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  1. I have same issues with my set up. I think Netflix may require an HDCP handshake to enable 1080p playback on Macs. Safari is the only web browser on Macs that is compatible with Netflix 1080p, so tough to tell if it is HDCP or just the browser, but 1080p playback works fine on my other computers with standard GPUs.
  2. One thing to note, from what I have found, NVIDIA did not include DisplayPort implementation in the original specifications of the Geforce GTX 750 Ti hardware. See "Standard Display Connectors" at GeForce GTX 750 Ti | Specifications | GeForce . I think pushing 4K resolution via DP on the EVGA cards is problematic because it was not originally intended by NVIDIA and therefore not fully supported by their drivers. I don't know if you are using that connector for 4K output, but I switched to a GTX 970 and the setup has been very stable so far. Hope that helps, Pani
  3. That's good information! I agree that if we both are experiencing this it must be the driver or possibly the Akitio box, but that's less likely as it sounds like others have used it to power cards requiring >25W. Anyway, I got tired of dealing with this and since I have the DA-2 already, I bit the bullet and bought a Zotac GTX970. So far so good ... I'm running it in HiDPI mode obviously. We'll see how things go. I also have to figure out how to route the cabling into a closed box. A 6pin PCI-e splitter with low profile connectors would probably do the trick. I've been in contact with the manufacturer who made the harness that others purchased off of eBay, so maybe they'll be generous and make me one!
  4. That's correct. The card is an EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti SC with TDP of 60W.
  5. Another update... I hacked up a wiring harness and powered the Akitio box with a Dell DA-2 PSU, but unfortunately I'm still experiencing freezes/kernel panics. After going through 3 PSUs, I don't think the problem is related to external power. I don't really know what else I can try at this point, but I'm open to suggestions! Thanks, Pani
  6. So I tried another external PSU (12V 10A) and still had problems. Kernel panics with web browsing and even simple OS tasks, so I'm starting to think that PSU power isn't the issue. Either there is a driver problem or the power output from the Akitio's PCI-e slot is insufficient. I wonder if others have had problems like this? Or is it because I'm running a 4K monitor and identifying a limitation of this setup?
  7. Thanks for your help Dschijn! I wonder if this cable would work. http://www.amazon.com/PCI-Express-Video-Y-Splitter-Adapter-Supply/dp/B00A3OVG4W/ It probably would need to be modified to switch on the DA-2, correct? The benefit, is that it give me opportunity to upgrade to a more powerful GPU card if desired.
  8. Aren't they all made in China . I was concerned about getting a quality PSU, so I bought one from Amazon for $50. It seems to be of reasonable quality. It is 17.5 x 7.5 x 5cm. When I measured the output at the barrel connector with my very simple multimeter, it read 12.35V without fluctuation. So I'm not sure what else to do. Do you think the issue could be between the EVGA GTX 750Ti SC vs GTX 750? The total power draw on the 750Ti is 60W vs 55W for the base 750, so I would not expect the extra 5W to make a difference if the Akitio is indeed delivering 75W from the PCIe port. Also, I do have access to a DA-2, but don't have the skills to put together a wiring harness otherwise that may be a better solution. Any other suggestions? Thanks for the help! Pani
  9. Hi, Any thoughts on continued kernel panics with this setup: 2012 Mac Mini running Mac OS 10.11.1 (El Capitan) Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Enclosure 12V 10A 120W power supply connected directly to Akitio via barrel connector EVGA GeForce GTX 750TiSC I restored the kexts and removed all the drivers from my Time Machine backup, then performed a clean install using goalque's script. The install went smoothly and the eGPU was recognized immediately after rebooting, but I'm still am having problems with kernel panics. Also, despite reports to the contrary, when I re-enabled SIP, the kexts for the eGPU did not load. The eGPU was detected by the machine, but was just listed as "Display" in the System Report." Once I disabled SIP, the eGPU was again fully recognized and sent signal to the display. Anyway, I'm still experiencing kernel panics despite my hardware being similar to many other who seem to be running without issue. That being said, I am using the eGPU to drive a 4K monitor (LG 31MU97) via the display port connector, so maybe even with the supposed 75W from the PCIe port it is not sufficient? The following kernel panic occurred while I was running the Valley Unigine benchmarking app. Prior to this I watched several 4K videos on Youtube which were displayed smoothly and without any OS freezes. Fri Nov 6 20:49:12 2015 *** Panic Report *** panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff7fa9035b50): NVRM[0/193:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000200: CFG 0xffffffff 0x138010de 0x00100000, BAR0 0xa1000000 0xffffff9223d83000 0x117000a2, D0, P1/2 Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff820e6f3ad0 : 0xffffff80262e5307 0xffffff820e6f3b50 : 0xffffff7fa9035b50 0xffffff820e6f3c10 : 0xffffff7fa9111553 0xffffff820e6f3c70 : 0xffffff7fa93beaa3 0xffffff820e6f3d00 : 0xffffff7fa93e7941 0xffffff820e6f3d40 : 0xffffff7fa91ec7b2 0xffffff820e6f3d60 : 0xffffff7fa91ecc20 0xffffff820e6f3db0 : 0xffffff7fa93bc793 0xffffff820e6f3e20 : 0xffffff7fa913e083 0xffffff820e6f3e40 : 0xffffff7fa903c18d 0xffffff820e6f3ef0 : 0xffffff80268b7536 0xffffff820e6f3f40 : 0xffffff80268b53a1 0xffffff820e6f3f80 : 0xffffff80268b559c 0xffffff820e6f3fb0 : 0xffffff80263d15d7 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.7)[53A7D683-CD5C-3EDD-A58E-5BB7FF28BDE9]@0xffffff7fa8fd1000->0xffffff7fa92a6fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[8E5F549E-0055-3C0E-93F8-E872A048E31B]@0xffffff7fa6b2d000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[814A7F4B-03EF-384A-B205-9840F0594421]@0xffffff7fa7713000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[48AC8EA9-BD3C-3FDC-908D-09850215AA32]@0xffffff7fa76cc000 dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.11.33b1)[2BA0BB49-9DFD-3851-984F-8816AE3A1964]@0xffffff7fa8b1b000 com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb(10.0.7)[1C1114D7-6B7D-370C-BDDC-DBFA42222D6A]@0xffffff7fa92a7000->0xffffff7fa94a3fff dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.7)[53A7D683-CD5C-3EDD-A58E-5BB7FF28BDE9]@0xffffff7fa8fd1000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[8E5F549E-0055-3C0E-93F8-E872A048E31B]@0xffffff7fa6b2d000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task Boot args: nvda_drv=1 Mac OS version: 15B42 Any input would really be appreciated!! Thanks! Pani
  10. Hi everyone, My eGPU setup has been working okay, but I've started to notice kernel panics, primarily while web browsing using Chrome. My configuration is: 2012 Mac Mini running Mac OS 10.11.1 (El Capitan) Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Enclosure 12V 10A 120W power supply connected directly to Akitio via barrel connector EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti SC Here is what the kernel panic report looks like: Thu Nov 5 18:16:30 2015 *** Panic Report *** panic(cpu 5 caller 0xffffff7f855cfb50): NVRM[0/193:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000200: CFG 0xffffffff 0x138010de 0x40100100, BAR0 0xa1000000 0xffffff91f2b25000 0x117000a2, D0, P1/2 Backtrace (CPU 5), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff81ed323ad0 : 0xffffff80048e5307 0xffffff81ed323b50 : 0xffffff7f855cfb50 0xffffff81ed323c10 : 0xffffff7f856ab553 0xffffff81ed323c70 : 0xffffff7f85968aa3 0xffffff81ed323d00 : 0xffffff7f85991941 0xffffff81ed323d40 : 0xffffff7f857867b2 0xffffff81ed323d60 : 0xffffff7f85786c20 0xffffff81ed323db0 : 0xffffff7f85966793 0xffffff81ed323e20 : 0xffffff7f856d8083 0xffffff81ed323e40 : 0xffffff7f855d618d 0xffffff81ed323ef0 : 0xffffff8004eb7536 0xffffff81ed323f40 : 0xffffff8004eb53a1 0xffffff81ed323f80 : 0xffffff8004eb559c 0xffffff81ed323fb0 : 0xffffff80049d15d7 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.7)[53A7D683-CD5C-3EDD-A58E-5BB7FF28BDE9]@0xffffff7f8556b000->0xffffff7f85841fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[8E5F549E-0055-3C0E-93F8-E872A048E31B]@0xffffff7f8512d000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[814A7F4B-03EF-384A-B205-9840F0594421]@0xffffff7f85555000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[48AC8EA9-BD3C-3FDC-908D-09850215AA32]@0xffffff7f8550e000 dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.11.33b1)[2BA0BB49-9DFD-3851-984F-8816AE3A1964]@0xffffff7f85565000 com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb(10.0.7)[1C1114D7-6B7D-370C-BDDC-DBFA42222D6A]@0xffffff7f85851000->0xffffff7f85a4dfff dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.7)[53A7D683-CD5C-3EDD-A58E-5BB7FF28BDE9]@0xffffff7f8556b000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[8E5F549E-0055-3C0E-93F8-E872A048E31B]@0xffffff7f8512d000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task Boot args: nvda_drv=1 Mac OS version: 15B42 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 15.0.0: Sat Sep 19 15:53:46 PDT 2015; root:xnu-3247.10.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: AB5FC1B4-12E7-311E-8E6F-9023985D8C1D Kernel slide: 0x0000000004600000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8004800000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8004700000 System model name: Macmini6,2 (Mac-F65AE981FFA204ED) Any thoughts as to what is going on or things that I could try? As always thanks for your help! -Pani
  11. Hey everyone, Thanks again for all of the help. I have been able to get my set up working (listed below) and even have been sending 4K signal to my monitor via DP!! I had a couple of questions, however. 1. When booting I no longer can see the boot screen with the Apple logo. The first output the display receives is the desktop background. Is there any way to get the boot screen back? 2. I disabled SIP in order to allow goalque's script to modify the kexts. Is it safe to re-enable SIP after the installation is complete? I would obviously disable it again if I needed to re-run the script. Thanks! Pani 2012 Mac Mini running Mac OS 10.11.1 (El Capitan) Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Enclosure 120W 12V 10A power supply connected to Akitio power input EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC
  12. Wow! That was the issue. I can't believe I missed that! Thank you so much for your help! I switched the power supply to the one included with the Akitio enclosure and now everything is working fine. I will likely need to find another 120W AC adapter that delivers 12V to ensure the eGPU receives enough power, but at least I know all the components weren't damaged!! Thanks again!!
  13. Hi Everyone, Thank you to goalque and everyone else for the amazing support and information. It is really fun to take on a project like this. That being said, I'm having some trouble getting my eGPU set up working. The hardware is as follows: 2012 Mac Mini running Mac OS 10.11.1 (El Capitan) Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Enclosure Lenovo 120W power supply connected directly to Akitio EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC I was able to get everything connected fine and installed the drivers, etc. using goalque's script. Everything appeared to run smoothly after disabling SIP, but now I am unable to get output from the eGPU when I connect my external display. As you can see in the pictures, the eGPU is detected (although it does not list the specific model) and the NVIDIA software manager is running, but I only get the display signal from the internal GPU. When I reboot and connect the eGPU, the display says that it is not receiving any output. Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Pani
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