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First Check : I lost the graphic card after enabling back csrutil in Terminal…had to switch back to disable to get the card active again. Then in Resolve, had to keep a screen connected to the card in order to get Resolve see the card…or maybe I have something to force with GfxCard Status ?

Back again. It works again ! Here's what I did : Formatted partition again with recovery disk Installed El Capitan 10.11.1 again Restaured my documents from a clone Ran Recovery Disk to disable csrutil Ran the script (the one for dGPU) Reboot DVI output activated on a second screen (first time I installed, Iwas connected to HDMI and it was also working) Card is detected by OSX properly Can't explain why last time it didn't work I will do some tests with Resolve tomorrow to confirm, last time I was also working at the beginning and started to fail when I tried Resolve. Thank you Goalque for this script and for assistance ! Below the log from Terminal : Last login: Fri Dec 4 19:34:28 on console macbook-4:~ stephane$ curl -o ~/Desktop/automate-eGPU.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/7192c79bda052bff92428700b59b652b30e6ab4d/automate-eGPU.sh % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 37117 100 37117 0 0 2327 0 0:00:15 0:00:15 --:--:-- 10298 macbook-4:~ stephane$ chmod +x ~/Desktop/automate-eGPU.sh macbook-4:~ stephane$ cd ~/Desktop macbook-4:Desktop stephane$ sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information. To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort. Password: nvram: Error getting variable - 'csr-active-config': (iokit/common) data was not found Boot into recovery partition and type: csrutil disable macbook-4:Desktop stephane$ [Restauré 4 déc. 2015 20:50:24] Last login: Fri Dec 4 20:48:44 on console Restored session: Ven 4 déc 2015 20:45:12 CET macbook-4:Desktop stephane$ chmod +x ~/Desktop/automate-eGPU.sh macbook-4:Desktop stephane$ cd ~/Desktop macbook-4:Desktop stephane$ sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh Password: *** automate-eGPU.sh v0.9.6 - © 2015 by Goalque *** ------------------------------------------------------- Detected eGPU GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] Current OS X 10.11.1 15B42 Previous OS X [not found] Latest installed Nvidia web driver [not found] No Nvidia web driver detected. Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys... Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys. Mac board-id found. Searching for matching driver... Driver [346.03.03f02] found from: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.03.03f02/WebDriver-346.03.03f02.pkg Do you want to download this driver (y/n)? y % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 68.9M 100 68.9M 0 0 56904 0 0:21:09 0:21:09 --:--:-- 67784 Driver downloaded. Removing validation checks... Modified package ready. Do you want to install (y/n)? y installer: Package name is NVIDIA Web Driver 346.03.03f02 installer: Installing at base path / installer: The install was successful. installer: The install requires restarting now. Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys... Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys. IOPCITunnelCompatible mods done. Can't read info dictionary for SEKONIC_Lightmeter.kext: IOCFUnserialize: syntax error near line 3. Can't read info dictionary for SEKONIC_Lightmeter.kext: IOCFUnserialize: syntax error near line 3. Can't read info dictionary for SEKONIC_Lightmeter.kext: IOCFUnserialize: syntax error near line 3. Can't read info dictionary for SEKONIC_Lightmeter.kext: IOCFUnserialize: syntax error near line 3. Can't read info dictionary for SEKONIC_Lightmeter.kext: IOCFUnserialize: syntax error near line 3. Can't read info dictionary for SEKONIC_Lightmeter.kext: IOCFUnserialize: syntax error near line 3. All ready. Please restart the Mac. macbook-4:Desktop stephane$

Are you sure you don't have any other device connected to the other TB port such as TB --> Ethernet adaptor ? Then like on my MBP the adaptor needs to be removed during the script (eventually after having downloaded the drivers) - - - Updated - - - I come back with some feedback, and no good news. I was unable to make the eGPU work either on Maverick (but I heard it is not supposed to), Yosemite (more surprising) and El capitan. On Maverick and Yosemite the symptoms are that after applying the scrip and restarting the MBP, star up is stuck…have to reset Pram. Which seems to do nothing good on this MBP with internal GPU…then I loose and graphic acceleration, the GT650M is detected but resolution is very big like around 2880 pix large. On El Capitan I made it work once (like I said in my first post) but I was unable to redo it…no explanation ! the script applies but after restart the OS behave normally, simply not detecting anything. Below is the Terminal Log of the script running on Yosemite and El capitan. Who's got an idea ? Last login: Thu Dec 3 20:30:51 on console macbook-pro:~ admin$ chmod +x ~/Desktop/automate-eGPU.sh macbook-pro:~ admin$ macbook-pro:~ admin$ cd ~/Desktop macbook-pro:Desktop admin$ macbook-pro:Desktop admin$ sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh Password: *** automate-eGPU.sh v0.9.6 - © 2015 by Goalque *** ------------------------------------------------------- Detected eGPU GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] Current OS X 10.10.5 14F27 Previous OS X [not found] Latest installed Nvidia web driver [not found] No Nvidia web driver detected. Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys... Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys. Mac board-id found. Searching for matching driver... Driver [346.02.03f01] found from: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.02.03f01/WebDriver-346.02.03f01.pkg Do you want to download this driver (y/n)? y % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 47.6M 100 47.6M 0 0 301k 0 0:02:41 0:02:41 --:--:-- 379k Driver downloaded. Removing validation checks... Modified package ready. Do you want to install (y/n)? y installer: Package name is NVIDIA Web Driver 346.02.03f01 installer: Installing at base path / installer: The install was successful. installer: The install requires restarting now. Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys... Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys. IOPCITunnelCompatible mods done. All ready. Please restart the Mac. macbook-pro:Desktop admin$ El Capitan : Last login: Tue Dec 1 19:22:45 on ttys001 macbook-pro-de-test:~ test$ chmod +x ~/Desktop/automate-eGPU.sh macbook-pro-de-test:~ test$ cd ~/Desktop macbook-pro-de-test:Desktop test$ sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh *** automate-eGPU.sh v0.9.6 - © 2015 by Goalque *** ------------------------------------------------------- Detected eGPU GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] Current OS X 10.11.1 15B42 Previous OS X 10.9.5 13F34 Latest installed Nvidia web driver Version: 334.01.03f01 Source: 3rd Party Install Date: 29/11/2015 21:23 You are running official Nvidia driver. Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys... Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys. Mac board-id found. Searching for matching driver... yDriver [346.03.03f02] found from: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.03.03f02/WebDriver-346.03.03f02.pkg Do you want to download this driver (y/n)? % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 68.9M 100 68.9M 0 0 585k 0 0:02:00 0:02:00 --:--:-- 590k Driver downloaded. Removing validation checks... Modified package ready. Do you want to install (y/n)? y installer: Package name is NVIDIA Web Driver 346.03.03f02 installer: Upgrading at base path / installer: The upgrade was successful. installer: The install requires restarting now. Checking IOPCITunnelCompatible keys... Missing IOPCITunnelCompatible keys. IOPCITunnelCompatible mods done. All ready. Please restart the Mac. macbook-pro-de-test:Desktop test$

I formatted my disk and ran clean install of Maverick. Then updated to 10.9.5 Ran the automatic script (the one for dGPU models) The card is detected and everything goes OK until Terminal asks to restart. Kernel panic on startup…everytime. If I turn off eGPU it starts normally What is wrong ?

Hi all (French below) Just to let you know I succeeded in using the automatic installation on El Capitan 10.11.1 I found the nVidia web drivers there : Nvidia Web Driver updates for El Capitan (UPDATE 11/02/2015) - New Releases and Updates - InsanelyMac Forum First I integrated the KFA2 GTX970 ITX card which is the only one I found that is correctly fitting the Akitio TB2 chassis. The only tricky thing is that I had to build a very very low profile 2x6 Pins connector to power the card, using some copper rigid wire and my soldering skills. This is not something I would recommend to newbies to soldering and electricity in general. Then I updated from Maverick to El Capitan (not my best idea I must say), doing a clean install an restoring datas from clone. I was absolutely not successful with the script at the beginning, Terminal was returning something like "thunderbolt device present but graphic card not detected" UNTIL I found out that the Thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor was interfering. I unplugged it and it suddenly worked… After the script ran, I was able to restart and see the card correctly recognized by the OS, and to get an image on a second screen. Heaven Unigine test brought up the performance from 30 fps max (without card) to 130 fps max…(with card) Beware : - I had a Kernel Panic when I tried to switch of the card - I experienced very often painful and slow Macbook startup, had to reset Pram many times to solve this (El Capitan issue it looks like) - After some resets I had to go back to nVidia Web Driver Utility to specify again to use these drivers (and not the OS drivers) - After any restart I had to change back the keyboard language to French (Vive la France), very very boring El Capitan issue ? - Davinci Resolve detects the card but is very instable (Resolve 12.1 issue with El Capitan ?) The result is that I am going back to Maverick…the most stable OSX I ever had, and will install the card again. I will put my feedback here. En Français : Ce petit mot pour partager mon expérience. J'ai fait fonctionner le script automatique avec El Capitan 10.11.1 J'ai trouvé les drivers nVidia web ici : Nvidia Web Driver updates for El Capitan (UPDATE 11/02/2015) - New Releases and Updates - InsanelyMac Forum Petit mot sur le hardware : j'ai intégré une carte KFA2 GTX970 ITX que j'ai trouvé en ligne chez rueducomm… c'est à priori la seule qui rentre parfaitement dans le chassis Akitio TB2, que j'ai d'ailleurs trouvé à bon prix chez macway (alors que je comptais le commander aux USA). La seule chose un peu compliquée a été de fabriquer un double connecteur 6 pins très compact pour alimenter la carte sans que ledit connecteur empêche la fermeture du boitier. J'ai dû sortir la Dremel et le fer à souder, donc c'est une bidouille que je ne recommande pas aux novice du bricolage de précision ou de l'électricité en général…les connaisseurs peuvent me contacter en MP pour plus d'informations. Ensuite j'ai mis à jour le macbook de Maverick à El Capitan (pas la meilleure idée que j'ai eu on dirait) en faisant une clean install et une restauration de mes données à partir d'un clone. Au début le script automatique ne fonctionnait pas du tout…Terminal s'arrêtait à chaque fois en disant un truc du genre "thunderbolt device present but graphic card not detected" Jusqu'à ce que je me dise que l'adaptateur Thunderbolt - Ethernet était détecté et bloquait peut-être la procédure…une fois débranché cela a fonctionné parfaitement ! J'avoue que c'est peut être dit quelque part au milieu des 38 pages de ce post…qui a tout lu ?? Après redémarrage, l'OS a parfaitement reconnu la carte et j'ai pu afficher une image sur un second écran. Heaven Unigine (un logiciel pour tester les GPU) qui donnait 30 fps max (sans la carte) donnait désormais 130 fps max…(avec la carte) En activant l'anti-aliasing à x2 j'ai eu l'impression que la carte s'étranglait un peu…une limitation certainement due au débit du Thunderbolt 1… Mais attention : - J'ai eu une Kernel Panic quand j'ai éteint le chassis (je l'ai fait juste pour voir, je n'ai pas été déçu) - El Capitan démarre très souvent très très lentement à tel point qu'il faut souvent resetter la Pram…(problème apparemment connu sur El Capitan) pour retrouver un démarrage rapide - Souvent après ces resets il a fallu re-spécifier d'utiliser les nVidia Web Drivers à la place des Drivers de l'OS - Après chaque démarrage il fallait re-spécifier le clavier français (hyper relou !) - Davinci Resolve voit la carte GPU dans les prefs mais est très instable (incompatibilité de Resolve 12.1 avec El Capitan ?) Résultat des courses, je ré-installe Maverick et je reprends tout à zéro…je trouve El Capitan beaucoup trop instable et contraignant Je mettrais la suite de l'aventure à la suite.