diff --git a/internal/exporter/reanimator_converter.go b/internal/exporter/reanimator_converter.go
index 2a31b15..b279ed7 100644
--- a/internal/exporter/reanimator_converter.go
+++ b/internal/exporter/reanimator_converter.go
@@ -998,6 +998,9 @@ func convertPCIeFromDevices(devices []models.HardwareDevice, collectedAt string)
 			float64(intFromDetailMap(d.Details, "power")),
 		)
 		status := normalizeStatus(d.Status, false)
+		if status != "Critical" && isPCIeLinkWidthDegraded(d.LinkWidth, d.MaxLinkWidth) {
+			status = "Warning"
+		}
 		meta := buildStatusMeta(status, d.StatusCheckedAt, d.StatusChangedAt, d.StatusHistory, d.ErrorDescription, collectedAt)
 		slot := firstNonEmptyString(d.Slot, d.BDF)
 		result = append(result, ReanimatorPCIe{
@@ -2649,6 +2652,15 @@ func normalizeStatus(status string, allowEmpty bool) string {
 	}
 }
 
+// isPCIeLinkWidthDegraded reports whether a device negotiated a narrower PCIe
+// link than the slot/device supports (e.g. x8 in an x16 slot) — a signal of a
+// bad seat, bent connector, or misconfigured riser. This runs once here, on
+// the shared LinkWidth/MaxLinkWidth fields every vendor parser populates, so
+// it applies uniformly regardless of which parser produced the reading.
+func isPCIeLinkWidthDegraded(linkWidth, maxLinkWidth int) bool {
+	return linkWidth > 0 && maxLinkWidth > 0 && linkWidth < maxLinkWidth
+}
+
 var (
 	ipv4Regex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|[^0-9])((?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?:[^0-9]|$)`)
 )