Uses for Express Card Port?

>>60660277
comfy egpu port without having to open thickpad guts (isn't worth it if you're planning to use high specs cards, mind the latency of expresscard and you should be fine).

>>60661336
This
Had a t420 with an egpu and a 750ti, it ran Rimworld at stable speeds unless you zoomed out.
Most anything else didn't run that good unless you have adequate laptop cooling. That's the more important thing, get a big beefy cooling fan pad

>>60660277
I still use it for apogee audio since legacy audio gear is the only affordable way but that's on a mac book

>>60660277
Extra usb slots, sdcard reader, smartcard reader or eGPU or even extra WLAN for connecting to different networks incase of two separate nas

>>60661336
what egpu is worth getting?
I could use something to experience with cuda or vulkan and keep using my laptop.

>>60660277
get an SSD that fits into one. that's what I did 5 years ago.

>>60662270
>what egpu is worth getting?
None. They're all too finicky and slow over Express. just fucking sell that old chunk of shit and get a new laptop with USB-C.

>>60662324
Agreed. The thing is that I have a thinkpad p50 and it has usb-c and expresscard slot so I just wanted to get /g/'s thought on expresscard to see if they have any cool uses for it. I found a tv tuner express card adapter but it's only for the 54mm standard not the thinkpad's 33mm spec

>>60660277
SSD, easily swap OSs.

exp gdc beast expresscard to pci express adaptor to use an eGPU.

>>60660277
Which type of expresscard?

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>>60660277
egpu

>>60662175
What's the name of this? Searches online aren't showing me anything.

>>60663380
3D printed ExpressCard SD card holder. You can download the files and have it printed somewhere like Shapeways.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:535523

>>60663508
Cool, will look into it.

>>60662835
literally can't boot off it
>>60662306
why? you can't even boot off it and for the money youre spending on shitty expresscard ssds you can save up for a proper sata ssd and hard drive caddy

i used to use pcmcia back when my laptops didn't have built in sound/modem/usb/wifi
but i have yet to use an expresscard card, even though i do now have a laptop with a slot
it'd be neat to try out eGPU someday

>>60663648
>why? you can't even boot off it and for the money youre spending on shitty expresscard ssds you can save up for a proper sata ssd and hard drive caddy
Not him but i'd like to get one with the sole purpose of having 4 separate drives on my laptop.

That doesn't justify the price though.

>>60663067
I'm >>60662806

33mm expresscard

what's an expresscard? some sort of portable gpu?

>>60668678
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard

>>60668678
kill yourself

>>60668758
is that a new format name?

>>60668722
so it's an adapter.

>>60660277
ethernet
USB ports
eGPU
wwan
ssd

>>60660277
Thinkpad users usually pleasure their micropenors with them.

>>60663083
What kind of adapter do I need to run eGPU?

>>60663648
>can't boot off it
If you use windows.
GNU/Linux have no problem.

>>60671072
>wwan
What for?

>>60660277

An atheros wireless card since linux doesn't support my onboard one.

>>60674198
EXP GDC and a generic ATX power supply.

By the way, does anyone have problems with removing their expresscard?

>>60676156
I thought those uses mSATA connection?

>>60676798
The EXP GDC has an M.2 version, msata version and an Expresscard version.

>>60676798
>hurr a thing without a proper standard can't use several different standards of connectors
retard

>>60676825
I see, I thought it was weired.
Where to get a dedicated power supply for such projects?

>>60676847
just plug the cheapest atx desktop power supply you can find

not too cheap though or it might explode crashing your egpu with no survivors

I use mine for eGPU for my hp elitebook that I also recently equipped with i7 quad core

it's pretty pleasant to use this old, used, shitty looking business laptop to play most of the newest vidya when I'm at home after work

>>60676862
>cheapest atx desktop power supply you can find
You'll need to short the pins though.
I thought there might be something for such projects with small form factor.

>>60677198
>You'll need to short the pins though
Wait what, with the EXP GDC you don't.

>>60676890
How are your temps? I had to downclock my quad core since temp kept going above 100c

>>60676890
I did the same with my T420, including the quad core processor.

based memepads

>>60677216
The PSU won't start though.

>>60677198
>>60677529
Retard, it's already done by the board, it has a header for the PSU

>>60677529
It turns on when you turn on the laptop.

dude what the hell

>>60677583
>>60677598
Not the one I'm using, to power HDD and GPU.

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>>60660277
Just bought all the necessary components to hook an eGPU to my optimus laptop.
Going to do a mobile PCI passthrough, too.

Is expresscard usable for bumblebee?
What am I in for?

How's Linux support for eGPU?

>>60678574
Expresscard attached device is simply another PCI express device, it should work on Linux.

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>this fucking thread
CAN YOU STOP BEING SO FUCKING HELPLESS AND GOOGLE FOR YOURSELF FOR FUCK SAKE

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>>60678609
I don't suppose it supports any form of hot swap...?

If one were to attach or detach an eGPU not in use would it cause a system halt?

>>60678702
ExpressCard is by design hot-swappable.

>>60678574
Shitty, you have to fiddle with BIOS.

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>>60678721
>Hot swappable 1x PCIe device in enclosure
My body couldn't be more ready.

Could hook up a SAS HBA to a laptop of mine and turn it into a JBOD pile.
Sure the throughput would be stuck at 400MB/s but that's a shitload of storage on a laptop.

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>>60662175
elegant
>>60663380
just 3d print it. or give me an adress and i will send you a few.

>>60674218
For a cellular Internet connection.

>>60679758
How does that work?
Do you need special drivers/software?

>>60679838
Modems like that expose virtual serial ports via usb on which communication follows the AT command standard. Ob linux for example, the program wvdial can talk using this standard.