Bad Axe 2 - PCI EXPRESS x1 slot

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Might be a stupid question, but does the new Intel bad axe 2 board support pci ex x1?

Been watching news about Intel Robson thing, and see that its for pci ex X1.
 
The Badaxe2 does support PCIex1 cards. It has three PCIex16 slots so unless you intend to run 3 graphics cards a PCIex1 slot can be inserted into the larger slot, occupying a small number of the pins. You will have no problems with a PCIex1 card.
 
Sorry, Leporello is correct & I did not make a full & accurate reply. Although the mobo does not have an X1 slot, it will still support X1.

A connection between any two PCIe devices is known as a "link", and is built up from a collection of 1 or more lanes. All devices must minimally support single-lane (x1) link. Devices may optionally support wider links composed of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, or 32 lanes. This allows for very good compatibility in two ways. A PCIe card will physically fit (and work correctly) in any slot that is at least as large as it is (e.g. an x1 card will work in an x4 or x16 slot), and a slot of a large physical size (e.g. x16) can be wired electrically with fewer lanes (e.g. x1 or x8; however, it must still provide the power and ground connections required by the larger physical slot size). In both cases, the PCIe link will negotiate the highest mutually supported number of lanes. It is not, however, possible for a device to operate in a slot that is physically smaller than it (e.g. an x4 card can't fit in a slot which is physically an x1 slot — though it could operate in a x4 slot wired with only 1 lane).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-Express
 
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