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External GPU keeps on disconnecting

MartinKweh
By MartinKweh
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my friend uses this GDC external GPU adapter that uses the express card on an i5 3rd gen laptop. He said that it keeps on getting detected and getting disconnected for some reason. he tried it to the laptop of his sister and it happens too. Were confused on what to do to make it work properly. Anyone had experience in this?


he is using Fujitsu Lifebook S762 with an I5 3210m

A sapphire RX570 

a 500W Psu (not mentioned what it was)

GDC external graphics adapter with an expresscard connection

 

Images he sent me when we were trying to fix it. (Lockdown made me not be able to go to him and he is literally in another city like 33km away)

 

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and yes, we know that its a total fire hazard due to wires sticking everywhere but he plans on getting a desktop pc after lockdown anyways. so any help is very much appreciated.

 

 

 

 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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Probably janky adapter, don't expect great reliability from those cheap chinese thingys.

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1 minute ago, Konrad_K said:

Looks like a very janky setup. I would blame the power supply if it happens on two separate devices otherwise the external GPU dock may just be broken. 

Thats what im thinking too. i kept on tellintg him that it might be it but it seems were not sure

 

2 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

It's an unsupported use of the express slot. It was never meant for a GPU and has no software or firmware support so the connection is extremely unstable. Nothing new or unusual. Nothing you can do

He actually followed a video that did the exact same thing but worked. but that would be a reason as well. 

 

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Probably janky adapter, don't expect great reliability from those cheap chinese thingys.

IT might just be it. but we will try to do some more trials and might be able to make it work.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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