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    Kinda stuck with Dell vostro 3550 , with egpu and tv.

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by Martinrasmus, Jun 20, 2014.

  1. Martinrasmus

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    So hmm well i have vostro 3550 wit i5 core, intel hd 3000graphics card and 8gs of ram,win 7 64x
    bought my self geforce gtx 750 ti 2GB GDDR5.
    and PE4H-EC2Cwhich has its own power source,which output is 90 wats=19volts*4.74 A.
    Graphics Card needs Power (W) :60W
    and the tv is samsung LE32C450E1W
    and there connect via expresscard adapter hdmi cabel
    now installed the graphics card and its software on laptop.
    On device maneger it show everythings ok.
    When i connect the tv with grphics car using the hdmi cabel th tv shows messege check connected device power, cabel connection and source selection, wihch means ok the tv identifed the that somthing hooked up , now when i connect the laptop with (PCIe passive adapter Ver2.4) with hdmi cabel and turn on the laptop the. the laptop turns on but it shows only black screen.

    So tried bit diffrently i turned on the laptop first the connected the grahpics card. used the fn +f1 key funktion and the tv didn't respond.
    i tried to access the nivida controll pannel but some reason it won't open.
    also the zotac firestrom and techpower gpu-z don't show any activty on the nvidia graphics card.
    Already tried unistalling and installing the drivers 2 times


    Any advice what am i doing worong?
     
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  2. Kent T

    Kent T Notebook Virtuoso

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    Dell Vostro likely does not accept an external GPU through HDMI.
     
    Kent T, Jun 20, 2014
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  3. Martinrasmus

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    i did try same think on second tve which is newer verison of samsung but the same problem occured
     
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    mm ok nvm nvidia graphics card shows the error 12 now
     
    Martinrasmus, Jun 20, 2014
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