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Yes i get that, i was trying for EFI install following your statement that it might be a plug & play option. For some reason that option does not work out for me.. So it looks like this to me: - Either i am stuck with Windows 8 that is not going to finish the install in EFI mode - Or a more or less complex soldering job with a impractical setup to me (an external PSU and the eGPU placed on top of the case) If there are no other options i think this might have been it. appreciated all your help here, but i have no clue what to do now...

hey nando, so i have taken the SSD out of the macbook pro, adding in a 2,5'' HDD that never had a different formatting than fat32. tried installing w8 - same issue at the same spot. i have tried to load my MBP with ubuntu via USB, but it will boot until it starts to load the kernel, then the graphics look really weird on the display and the laptop wont boot any further. unfortunately i dont have a PC handy to do the install. also i would have liked to use the egpu with my macbook air, where i cannot swap hard drives.. i guess i am running out of options... thanks

hi all, my goal is to use my gtx 760 in the sonnet chassis. i have been reading a lot in other forum threads on working solutions for this constellation - but still i am stuck, and i think pretty close to the end of the process. my setup: - macbook pro 15'' mid 2011, macbook air 11'' 2013 - sonnet echo express SE II - OSX Mavericks - Windows 7, Windows 8 with nandos help i was able to work around some obstacles already and i have tried many constellations of everything , but i cannot seem to get past the point where windows 8 aborts the installation. here is what i am doing: i am booting windows 8 pro (not 8.1) from dvd in EFI mode and follow the instructions until the setup copies all files to the HDD. at the end of the process the install assistant is trying to "finalize" the installation, and prompts me with a message box saying "cannot update the boot configuration". i have tried several partition setups, leaving 50GiB unpartitioned for the w8 setup to pick it up - i have even wiped the entire HDD solely for windows 8 use. still same issue. appreciate any help here. thanks a million chris