aidzbelty

Hi, I need help with regarding an egpu setup for my laptop. I have a Compaq CQ43-206TU HM65 Chipset laptop that I got from my late mother and I wanted to keep it running no matter what. Currently it has a Pentium Dual Core B940 with 4GB RAM running on Windows 7 Pro 32-bit; which I am planning to upgrade into an i5 2430m (that's the highest compatible I could get) and 8GB RAM running on a Windows 8.1 64-bit SSD. I checked the laptop compatibility and it feels that it's kind of a grey area because some info says that intel chipsets lower than mine could run it but I don't see a similar laptop to mine listed so I wanted to ask to be sure. I wanted to run an eGPU setup that's why based on the stickies listed here and on various forums that I've researched I would ditch my wifi card and run the EXP GDC "Beast" and run it either on a 220W AC adapter or a 450W PSU. But then again I'm also planning to create a mini-ITX desktop which I'm saving up for Black Friday/Cyber Monday, and I could only buy the GPU right now which is the MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr V. So I have a list of questions for the experienced ones - even after reading all that I still have little or no idea on how to do this, I've tried other forums but it seems that people just look and pass by. I don't mind being told that it would not work or at least something because that would be better than nothing at all. 1. Would my planned eGPU setup (EXP GDC Beast mini-pcie + MSI GTX 970) work? After putting the 970 to the ITX build I'm planning to get another one so if that won't work then I could the best lower tier card I could get. 2. I still have no idea on how to determine my TOLUD since the numbers I got are shown differently from the examples here. I got these screen shots so if you could kindly tell me the answer and explain how you determined it I would really appreciate it. 3. I read about the Setup 1.30 and I'm willing to donate if need to, I just wanted to know a little better since I'm only tech self-taught and not tech literate (I only learn through reading and even that has limits), and I hope I could get a step-by-step process starting the DDST override all the way to operating the eGPU setup. Could anyone help me with this please? This may sound demanding and sorry for that but that is not my intention - I'm just frustrated in asking this several times already and getting brushed off just because I'm a newbie. Thanks in advance. aidzbelty

Hi everyone! I'm a laptop owner and current mini-ITX builder and I hope I can get along with everyone else in here.. =)