xzknightzx

Alright so, I've found that EFI shell is not a good work around for enabling hot-plugging because I have an AMI bios and the program I could only find that actually has that command only works for Insyde H2o bios. But, I came across a few great topics on another forum that actually gave me some awesome/interesting results but with major bugs. I downloaded drivers 372.70 & 375.63. This resolved the error 43 after installation but when using GPU-Z it didn't display the correct information for the card.

Haven't tested playing a game of some sort but I try, hope me luck.

Here are some links to where i found that someone had tried this, so I did the same.

The first link states what drivers make this result (372.70 and 375.63)

A picture of my results aswell I had taken.

I successfully made a backup of my bios and now I'm going to be able to attempt using the EFI Shell to enable hot plugging! ...Once I assemble my laptop back together that is.

Thanks for being so patient, it took me a while to figure out how to use the clip and programmer correctly.

(1/5/27) Edit: Update. So I assembled my laptop, ran EFI shell without success, I believe it must be the version I used because after using it I realized it was for a Insyde H2o based bios. I am looking for another EFI shell that might actually work but as of now no working solutions. So I was able to reboot my computer after running the command and open up HWINFO to realize nothing was changed. What I did in turn was do the process of running the EFI Shell again and rebooting to windows to find that it did absolutely nothing.

I also would like to inform anyone that wishes to know where the bios chip is on the motherboard (here's an image), turns out it was next to the mPCIE slot, how ironic...

Added a picture of the command being run in a version of EFI that was "successful" but not because it didn't hold the value change.

Hello, we have similar setups as I am using a Dell Inspiron 5749 with a EXP GDC Beast v8.0 through mPCIE.

I had success with a GT 610 running through the eGPU adapter with it using the laptops internal monitor but seeming your thinking about getting a GTX 960 or 980 you should be fine  as long as you don't try using a 10-series card.

The reason I say not to use any 10-series cards is because there's a huge driver problem when using these cards, If you wish to know more about this problem look into my topic mPCIE Error 43 with 10-series cards

I payed about $30 for the EXP GDC Beast v8.0 and waited about a month for China.

I never done this with a dedicated GPU which is your NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M but, ive read that you might need to disable it but i'd suggest looking around the forum a bit.

I looked into your computer here's some resources and info about your Laptop you may need to know.

On 12/27/2016 at 0:32 PM, egpulover said:

@xzknightzx I think I got a working solution however I'm unable to test it and make sure so please do everything below as your own risk:

 

First let take a look at the IFR of the Hot Plug option of the Root Port 3:

0x2402C 			Setting: Hot Plug, Variable: 0x358 {05 91 78 07 79 07 C8 03 01 00 58 03 10 10 00 01 00}
0x2403D 				Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 07 36 06 30 00 00}
0x24044 				Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 07 35 06 00 00 01}
0x2404B 			End of Options {29 02}

What we got from this is the state of the option is store in a variable - 0x358 - so all we need to do, is change it state from Disable (0x0) to Enable (0x1), so here is how to do so:
 

 

Good luck if you decided to take the risk XD

 

Sources of information:

 

I am going to attempt this but, I'm going to take precautions to be able to unbrick my system encase of such a result. I'm ordering a USB Programmer CH341A Series and a 8 socket chip clip adapter that way I can backup the bios directly from and to the chip. The only problem I'm going to have now is finding where the bios chip is...

I should receive the clip Saturday (12/30/2016) EDIT: Received the clip today (Friday), Came early which is nice! 

The programmer Wednesday. (1/3/2017) EDIT: Going to receive the programmer tomorrow (Wednesday) !!  (1/4/2017) EDIT: I Got the Programmer

Here's a link to information I found on how to do this.

(It's a guide on how to install a modded bios on a bios chip, I'm just going to save the bios currently on my chip instead)

Thanks for the help @egpulover this is some great stuff you got here!

Hope you luck on your exam! 

6 hours ago, bloodhawk said:

So turns out his system is different,  but i have been taking a peek at the IFR structure of the Setup module, and it seems to be weird as compared to the older BIOS'. I was able to enable HotPlug for Port 1 and 5 , but the rest need to be enabled using UEFI Tool / Hex Editor. But i need to find the exact layout first.

Will you be able to upload images of each and every BIOS Menu somewhere? (Please make sure you blur out any serial numbers/MAC ID's etc) 

Im sure it will cumbersome, so you can take your time.  

That's some great news! 

I have taken pictures of every BIOS Menu (Main, Advanced, Security, Boot, Exit) in that order.

Here's a link to pictures

sorry for the quality of the pictures, tried three different phones and this was the best.

Thanks!

2 minutes ago, bloodhawk said:

 

Dang. 

Let me look into this. 

I think a friend of mine has the same laptop, let me see if I can figure things out on his system. Will update you later this weekend. 

Thank you so much for everything, I can't thank you enough.

Merry Christmas! 

On 12/20/2016 at 3:36 PM, bloodhawk said:

 

That is indeed troublesome. At least in Windows it should work, unless Windows is 32bit

 Or 

Is there Intel Anti Theft /secure boot/ UEFI  enabled ?

I had UFEI enabled so I disabled it, secure boot was disabled and Intel Anti Theft (Computrace) is deactivated. Went through the same procedure and had same results.

Here Are some images of what was set:

10 hours ago, bloodhawk said:

 

That is weird. I read about that error sometimes showing up because of the 32/64bit executable. 

 

Give one of these a shot : 

 

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtHvY3vY0T9YrSSOQmoSTK0UI0Ge

 

If the first 2 dont work, just use the Windows one and dump only the BIOS.

Hey, did exactly as you suggested and sorry to say but no success. Here's what I got for results using the files you given me and thanks again! 

On 12/18/2016 at 10:16 AM, VIRVeX said:

OK.

I were getting the code 43 error, and now installing older driver versions is working, but not wonderfuly because im getting micro stuttering on all the games. Why newer graphics card doesnt work with new drivers??

Do you guys know any solution to this ???

                  Hello, you are not alone with this problem. I'm guessing you reverted to driver version 372.70 and the reason this is the only latest version to work is nvidia changed something causing users of mPCIE egpu's to must have Hot Plugging enabled on their mPCIE port in their bios. Your computer must have Hot Plugging disabled as well and if your bios is locked up your not able to change these settings to make your graphics card function correctly.

EDIT: I'd suggest using the program hwinfo to check if Hot Plugging is disabled on your mPCIE port.

I started a topic talking about this not too long ago, I'd suggest you take a look.  Good Luck!

On 12/12/2016 at 2:31 AM, bloodhawk said:

If you can dump your BIOS using FPT , using a DOS boot USB. I can look into it. 

 

Sorry for replying so late and thanks for your reply @bloodhawk, I attempted booting a FreeDos USB with FPT without success for most of the week. I got it to work tonight but with failure, I swear dell hates me... It booted after having me take out my hard drive and turning OFF Secure Boot. I had to do this because my boot options I discovered were locked up as well and this had taken up most of my time this week with me tinkering to bypass this. When I found a work around I ran into an error 201 with the FPT as seen in the image below, so I wasn't able to make a dump. Is there another version of FPT that might work or something?

Thank you again! I appreciate all the help I get

@Bertie Yes, this does work for some with mpcie to revert to version 372.70 but, If you own a card that isn't supported in that version such as the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 ti (One of which I own) It will give error 43. So for instance I have to use a newer version and in the newer versions of the driver you must have Hot Plugging Enabled. So the only solution for someone with this problem Is to enable Hot Plugging and for some this isn't as easy as one would think. Some have Hot Plugging already enabled but others that don't have that ability must mod their bios to enable it due to their bios having this setting locked.

Thanks for making adding more relevant information to the thread.  

I've run into a new problem while trying to save the modified rom file with AMIBCP aptio 5. The error I get is "Error occurred in BIOS rebuild (#0000C00E)". I attempted this using AMIBCP version 5.01.0014 and version 5.02.0023 ending up with the same problem. I did this on a virtual machine thinking it was my antivirus or something like that and realized it wasn't. Does anyone have an Idea what my problem is? Again I looked this up with no solution

Picture Below showing the Error:

On 12/6/2016 at 7:28 AM, Doink said:

@xzknightzx: yes you are right, if its safe to edit it via amibcp and reflash the bios then its an easy fix, just ask someone who are pretty good at bios mods (not me). If he says yes then just load your bios, put this to Enabled on Port3 in the Optimal column, flash the saved rom and use the "~Load Optimal settings" menu to apply it. 

 

 

Thanks for the awesome reply! I tried extracting the .rom file from the 3443A08.EXE bios file with no avail.  I tried using the cmd method (3443A08.EXE /writeromfile) but the .rom file doesn't open with AMIBCP giving me the error message "Couldn't open the file!". I've searched all over for another solution but now I'm stuck.

Do you know how I could obtain it?

EDIT: I see in the image you provided the title of the file is 3443A00.rom, How did you get this file? 

(Didn't realize the file name you were opening in AMIBCP until 5 minutes after post)

EDIT: Solved the problem Doink messaged me that I must use AMIBCP aptio 5 version and now I'm able to open the .rom file!

33 minutes ago, Abdul-Jakul said:

are you still not able to make your gtx 1050 work? if not you need to find out if you can enable hot plugging on your Mpcie.

 

may i know what your system is so i can help you check if you can enable hot plug

Yes I'm still struggling to have my GTX 1050 in working order still lol. I have discovered that I cannot enable Hot-plugging on my mpcie due to my bios being locked up. I have searched up for a modded version of my bios over and over again. Thanks for doing this 

My System:

• EXP GDC V.8
• EVGA GTX 1050 SC 2GB Non-ti
• Dell Inspiron 5749
• Link to Bios Currently flashed (The manufacturer is AMI - Version A08 )

Picture is of HWiNFO64 of my mpci information (Says hot plugging not capable )

                 Hello, we've all have been experiencing problems with Error 43 showing up on our 10-series cards and us smashing are heads on the keyboard screaming to the top of are lungs "WHY WON'T IT WORK!". I own a GTX 1050 Non-ti and I've been struggling to find a solution as well. The reason I'm making this topic is to pull away from another topic that was started by @Lucas114846 requesting help for his/her GTX 1060 having Error 43 running through thunderbolt. I simply want to respect the users that are frustrated by mPCIE users posting all over This Thread about modding inf files and want to provide a topic more focused on just mPCIE with 10-series.

@Darkthor helped clarify about Modding INF files and some other confusion of someone saying his friend found a "fix" and I would like to Thank him for this. here is his post below.

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Abdul-Jakul Had replied to Darkthor's comment as I was making this, his reply below.

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3 hours ago, Plastixx said:

 

What kind of driver issues? I have one on the way to me and I'm trying to learn as much as possible in the meantime.

Well, @Plastixx

I hate to the bringer of bad news but, I've been struggling with issues myself and everybody else with a egpu pascal card (GTX 1080, 1070, 1060, 1050, TITAN X) trying to run.

I suggest reading this topic, good luck. 

2 hours ago, Rihards said:

Driver 376.09 does not work for me with mPCIE, using 1060 GTX.

Yes because if your using mPCIE, the only newest driver found to work with mPCIE is 372.70. 

But even I haven't gotten it to work sadly.

  EDIT: You might have hot plugging disabled in you bios? I used HWiNFO to see if my mPCIE had hot plugging enabled.

I'll attempt this 

21 hours ago, Darkthor said:

 

 

mod nv_dispi

AND 

nvdmi (or which it's yours)  

AND

add whatever files miss from the 372.70 doesnt have (copy-paste it over,and say no to whatever's asking windows to override.

 

 

It will install, but after a reboot  the driver won't work. That'sasfar as i could go.

 

 

Attempting what you said as I type thanks for your reply!

Will edit in my results.

EDIT: Couldn't install doing what @Darkthor said, tried multiple ways and ended up with a failed installation every time. Thanks Darkthor for the help!  (p.s sorry for late results)

On 11/25/2016 at 7:43 PM, Abdul-Jakul said:

you might need to make some changes to the nv_dispi for the driver to be installed

Thank you for replying to my question, I've attempted adding support for my device (GTX 1050 SC Non-ti) by adding strings from driver version 375.95 to my 372.70 drivers nv_dispi.inf file but with no successful installation of the drivers. It ends up giving me an error informing me the graphics driver didn't install. Anyone have an idea what i'm doing wrong?

My setup works, Tested with success with a GT 610!

What i'm using :

• EXP GDC V.8 ( Duck taped to the back of the laptop monitor  )
• Dell Inspiron 5749
• EVGA GTX 1050 SC 2GB Non-ti

                        EDIT: I Installed drivers version 372.70 successfully when swapping the nv_disp.cat file from version 375.95 BUT still error 43 exist.

8 hours ago, Abdul-Jakul said:

finally got it to work, thanks alot forfudgesake

Would this work with the GTX 1050 SC Non-ti version? I also can't grab a copy of the nv_dispi.zip that forfudgesake posted because of my rank.