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Okay scratch my step, I am now having issues at the spinning wheel on both windows 8.1 and Windows 10...

On March 9, 2016 at 1:42 PM, TifosiRay said:

I got the egpu work on my 13' macbook air mid 2012 with tb1 connected (running windows 8.1). For my macbook pro, I got a successful reboot under win8.1 with drivers installed. But for the second time, it failed and it keeps me out of booting into windows forever.

Hey, I've got a solution for ya.

If this doesn't work then try reinstalling windows 10 and repeat this step.

1) unplug eGPU and boot windows 10

2) press windows button and click "restart" - do not press "shutdown"

3) when you hear the chime, press alt and boot into Mac OS X - log in and shut down.

4) power on the eGPU - do not connect the thunderbolt yet

5) start your macbook and press alt. - boot into windows

6) as soon as you see the spinning wheel plug your eGPU.

if you get stuck at spinning wheel, make sure to boot into windows without eGPU to see if it's not in automatic repair mode. And simply repeat the step.

If nothing works out, uninstall windows 10 and reinstall via boot camp.

run windows update before plugging in the eGPU. Make sure to download 364.5.x from nVidia

I gave up on windows 8.1 because the failure rate was the same as win10. I just tried this method and it worked.

1 minute ago, TifosiRay said:

I got the egpu work on my 13' macbook air mid 2012 with tb1 connected (running windows 8.1). For my macbook pro, I got a successful reboot under win8.1 with drivers installed. But for the second time, it failed and it keeps me out of booting into windows forever.

Hm, that's odd. You might want to check the implementation guide. I think there is a post regarding 2015 Macbook pro 13"

1 hour ago, TifosiRay said:

Same as you

Are you willing to downgrade to windows 8.1? I've had problems with windows 10 after severe overclocking and had issues with windows 10 afterwards. I'm on windows 8.1 and the setup is working fine, but fps tend to be lower, so I am investigating with Dschijn.

5 minutes ago, TifosiRay said:

Yea, the black screen problem is solved. This time I boot into an infinite spinning wheel.

 

Try plug it in when you are at the booting menu and see what happens. Mine froze, so it didn't work for me, but I believe some people had success.

Are you booting via the option key? Or are you just booting windows directly?
If you are getting a black screen,

1) boot into osx with eGPU disconnected/powered off

2) login to osx and shut down

3) power on eGPU and wait ~10-20 seconds

4) turn on your macbook and hold the option key after the chime

5) boot into windows and when you see the first spinning wheel, plug in your eGPU. (Timing is crucial)
 

2 hours ago, TifosiRay said:

That's what I used to do, but I will get an infinite spinning wheel after i installed the drivers.

I used the beta software driver from Nvidia, which I believe it was 364.x.x. I crashed the system by overclocking and now I am having issues with Win10. I installed Win8.1 instead to see if graphics card was alright, and I seem to get a lower FPS than before. I am investigating the problem right now

10 hours ago, TifosiRay said:

Hi, I have the same setup as you, but I'm having a booting issue with windows. Can you tell me how you solved it?

Try plugging in the Thunderbolt cable right as the wheel starts spinning. 

I did, and it's working half of the time. I can't really find a pattern... Do you think it could be windows10 that's causing the issue?

Hi, I finally decided to give eGPU a chance and have made it work with my Macbook. The only problem I am seeing now (I had a booting problem, but that seems to be resolved) is that my trackpad seems to only track vertical and horizontal directions; not diagonal. 

Has anyone experienced this issue? I'm just worried that I might be ruining the Macbook hardware due to this setup.

My system is :
Akitio Thunder 2 with Dell DA-2

Gigabyte GTX 960 OC ITX

13" Macbook Pro retina 2015

Windows 10

Boot camp 6.0 installed.

Hi, I saw a post on kijiji saying that the eGPU setup is for sale for $500. I am pretty new at this hardware and wanted to check if it is a good/legitimate deal.

Here is the link to the ad. Some input will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-computer-components/ville-de-montreal/gtx-960-pcie-expansion-box/1145226278?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Any updates on this product??

So for 2015 13" Macbooks, you don't need to enable optimus internal LCD mode?