MSI GeForce RTX 3060 using the R3G M.2-to-PCIe board on HP EliteDesk 600 G9 (i5-12500T, 16GB)

[xero4ero98]

Hello, 

As the title suggests, I'm trying to add an external desktop (full-size) GPU to my HP mini PC. I have currently been able to hook everything up correctly, and the GPU at least powers on (I have tested it on another PC with dedicated onboard PCIe slot and it works correctly, so not a hardware problem with the GPU). 

However, when I go to install any NVidia Drivers or MSI Control Center utilities, it keeps on telling me that no compatible graphics card was detected. I do see it on Device Manager with a little triangle, indicating no drivers are available locally for it... 

I have tried playing around with the various switches on the R3G board, but nothing. Any help is greatly appreciated. I am connecting it directly to the motherboard's second M.2 slot (the first is occupied by my primary NVMe drive). 

Thanks for the help. Kindest regards.

Lorenzo

[TheOldMan]

I looked at the page for the R3G board.  It needs to have a M2 slot that is compatible with the M.2 NVMe specs. 

A spec for the motherboard shows there are two (2) M.2 PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 2280 slots and a shorter M2 slot on your PC is for the WiFi card.  So if you are using the second long slot, it should work.

Could you take a picture of how it is connected on the motherboard and postit, please?

[xero4ero98]

Hi @TheOldMan, 

As required, here is the picture attached (I hope it attaches). Both M.2 slots are enabled in the BIOS and I see the RTX 3060 at times after a reboot in the windows device manager, however it shows with an orange triangle and failed to initialize the device error. The slot next to the M.2 SSD is the only one where I can physically fit in the module, as the one for the WiFi card is way too close to the edge and will not allow anything bigger than a WiFi card to be plugged in.

[TheOldMan]

Your picture is what I would suspect to see.  The device will not work in the WiFi slot, so it should work where you have it.

You might contact the manufacturer for that device to see if they can offer advise.  I would expect if Device Manager cannot initialize it, that is why it will not advance beyond the present situation.

Beyond that, what does the instructions for the device indicate?