ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

Hi,

Has anyone tried ViDock yet or soon? Here's the link for more info:



Thanks all,



Is anyone planning to try this soon so we can use the best desktop GPUs available and might not need to upgrade laptops for years?



History: Got HD5870 working w/ Setup 1.x 3DMark06 = 18024



DIY ViDock Experiences



I'm hoping more users can help test and improve since many newer laptops could be similar to mine.



Now I'm using only 2GB RAM,

Device Manager recognizes GTX460 fine but using Nvidia Property says:

"Nvidia Display settings are not available"

"You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU"



W7-64-Ult sometimes can output 1080p from GTX460 but cause BSOD.



W7-64-Home Prem (shipped w/ system) doesn't ever output 1080p from GTX460 and no BSOD. However, using new 270.61 from laptop2go Nvidia Property recognizes GTX460 only as PhysX. I tried all 4 previous versions of drivers notebook, desktop, and Nando modded inf. I can use MSI Afterburner to control GTX460 fanspeed.



I appreciate any ideas.



Much thanks again.

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XPS 15 L502x | i7 2720QM | 1080p 15" | GT 525M oc 780/980 | SSD 280M R/W .5W + RAMDISK + USB3.0 1.5T 2.5" 7.2k 9750420AS | 6GB| N6230 + BT | BL KB | TV Tuner HD QAM & ATSC | W7-64U| ViDock HD5870 3DMark06 = 18024



i7 2720QM faster than i7 975 (Quad 3.3G / X5677 3.5G $1660) ?!!http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html





I also got gt240 working w/ Dell E6400 and Dell M65.



Much thanks for any help.

Reply 1 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by wicked20 Hi, Has anyone tried ViDock yet or soon? Here's the link for more info: DIY ViDock Experiences I only able to get the 460gtx and gt240 to work during the Windows7 logon screen, but froze/crashed after logged in while using 2GB RAM. 5870 doesn't even output at logon screen. All has error 12: cannot allocate resources in Device Manager. I'm fairly new at ViDock and don't have much time to dig deep into manually changing Setup 1.x, yet. I got gt240 working w/ Dell E6400 and Dell M65. Much thanks for any help.

If i can ask you -> how you connect it to your L502x/L702x ? (Can I get photo please ?) Do you have to make hole/gap for cable ?



About your problem -> DIY ViDock Experiences

Reply 2 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by tj69 If i can ask you -> how you connect it to your L502x/L702x ? (Can I get photo please ?) Do you have to make hole/gap for cable ? About your problem -> DIY ViDock Experiences

I just remove the bottom RAM/WWAN cover and use the flat mini hdmi cable w/ the WWAN slot. It also fit the WLAN slot for x4 or mpcie 2.0 x2. It's kind of nice this way so I can quickly change the TV tuner antenna input from ATSC to QAM. It can also help reduce the heat since the heat pipes are exposed. I'm thinking of how to use something like metal clips to attach external heat sink/heat pipe during high CPU usage. Or use small AC power fan in a plastic basket/bin with laptop on top.



BTW, I got gt240 to work w/ the new Setup 1.x. Thanks to Nando4. using 32bitA compact igp and gt240. It didn't work w/ 460gtx or 5870. But still very promising that newer/faster GPU can be use w/ these powerful 5.x lb laptops.

Reply 3 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

Nando,



Attached is the Diag from L1502x. How do I modify the Setup 1.x Startup to compact 32bitA igp (vid 0) and gt240 (vid 2) and ignore vid 1 (540m).



I can already imagine 570gtx and much faster future generations GPU w/ most laptops.



Thanks so much again.

Reply 4 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by wicked20 Nando, Attached is the Diag from L1502x. How do I modify the Setup 1.x Startup to compact 32bitA igp (vid 0) and gt240 (vid 2) and ignore vid 1 (540m). I can already imagine 570gtx and much faster future generations GPU w/ most laptops. Thanks so much again.

Do I get it right -> this dell have pciex x2/x4 not x1 ? So if gtx460 on x1 can get 11k in vantage, on x2 or x4 it'll be fast as hell isn't it ? God damn it, I'm gonna order it right now, and I'll even consider 560ti ...

Edit: Nevermind.

Reply 5 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by tj69 Do I get it right -> this dell have pciex x2/x4 not x1 ? So if gtx460 on x1 can get 11k in vantage, on x2 or x4 it'll be fast as hell isn't it ? God damn it, I'm gonna order it right now, and I'll even consider 560ti ...

It's unconfirmed atm. See my first post screenshots that it's pcie 2.0 x2 = pcie x4. Physically, I can connect to both WLAN & WWAN mpcie port 1 & port 2. I've got gt240 working so far. Nando4 is helping to get the gtx460 to work. It does look very promising to be able to use many fastest GPU in the future.

Reply 6 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by wicked20 It's unconfirmed atm. See my first post screenshots that it's pcie 2.0 x2 = pcie x4. Physically, I can connect to both WLAN & WWAN mpcie port 1 & port 2. I've got gt240 working so far. Nando4 is helping to get the gtx460 to work. It does look very promising to be able to use many fastest GPU in the future.

Cool. I wish you the best I can only imagine 20k in 3dmar06 on notebook



On screenshot I can only see 5 pci-e x1 ports. I know it's faster than pci-e 1.0, and that you can connect more than one x1 port, but you're suggesting that one of ports is actually x2.

Tell us when you guys figure out how to make gtx460 or faster graphics work.

Reply 7 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by tj69 Cool. I wish you the best I can only imagine 20k in 3dmar06 on notebook On screenshot I can only see 5 pci-e x1 ports. I know it's faster than pci-e 1.0, and that you can connect more than one x1 port, but you're suggesting that one of ports is actually x2. Tell us when you guys figure out how to make gtx460 or faster graphics work.

Ok. I got 3dmark06 score of 17,010 w/ my 5870 (c900/memory 1285).

Result



I'm not sure if it's running at mpcie 1.0 or 2.0. Maybe we need to wait for newer version of software / drivers / or Setup 1.x and more users to help test and improve.



I'm guessing since the 5870 GPU usage is at 100% most of the time, it's not pcie bandwidth limited during benchmark.



I still can't get the gtx460 to work...might be drivers issues or conflict with the gt525m.



I'm using Setup 1.x 36 bit compact vid0 vid2, ignore vid1.

Many thanks again to Nando4 for this great work and the community for this best tech so far.



Thanks.

Reply 8 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

Nice!



I guess you're using external lcd (internal only possible with optimus right?)

Will you keep trying to get 460gtx/newer working ?

Are there any lags when loading textures (I've read about it in youtube's videos description) ?



I'm 99% sure it's working on pci-e 2.0 - 5870 with desktop cpu is getting around 19k, but since 3dmark06 is cpu dependent and desktop cpus are faster - it's almost same performance!

Can you post GPU score from Vantage ?



rep +1

Reply 9 : ViDock w/ Sandy Bridge or L1502x/L1702x

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Originally Posted by wicked20 Ok. I got 3dmark06 score of 17,010 w/ my 5870 (c900/memory 1285). Result I'm not sure if it's running at mpcie 1.0 or 2.0. Maybe we need to wait for newer version of software / drivers / or Setup 1.x and more users to help test and improve. I'm guessing since the 5870 GPU usage is at 100% most of the time, it's not pcie bandwidth limited during benchmark. I still can't get the gtx460 to work...might be drivers issues or conflict with the gt525m. I'm using Setup 1.x 36 bit compact vid0 vid2, ignore vid1. Many thanks again to Nando4 for this great work and the community for this best tech so far. Thanks.

Can you test some games also?? It would be great to see how it works in real world test.



Also, if you can try to desable the GT525m and put the gtx460 with opt x1.



Nice to see the first Sandy vidock!!