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esatamod

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  1. I appreciate this thread. Does anyone know if the DA-2 can just use an 8 pin pcie to 2 x 6 pcie adapter? With paperclip starter trick if necessary? I mean if I do not need the barrel plug on my eGPU can't I just use 2 x 6 pcie? Is there something I'm missing about the way the power is output or won't my GPU card just pull the watts it needs up to about 220 watts or so? It would adjust rated 18A output to what the card needs automatically right? I think there is a 12v "rail" just like any PSU.

     

    edit: I see from an earlier post... " DA-2 doesn't use PCIe power interface" .. so i guess there will have to be some re-routing of wires. After the re-routing I can treat it like a PCIe power interface though right?

  2. 15 minutes ago, goalque said:

    I noticed that you have a Hackintosh. My script is designed only for Thunderbolt Macs. OS X in non-Apple hardware doesn’t equal to OS X in Mac, and therefore we cannot assume that the same mod would work on your system. eGPU screen output is enabled by default with any AMD card regardless of the Mac board-id, and the script does only the modification when it’s necessary with an Nvidia eGPU. It’s not just about kext mods but also taking into account multi-slot enclosures and 2015 Macs’ different boot behaviour.

    thanks for reply! Would I have better luck with an AMD/Radeon HD 4850 in my pe4L expresscard eGPU setup? I thought I was close because I have Nvidia Chip Model show up in system profiler with my GTX460, but maybe I'm in over my head?!

  3. On 1/9/2016 at 11:18 AM, CM said:

    Hi 

     

    I just wanted to check with the more experienced guys on here that what I am doing will work.  I was intending on buying the pre made cable but it is no longer available so from reading on these forums, the setup on the attached image is what I plan to do. 

     

    Dell da-2(pin trick remote to ground) > PCIE 6 to dual 8 cable > 8 pin extension to reach the card > cut the other 6 pins attaching the yellows and blacks to positive and negative terminals of the barrel plug

     

    Any guidance would be much appreciated.

     

    Thanks

     

     

    EGPU.jpg

    I'm no expert but just wanted to say thanks for drawing the diagram. So the 6pin female is a better choice than the 8pin female so that the "pin trick" can be used for startup? So to be clear 75W will go to the box (akitio) and 75W will go to the card vie PCIE 8pin for a total of 150W? I'm looking to do this too (ordering parts tomorrow) but I am wondering if this cable setup will work with even higher power cards? lower power cards?  

     

    edit: just wondering is it confirmed that the CCTV barrel plug you list is rated to pass 6.25A? 

  4. 21 hours ago, Tech Inferno Fan said:

     

    MY experience with Clover's UEFI module resets any PCIe config space changes made by Setup 1.30. So unfortunately this combination isn't going to work.

    Thanks for reply! So is the issue a Clover UEFI thing or just a UEFI thing? I'm thinking about trying chameleon or chimera instead of clover if it might help make this work.

  5. hello. can anyone comment on whether I'll have any luck with setup 1.3 and my hardware below?

    Hardware etc.
    PE4L v2.1b w/ expresscard/34 adapter
    HP Probook 4530s i3 (HD3000)
    OSX 10.11 via Clover UEFI (hackintosh)
    ASUS ENGTX460 video card
     
    Is it going to be possible to use setup 1.3 to help me run the above system in osx 10.11? You mention setup working for for macbooks but maybe that is only over TB and not expresscard? Also I thought I read something about needing a MBR (non-UEFI) windows 7 installation in your notes for the setup 1.3 software.
     
    I know there are other people who have been successful with setup 1.x and windows 7 on the the 4530s, but I'm looking for some El Capitan love. 
     
    Also I think my bottleneck is going to be the 2.5 gt/s of the expresscard slot, but maybe its the GTX460.
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