angerthosenear

Oh boy,,,, did you remove anything from your DSDT or just add the QWORD entry? Because the CPU0 entry is your CPU, you need that there lol! Re-extract your normal .dsl (DSDT) and upload it somewhere (Google Drive, Mega, etc.), I'll give an attempt at modifying your DSDT file.

Yeah, our DSDT tables are error ridden. Did you run the two optional steps? The DSDTParser program has a builtin error fixing feature that worked for me. I was running on a fresh install of Win 7 Enterprise x64. (not sure if you have every reinstalled your OS on the T901 or not).

You will have to perform the DSDT override. See here: http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/3539-guide-dsdt-override-simultaneous-igpu-dgpu-egpu.html edit: realized what thread I'm in lol. I linked you to the same one ;D I've tried multiple GPUs, once you get it working once, it will work for any GPU (at least of the ones I tested). Which .bat file are you trying open? Don't open it with the .bat file. Try the DSDTParser.jar

Except it is much better imo, it 'plays' like an actual MMO. Like if they die, they respawn. And the MC is really superb, he is SO clever. It is such an amazing anime.

Yeah the difference in conversion can get pretty brutal. Especially with multi-TB drives. Glad you got it all sorted.Semi-useful screenie:[ATTACH=CONFIG]10145[/ATTACH] Base 10 Base 2 60GB 55.5GB 1TB 931GB 2TB 1.81TB 3TB 2.72GB You start "losing" a lot once you change what base you are calculating with.

I'm not gonna rattle off everything I've watched... angerthosenear's Anime Library | Hummingbird Kill la Kill is hilarious. Looking forward to it resuming next week. As for something similar to Love Hina (I read it), there is something, but I cannot remember the name of it sadly. ;-; Log Horizon is really awesome. Been loving that. Golden Time is quite funny too. Other things I found noteworthy: Coppelion Miss Monochrome Unbreakable Machine-Doll Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Outbreak Company Infinite Stratos Yuushibu Kyoukai no Kanata Galilei Donna Noukome

What size hard drive is on the label? Cause you lose quite a lot of space just with the difference in base 10 vs base 2. Thus 1TB (on label, using base10) drives are 931GB when formatted and in OS (using base2). If you know of that, then perhaps try the HP USB Format Utility. That is a great format tool. There is another but I forgot the name. Could always boot to a live usb linux distro and use gparted.

Yeah, the vagueness everywhere else with Crossfire is the only hope for this working. That is the only mention I have seen about Crossfire needing 4x+. Is there a way to spoof the #x link? So it'll still be running on 1x but report software wise as 4x/8x/16x? Or would that just cause instability or something.

This is to keep pre-testing for Crossfire out of the main DIY eGPU thread. Keep it consolidated for those interesting a Crossfire link @ 1x in desktop or laptop. My original testing in a desktop (link below), proved useless since the 2nd PCIe slot didn't allow for a 1x link for some reason or another. I don't have any 1x to 16x extender cables so couldn't use any other ports. http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2109-diy-egpu-experiences-%5Bversion-2-0%5D-50.html#post78257 @sskillz is doing Crossfire testing on his desktop with a 1x to 16x riser (when he gets it in the mail). This will help to prove if it works at all in a 1x link. He got 1x working in his 16x port so just needs the extender to utilize his other 1x port to attempt Crossfire: http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2109-diy-egpu-experiences-%5Bversion-2-0%5D-51.html#post78558 @jacobsson is donating (to be returned of course) a mPCIe PE4L adapter to me for testing Crossfire @ 1x on a laptop. Going from Sweden -> US so this will take some time to arrive. Hopefully sskillz's testing will be done by then to determine if Crossfire works at all with a 1x link. Read the final report here!! (or scroll through and read how it evolved) http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/5622-%5Bblog%5D-crossfire-testing.html#post82280

You will get your adapter before I get it from jacobsson. Glad you can test it on a desktop to see if it can work at all with 1x. Which is the main issue here. If it does infact work, then I shall fiddle around a LOT with it eGPU to get it workin. Thanks for helping with this adventure. I'll make a new thread to keep this out of this one.

Nice! When does your extender come in? jacobsson is gonna send me the mPCIe version of the PE4L so if that works on your desktop at 1x link on both, hopefully I can get it to work eGPU wise.

Tape both cards to 1x and then see if you can enable crossfire. That is the main issue. I was able to Crossfire native (16x), but when taped to 1x (just one card in system), it wasn't recognized in the 2nd PCIe slot. See if you can put a card taped to 1x in each of your PCIe slots. If it works in both slots, then tape both cards to 1x and see if you can enable crossfire. Whoops, just re-read seeing you don't have two slots. Hopefully it will work with the riser/extender cable. You could also cutaway the back of the 1x link to make it edgeless

Hmm, been thinking about physical layout of this. Honestly the floppy power was a pretty solid choice since it is thin and is able to sit under the port. Once you start moving to 4pin molex or sata pwr the connector will tend to get too tall / wide. A pretty standard barrel connector might work, not sure if you can push 75W or 150W through it without frying the connector. If you had a PCI / mobo ATX power (so 4/6/8 pin) that would be too tall to sit under a GPU, and if you put it 'behind' the GPU, it would make the adapter quite large, and setup boxes like mine wouldn't be able to house it. Was thinking either on the bottom side of the adapter, but that could cause issues for others as well. Only way I can really think of circumventing this is to have some leads to a female 4pin molex / sata / PCI / ATX power cable. This could allow for various power inputs to suit peoples needs while maintaining physical flexibility (literally). Screw terminals so leads can be user changeable? yum yum dat wall of text. tl;dr: size of power connection would interfere physically, perhaps have power leads instead. Screw terminals? --- Might look a bit funny, but would CAT-5E (or 6A) work? They aren't shielded but do have twisted pairs. Very common cable too and can be made custom lengths easily. Just throwing ideas out there. Still curious about DP though, I feel like that would be the best bet - solid connector that locks.

Yes, run them on an external display so it can easily be compared to the other scores on the leaderboards (due to performance difference). Grats on getting it all working!

Oh okay. I thought he was still in the dark. I know since it's Lenovo sometimes it can be finicky. Hopefully he'll get back to us since this would be the first T430 I know of. Probably the case - "testing it out." Thanks for the headsup.

I keep seeing @Tech Inferno Fan pop-in on other things but perhaps he didn't get the ping in my post. He is the only I know to steer you the right direction. So I'll bump the thread for ya (count this as the 1 bump per 24hr rule). inb4 Tech Inferno Fan shows up and ninjas me with input.

It's more for non-gaming uses. Stick with GTX for gaming and Quadro for stuff like CAD. They are optimized differently for different tasks.

Correct. Only one of the ports work when taped to run on 1x I was actually looking at that to know how to tape it correctly lol. Yeah. This is how I taped my friends' cards up. It was just that one port didn't work. The slots that are PCIe 1x on his mobo were not edgeless so I couldn't just plop them in there. And he didn't like the idea of me cutting away to make them edgeless lol.

CrossFireX @ 1x ? Short answer: unsure Long answer: Using friend (K)'s mobo and 7970 and friend (T)'s R9 280X natively: AMD Radeon HD 7970 video card benchmark result - AMD FX-8150,MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) Works great! The issue arises when we try to run the cards in a 1x link. We taped off both cards so they run @ 1x -> only one card shows up..... odd Run one card @ 1x -> shows att 1x ONLY in the 1st PCIe 16x slot. When we put it in the other 16x slot, it doesn't work at all - not even the system POSTs. Well, it might've POSTed but we cannot see since the video card doesn't work. --- We are now guessing that it is the mobo restricting us. Not sure what mobos would allow a 1x taped card in the 2nd PCIe 16x slot. At 16x everything is fine. Not sure if that port is wired to only use specific lanes. Couldn't really tell looking at it. --- We don't know of anyone else in the area that has suitable hardware. So would have to reach out to others on T|I that run desktops with Cfire to see if they can test. If that proves to work at least in a desktop; then would just gotta try it eGPU. The only thing I'm missing for that is the mPCIe version of the PE4L. If someone could lend that to me I'd gladly test it (and of course send it back ;P ).

Doing some tests (more soon in edits!) My GTX 660 Ti: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2620M Processor,FUJITSU FJNB231 P5762 Friend's R9 280X: AMD Radeon R9 280X video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2620M Processor,FUJITSU FJNB231 P6563 3DMark06 with R9 280X: AMD Radeon R9 280X video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2620M Processor,FUJITSU FJNB231 18910 3DMark Firestrike with R9 280X: AMD Radeon R9 280X video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2620M Processor,FUJITSU FJNB231 5249 Still note to all, this isn't the best performance you can get out of these. My CPU throttling lowers the scores a bit. Cfire soon!

Congrats! Error 12 is the memory allocation issue. Since it is a Lenovo I'm not exactly sure how to fix. You will probably need Setup 1.x and/or a DSDT override. @Tech Inferno Fan (Ping!) I'd want you to take over from here. I don't wanna steer him the wrong way.

Gen2 mobo. Kinda side question, is it just me or do nearly all AMD mobos only have Gen2.

I personally don't have the little 2 wire thing hooked up. Honestly no idea what it actually does lol. You need the PSU hooked up to the 6pin on your GPU as shown in the last picture. Without it your GPU won't actually work at all. Once that is all hooked up then it's the software side to deal with. You will have various errors and first, you just gotta go about finding one, fixing it, rinse and repeat. Lemme know what you come across. Check with the main post (troubleshooting section) and my guide to see if you can discover any fixes. If you are still stuck, feel free to ask!

1. All of those pictures, we don't have permission to view them, check the privacy settings on them. We have a slightly similar setup hardware wise. Yours is just a generation newer. Although I know Lenovos can be finicky when it comes to eGPU. For hardware connections see my image album here: eGPU setup - Imgur Not overly clear for some of the things, but you want the floppy power to the PE4L as well as the 6/8pin PCI power to the GPU itself. To answer your questions: 1. Yes you can do 1.2Opt 2. 1.2Opt is pretty much plug n play once other criterion are met. You will want to set your ExpressCard slot to Gen2 (I guess Automatic is your choice here) 3. Not sure about your graphic option, would guess either Integrated Graphics or Optimus. I'd start with Integrated, but then again, Lenovo finickiness might require a different setting. 4. see pics and little blurb at beginning of my reply 5. Your GPU must have power, you will want to keep that plugged in. Perhaps take a look at my guide and T901 guide here: http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/5230-general-egpu-guide-fujitsu-t901.html You might need (probably will) Setup 1.x: http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2123-diy-egpu-setup-1-x.html Mega nifty, would recommend. Pretty sure someone else has a eGPU on a T430. I'll see if I can find it for you. Hope that helped! Lemme know if you got any more questions. --- EDIT: came across this http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/5454-lenovo-t430-t530-w530-etc-30series-ivy-bridge-pay-attention-solving-tolud.html Assuming he did everything correctly. This isn't too promising. Not sure the allocation space you need with your particular eGPU though. Allocation requirements are not my forte. If you want me to try a DSDT override for you lemme know. Check the links in my guide about it to help walk you through. The one to my DSDT guide has a dl link to some programs to help facilitate the process. All DSDT tables vary, I know one I looked at I couldn't perform a DSDT override. Hopefully you won't have that issue.