DIY eGPU experiences

[Mech0z]

IVB Lenovo E430/E530 no longer havean expresscard slot

Lenovo's next-gen budget business offering will no longer be a DIY eGPU candidate. Means interested DIY eGPU users may want to get a runout-deal on a E420/E520 instead which do have an expresscard slot.

I'm wondering if the IVB HP Probooks and Dell Vostros will also drop the expresscard slot?

Some of them might have Thunderbolt instead, at least S430 has Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 is the first Windows laptop with Intel's Thunderbolt; Edge E430 and E530 also announced | The Verge seems like a pretty sleek laptop

[SimoxTav]

Sadly, it seems also that the HP 2570p and the newcomers 2170p will lack the EC2C slot.

HP EliteBook 2170p and 2570p hands-on - SlashGear

Seems like TB ports are becoming a serious business for Intel (even if not all the NB are equipped with it yet).

[User Retired 2]

Sadly, it seems also that the HP 2570p and the newcomers 2170p will lack the EC2C slot.

HP EliteBook 2170p and 2570p hands-on - SlashGear

EDIT: Looks like slashgear are confusing things.. 2570P does have an EC slot. See *HP EliteBook 2560p Owners Lounge* for details.

[ungz]

I'm facing a problem try to search in this thread to find someone who has the problem like me but cannot find the resolve.
PS. i'm super noob -_-

Lenovo t410 8GB Ram
EVGA 01G-P3-1366-RX GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply
pe4h
and
install fermi driver with mod nvam.inf
and do the bios setting following mide instruction from thread

5) Go into the BIOS and set "Boot Display Device" to "Digital on Thinkpad"
BIOS>Config>Display

Everything look like work fine
try to boot with everything connected , window detected the card
try to put on sleep mode first and then connect the card , window detected the card.

But both way have the same problem
1. everytime i try to open starcraft 2 the fan of the gpu spinning real fast, and t410 freeze.
2. sometime during do something after turn on the computer 5 mins , computer pop up the blue screen with nvlddmkm.sys error

After searching more info in this thread
- i found that my psu has not enough power to give to gpu , is it correct? if yes i going to buy a new one today
- the second i found is about dsdt 36 bit , i really don't understand what is that but i just saw 4GB+ram , do i need to do that?


Thank you

THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVE...
so it's psu problem , it's doesn't give gpu enough power . After buy a new psu everything work fine

Thank you again for the best diy ever

[bjorm]

Sadly, it seems also that the HP 2570p and the newcomers 2170p will lack the EC2C slot.

HP EliteBook 2170p and 2570p hands-on - SlashGear

Seems like TB ports are becoming a serious business for Intel (even if not all the NB are equipped with it yet).

HP EliteBook 2570p Notebook PC specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products

it is written that there is an ExpressCard/34

you can see it on 3 and 5 photo --> http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-el...70p-0/#5004287

[SimoxTav]

HP EliteBook 2570p Notebook PC specifications - HP Small & Medium Business products

it is written that there is an ExpressCard/34

you can see it on 3 and 5 photo --> HP EliteBook 2570p - Engadget Galleries

The photos on Engadget differs from the Slashgear ones and to me sounds the engadget one are like a recycling of the 2560p (the specs too). I would be happy to be denied, but also the photos of the 8470 in the HP section on NBR shows 2 buttons instead of three and the lack of the EC2C slot.

[periaz]

Heey,

Just one question : I've got a Clevo W150HRM, chipstet 65-series, can I plug an eGPU in 2x mPCI-e 2.0 ?

Thank you

[bjorm]

Heey,

Just one question : I've got a Clevo W150HRM, chipstet 65-series, can I plug an eGPU in 2x mPCI-e 2.0 ?

Thank you

im not sure if you got expresscard slot.

EDIT: yes, you don't have EC slot.

[Insifada]

Hey there, so I received all my parts today :
-PE4H v2.4
-PM3N
and a GTX 460

My computer is a Dell Latitude E5510, win7 32bits, 4G of RAM.

I plugged everything in ( pm3n was kinda hard to fit into my comp because its usually a half-lenght card that fits in that mpcie port )

I boot up my comp, power egpu at windows loading and everything loads fine. There is 3 green lights on the PE4H and the gtx fan spins quite fast. There is 2 lights on the pm3n that will light on a yellow and green one.

One problem, nothing is happening... I tried to use the Verde 293.XX driver with modified nvam.inf file, drivers tell me cant find the card.

So the card fan just spins but nothing happens, no error no nothing

What now ? I dont know what to do ?

Ive read some more pages of this thread, and I just realized my psu doesnt have any pcie connector. So I think that may be my problem, i need a new psu with pcie connector to connect to my card ?

So, I tried today with another psu with 2 pcie connector, nothing changed, no errors, the card is still not detected.. The slot im pluggin the pm3n in is a WLAN slot. Am I doing something wrong ??

[blizzard2012]

After successfully setting up egpu on a Sony Vaio Z series all Thanks to Nando and Kizwan.

Games like LoL and WoW run well at high settings but when i ran a 3dmark11 it shows a poor result.

3DMark Score P2822
This Score is Low Compared to Similar Systems.
There may be a problem. (From 3DMArk11)

Is the result normal? or is there something else im missing out.
Thanks