DIY eGPU experiences

[mjap52]

Is there somewhere here a guide on how to set the egpu up properly? As in sleep first, then connect, then drivers, or first drivers, then connect, connect at start of windows etc... ?

apac had a pretty good tutorial, but I believe it can change for every computer.

But apac described it as:
1. Computer off, connect and power on card
2. Power on computer, let vga drivers install.
3. Restart computer, install card firmware (Check to see if there is modded firmware for your card that you should install)
4. Restart, check for errors. If you have errors, then there is endless possibilities.
5. For me, I install the 1.x and chainload.

Note: I haven't gotten it to work yet, but I'm almost there. I had the computer recognize the monitors that were attached to the graphics card, but it wouldn't output to them. Gotta retry some stuff.

Good Luck!

[mjap52]

I've been reading around and looking at people's builds, and it seems like one of the most popular card is the GTX460.

When I impulse bought my setup (I'll admit, I was a little on the drunk side) I didn't really research the graphics card all too well and bought a GTX465. As I understand, this is not nearly as good as the 460 (from what the 'GTX460 vs GTX465' google search tells me.

But my worry is that as each failed attempt at setting up my card, I get a little more nervous that this card won't work with the eGPU stuff.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Xenitic]

what are the specs/name of your psu and notebook and what adapter you using?

[mjap52]

what are the specs/name of your psu and notebook and what adapter you using?

PSU: (Probably a little over the top, but I wanted to leave my options open so I could build a computer off this later on)
COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RS600-PCARE3-US 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply.

Notebook: Lenovo E420 i5 4gb RAM

Adapter: PE4H

[vivithemage]

Once I get everything up and running, tested, and retested, I'll make a complete idiots guide to setting up the eGPU for this computer. Possibly make a youtube video because it seems that youtube is very light on the how to's for this.

Thanks for the help, I'm at work but I'll try it when I get home.

If you do a build up guide, i've love to post it in my blog. Let me know if you do decide to, PM me or something.

[mjap52]

If you do a build up guide, i've love to post it in my blog. Let me know if you do decide to, PM me or something.

Will do! Once I get everything running I'll do it.

[gambitlebeau]

nando4

Re: Yuuma's internal screen point in their google doc

'Couldn’t get the output of the external graphic card on the internal screen. Means Optimus is somehow only partially working?!'

What could have caused this? How would one rectify it?

thanks

[Khenglish]

I got my E6520 today and unfortunately it requires compaction. The bad part about that is that compaction causes the system to hang, even with a devcon.txt. If I select "compact all devices", the system hangs immediately. If I say to just compact the GPU, windows hangs on startup.

Below is my devcon file:

Spoiler :

ACPI\PNP0000\4&18351974&0
Name: Programmable interrupt controller
Device has the following resources reserved:
IO : 0020-0021
IO : 0024-0025
IO : 0028-0029
IO : 002c-002d
IO : 0030-0031
IO : 0034-0035
IO : 0038-0039
IO : 003c-003d
IO : 00a0-00a1
IO : 00a4-00a5
IO : 00a8-00a9
IO : 00ac-00ad
IO : 00b0-00b1
IO : 00b4-00b5
IO : 00b8-00b9
IO : 00bc-00bd
IO : 04d0-04d1
ACPI\PNP0100\4&18351974&0
Name: System timer
Device has the following resources reserved:
IO : 0040-0043
IO : 0050-0053
IRQ : 0
ACPI\PNP0103\4&18351974&0
Name: High precision event timer
Device has the following resources reserved:
MEM : fed00000-fed003ff
ACPI\PNP0200\4&18351974&0
Name: Direct memory access controller
Device has the following resources reserved:
IO : 0000-001f
IO : 0081-0091
IO : 0093-009f
IO : 00c0-00df
DMA : 4
ACPI\PNP0303\4&18351974&0
Name: Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Device is currently using the following resources:
IO : 0060-0060
IO : 0064-0064
IRQ : 1
ACPI\PNP0401\5
Name: ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Device is currently using the following resources:
IO : 0378-037b
ACPI\PNP0A08\0
Name: PCI bus
Device is currently using the following resources:
MEM : 000a0000-000bffff
MEM : cfa00000-feafffff
MEM : fed40000-fed44fff
IO : 0000-0cf7
IO : 0d00-ffff
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&18351974&0
Name: System CMOS/real time clock
Device is currently using the following resources:
IO : 0070-0077
IRQ : 8
ACPI\PNP0C01\2
Name: System board
Device has the following resources reserved:
MEM : 20000000-201fffff
MEM : 40000000-401fffff
ACPI\PNP0C02\1
Name: Motherboard resources
Device has the following resources reserved:
MEM : fed1c000-fed1ffff
MEM : fed10000-fed17fff
MEM : fed18000-fed18fff
MEM : fed19000-fed19fff
MEM : f8000000-fbffffff
MEM : fed20000-fed3ffff
MEM : fed90000-fed93fff
MEM : fed45000-fed8ffff
MEM : ff000000-ffffffff
MEM : fee00000-feefffff
ACPI\PNP0C02\2
Name: Motherboard resources
Device has the following resources reserved:
IO : 002e-002f
IO : 004e-004f
IO : 0061-0061
IO : 0063-0063
IO : 0065-0065
IO : 0067-0067
IO : 0070-0070
IO : 0080-0080
IO : 0092-0092
IO : 00b2-00b3
IO : 0680-069f
IO : 1000-100f
IO : ffff-ffff
IO : ffff-ffff
IO : 0400-047f
IO : 0500-057f
IO : 164e-164f
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&18351974&0
Name: Numeric data processor
Device has the following resources reserved:
IO : 00f0-00f0
IRQ : 13
ACPI\PNP0C09\0
Name: Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Embedded Controller
Device is currently using the following resources:
IO : 0930-0930
IO : 0934-0934
ACPI\PNP0C0A\1
Name: Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Device is not using any resources.
ACPI\PNP0C0A\2
Name: Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Device is not using any resources.
ACPI\PNP0C0A\3
Name: Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Device is not using any resources.
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&1
Name: ACPI Power Button
Device is not using any resources.
ACPI\PNP0C0D\2&DABA3FF&1
Name: ACPI Lid
Device is not using any resources.
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&DABA3FF&1
Name: ACPI Sleep Button
Device is not using any resources.
ACPI\PNP0C14\0
Name: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Device is not using any resources.
20 matching device(s) found.

The good news is the 2920xm ES is working.

[ruhtraeel]

What exactly is WWAN used for? Can I take it out and use that slot with a PM3N so I don't have to sacrifice built in Wifi?

[Axeia]

WWAN = Wireless Wide Area Network, so basically the same as WLAN except intended for a 'Wide' rather than a 'Local' network.
So if you take that out you lose the ability to use the internet over cellular networks.. which doesn't seem too bad as you most likely use the eGPU when at home/on a normal network.