Any adapters for a x16 PCIe slot split in multiple smaller ones?

Yes it will be fine in the bottom slot, if a PCI-e card can physically fit in the slot it will work

Any adapters for a x16 PCIe slot split in multiple smaller ones? By you sticking a UAD-2 card into the second slot, the motherboard detects this and automatically throttles the first slot down to 8x assuming you have stuck in

Yes it will be fine in the bottom slot, if a PCI-e card can physically fit in the slot it will work

chain mail hd slot This is the motherboard for precision t1700 There are 2 slots, PCIe x16 is #16, PCIe x4 is #18 User manual for t1700

Remember that you also have to allocate PCIe lanes to things like the Wifi module and nvme slots for the SSD I'm sure Framework will have

16x pcie slot If IO module 3 uses a 1-slot PCIe riser module, slot 7 is unavailable Table 2-16 PCIe slots PCIe Slot CPU PCIe Standard

Those are crazy bent, sorry to say but it looks like that PCI slot may be a goner Follow frag's advice and if you power on the mobo make sure