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February 6th, 2026 21:36

GPU passthrough on Precision Compact 3260 (Intel B50Pro)

Hi - as above. Im trying to get my new B50pro working within Proxmox. Proxmox cannot see the card.

If i install windows 11 natively and install all drivers - the windows os can see the card. One thing it does notice that Bar is not enabled, but it is in the bios.

Bios is currently up to date.

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    Posted February 12th, 2026 11:45

    This is now fixed (posting here for documentation.)

    Essentially the system is booting too fast for the card to be seen by ProxMox.

    I changed 2 parts. Firstly i slowed down the post screen from 5 seconds to 10 seconds and also changed a setting in the bios to stop the power management to the pci bus.

    This is now working.

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    Posted February 10th, 2026 21:21

    Just to add to this - hopefully Dell will issue some sort of firmware/bios update....ive got rebar enabled in the bios but the B50 thinks its not switched on/enabled....

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    Posted February 11th, 2026 15:04

    Ive had some help on the ProxMox forum so once proxmox has booted the pci bus needs to be refreshed/rescanned - then the card appears. This is the command used...

    echo "1" > /sys/bus/pci/rescan

    He has suggested delaying the boot in the bios...does anyone know where that setting would be?

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    Posted February 12th, 2026 14:22

    @Comfy​ Glad that you managed to find the workaround and even more glad that you documented it here. I've took the liberty of marking your post as accepted solution

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    Posted February 12th, 2026 14:42

    Just to add though the rebar function isnt fixed in windows so i guess that would be some sort of dell bios update?

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    Posted February 12th, 2026 17:19

    @Comfy​ Probably. It's something that should be discussed with the technical support

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    Posted February 24th, 2026 01:38

    Hi There,

    Doesn't the Intel Pro B60 have two GPUs on a single card? I think it would need to be setup for bifurcation to 8x8x in the bios for X16 pcie slot, and enable above 4Gb, since it has two 8x pcie seperated on a single x16 pcie on the GPU, it's just a thought.  

    Hope you find a solution.  Later:)

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    Posted February 24th, 2026 08:26

    Not that im aware of. Ive fixed the problem now....its a combination of the S3/S5 control and the power management setting to the PCi bus....never had to do that with the A2000 i had before though. As for talking to Dell support....a. i highly doubt they would even reply to me and b. in a perfect world they would be proactive and get the same setup together (its not hard) and then test it for themselves. And c. not really connected but theyve had a latitude from my workplace for 5 weeks now and not managed to repair it...not only that their AI support tool keeps asking me the same questions at 3am....most mornings...