eGPU using wireless card mini pcie port

[jish_desarkar]

I want to know if its possible to connect and eGPU using the wireless mini pcie port.
And also is my bios wwan whitelisted? Becausewhen I try to open bios it shows insydeh20. And I didn't find anything related to wireless card. Please help.

[LDL1]

There are some external GPU docks avaiable that use the miniPCIe slot on laptop motherboards, however, this would most likely bottleneck the GPU as there's only one or two PCIe lanes on a miniPCIe slot as opposed to the 16 lanes on desktop boards.

You would also need a seperate power supply to power the GPU.

Of course you would also need to remove your wireless card, but since you'd be tethered to a desk with a GPU sitting on it, I'm guessing you'd just be connected to the internet with an ethernet cord.

Depending on how cables can be routed, you may just have to leave the bottom of your laptop off.

I've never had the opportunity to use one of those devices so I can't pass judgement, but there are several YouTube videos available demonstrating some of those devices (there are even versions for ExpressCard and miniSATA slots if I remember correctly).

Also, I can't help you on the BIOS issue. You may just want to make a seperate topic about that to get exposure since the title of this topic doesn't reference your wireless issue.

[jish_desarkar]

Yeah I know.. I'll use an USB wifi.. but my main concern is that I've read about hp's whitelist bios. This whitelist bios doesn't let you change the wireless card.. so I want to know how to disable it. And moreover in the insydeh20 I can't even find the wireless network card option.

[banhien]

@jish_desarkar

I saw your other post, now I know you are trying to use PCIe slot for the wireless card. Well, as @LDL1 mentioned above, this won't work. The slot for the wireless card won't be able to carry eGPU load.

Let me draw a picture for: are you trying to run your Ferrari on a narrow, dirt road ? You need a racing track.

Regards.

[jish_desarkar]

This won't work at all or it will reduce the efficiency of the GPU..
I really appreciate you helping me.. I'm just desperate because my parents can't affor to buy me a gaming pc. So I decided to go for the eGPU..

[banhien · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This won't work at all and if works (with luck) it will be much, much slower than the existing card on your machine which is a NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2 GB DDR3L dedicated)

     http://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c04700615

Regards.

[jish_desarkar]

😞😞😢😢😭😭 okay. Thanks to you I didn't waste 100 bucks on the eGPU set up.