I assembled a SFF Windows 11 PC a few weeks ago for playing music and surfing the web. It only has one PCIE x16 slot and when I put the Pink Faun I2S bridge in that slot it is not recognized (yes the power was plugged in). The I2S bridge directions mention that it is to go in slot 2 so I suspect this has something to do with it not being recognized. I've email them for suggestions so I have to wait for a response.
In the mean time I noticed that the motherboard supports a PCIE riser that will turn a x16 slot to x8x8. There is an option to turn that on in the bios. I'm hoping that installing a riser and splitting the lanes will get it to recognize. I ordered a riser that will split into x8 and 2 x4 NVMe HD slots. Since Amazon had one in stock that would arrive in four days I decided to try that. There are x16 to x8x8 risers but the slots are rotated 90 degrees so I'll need and extension cable as well to mount the card properly. Below are the links to what I have. Has anyone come across this before and got it to work?
I2S bridge
https://www.pinkfaun.com/shop/bridg...tml#/521-additional_clock_for_i2s_bridge-tcxo
Motherboard
https://pg.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITXTB4/index.asp#Specification
PCIex16 to x8x4x4
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN596WMN?psc=1&smid=A4IWNATC64MMF&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
In the mean time I noticed that the motherboard supports a PCIE riser that will turn a x16 slot to x8x8. There is an option to turn that on in the bios. I'm hoping that installing a riser and splitting the lanes will get it to recognize. I ordered a riser that will split into x8 and 2 x4 NVMe HD slots. Since Amazon had one in stock that would arrive in four days I decided to try that. There are x16 to x8x8 risers but the slots are rotated 90 degrees so I'll need and extension cable as well to mount the card properly. Below are the links to what I have. Has anyone come across this before and got it to work?
I2S bridge
https://www.pinkfaun.com/shop/bridg...tml#/521-additional_clock_for_i2s_bridge-tcxo
Motherboard
https://pg.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITXTB4/index.asp#Specification
PCIex16 to x8x4x4
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN596WMN?psc=1&smid=A4IWNATC64MMF&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
I got it to initialize in windows 11. So it does not like 1 slot PCIE x16 motherboards, or at least this one out of the box. You need to have riser card support on the x16 slot that you want to use. Then purchase a x16 to x8x8 or x8x4x4 riser card.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN596WMN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Plug that riser in and enable riser support in the bios. All other PCIE settings were set to auto.
The Pink Faun card was recognized after that. It seems to work fine and is recognized by Foobar2000. My I2S DAC is not built yet so I can't test it fully but I suspect it's fine.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN596WMN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Plug that riser in and enable riser support in the bios. All other PCIE settings were set to auto.
The Pink Faun card was recognized after that. It seems to work fine and is recognized by Foobar2000. My I2S DAC is not built yet so I can't test it fully but I suspect it's fine.