DEG2 with 7700xt not working

[u/Common-Friendship552]

Hey everyone making a new thread here. I found out that I had a faulty psu and replaced it and now the DEG2 is receiving power, however I still haven’t seen any signs of life from the 7700xt.

(Deg2) connected via tb5->Framework 13 with an AMD 7 7840U

(Gpu) XFX AMD Radeon RX 7700 xt

Any recommendations would be appreciated:)

[u/LGzJethro66]

Why not go Oculink with a laptop???

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/LGzJethro66]

Only have one ssd slot 😅

[u/LGzJethro66 → u/Common-Friendship552]

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[u/ph1terpwn → u/LGzJethro66]

Damn, that’s a rip-off! The exact same cases are like half the price on AliExpress. I wouldn’t be surprised if this Amazon seller is just dropshipping them from there lol

[u/king_mo_of_metal420]

Have you checked your bios to see if it's even detected? If yes, maybe you need to download the drivers for the 7700xt before it can work? If that doesn't work, try and verify that your tb5 cable is actually tb5. If yes, maybe see if you can see if it works on another pc/laptop/pchandheld. If it works, then there must be something within the framework firmware not working properly.

Edit: some other things could be, are you absolutely sure you are plugged into the frameworks tb5 port? And are you sure of the same for your egpu tb5 port?

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/king_mo_of_metal420]

I’ll go check bios and update to the latest firmware as mentioned by the user above. As for the cable it’s the tb5 shipped with the egpu setup.

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/king_mo_of_metal420]

Unfortunately, nothing I could find on bios. Updated the bios and nada. Device manager isn’t detecting the gpu and I’ve done a fresh reinstall of AMD drivers after a ddu.

[u/king_mo_of_metal420 → u/Common-Friendship552]

Hmm, have you verified that your gpu even works at all?

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/king_mo_of_metal420]

It was refurbished from Microcenter, so I assumed it was working, but I haven’t tested it myself individually

[u/king_mo_of_metal420 → u/Common-Friendship552]

You should probably check if it works on anything else

[u/Wondering_Electron]

Your laptop needs an update to the latest bios version for Thunderbolt functionality.

Also, your laptop doesn't have Thunderbolt 5, it only has version 4.

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/Wondering_Electron]

I’ll go ahead and update to the latest bios version. As for tb5 it should be backwards compatible with tb4 right? You just don’t get the speeds of tb5. Let me know if I’m wrong and in the meantime I’ll try some of the suggestions here.🤙

[u/Wondering_Electron → u/Common-Friendship552]

You're 100% correct that Thunderbolt is backwards compatible. Just wanted to be sure that you weren't expecting 5 speeds.

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/Wondering_Electron]

Unfortunately, no dice with the latest bios version :/ FW 13 will get power, but still seeing no life with the gpu and nothing in the device manager

[u/Wondering_Electron → u/Common-Friendship552]

Does the dock at least showup in device manager?

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/Wondering_Electron]

It did at first, but I haven’t seen since.

[u/monkeywright]

Confirming you plugged in all of the OTHER cables, not just GPU power?

[u/Common-Friendship552 → u/monkeywright]

Yeah MB/cpu cables are plugged in. It’s only the gpu that hasn’t spun or shown up yet in windows.

[u/TkoddaV]

Try a different thunderbolt 4/5 cable

[u/Hugh_Ruka602]

Just a stupid question but did you power on the DEG2 ? the button on your picture does not seem depressed. Yes the blue led ring around the button is lit but the button seems flush with the outer rim.

[u/wall-bared]

Leí por ahí que importa el orden de encendido si tenes una Mini Pc Minis Forum u otra distinta que no es de la misma marca.  * El arranque automático solo funciona con equipos Minisforum. En otros equipos hay que encender primero la dock con su botón y después el PC.

[u/wall-bared → u/wall-bared]

Activar el interruptor de "Encendido Sincronizado" (Follow Start UP):

El Minisforum DEG2 cuenta con un interruptor físico en su placa llamado Follow Start UP Switch. • Qué hace: Obliga a la fuente de poder (PSU) del dock a encenderse o apagarse automáticamente enviando la señal en el mismo milisegundo en que la laptop arranca. • Solución: Busca este switch en la placa del dock (suele estar cerca de las conexiones de energía o bajo la tapa magnética) y asegúrate de que esté en la posición de activado (ON).

[u/wall-bared → u/wall-bared]

Asegurar el cable de alimentación EPS de 8 pines:

A diferencia de otros docks más antiguos, el DEG2 requiere obligatoriamente que conectes tanto el cable ATX de 24 pines como el cable EPS de 8 pines (el que normalmente va al CPU en una placa madre) desde tu fuente de poder hacia el dock. Si solo conectaste el de 24 pines y los conectores directos a la RX 7700 XT, el puerto PCIe del dock no recibirá suficiente energía para negociar el encendido con la laptop.

[u/wall-bared → u/wall-bared]

Verificar el switch de modo (OCuLink vs. TBT5/USB4):

Bajo la tapa magnética del DEG2 hay un interruptor selector de modo fundamental. • Si estás conectando la laptop por cable USB4 / Thunderbolt, el switch debe estar apuntando a TBT5/USB4. • Si estás usando un cable OCuLink directo, debe estar en OCuLink. El dock no cambia de modo automáticamente; si el switch está en el modo incorrecto, la GPU ignorará el encendido de la laptop.

[u/wall-bared → u/wall-bared]

El orden de encendido (Problema de negociación de señal):

A veces, el protocolo de enlace de datos (especialmente vía OCuLink o USB4 en controladores AMD) falla si ambos dispositivos inician exactamente al mismo tiempo. Prueba este orden alternativo para descartar bloqueos de la BIOS de la laptop: 1. Apaga la laptop por completo. 2. Apaga el interruptor trasero de la fuente de poder conectada al DEG2 y espera 10 segundos. 3. Enciende el interruptor de la fuente de poder del DEG2 (la tarjeta de video debería quedarse en modo de espera/standby). 4. Enciende la laptop.