DIY eGPU experiences

[SonicBoom_]

My toys just arrived... pics will follow

sooo first pic is here

Update 1:


Update 2:
Okay just ran into the first problems... the 300W bequiet PSU did not have 8pin pci-e and 6pin pci-e to power the GTX-480 I need to buy a molex adapter now Searching for drivers now. 800x600 sucks

Update 3:
Now online with the X200 and the GTX-480 fired up. No problems during the boot. Just booted normal.

[hannajwa]

can i ask anyone..hurmm if i buy the PE4H with EC2C..does the package already contain EC2C??or i need to buy additional Ec2C??

[SonicBoom_]

can i ask anyone..hurmm if i buy the PE4H with EC2C..does the package already contain EC2C??or i need to buy additional Ec2C??

if you buy the package for 85$ it contains the EC2C with a realy short cable... U might need to buy a miniHDMI cable on ur local store or order it from hwtools.net

[User Retired 2]

Okay just ran into the first problems... the 300W bequiet PSU did not have 8pin pci-e and 6pin pci-e to power the GTX-480 I need to buy a molex adapter now

Didn't one of the video cards have a 12V molex to 8pin pci-e adapter in it?

[SonicBoom_]

Didn't one of the video cards have a 12V molex to 8pin pci-e adapter in it?

noooo!!!! Stupid idiots from gainward! I did not open the Spaphire one yet but I am online with the GTX-480 now. Ran into the local store and bought a 600W PSU was easier to find then a Molex adapter

any tips on the drivers I should use for the GTX-480?

[User Retired 2]

noooo!!!! Stupid idiots from gainward! I did not open the Spaphire one yet but I am online with the GTX-480 now. Ran into the local store and bought a 600W PSU was easier to find then a Molex adapter

any tips on the drivers I should use for the GTX-480?

The 2GB HD5870 has a 12V to molex plug as shown on the newegg pics. Can just use it.

Software? NVidia desktop adapters allow 64-bit allocation. An advantage over ATI. So will be just plug and play for x1 mode via expresscard using Win7.

For x2 mode or anti-whitelisting can use the DIY ViDock Setup. If only need x2 switching you *might* be able to do it in Win7 using BarEdit as shown at the bottom of this post.

[SonicBoom_]

The 2GB HD5870 has a 12V to molex plug as shown on the newegg pics. Can just use it.
Software? NVidia allows 64-bit allocation. Will be just plug and play.

Can use the DIY ViDOck Setup to switch into x2 or anti-whitelisting. If just need x2 switching you *might* be able to do it in Win7 using BarEdit as shown at the bottom of this post.

I ment graphics drivers. But thanks for the explanation. I go for the ForceWare 257.15 Win 7 as far as I know its the fastest driver from Nvidia so far.

Is there a way to disable HDMI audio?

[User Retired 2]

Is there a way to disable HDMI audio?

Device Manager->Sound, Video and Game controllers. Disable HD Audio Controller that appears when the NVidia 480GTX is plugged in.

[SonicBoom_]

Benchmark 06 is not running thru...

[AggieTallBoy]

great work. Awesome software. Rep +. This would definitely solve a lot of problem. Most of the software see to have worked fine for me except when i try to chain load the os. it keeps on saying the boot file not found. this is for w7 and mbr option. I wonder what could be the problem. Any suggestions. Also when i try the pci allocation part it say i have no resources to allocate. Could his mean i can't use more than 2 gb ram.

I had to rewrite my grub command to deal with the fact that I have two hard drives in my laptop.

My simple command is:
grub --config-file="root (hd1,0);chainloader /bootmgr;boot"