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2title: June 1st, 2024
3date: 2024-06-01T13:19:00
4section: journal
5excerpt: Tinkering with the ASUS MiniPC, Windows 11 and eGPU connections.
6tags:
7 - Windows
8 - minipc
9 - egpu
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11At [[Z-Space]] for an afternoon of tinkering. I should be doing some more [[LOCALHOST]] setup and writing, but ended up working with the [[MiniPC PL63]] here.
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13The [[Razor Core X Chroma]] stopped connecting, so I'm troubleshooting.
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15Along the way, I installed [[Obsidian]] so I could type these notes, and [[Github Desktop]] so I could sync the notes.
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17So, the Razor eGPU really should be plug and play (and was before). There are some drivers for MacOS (which is what I originally used it with, but it only supports Intel Macs), but really nothing for Windows.
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19I am going to attempt to install ASUS updated drivers. There is a Management Engine Interface (MEI) and Chipset update that could work.
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21Hmmm. Updated Thunderbolt drivers? All support for the Intel NUC devices are now with ASUS. This [appears to be a 2023 thunderbolt driver](https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/thunderboltex%204/helpdesk_download/).
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23The event logs say Thunderbolt isn't loading because of the Intel graphics driver. Ok, let's load an updated graphics driver from the MiniPC drivers.
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25"Something went wrong" when installing the Intel drivers. Hmm. Maybe I'm going to do a fun Windows re-install here?
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27I think I will Windows re-install. I don't think I'm going to use this to run Linux on, so may as well remove the drive partition too.
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31OK, and we're back! Did Windows update after first install. Seemingly the Razer is now recognized and even installed it's glowing light thing. I did blow away the Linux partition.
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33The reset also seems to have updated the BIOS as well.
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35May as well log my setup.
36* Setup Outlook -- I haven't really used this, but one way to shuttle stuff back and forth
37* Uninstall McAfee
38* Github Desktop
39* Obsidian -- so that I can type into here
40* AMD drivers -- they did detect the graphics card in the eGPU
41* Steam
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43Now to learn about restore points now that I have all this stuff installed!
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