 SoC ITX Mainboard IMG 1820.JPG - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCIe_J1900_SoC_ITX_Mainbo...

loeg on Sept 11, 2021 [–]

You can also literally just file down the plastic on any “closed” socket to make it open.

mmis1000 on Sept 11, 2021 | [–]

Only work if your motherboard don't have other items (socket, capacitor... etc) in that area.

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