EGPU BSOD at bootup

[IsaacPotato]

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read this. I am trying to use a GeForce GT 620 on an EXP Beast through MPCIE, with my Toshiba Satellite c55dt-a5106 on Windows 10, (BIOS verison 1.80)  and when I first cold plugged it, the computer showed it as VGA adapter, but with error 18, so I installed the latest drivers from Nvidia, and I restarted the computer after it installed, as directed by Nvidia, but now it only either ends up with BSOD (error code: 0xc0000001) when starting up, or it stops booting at a black screen with a text cursor in the top left corner of the screen. Does anyone have any ideas, information, anything? Also, please tell me if this is missing any info.

[unknownmiscreant]

13 minutes ago, IsaacPotato said:

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read this. I am trying to use a GeForce GT 620 on an EXP Beast through MPCIE, with my Toshiba Satellite c55dt-a5106 on Windows 10, (BIOS verison 1.80)  and when I first cold plugged it, the computer showed it as VGA adapter, but with error 18, so I installed the latest drivers from Nvidia, and I restarted the computer after it installed, as directed by Nvidia, but now it only either ends up with BSOD (error code: 0xc0000001) when starting up, or it stops booting at a black screen with a text cursor in the top left corner of the screen. Does anyone have any ideas, information, anything? Also, please tell me if this is missing any info.

eGPU's are utterly horrific, for a few reasons:

 

laptop bios and motherboards are only tested with wireless card and ram upgrades, unlike desktop boards which are tested with a wide variety of PCIe cards.

 

The nature of an eGPU, running PCIe lanes externally, over external connectors is fraught with issues due to connector instability.

 

When I used to run an eGPU, I never managed to get the machine to boot first time, without either a video scheduler error blue screen, having to re-plug the display cable, or crash the machine, as something obviously wasn't configured properly.

 

Try hot-plug the mPCIe connector into the laptop while it is booted into windows. That should get the card recognized, but it won't be used as the graphics adapter. Then reinstall nvidia drivers. Make sure they are downloaded from the GPU manufacturers website. I had some issues with a gigabyte card that needed a particular driver version.

[IsaacPotato]

On 8/9/2017 at 0:37 AM, unknownmiscreant said:

eGPU's are utterly horrific, for a few reasons:

 

laptop bios and motherboards are only tested with wireless card and ram upgrades, unlike desktop boards which are tested with a wide variety of PCIe cards.

 

The nature of an eGPU, running PCIe lanes externally, over external connectors is fraught with issues due to connector instability.

 

When I used to run an eGPU, I never managed to get the machine to boot first time, without either a video scheduler error blue screen, having to re-plug the display cable, or crash the machine, as something obviously wasn't configured properly.

 

Try hot-plug the mPCIe connector into the laptop while it is booted into windows. That should get the card recognized, but it won't be used as the graphics adapter. Then reinstall nvidia drivers. Make sure they are downloaded from the GPU manufacturers website. I had some issues with a gigabyte card that needed a particular driver version.

OK, could you explain how to hotplug this? I tried to go into bios while booting, plug it in, and then exit bios and continue booting, I have heard of pausing boot with the pause button, but I have had no luck in getting it to pause. which would be better to go about this, and how would I do it? Thank you.

[unknownmiscreant]

57 minutes ago, IsaacPotato said:

OK, could you explain how to hotplug this? I tried to go into bios while booting, plug it in, and then exit bios and continue booting, I have heard of pausing boot with the pause button, but I have had no luck in getting it to pause. which would be better to go about this, and how would I do it? Thank you.

Do it once windows has loaded. Just make sure the laptop isn't sleeping, as then when you turn it on, there's a good chance it will crash.

[IsaacPotato]

On 8/10/2017 at 2:45 AM, unknownmiscreant said:

Do it once windows has loaded. Just make sure the laptop isn't sleeping, as then when you turn it on, there's a good chance it will crash.

OK, so I booted It without the card, and then plugged it into the adapter and it  isnt listed under device manager, I reloaded it, with no luck. would it make a difference if I hotplugged it from the mpcie side rather than the hdmi adapter side (I am using an EXP Beast)?

[unknownmiscreant]

4 minutes ago, IsaacPotato said:

OK, so I booted It without the card, and then plugged it into the adapter and it  isnt listed under device manager, I reloaded it, with no luck. would it make a difference if I hotplugged it from the mpcie side rather than the hdmi adapter side (I am using an EXP Beast)?

I would guess not. I don;t have any more ideas about what to try. my eGPU just worked.

 

You're probably running into BIOS compatibility issues. Can you try different mPCIe slot?

[IsaacPotato]

1 minute ago, unknownmiscreant said:

I would guess not. I don;t have any more ideas about what to try. my eGPU just worked.

 

You're probably running into BIOS compatibility issues. Can you try different mPCIe slot?

The only mpcie slot I have is for my wifi card unfortunately.

[unknownmiscreant]

1 minute ago, IsaacPotato said:

The only mpcie slot I have is for my wifi card unfortunately.

Hmm idk then.

Are you running the latest BIOS?

Is the GPU known to be working? and do you have a different GPU to try?

[IsaacPotato]

Yeah the BIOS is the latest, I still have yet to try it on a separate computer, but my friend gave it to me off his desktop after he upgraded, so it should work. My buddy is trying to find the time to test my other card. Also, thank you for sticking with me, you reply very quickly.

[unknownmiscreant]

4 minutes ago, IsaacPotato said:

Yeah the BIOS is the latest, I still have yet to try it on a separate computer, but my friend gave it to me off his desktop after he upgraded, so it should work. My buddy is trying to find the time to test my other card. Also, thank you for sticking with me, you reply very quickly.

QUOTE ME IN FUTURE. You're lucky I had this tab open, and noticed you had replied.

 

IDk, it might just be a flaw with your laptop. Most laptop chipsets are only tested with RAM and wifi card upgrades, not GPUs, sound cards, tv tuners etc....

 

AshleyAshes might be able to help, having recently run into some similar (ish) issues.

[IsaacPotato]

2 minutes ago, unknownmiscreant said:

QUOTE ME IN FUTURE. You're lucky I had this tab open, and noticed you had replied.

 

IDk, it might just be a flaw with your laptop. Most laptop chipsets are only tested with RAM and wifi card upgrades, not GPUs, sound cards, tv tuners etc....

 

AshleyAshes might be able to help, having recently run into some similar (ish) issues.

Ok, thank you. Do you know how i could contact AshleyAshes? I just joined the site, so I'm still learning how to navigate this stuff.

[unknownmiscreant]

10 minutes ago, IsaacPotato said:

Ok, thank you. Do you know how i could contact AshleyAshes? I just joined the site, so I'm still learning how to navigate this stuff.

Hmm not too sure myself, I'm fairly new here too.

[IsaacPotato]

14 minutes ago, unknownmiscreant said:

Hmm not too sure myself, I'm fairly new here too.

Ah ok, thanks again.