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I was hoping that now I got my eGPU recognized in Setup 1.3, that I can now try PCI compaction to solve my issue. But the only compaction scenario that works is the last one (I want to say END 64bit? I forget the exact name ), however at the very end where the program is refreshing the status window I always get an "error from reading from Drive C" error, with the options to Abort, Ignore, Retry, or Fail - but no matter what I pick I just get the same error over and over again. I've tried limiting the scope, but that doesn't help. Any thoughts and a way to fix this, or another way to fix the error 12 that's not listed on the link above? I've even tried a DSDT fix and everything worked smoothly (I see the large memory allocation in Device Manager), but in Setup 1.3 I see "DSDT: no" and the GPU never never seems to get allocated into the large memory space when I hot-plug it. Thanks!

I was hoping that now I got my eGPU recognized in Setup 1.3, that I can now try PCI compaction to solve my issue. But the only compaction scenario that works is the last one (I want to say END 64bit? I forget the exact name ), however at the very end where the program is refreshing the status window I always get an "error from reading from Drive C" error, with the options to Abort, Ignore, Retry, or Fail - but no matter what I pick I just get the same error over and over again. I've tried limiting the scope, but that doesn't help. Any thoughts and a way to fix this, or another way to fix the error 12 that's not listed on the link above? I've even tried a DSDT fix and everything worked smoothly (I see the large memory allocation in Device Manager), but in Setup 1.3 I see "DSDT: no".

jacobsson/Tech Inferno Fan - Do you mind if I ask if you ever found a solution to your E530 setup? I'm attempting the same now, but I'm having the same trouble as you. If i try to boot with the eGPU connected, my laptop hangs on a black screen. Setup 1.3 doesn't recognize it no matter what I try, and the only way I seem to be able to get my laptop to recognize the eGPU is to hot plug when windows is sleeping, but then I get an error 12, despite performing a DSDT patch already. When I try a PCI compaction in Setup 1.3 (without the eGPU detected remember), it always hangs. Any tips?

Still get no display at all on the internal monitor - my laptop doesn't seem to distinguish whether a monitor is plugged into the eGPU or not, just whether the eGPU is on or not. When I try that, I get the same problem - a blank internal monitor and a blank eGPU. However, it seems like my laptop gets "frozen" when connected to the eGPU after the NVidia drivers are installed - despite not being able to see the screen, I'm unable to put my laptop back into sleep mode by pressing the sleep button like I normally do. In addition, the caps lock button fails to light up in that frozen state. Not sure if that's a coincidence...? To my knowledge there's no whitelisting going on - again, the PC has used my eGPU before but just not with the right drivers. Plus, even with the (corrupted?) drivers installed, when I boot I'm able to see my BIOS/Setup 1.3, the "Lenovo" booting screen, and even the Windows booting screen - but with the NVidia drivers the screen always fizzes out and I never make it past that point. I am using a PE4L 2.1b board, and I have the right power supply (high 12v rails, more than enough wattage). And I have no idea what TOLUD is.... and how would I go about changing that if that might work? Thanks again for all your help. I'll be happy to provide more info - anything that might get my setup working!!

Hello all. My eGPU setup consists of a GTX670 on my Yoga 2 Pro (1.8ghz Haswell, 8gb RAM, Intel HD4400) with the PE4L and an M.2/NGFF converter (the only free mPCIe slot is my WiFi card's M.2). I hooked up my eGPU. PE4L, adapter, and PSU, restarted my laptop, and without anything extra it just booted up and worked! However, after I restarted my computer (letting Windows 8.1 install the correct drivers), I get up to the windows loading screen and then the screen goes blank - my laptop is still on, but there's no display output on either my internal or external monitor. To fix this I have to disconnect the eGPU, forcing my laptop to boot using the integrated graphics and the internal monitor, uninstall the NVidia drivers, and reboot - only to have Windows reinstall the drivers and repeat the cycle. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do? I've installed Setup 1.3, but anything I do in that doesn't seem to fix the problem - but I could very well be missing something. And it's kinda pointless to do all this effort to set up a powerful eGPU, only to have it run on the default Windows video driver! I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong with the driver installation, but I'm not sure what. Thanks for your help in advance!! EDIT: and yes, I've read through all the FAQs and guides I could find - but feel free to call me out if you think I missed something!

Hey everyone - I'll try to keep it brief. I currently have a Yoga 2 Pro (i7 1.8gHz Haswell, 8gb RAM) with its stock Intel HD 4400 integrated graphics. I'd like to boost that up a bit! Now since my laptop only has a spare NGFF/M.2 port, I figured I'd but a converter like this: P15S-P15F (M.2 to mPCIe Extender Board) and use the PE4L to hookup a eGPU. I have a few concerns about my setup, and if you could offer any insight at all it would be greatly appreciated! 1) I'm assuming using a NGFF converter wouldn't mess with the graphics card at all - right? I have a Key E socket (and for the record it is PCIe "format" and not SATA) in my laptop, and the only other sort of PCIe port is used for my hardrive - so I'm limited to using the NGFF. 2) The port on my laptop is mPCIe 2.0, but only x1. Yes, I know that sucks - but will it still offer improvements over my integrated card? I'm not expecting Crysis at 4k, but I'd love to able to just run stuff like Space Engineers and Garry's mod without stuttering. I'm hoping the Optimus drivers would help. 3) Assuming that a x1 port will still offer some sort of improvement, can anyone recommend a great NVidia card? I know bandwidth is limited, so I'd like to get the best card I can within reason - I'm sure theres a point where getting the next model up would be pointless for my setup, I just don't know what that is! TL;DR: Help me find the best graphics cards for my PCIe 2.0 x1 Yoga 2 Pro I can use! Thank you!!!<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

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