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@jacobsson: I think one user here already showed that the PE4L 2.1b is Gen 3 capable (using a HTPC setup). So in this case it looks like a legit claim of Bplus. However, it is not much of a help for most eGPU-users as no laptop has a Gen 3 capable Expresscard slot or a Gen 3 mPCIe slot.

[News] Intel confirms that faster Thunderbolt (20Gbs) is coming 2014 New Intel Thunderbolt™ Advancements at the NAB Show

Thank you for posting this email here. Although there was already an announcement that the TH05 was discontinued (http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2680-th05-recall-notice.html#post36363) your email gives us new information. Unfortunately this is really bad news if it is true that they "have no plan to develop new PCIe to Thunderbolt adapter".... :/

*bumb: @svl7: Sorry for bringing this thread up again and again. It seems that you do not have enough time to look into my BIOS. Therefore let me ask whether you know anyone else who could help me with my BIOS?

What happened to nando´s eGPU guide on the first page (first post)? His post is completely gone, including the FAQ...

*bump: @svl7: Did you get your system back to work? Did you find some time to look into my BIOS problem? cheers

I tried that but unfortunately it did not help. On my other laptop Setup 1.x works perfectly fine and I really appreciate all the work you have put into that outstanding program! @svl7: Thank you for giving it a try. I am very busy myself right now so take your time and don´t feel rushed or anything. In the meantime maybe you could answer some of my noobish questions Edit: any news on your system restore?

*push It seems @svl7 is pretty busy. Does anyone else know a solution for the E330 whitelisting issue?

This is really bad news! Thank you @zsph for doing that pioneer work for us. I wonder if the PE4H 2.4 - PM060A also fails to do Gen 2 speeds (the one via mPCIe). Would be nice to have someone who could try this connection and verify Gen 2 support or find out that it also fails.

Hi svl7, my current BIOS is: LENOVO 1.14 (BIOS ID: H3ET31WW), date: 13.07.2012 link to file description: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/h3uj04ww.txt link to the win7 BIOS update utility with BIOS 1.14: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/h3uj04ww.exe Do you know how I could find out whether or not my port 2 is mPCIe? To be honest I have never updated any BIOS and definately never used a tweaked BIOS, so I am kind of a noob on that topic! How does this work in general? What could go wrong? Is there a way to save a backup of the original BIOS and use that backup in case anything goes wrong with the modded-BIOS? Sorry for the noob questions but I am new to this Thank you for your help!

Hey Lenovo-experts, does anyone know a biosmod for the new Thinkpad E330? I´d like to use it with an eGPU-setup but I don´t want to do a hotswapping in order to get rid of the whitelisting. Maybe someone knows a bios/software method to remove whitelisting? I´m not sure whether port 1 is really mPCIe capable or just mSATA but port 2 is definately mPCIe because there sits my wifi at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Why would an AMD card be even better on an Ivy-bridge laptop. I thought Nvidia + Optimus was the best solution. Looking at your chart I can see that the AMD performed better but are those cards in a desktop-pc performance wise the same? What kind of AMD card is the equivalent to my GTX560Ti? An AMD HD7850? Maybe I will risk overcoming the whitelisting issue in future but for now I am too scared to demage/destroy a brand new laptop. My ASUS G71V is more than 4 years old so I am more confident "experimenting" with this one.

Thank you for enquiring Blus about the pci-e 2.0 capability! If the PE4H 2.4 (new and 2012 model) really has that capability would that mean that you could do a @x2 2.0 or even @x4 2.0 on Sandy/Ivy-Bridge notebooks? Now that my new Lenovo E330 is not eGPU capable due to whitelisting issues, its seems that I have bought the "wrong" graphics card. I purchased an Nvidia-Fermi card in order to be able to use Optimus with my E330. Now I am stuck with my ASUS G71V as my eGPU-laptop which would perform better with an AMD card @x2E

Hi guys, got a few questions regarding the "new" PE4H 2.4: First of all, has someone already confirmed its pci-e 2.0 capabilities? Secondly, is this really the same PE4H 2.4 you could order last year? If so, does that mean that somehow magically my PE4H could do pci-e 2.0? Btw: I could not find an option to buy the "PM060A" (or possible PM100A/PM200A) seperatly. It seems you can only buy the EC060A without buying the complete PE4H package which is a bit odd. Another topic I am wondering about is AMD vs Nvidia performance on my old IHCM9 chipset. As described here: DIY eGPU experiences - Page 46 and in Nando´s performance analysis (http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2747-12-5-dell-e6230-gtx660%40x1-2opt-hd7870%40x1-2-pe4l-ec060a-2-1b.html#post37197) it seems that AMD cards perform better in @x2 or @x2E situations. Right now I am running a Nvidia GTX560Ti @x2 (non-Optimus) using Port 1+2. Port 3 is my expresscard slot where I have a USB-3.0-Card and Port 4 seems to be empty but I can´t even tell where it is located. If I understand the x2E-configuration correctly, then I could enable this with an AMD card. Would I get more performance from an AMD-card comparable to my Nvidia GTX560Ti? I don´t really know AMD cards well, so which card is the equivalent to mine? It´s not like I am going to buy a new card right away but I want to know for future investments.

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately this did not work aswell. I tried saving the specific port, saving root, saving all ports. Neither of that worked with the PM3N powered up after restoring the saved configuration. Since I am not willing to risk my brand new laptop (via hotplugging) just to try a possible (second) eGPU-Setup, I can only say that this particular modell is absolutly not made for eGPUs! I think that a msata-ssd (128gb) would be a great upgrade at least for the Lenovo. Regarding eGPU I will stick to my main laptop ASUS G71V with n560-gtx-ti @2x