Running a PCI-E x8 in X1

[m00ch0]

Let me just start off by saying the title is wrong.

I recently bought a Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79

PCI-E Slots that are on this board are as follows:

1 - PCIe 3.0 x16_1 - Radeon 7970HD
2 - PCIe 3.0 x8_2A - Empty
3 - PCIe 3.0 x8_2B - Empty
4 - PCIe 3.0 x16/8_3 -Empty
5 - PCIe 2.0 x1_1 - Network Card
6 - PCIe 3.0 x8_4- Empty

My problem is that this board only has 1 x1 PCI-E Slot and I have 2 needs for this.

1 - Asus PCE AC68 Wireless PCIE Card

2 - Creative Sound Blaster Z

I Believe that you can use a PCIe x1 device in a x4, x8 or x16 but I try and install the drivers and it says "Setup unable to detect a supported product on your system.

What am I doing wrong and what can I do to get this sound card working?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit - Rewritten in the hope that it makes more sence

 

[m00ch0]

Anyone know anything about this? I'll take any advice going at the moment!

Just noticed the title being wrong I want to run a PCI-E x1 in a x8 (damn it)

 

[m00ch0]

Thanks Ripshod at least I know its possible was starting to dout it.

For some reason, I cant get it to detect my sound card or my wifi card when I move them into an x8 slot but they work fine in the x4

Any ideas?

 

[m00ch0]

I've already tried all different Slots & combinations (wifi & Soundcard) and moved the GPU to the a different x16 and still cant detect the sound card or wifi in any others.

I've also tried changing the generation on each slot to 1, 2, 3 to see if that makes a difference but still nothing.

I'm a bit stuck at the moment.

 

[m00ch0]

I originally had Belkin power line adapter's, I found them to be pretty useless and limit my connection far too much.