External GPU (eGPU)

[Quadrider10]

if i can get it to be reconized, ill be good, but windows does not reconize it.

 

[Quadrider10]

alright heres what ive found out. i tried it on both my mom's computer and mine. whats its doing is detecting the card, then not able to find it. but it comes up as "standard VGA Adapter" but then dissapears. the adpater also has a usb port, and when i plug a usb into it, it recognizes it. and stayes there. but then when i plug in the GPU, it comes and goes reallt fast. it does this for both computers. so now im starting to think its a problem with the GPU or adapter. im going to try a friends GPU to see, but idk for sure.

 

[Britton30]

I can't think of how to troubleshoot. The whole idea of eGPU, while very cool, is beyond me. If I recall the guy in the video also had some issues getting it to work initially.

 

[Quadrider10]

so i think its the adapter. i pluged my friends OLD OLD OLD GPU into it and it dident even recognize it. also it keeps comming up as corrrupted then fine, then corrupted then fine. when it refreshes and comes up as good, it came up as standard vga adapter, and i was abale to install the driver. but then it dissconnected and dident work

 

[Quadrider10]

alright so im very reasonably convinced that it is the adapter, since its flickering and coming up as not identified. so im going to return that and get a new one. if that still does the same thing, then im going to return the GPU, and if it still no work, ill work on it bit more, then give up lol. the instructions for how to do it put out by the company show my laptop series specifically, so it should work!

 

[Britton30]

With such an uncommon mod you're trying, it is very easy to miss a step, connection, etc. If you have a voltmeter you could check your PSU and see that it is working.
Is the card recognized in BIOS? If so disable the onboard graphics, if you haven't done so. Also check for a driver update for onboard.

Just a thought, try refreshing your WEI.

 

[Quadrider10]

FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE PSU WAS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TO POWERFULL AT 6A!!!! the adapter requires 3A. so i got it installed and everything, however now im getting BSOD and windows memory allocation error. but theres a work around for that and im searching it now.

 

[Quadrider10]

so im trying to install the pe4h and ati radeon 6670, and i get it fully installed and everything is good. however in order to connect it without getting BSOD i have to disable my internal ATI Card. i then can connect it and do what i want. but nothing is being displayed nor am i able to run WIE. it tells me a driver is preventing it from running. but all drivers are successfully installed. also my OC utility shows the 6670 and all its specs, however i cant do anything with it. i tried to install ALL ati drivers, and when i go to startup CCC it just tells me that there is no compatable hardware. ive tried with 6gb of ram and 2gb and 3gb of ram.

im doing this on a Dell Studio 1458
when BSOD comes up it says that atikpmg.sys was not stopped correctly.
any thoughts or suggestions would be awesome!

 

[Quadrider10]

getting error code 12 now. but thats after i disable the internal then connect 6670

ive been searching for this, anyone wanna join in and see what you can find?

edit:

but then when i restart with it connected, it is installed fine, but still no picture nor do any programs recognize its connected.

 

[Quadrider10]

can anyone help?

 

[Pauly]

No expert here but i would imagine you would need the internal disabled for your new one to operate
Have you tryed win key + P to swap display outputs when it goes blank, guessing it may need to be set as projector as using external monitor ???
Also if your having driver issues after uninstalling current drivers try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/83814-drivers-clean-left-over-files-after-uninstalling.html before installing new ones

Not sure if any of this will help just thought i would throw it out there
Good luck to you my friend

 

[Britton30]

You will need to open Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Display\Screen Resolution and add a second clone monitor if you haven't too.

 

[Quadrider10]

ill try it...


ok heres the run down...

so all drivers are installed (almost 90% positive they are) the 6670 comes up in device manager.

so when i plug my eGPU into the laptop, and regular graphics are still enabled, i get a BSOD

when i disable my internal graphics, then plug egpu in, it recognizes it but errors with code 12 (not enough memory allocation) however, my desktop is in windows basic and aero is not on i dont think.

after that ^^^ i can restart, and check the driver, and it says working normally and no errors. but there is no picture to the TV. windows is still in basic view, and when i try to run WIE it says i cant because there is no graphics hardware available. but when i go into my OC utility, it shows me the 6670 and all of its specs, but no clock speeds, and i cant change anything because it wont allow me. so thats where im stuck.

 

[Quadrider10]

So it's seeing the gpu. But when I install the graphics drivers, it does nothing with it. It just sits there. I am ble to see it in device managers and OC utility. But that's all. Tomorrow I'm going try another GPU and using a computer PSU. The one I'm using is still slightly more power the. Should be.

 

[Britton30]

I'm up against a wall here. I asked for help but only Pauly posted.
Is there support or a forum for that adapter?

 

[Quadrider10]

I'm up against a wall here. I asked for help but only Pauly posted.
Is there support or a forum for that adapter?

Thank you. Yea. I already posted in it I'll spend u a link.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/e-gpu-external-graphics-discussion/418851-diy-egpu-experiences.html

ive completely disabled my internal GPU so its no longer visible ANYWHERE, so im soloy trying the eGPU.
come to think of it, ive tried it on my moms computer, and it was doing the same thing. it was installing, but not displaying. maybe its the GPU its self?

ima try another GPU and psu today

 

[Pauly]

Looking at your dump code 0xF7 would indicate a driver problem but under such unusual setup circumstances not sure it can be relied on, upload the dump file if you want and i will run it see what the output looks like, may or may not gives us a clue, or if you want follow this link and run the tool and upload the output file for us to look at and we may get a better idea of whats going on

 

[Quadrider10]

Looking at your dump code 0xF7 would indicate a driver problem but under such unusual setup circumstances not sure it can be relied on, upload the dump file if you want and i will run it see what the output looks like, may or may not gives us a clue, or if you want follow this link and run the tool and upload the output file for us to look at and we may get a better idea of whats going on

Dobu want me to upload all the BSOD files? I had multiple different ones. Also how do I get them for you

also i dont get a BSOD when i disable my internal. probs becuse its a memory problem. give that thread i read that i posted.

 

[Quadrider10]

i dont get it tho..... its installed and working, however nothing is displayed and windows just ignores thtats is a GPU but device manager says that its working properly?????????????????????// maybe GPU is bad????????????

 

[Quadrider10]

so now when i plug in the GPU, it tells me to restart, sdo i do. and then DM says working fine. obviously its not. but when i disconnect it, my screen flashes like its changing resolution or something?