Setup 1.30 Discussion

[angel_grin]

i think a cheap mini itx is better

[angel_grin]

progress?

[Verga]

Very impressive work figuring out these Dell E6440 UEFI variables. Something I know quite a few other Latitude owners on this forum are going to be extremely grateful for. I've filtered through your supplied [ATTACH]12981[/ATTACH] and applied some other UEFI variable changes on my system successfully, which you may find of interest:

Remove CPU TDP power limits - I changed the spoiler settings from BOLD to RED below which appears to have removed CPU TDP limits. I was able to increase them in XTU or Throttlestop and have them register higher performance. Eg: My new i7-4700MQ running x34 4-core now reaches over 42W TDP now, up from ~39W I reported at http://forum.techinferno.com/throttlestop-realtemp-discussion/7548-help-dell-e6440-previously-tdp-throttled-i7-4700mq-~47w-now-40w-why.html#post103638 . That new reached TDP now appears limited due to temperature throttling since I'm hitting 97 degrees. Anticipate that installing the chunkier dGPU-model E6440 heatsink would lower temps and allow higher CPU operating TDP, along with higher multipliers if you have them.

0x69C67 Setting: Package power limit lock, Variable: 0xC9A {05 A6 09 01 0A 01 39 00 02 00 9A 0C 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x69C8D Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E F2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x69C9B Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E F1 00 30 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x69CA9 End of Options {29 02}

0x69D74 Setting: Platform power limit lock, Variable: 0x54 {05 A6 11 01 12 01 3D 00 02 00 54 00 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x69D9A Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E F2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x69DA8 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E F1 00 30 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x69DB6 End of Options {29 02}

0x6A51D Setting: Configurable TDP Level, Variable: 0x39 {05 A6 7A 01 7B 01 57 00 02 00 39 00 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A543 Option: TDP NOMINAL, Value: 0x0 {09 0E 7C 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A551 Option: TDP DOWN, Value: 0x1 {09 0E 7E 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A55F Option: TDP UP, Value: 0x2 {09 0E 7D 01 30 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A56D Option: Disabled, Value: 0xFF {09 0E F2 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A57B End of Options {29 02}

0x6A313 Setting: CFG lock, Variable: 0xC90 {05 A6 35 01 36 01 52 00 02 00 90 0C 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A339 Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E F2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A347 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E F1 00 30 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A710 Setting: VR Current value lock, Variable: 0xC99 {05 A6 29 01 2A 01 5E 00 02 00 99 0C 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A736 Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E F2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A744 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E F1 00 30 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6A752 End of Options {29 02}

RAID Options - Atonus confirms the RAID0 option works. There are others there too:

0x70921 Setting: RAID0, Variable: 0x19D {05 A6 D7 01 D8 01 BE 01 02 00 9D 01 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70947 Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E C0 03 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70955 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70963 End of Options {29 02}

0x70965 Setting: RAID1, Variable: 0x19E {05 A6 D9 01 DA 01 BF 01 02 00 9E 01 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x7098B Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E C0 03 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70999 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x709A7 End of Options {29 02}

0x709A9 Setting: RAID10, Variable: 0x19F {05 A6 DB 01 DC 01 C0 01 02 00 9F 01 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x709CF Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E C0 03 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x709DD Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x709EB End of Options {29 02}

0x709ED Setting: RAID5, Variable: 0x1A0 {05 A6 DD 01 DE 01 C1 01 02 00 A0 01 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70A13 Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E C0 03 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70A21 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70A2F End of Options {29 02}

0x70A31 Setting: Intel Rapid Recovery Technology, Variable: 0x1A1 {05 A6 DF 01 E0 01 C2 01 02 00 A1 01 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70A57 Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E C0 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70A65 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 30 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x70A73 End of Options {29 02}

Expresscard slot - eGPU options After various flash tinkerings, my EC slot is now running in Gen2 link speed mode for either A.02 or A.07 BIOS. I previously suggested only A.02 would enable it at Gen2 speed. Can a E6440 owner with an eGPU check this with their A.07 system to confirm if theirs is being limited to Gen1 speed rather than AUTO or Gen2?

0x6E635 Setting: PCI Express Root Port 7, Variable: 0x85 {05 A6 B8 02 BA 02 40 01 02 00 85 00 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6E65B Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 0E C0 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6E669 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 30 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6E677 End of Options {29 02}

0x6E9EF Setting: PCIe Speed, Variable: 0xF5 {05 A6 D7 02 D8 02 4D 01 02 00 F5 00 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6EA15 Option: Auto, Value: 0x0 {09 0E BD 03 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6EA23 Option: Gen1, Value: 0x1 {09 0E D9 02 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6EA31 Option: Gen2, Value: 0x2 {09 0E DA 02 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x6EA3F End of Options {29 02}

eGPU option - max TOLUD This setting will determine if the eGPU can be allocated in 32-bit PCI config space without needing to resort to any more complicated mods like a DSDT override. During my iGPU-only equipped E6440 eGPU implementation, the Dynamic setting would decrease TOLUD to 3.25GB. dGPU-equipped E6440 systems would need that to be 3.0GB or less to host the eGPU. Does the BIOS do that? If not, may need to manually set it lower to say 2.5GB. A low value like that is fine. Only issue is with 32-bit OS which would see 1.5GB of system RAM wasted by such a low setting.

0x7481A Setting: Max TOLUD, Variable: 0x275 {05 A6 1E 05 1F 05 8B 02 02 00 75 02 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x74840 Option: Dynamic, Value: 0x0 {09 0E 20 05 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x7484E Option: 1 GB, Value: 0x3 {09 0E 2A 05 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x7485C Option: 1.25 GB, Value: 0x4 {09 0E 29 05 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x7486A Option: 1.5 GB, Value: 0x5 {09 0E 28 05 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x74878 Option: 1.75 GB, Value: 0x6 {09 0E 27 05 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x74886 Option: 2 GB, Value: 0x7 {09 0E 26 05 00 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x74894 Option: 2.25 GB, Value: 0x8 {09 0E 25 05 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x748A2 Option: 2.5 GB, Value: 0x9 {09 0E 24 05 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x748B0 Option: 2.75 GB, Value: 0xA {09 0E 23 05 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x748BE Option: 3 GB, Value: 0xB {09 0E 22 05 00 00 0B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x748CC Option: 3.25 GB, Value: 0xC {09 0E 21 05 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x748DA End of Options {29 02}

Disable dGPU for eGPU use? NVidia Optimus will only activate if there is no other AMD or NVidia dGPU detected. Usually we use the Setup 1.30 software to disable dGPUs, but it looks like it's possible to do as a UEFI variable write:

0x72F20 Setting: Always Enable PEG, Variable: 0x209 {05 A6 F6 05 F7 05 33 02 02 00 09 02 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x72F46 Option: Disabled, Value: 0x2 {09 0E C0 03 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x72F54 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E BF 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x72F62 Option: Auto, Value: 0x0 {09 0E BD 03 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x72F70 End of Options {29 02}

Tech Inferno Fan, did you manage to disable the dGPU using UEFI variables?

This is what my extract from E6530A16.exe looks like. Do you know what to modify to disable dGPU?

0x5F915 Setting: Always Enable PEG, Variable: 0x187 {05 A6 4D 03 4E 03 85 01 02 00 87 01 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x5F93B Option: Disabled, Value: 0x2 {09 0E C1 02 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x5F949 Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 0E C0 02 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x5F957 Option: Auto, Value: 0x0 {09 0E BE 02 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00}

0x5F965 End of Options {29 02}

[aaurnab]

After A long try able to run eGPU ON after fresh install Windows 8.1 pro. but 3dmark06 is not satisfactory. only >15000. which is less then GTX 560 My old card. is there problem?

my setup

LenovoT420

PE4L 2.1b

GTX750 ASUS

350PSU

[novavie]

thank you lots for this guide it was very usefull

[Tech Inferno Fan]

Added some pics of the completed Dell DA-2 to 6P+8P+molex/barrel adapter, plus more details in above post.

[Moadster]

Very useful, thanks!

[Tech Inferno Fan]

Updated last post with better pics and more details.

[ArneFW]

I am trying to run my eGPU on my laptop display, meaning I need to enable both igpu and egpu (right?), and to do this I need to run pci compaction (right?). I am unable to use pci compaction in setup1.x, it ways that it is disabled.

Any help is appreciated, thank you

[Tech Inferno Fan]

I am trying to run my eGPU on my laptop display, meaning I need to enable both igpu and egpu (right?), and to do this I need to run pci compaction (right?). I am unable to use pci compaction in setup1.x, it ways that it is disabled.[ATTACH=CONFIG]14533[/ATTACH]

Any help is appreciated, thank you

Please go into the Setup menu, select Save Diags->compact_fails and allow it to run through. Once complete, reboot into Windows, run c:\eGPU\eGPU-setup-mount to get V:, archive the v:\diag contents, upload them to mediafire.com and email me the link. Thanks.

[jacobsson]

Beautiful work buddy!

This power breakout board must be able to get manufactured somewhere else rather than Bplus.

The great thing about this breakout board is that it's made for a 220W 12V DC adapter, which means that it can not only be used for eGPU purposes but now as a regular bench power supply (battery chargers etc etc) w/o modifications. Oh, and look at it, it can even be easily panel mounted too.

Again, great job!

[rorschach_]

very good design daniel

[rorschach_]

delete this post sorry

[rorschach_]

Hi there, i have reveived my EXP GDC, connected cables, led light is red but system don't detect any device. (fans spining)

when i reboot my notebook it is freezing on asus logo.

Notebook Asus K53SV

i saw the Asus A53 on implementations list. i think both devices same. what should i do for this problem ??? sorry for my bad language.

??

[arvazzz]

Those options change the Northbridge PCIe slot that hosts the dGPU to Gen1, Gen2 or Gen3. They have no effect on your expresscard slot attached to the Southbridge. Your options are then as outlined in my last post.

2nd option is possible only with 25$ donation? Please tell me that there are other options :/

[horalph]

how about using the mpcie or m.2 slot of the lenovo y510p? would those slot work for the egpu setup?

thanks!

[Tech Inferno Fan]

@louiek , started a thread for your important finding for other affected Lenovo owners to benefit from.

[aaurnab]

Here I am sharing about lenovo T420. in 2-3 days ago I updated to GTX 750 ti, I thought this card will be very powerfull because it is up to date so far. But my experience with this card is not good,ersion of

I tested many hours with several version6 of windows like win 8, 8.1 and win7... alltime 3dmark06 and 11 benchmark is 14000-15000 and 3999-4100, this is very awful, very frustrating because i was very nice result with GTX 560, it was about 2yr old card.

I tried setup 1.3 , but nando suggest me that it is not necessary for this PC because my TOLUD is 3.5 and as I never get error12, it is completely ok for eGPU setup. But he got some confussion about my large16GB memory, May be it is causes for performance deduction, Any way I am happy for getting workable eGPU setup but not enjoying stuttering in game like Fifa 15 and so....

I am switched to Win 8.1 with the suggestion of nando. that OS give me highest benchmark both 3dmark06 and 11 14620 and 4128...

my system is T420,

16GB ram,

GTX 750 ti

PE4L 2.1b EXPRESS CARD

Sorry for very bad english

If anyone know the problems....

[arvazzz]

Just sent you a payment, hope to get setup soon

[horalph]

Thanks this is really helpful. exactly whast I was lo

[horalph]

YEs bump, I am wondering this too!

[horalph]

omg, so the new thunderbolt does not support thunderbolt? that's a huge deal breaker....

please let us know if you make any progress. (:

[horalph]

Hi,

doesn't the gt650m run at x16, how come when you plug in a egpu and deactivate dgpu, the egpu doesnt also run at x16?

thanks

[Rustyshark]

Many thanks.

[Rustyshark]

still insist there will be USB-C in retail version