TifosiRay

Hi EdowadoHense,

I'm really interested in your build.

I got almost the same hardware as you do except I have a gtx970. 

Ur post actually convinced me to give it another shot.

Do u have WeChat that I can communicate with you (just in case that I need further help)?

My WeChat:1599829747

Thanks,

Ray

11 minutes ago, qqq66660 said:

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.

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.

8 minutes ago, qqq66660 said:

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.

Same as you

15 minutes ago, qqq66660 said:

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)
 

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

2 minutes ago, qqq66660 said:

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)
 

I'll try that.

1 hour ago, qqq66660 said:

 

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

I did exact procedure as you do. But getting different result. After the restart after installing drivers, I got bunch of problems. If I boot my mac with egpu connected and turn on, I will boot into black screen (there is no backlight for keyboard, no light for the apple logo, all I know is the fan is on, and hot air is coming out). If I connect egpu right when the wheel start to spin, it will turn into a infinite spinning. If I connect it slightly later, I can boot into windows without egpu (the egpu is detected but said no available drivers or something like that).

9 hours ago, qqq66660 said:

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

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

14 hours ago, qqq66660 said:

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

On February 26, 2016 at 1:56 PM, goalque said:

Those steps work with pre-2015 Macs, but likely gives ACPI_BIOS_ERROR BSOD with the latest line of Macs. 2015 13” MBP seem to show an infinite spinner…

I think I might have a solution to the start up. I turn on my egpu first, than turn on the MacBook. Before the circle start to spin, I plug in the thunderbolt. I successfully boot into the Windows, but this time I have a code 12 error. I read the whole thread about dsdt over riding. But I barely understand. Can someone help me with this?

6 hours ago, Dschijn said:

Can you please try this booting procedure on every Windows boot:

- turn on MB

- press and hold ALT key

- wait for boot chime and boot selection

- wait for the WiFi search to be done

- now turn on the eGPU (power on), TB cable already connected

- wait 5-10sec

- boot into Windows

It works when I'm using the external hard drive with win8.1 on it. But it doesn't work for internal ssd.

the screen freezed right after I turn on the egpu in your procedure.

1 hour ago, Dschijn said:

Can you please try this booting procedure on every Windows boot:

- turn on MB

- press and hold ALT key

- wait for boot chime and boot selection

- wait for the WiFi search to be done

- now turn on the eGPU (power on), TB cable already connected

- wait 5-10sec

- boot into Windows

I'll try that when I get home. Thanks a lot 

4 hours ago, Dschijn said:

@TifosiRay What is your Hardware? How do you boot (all the steps you take)?

Mine is a 2015 13'  MacBook Pro retina. I used the normal boot which does not work if I have the drivers installed. So I found another guide with a weird startup procedure.

Hi everyone, I finished the hardware setup today.

So I plugged it into my  laptop to install the drivers. After I finished installing the drivers, it made me do a restart. Windows keeps loading, but can't boot into the system.

But I can boot into Windows without drivers.

my windows is in uefi mode

what should I do?

44 minutes ago, Dschijn said:

I never cut the AKiTiO cable and I do not know what the "phases" are. I would guess middle is 12V and outer is ground. Please check/verify that!

Another short question. Will the akitio light on if I plug the cord in correctly without any pcie connected. Just to test if the cables are working.

21 minutes ago, Dschijn said:

You could, but in my opinion you should keep the AKiTiO parts as undamaged as possible!
Why not buy a barrel plug?

So all I need to do is to connect the center white cord of akitio to the molex right?

I thought I bought a 2.5x2.5 barrel, but I got the wrong one from Amazon.

So right now, I have a the psu that come with akitio. Can I cut off the side with barrel and connect it to my molex cable. All I need right now is a barrel male part.