DIY eGPU experiences

[kizwan]

Hello. I`am new here.

I bought PE4H-EC2C and tried to use it with my Fujitsu T900, 8 GB RAM, Intel HD video card. The eGPU is currently an old 8800GTS.

I connected it successfully with the tablet, but it only works with 2 GB RAM installed without error 12.

So I tried to use 36-bit root bridge DSDT override steps,
DIY eGPU experiences
but cant manage to compile the aml file. Stopped with 118 errors about missing objects.

Can u help me with fixing the errors?

Please wait. I'll take a look later.

Hi Nando4,

As you suggested I have updated the latest AMD Radeon HD6450 driver, but still no luck. Please see the attached screen shot, where I can not see the 2nd monitor. It is only showing the laptop monitor. Please advice.

Thanks once again.

You need to install the driver for dGPU. Even though the external monitor is connected to eGPU, windows will failed to pick it up if you do not install the driver for dGPU.


eGPU + Mac OS X Lion
The key to get eGPU to work without any mod is to get the GPU that officially supported by Mac OS X. Any Mac user should already know this fact. There is already a solution on getting unsupported ATI GPU to work on Mac OS X by binary-patching the driver (re-mapping the display outputs; HDMI, DP, VGA, etc). Solution also available for unsupported Nvidia GPU.

[ap1991]

Hi guys what is the best diy egpu for me?

Model Presario CQ62 Notebook PC
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
AMD Phenom(tm) II N660 Dual-Core Processor
System type 64-bit operating system
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250

i have no express card slot and i have a friend giving me a radeon 6780 (i think thats what it is)
thanks in advance

[kimnam]

Hi guys i would like to check what is the best diy egpu for too..

Lenovo ThinkPad SL400
3GB Ram
Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
32-bit Operating System
Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
1Type I/II PC Card slot with 34mm ExpressCard via adapter (think this should be the express card slot)
BIOS Version is 1.30

Thanks in advance!

[kizwan]

Hi guys what is the best diy egpu for me?

Model Presario CQ62 Notebook PC
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
AMD Phenom(tm) II N660 Dual-Core Processor
System type 64-bit operating system
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250

i have no express card slot and i have a friend giving me a radeon 6780 (i think thats what it is)
thanks in advance

In the first post you can find several successful eGPU implementation on AMD notebooks. If your notebook doesn't have ExpressCard slot, you can use the available mPCIe port. You probably need to sacrifice wireless for eGPU. AMD notebooks only supported PCIe x1 link. If you doesn't play bandwidth hungry games like Battlefield 3, you good to go. Bad Company 2 running with micro lags in some scene/map when running on PCIe x1 link only. You also might need to find out whether the notebook chipset support PCIe rev 2.0 or not (hint: find it in AMD website or read the datasheet).

Hi guys i would like to check what is the best diy egpu for too..

Lenovo ThinkPad SL400
3GB Ram
Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
32-bit Operating System
Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
1Type I/II PC Card slot with 34mm ExpressCard via adapter (think this should be the express card slot)
BIOS Version is 1.30

Thanks in advance!

Is that CardBus/PCMCIA to ExpressCard adapter? If yes, it will not work because it doesn't have PCIe lane.

[kimnam]

Is that CardBus/PCMCIA to ExpressCard adapter? If yes, it will not work because it doesn't have PCIe lane.[/QUOTE]

Expansion slots
ExpressCard slot Y
CardBus PCMCIA slot type N
SmartCard slot Y
CardBus PCMCIA slots quantity 0

adapted from Product-Sheet for Lenovo ThinkPad SL400

I suppose it's not, i'm not really good with hardwares :/

[kizwan]

According to product sheet, yes your notebook does have ExpressCard slot.

You can use the PE4L v1.5. If you're in the US, you can order it from HIT. Does your notebook have Intel GMA4500MHD? If yes, I recommend getting Nvidia Fermi graphic card.

[can nabis]

It would help if you get the Setup 1.x software and read the online help on how to use it at DIY eGPU Setup 1.x Help . You just need to boot it to the menu-based system and select Video cards->dGPU[off], the Chainloader mbr. Those can be added to your startup.bat so you don't need to navigate the menus everytime.

I need a little biut help with this yet...i tried to switch the dGPU off with the program now. after that i wanted to do the Chainloader mbr...then there pops a message that i have to do the PCI compactation first. so i did this, but when it should be finished it just freezes...:


so what do i have to do?

[User Retired 2]

I need a little biut help with this yet...i tried to switch the dGPU off with the program now. after that i wanted to do the Chainloader mbr...then there pops a message that i have to do the PCI compactation first. so i did this, but when it should be finished it just freezes...:
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so what do i have to do?

After you do Video cards->dGPU[off], select Apply config.Chainload mbr, ignore the warning message about pci_alloc_valid=yes and just hit ENTER to proceed to chainload.

[kimnam]

According to product sheet, yes your notebook does have ExpressCard slot.

You can use the PE4L v1.5. If you're in the US, you can order it from HIT. Does your notebook have Intel GMA4500MHD? If yes, I recommend getting Nvidia Fermi graphic card.

Thanks for the info. Nope, i live in singapore so i guess i have to get from hwtools. as for my graphics card its Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family.

[kizwan]

@can nabis,

You don't need to do PCI compaction. Just ignore the message when Chainload mbr.