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Building external GPU's on Mac (eGPU)

Can some one please make something to get this done automatically? I am no programmer or script kiddy and after 4 hours of trying i'm giving up.....
I just cant get through the authorization part to change the kext files. I am in native mode, I switched of the SIP, I have set authorization for myself in show info...
I just want to get this stupid GTX960 working on my late I7 2014 Mac Mini......
 
gasklep said:
wow! Thanks!!!!!!
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You’re welcome!

I should mention: You’ll have to uninstall and reinstall that script after each OS X upgrade, minor and major. To uninstall, cd into where you have automate-eGPU.sh stored and enter:
sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh -uninstall
To install, cd into where you have automate-eGPU.sh stored and enter: sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh

I discovered that my eGPU wasn’t working properly after the OS X 10.11.4 upgrade, and after that, I also found out that I needed a newer Nvidia driver for OS X 10.11.4. So, I uninstalled and reinstalled the script. Now my eGPU works even better than before. Instead of hovering around 84˚ C, my MacBook’s CPU hovers around 74˚ C, and that’s with the High graphics settings in StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. I might be able to kick it up to Ultra, but I don’t want to stress out my MacBook’s CPU.
 
jblagden said:
You’re welcome!

I should mention: You’ll have to uninstall and reinstall that script after each OS X upgrade, minor and major. To uninstall, cd into where you have automate-eGPU.sh stored and enter:
sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh -uninstall
To install, cd into where you have automate-eGPU.sh stored and enter: sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh

I discovered that my eGPU wasn’t working properly after the OS X 10.11.4 upgrade, and after that, I also found out that I needed a newer Nvidia driver for OS X 10.11.4. So, I uninstalled and reinstalled the script. Now my eGPU works even better than before. Instead of hovering around 84˚ C, my MacBook’s CPU hovers around 74˚ C, and that’s with the High graphics settings in StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. I might be able to kick it up to Ultra, but I don’t want to stress out my MacBook’s CPU.
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Good to know!
I used your script and I can confirm it is working! At first I had to find out that the script had to be in my personal folder to get it started but after that it worked. Sorry, im not a programmer ;)
Thanks!
 
gasklep said:
Good to know!
I used your script and I can confirm it is working! At first I had to find out that the script had to be in my personal folder to get it started but after that it worked. Sorry, im not a programmer ;)
Thanks!
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By the way, I didn't write that script; it was written by Goalque.
 
Ow... :)

So now my GTX960 works on de Mac side of my 2014 mini but unfortunately on the windows 10 bootcamp side it is not working anymore since I re-installed Mac OS. I reinstalled the mini because older and upgraded OS's could give problems. So I formatted the complete HD and re installed El Capitan. After that I ran the script to check if the GTX960 would run on Mac OS and it did. After that I re installed win10 on bootcamp, just as I had before I formatted the HD. But now every time i want to start win10 with the Thunderbold connector from the Akitio connected windows crashes at startup, restarts, tries to repair itself but does not succeed. When I start win10 without the Akitio connected it starts like normal. When I connect the cable with win10 already running it does not recognize the GTX960 and it does not work.......
i know this is not a windows forum but has anyone experienced the same?

Mac Mini I7 16gig Intel Iris
Akitio box with external power supply
Asus GTX960
 
- turn on Mac
- press and hold Alt key
- wait for boot chime and boot selection
- wait for WiFi search to finish
- turn on the eGPU
- wait 2sec
- boot windows
 
Thanks for the tip but it is not working for me... When I do this I got a ACPI BIOS error after choosing the windows 10 partition.
Its now the 3rd time I re-install windows 10 and every time it goes wrong.

Maybe you guys need to know a bit of history of my Mini. About a month ago I installed win10 for the first time to be able to play some games. Because the GPU performance was a bit poor I bought the Akitio with a Asus GTX960. The installation was no problem and it was running great on win 10. After a while I wanted it to use on OSX also but that didn't work. While trying to get it running I had to change my display DVI plug a lot from the Akitio and the DVI - Thunderbolt adapter. I don't know what happened but at some point my Thunderbolt ports stopped working. I tried every reset method but the ports did not respond anymore. So I brought it to Apple and they repaired it by resetting the Nvram. I thought that was odd because I had done that a few times already. When I tried it at home with my DVI - thunderbolt adapter it still didn't work... But I found a HDMI - DVI cable and with that cable I got my display working without the adapter.
At that point the windows 10 partition was already crashing when I plugged the Akitio in so I decided to completely re-install the Mini.
The rest is history. The OSX installation works perfectly now with the Akitio and the GTX960 but Windows 10 is crashing all the time. Sometimes I get it starting with the Akitio plugged in but I never get to working with my display...
At this moment I re-installed windows 3 times and tried 4 different drivers. 2 from Asus and 2 from Nvidia. (older and newer) In between I used the Guru uninstaller to clean the old drivers.

Any idea? Can it be something they did at Apple? My DVI - thunderbolt adapter is still not working after all...
 
I had my EGPU working prior to upgrading to the new OS.

I ran the new Nvidia Webdriver and tried the new automate-eGPU.sh file from sudo but it no longer finds the card.

Help?
 

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bluecrash said:
I had my EGPU working prior to upgrading to the new OS.

I ran the new Nvidia Webdriver and tried the new automate-eGPU.sh file from sudo but it no longer finds the card.

Help?
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When you ran automate-eGPU.sh, did you let it download and install the Nvidia web drivers?
 
QUOTE="jblagden, post: 22787453, member: 837945"] I had my EGPU working prior to upgrading to the new OS.

Have you updated to the current version of the Nvidia web drivers via the Nvidia applet in System Preferences? [/QUOTE]
 
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jblagden said:
When you ran automate-eGPU.sh, did you let it download and install the Nvidia web drivers?
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it no longer finds the card. but the web dirvers I installed manually from nvidia.
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jblagden said:
QUOTE="jblagden, post: 22787453, member: 837945"] I had my EGPU working prior to upgrading to the new OS.

Have you updated to the current version of the Nvidia web drivers via the Nvidia applet in System Preferences?
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yes

got this working... I rolled back to my previous install - think I corrected power issue on the card as well.

has anyone got a 980 working with El Capitan? Is there any advantage to upgrade?
 

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So, many tries later I switched back to win7 because I still could not get it working on win10.

To my surprise I got the GTX960 working on win7 but when I start Project Cars the eGPU crashes after a few seconds. It even makes a scary sound when it drops dead...
Any ideas to solve this??
 
If you already consider a Sonnet III-D, why not get 4x AKiTiO Thunder2 and daisy chain them?
 
v3nom said:
If you already consider a Sonnet III-D, why not get 4x AKiTiO Thunder2 and daisy chain them?
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I'm not even sure if AKiTiO Thunder2 is available anymore in the UK?

Any idea about the splitter?
 
gasklep said:
Thanks for the tip but it is not working for me... When I do this I got a ACPI BIOS error after choosing the windows 10 partition.
Its now the 3rd time I re-install windows 10 and every time it goes wrong.

Maybe you guys need to know a bit of history of my Mini. About a month ago I installed win10 for the first time to be able to play some games. Because the GPU performance was a bit poor I bought the Akitio with a Asus GTX960. The installation was no problem and it was running great on win 10. After a while I wanted it to use on OSX also but that didn't work. While trying to get it running I had to change my display DVI plug a lot from the Akitio and the DVI - Thunderbolt adapter. I don't know what happened but at some point my Thunderbolt ports stopped working. I tried every reset method but the ports did not respond anymore. So I brought it to Apple and they repaired it by resetting the Nvram. I thought that was odd because I had done that a few times already. When I tried it at home with my DVI - thunderbolt adapter it still didn't work... But I found a HDMI - DVI cable and with that cable I got my display working without the adapter.
At that point the windows 10 partition was already crashing when I plugged the Akitio in so I decided to completely re-install the Mini.
The rest is history. The OSX installation works perfectly now with the Akitio and the GTX960 but Windows 10 is crashing all the time. Sometimes I get it starting with the Akitio plugged in but I never get to working with my display...
At this moment I re-installed windows 3 times and tried 4 different drivers. 2 from Asus and 2 from Nvidia. (older and newer) In between I used the Guru uninstaller to clean the old drivers.

Any idea? Can it be something they did at Apple? My DVI - thunderbolt adapter is still not working after all...
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I have a 2014 Mac Mini with an eGPU that I setup over the past week (modified Sonnet EE III-D w/ MSI GTX 970 4G Gaming). Using Windows 8.1 for boot camp right now. The only way I can get mine to work is to keep the thunderbolt cable unplugged until I get to the Windows login screen (or to your desktop). Then I plug the TB cable in and wait for the monitor/windows to recognize that I have a new card installed. I can then remove my HDMI conection and switch to the displayport connection that the eGPU outputs to.

I have been able to play games and run the Unigine Heaven benchmark without issue. As a bonus my G-Sync display still recognizes that I have a NVIDIA card and enables G-Sync / ULMB as requested while in Windows. I wish I could enable ULMB in OS X, but it is what it is.

I too was getting the ACPI_BIOS_ERROR during Windows startup; so far this is the only way I can get it to work in Windows. I am going to try Windows 10 again with this method to see if it works that way too, as I initially tried Windows 10 but had the same ACPI_BIOS_ERROR issue so I downgraded to 8.1.
 
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TeaZy said:
I'm not even sure if AKiTiO Thunder2 is available anymore in the UK?

Any idea about the splitter?
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The splitter looks like a neat idea. Do you know how much it costs?

That might be a good idea if I want to install a 1080p decoder card in my 1st generation Apple TV and keep the Wi-Fi card. The nice thing about the 1st generation Apple TV is its upgradeability: USB ports, mini PCIe slot and IDE. Admittedly, it can’t display 1080p video without a decoder card and it doesn’t have the streaming options that the newer models have. Though, it has Youtube (unlike the 2nd generation) and it can use local storage.
 
Presenting a small and portable eGPU. GTX 750 Ti in a Thundertek/PX with a 90 Watt Dell laptop PSU.

Update 2016.06.10: Ok, I fried the Thundertek/PX board and a GT 630 card, both broken. Definitively do not use the Thundertek/PX with a external Laptop PSU. Use instead the workaround with a powered riser cable as shown on the first page on this thread!

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I bought the Thundertek/PX two years ago because I own only Thunderbolt 1 Macs. Until now (Macbook Pro 2012 and Mac Mini 2012).
 
Synchro3 said:
I bought the Thundertek/PX two years ago because I own only Thunderbolt 1 Macs. Until now (Macbook Pro 2012 and Mac Mini 2012).
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Thunderbolt 2 is backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 1. My 13" MacBook Pro is from 2011 and it works perfectly with the Akitio Thunder2.
 
I considered buying an Akitio, nice case. But I already have the Thundertek/PX. And as it appears, in the long term, I will skip Thunderbolt 2 and go directly to Thunderbolt 3 when it's time, e.g. Razer core if it's compatible with future Macs.

Update 11.11.2016: The Razer Core does NOT work with the new Macbook Pro 2016! http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,11654.0.html

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