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I run on hp8460p + exp gdc beast.

You can use the EXP GDC ExpressCard or the PE4C ExpressCard versions.

You won't be able to use the mpcie, because HP8460p BIOS has wireless card whitelist on mpcie ports and anything else won't work (you won't get past BIOS).

There are also some tricks with expresscard, hp8460p supports gen1 and gen2, but I was not able to get EC gen2 working with any GPU with bus width higher than 128b.

So if you stick with cards with bus width 128 you are good to go with EC gen2. The GTX 1060 will probably run only on EC gen1.

You can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_10_series

I was running on GTX750 Ti on EC gen2 and now I am running on GTX1050 Ti EC gen2.

You can switch EC gen in BIOS.

You can test gen2 with GPU-Z tool.

You will also need Setup 1.35 tool - https://***********/egpu-setup-13x/ otherwise you'll get error 43 in device manager. However, after I re-installed Win10 I didn't have to use the tool again, so give it a try without the tool first.

You would also probably need to try different drivers, for 750Ti 388.71 version worked best for me and newer version caused error 43 or random crash.

It took me about 2 weeks to get it working and stable.

On 2. 2. 2018 at 5:05 PM, Dx00009 said:

Hi guys, 

 

My question is do i need to disable intigrated graphics card. 

 

I have lenovo y510p +Gdc beast v8.0+gtx 1080(asus)+cooler master 750 watt psu. 

 

I setup everything but i got code 43 error. 

Please help. 

Error 43 can be solved using the eGPU setup 1.3x https://***********/egpu-setup-13x/

@Mike Fox

HP Elitebooks 8**0 require PCI compaction in Setup 1.30

On 8. 1. 2017 at 11:16 PM, Grantek said:

Hi. i got EXP GDC v8 / mPCIe cable and the Asus Strix 970 with the 8 pin Dell charger and wish to connect it to my Dell E6440 dgpu Radeon 8690 laptop (the laptop doesn't not have the Expresscard Slot will retrofit it and get the cable on a later date)  I managed to get the GPU to work perfectly on my Clevo P170EM plug and play through the mPCIE slot under the keyboard grate performance  was swiching to x2 in gpuz. So the problem is not with the Dock or the Graphics card its with the Dell E6440. The Dell E6440  detects the the graphics card but dose not allow me to install the drivers gives me Error Code 18 . Please if any one can give me some guidance on how i can get the Dell E6440 to work with the 970 through the mPCIE. 

- Use DDU to clean up any installed Nvidia drivers, "Clean and restart" option.

- After restart, download drivers from Nvidia and install. Restart

- Should be working at this point

Here is the DSDT thread

On 4. 9. 2016 at 0:55 PM, iEp89 said:

Hi everyone, i have some problems with the exp gdc v8.0 beast.

 

i try with two computers and the problem is the same:

HP G62 and Acer S3 951

 

Don't light any led in the left side of the board.

Graphic is a geforce 750ti

corsair vs450

 

 

 

Hi,

try to set the PTD switch to 7s.

On 21. 8. 2016 at 10:02 PM, Somik said:

Hi,

Please help me with the BIOS error message "System is not fully ACPI Compliant" and Graphics Card error Code 14.

 

I have connected my HP Laptop Pavilion DV7 with GTX 960 4GB card using the GDP Beast V8.0

 

> At first i got the Error Code 12 in device manager. Followed DSDT override to solve it. Loaded the updated DSDT file and then Large Memory is showing up correctly in Device Manager.

> The card showed up in Device Manager with Code 14 - This device cannot work properly until you restart your computer.

> When i restarted the computer with eGPU turned-on i got the blue screen bios error "The BIOS in this system is Not Fully ACPI Compliant". 

Laptop restarts itself after the blue screen and this goes on over and over in loop.

> I tried restarting laptop with eGPU turned-off. Got the same error "Code 14" in device manager.

 

Below are my laptop specs -

HP Laptop (Pavilion DV7 Notebook) with Wondows 7 Home Edition.

GT 960 graphics card and EVGA 600w power supply.

 

I am badly stuck here for a week now. Can someone please help me with this error - tried searching all the threads for anything similar but unfortunately couldn't find a solution.

Please please please help me out with any kind of expert suggestion. Thanks in advance.

make sure you have latest BIOS

hit F8 at boot and try "last known good configuration" or "safe mode"

uninstall all graphics drivers - use DDU http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

try to repair pc from windows media (dvd/usb stick)

4 hours ago, mrdatamx said:

The version is written in the circuit board of my adapter. It is visible through the plastic enclosure if I take a look at it from the top. It is located near the PCIe slot .

You are right, didn't see it with the card on as the plastic is scratched over it.

Mine says v8.4d

I have PTD switch (off/7s/15s) and green led

Some experience with it over past two weeks.

My setup

HP 8460p, 8GB RAM, no dGPU, Intel HD 3000

Win 10

EXP GDC Beast V8.4d with EC

Setup 1.30 (DSDT and PCI Compact)

I am using External Monitor.

BIOS latest and all the other drivers as well.

I tried 3 GPUs, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 760 and GTX 750 Ti.

I was not able to get EC Gen2 working for GTX 560 Ti and GTX 760, both cards report that only x1.1 as supported after I install NVidia drivers. Tried 3 different versions of drivers, all the same.

screenshot of gpu-z here -

However, I got x1.2 using the GTX 750 Ti using latest drivers without any issue. Of course, GPU-z reports x1.1 first, but quickly switch to x1.2 when card is under load.

Whenever I switch EC to Gen2, the two first cards are even not detected, Win doesn't boot at all or everything is freezing after boot and PC eventually turns it self off.

When I uninstall NVIDIA drivers (using DDU), PC works fine even with EC to Gen2, but thats useless

Is there some trick to get those 2 cards working x1.2 or they just won't do it with EXP GDC?

I bouth EXP GDC V8 recently, how can I tell if its 8.0 or 8.3?

Nevermind, using GTX 750 Ti I was able to get full Gen2 speed.

Thanks!

Thanks.

Do you have the EC slot switched to Gen2?

I have lots of micro-freezes when on Gen2. Fine on EC Gen1.

Even when on Gen2 I only have Bus Interface at x1 1.1 in gpu-z

On 3/17/2016 at 0:48 PM, idol said:

Hi there,

 

do you actually succeed? im stuck after dsd override, i cannot get the egpu assigned to the large memory block it always goes to the normal memory space....

 

ive tryed everything deleting pci express roots, all video cards driver, etc etc etc not with setup 1.x since nand is oflline.. and theres no way to even try the software

 

have you managed?

 

im on this setup

 

elitebook 8460p 16gb

radeon r9 380 4g

windows 7 64b professional

 

let me know!

 

cheers!

 

 

Hi Idol,

I have the same issue.

Fresh Windows 10.

Elitebook 8460p

8GB RAM

Stuck at "code 12".

Did you manage to solve it with Setup 1.x?

thanks"