# Inserting x16 PCIe card disables second slot

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Tags:** help-and-suggestions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/inserting-x16-pcie-card-disables-second-slot/991 "2024-01-07T05:33:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![hjboven](https://forum.45homelab.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@hjboven](https://forum.45homelab.com/u/hjboven)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/inserting-x16-pcie-card-disables-second-slot/991/10 "2024-02-14T21:47:46Z")

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Just posted [here](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/slot-6-with-bifurcation-for-a-4-x-nvme-card/1183) how I use a 4 x NVME Card in Slot 6 and leave Slot 5 unpopulated.  
Works great sofar, yet still loadtesting to do for Error checking.

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