dragunbayne

4 hours ago, Tech Inferno Fan said:

 

AFAIK, GTX650/750/9xx/10xx and AMD cards all require a 256MB+ PCIe aperture. The 2570P BIOS TOLUD setting will not allow those to be allocated into 32-bit space hence require a DSDT override for allocation into 36/64-bit space:  https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/5874-guide-dsdt-override-to-fix-error-12/

OK, I figured that was the case. A 1060 should be fine? Forgive my lack of graphics card knowledge, it's my PC weak point. If I understand correctly any xx60 card should be fine? The 1060 seems a good option as it's TDP is low enough to work with the Dell adapter and it is readily available.

Edit: I just reread what you said. A 1060 would also need that done. So another question to add on. Other than the trouble of doing the DSDT override, is there any drawback?

I got it working and all is well. This little thing is pretty awesome. I got a brand new 9 cell battery for it, along with the BCM AC wireless card, Samsung 850 Evo, Core i7 3740QM, and 16GB of low voltage corsair memory. I'm hoping to eventually setup egpu and get a second SSD to swap for the ODD. Does anyone know if some of the newer Nvidia cards are plug and play, like the 1050?

@Tech Inferno Fan I got a smoking deal on a 2570p on eBay and have been working on setting it up and decking it out. I got diy egpu 1.3 and I cannot get aspm to work. Any guidance? I have the 9 cell batter and get just shy of 8 hours battery and really think it should be better.