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  1. I know this topic is over a year old but is there any long term reviews/advice of having your GPU that close to the circuit board of the Akitio? It seems over time your just going to destroy that circuit board with the long exposure to the heat that is generated by the GPU. In news?
  2. I have also heard this many times now but nobody can give me a reason why. I am having problems with stability with my eGPU, constant crashes now while eGPU is running and using Cinema 4D or rendering with Octane. Basically if the eGPU is on, I am working very nervously. I can't pin point if my problem is my eGPU hardware or conflict with my iMac. I am at a point where I am thinking about abandoning this DIY eGPU and just going with a Bizon box. I just can't get any straight answer around the forum here, and every time someone redirects me to the "right topic" on another forum for trouble shooting I run into broken links and dead ends. I'm also not a gamer, so that doesn't help me either.
  3. So, I have been running my eGPU for about two weeks now, with about a 95% success! That means for me, minimal problems and successful rendering with Octane render engine. I have had some crashes, about once a day but it hasn't been a huge problem, its usually with the first start up of the eGPU in the morning. Having said all that, today has been different, not only is it unusually hot here in Berlin but I am getting constant crashes when the eGPU is on. The crashes happen when rendering or just randomly when working in Cinema 4D, my computer freezes and then reboots from the "multi language" Apple screen. Remember, this only happens when the eGPU is on, otherwise my computer is running fine. I provided the Panic Report below, its all 'Chinese' to me, maybe someone is better at reading it. My eGPU unit is sitting on my desk "ghetto style," while I wait for some parts to start building a enclosure for the components. Could that be causing stability issues? Thanks in advance! Full computer specs here: iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) Processor 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB eGPU hardware on hand here: Apple Thunderbolt Cable 2.0m EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Ti 6GB GDDR5 be quiet! DARK POWER PRO 11 750W PSU w/ bridge Akitio Thunderbolt2 PCIe Expansion Box Powered Riser Cable 16X PCI-E Anonymous UUID: D9599F27-14AC-BA43-E4BF-06BF41004813 Sat Jun 25 22:44:50 2016 *** Panic Report *** panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8009f20c9a): "a freed zone element has been modified in zone kalloc.16: expected 0x3f0089f303aeaa42 but found 0x980000009800, bits changed 0x3f0011f303ae3242, at offset 0 of 16 in element 0xffffff8046eaba40, cookies 0x3f0011f303ae3242 0x5352109e794d791"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3248.50.21/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:503 Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff93b27f3890 : 0xffffff8009edab12 0xffffff93b27f3910 : 0xffffff8009f20c9a 0xffffff93b27f3980 : 0xffffff8009f202fe 0xffffff93b27f39c0 : 0xffffff8009f1f2e2 0xffffff93b27f3af0 : 0xffffff800a47fecd 0xffffff93b27f3b10 : 0xffffff800a4997b9 0xffffff93b27f3b40 : 0xffffff7f8d19e04d 0xffffff93b27f3b90 : 0xffffff7f8d19baad 0xffffff93b27f3ba0 : 0xffffff7f8aabb0b5 0xffffff93b27f3bf0 : 0xffffff7f8aabafc8 0xffffff93b27f3c10 : 0xffffff7f8aabf532 0xffffff93b27f3ca0 : 0xffffff7f8aab710b 0xffffff93b27f3cd0 : 0xffffff7f8ab0f170 0xffffff93b27f3d20 : 0xffffff800a494de1 0xffffff93b27f3d70 : 0xffffff800a4dea89 0xffffff93b27f3de0 : 0xffffff8009f97991 0xffffff93b27f3e30 : 0xffffff8009edf283 0xffffff93b27f3e60 : 0xffffff8009ec28b8 0xffffff93b27f3ea0 : 0xffffff8009ed2665 0xffffff93b27f3f10 : 0xffffff8009fb8dca 0xffffff93b27f3fb0 : 0xffffff8009fecc86 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[172C2960-EDF5-382D-80A5-C13E97D74880]@0xffffff7f8aaad000->0xffffff7f8aae7fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8216D61-5209-3B0C-866D-7D8B3C5F33FF]@0xffffff7f8a72c000 com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.1.1)[5C094812-86E1-35B5-9B9F-AFD29D97CEC3]@0xffffff7f8ab0b000->0xffffff7f8adeafff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8216D61-5209-3B0C-866D-7D8B3C5F33FF]@0xffffff7f8a72c000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[1114B99F-E439-329E-876D-1FEC4CF45DF6]@0xffffff7f8aaf4000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[172C2960-EDF5-382D-80A5-C13E97D74880]@0xffffff7f8aaad000 dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.12.8)[81C2784E-285A-38A7-A16E-515DCB816E0A]@0xffffff7f8ab04000 com.apple.driver.AGPM(110.22)[D6F3F5F1-C1B0-31B1-9F5F-AF0A47F03B95]@0xffffff7f8d199000->0xffffff7f8d1affff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8216D61-5209-3B0C-866D-7D8B3C5F33FF]@0xffffff7f8a72c000 dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(6.0.0d7)[4BEF649C-7CFD-31CA-8D84-1F0DB25BF60B]@0xffffff7f8b88a000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[1114B99F-E439-329E-876D-1FEC4CF45DF6]@0xffffff7f8aaf4000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[172C2960-EDF5-382D-80A5-C13E97D74880]@0xffffff7f8aaad000 dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.12.8)[81C2784E-285A-38A7-A16E-515DCB816E0A]@0xffffff7f8ab04000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer Boot args: nvda_drv=1 Mac OS version: 15F34 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 15.5.0: Tue Apr 19 18:36:36 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.50.21~8/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: 7E7B0822-D2DE-3B39-A7A5-77B40A668BC6 Kernel slide: 0x0000000009c00000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8009e00000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8009d00000 System model name: iMac13,2 (Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4) System uptime in nanoseconds: 62277997263 last loaded kext at 51257480050: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.12.7 (addr 0xffffff7f8d1dd000, size 49152) loaded kexts: com.nvidia.CUDA 1.1.0 com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb 10.1.1 com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb 10.1.1 com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb 10.1.1 com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb 10.1.1 com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb 10.1.1 com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.12.7 com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.22.0 com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.6.0d0 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com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0 Model: iMac13,2, BootROM IM131.010A.B09, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 3.2 GHz, 32 GB, SMC 2.11f14 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX, PCIe, 1024 MB Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220 AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.95.175.1a6) Bluetooth: Version 4.4.5f3 17904, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1 Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD ST1000DM003, 1 TB USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus USB Device: Hub USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus USB Device: Hub USB Device: Hub USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller USB Device: Keyboard Hub USB Device: Apple Keyboard USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus USB Device: Intuos5 touch M Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 23.4
  4. Hopefully this is a simply question with a simple answer. Ive looked around on the forums regarding my issue but not finding an answer. Basically, I ran the install script successfully, I noticed that when the script was running in Terminal that it even detected the eGPU but after the script ran successfully and I restarted my computer there is no detection of the eGPU in Nvidia driver manager or in the system report. Sooooo what could I be missing? It seems that all hardware is up and running, all fans spinning. Full computer specs here: iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) Processor 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB eGPU hardware on hand here: Apple Thunderbolt Cable 2.0m EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Ti 6GB GDDR5 be quiet! DARK POWER PRO 11 750W PSU w/ bridge Akitio Thunderbolt2 PCIe Expansion Box Powered Riser Cable 16X PCI-E
  5. @aakashraj @goalque Is there any other way of avoiding the paperclip trick? I have a be quiet! DARK POWER PRO 750W PSU and all the wires/cables are black. This is all very confusing because it seems that I have seen other people online set all of this up without any 'tricks,' for example in this video, seems to be no paperclip tricks. It seems the PSU powers through the molex connection.
  6. Hello, I ran the script and i get this message "Thunderbolt device is connected, but no external GPUs detected." I am pretty sure its a hardware issue but I am not exactly sure what. When I use the PSU(750W) to power the GPU GTX 980 ti and the pcie riser through the molex I get nothing, no fans spinning or anything. When I use the Akitio power supply everything starts spinning and lighting up but still no GPU detected. Any ideas anyone?
  7. Complete noob when it comes to running this script, so, I would really appreciate some easy guidance here. I am running OS 10.11.5 on a iMac(27-inch, Late 2012) and I am ready to run the goalque script but before I do so, I just want to make sure I do things in the right order to prevent bigger problems. Full computer specs here: iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) Processor 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB eGPU hardware on hand here: Apple Thunderbolt Cable 2.0m EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Ti 6GB GDDR5 be quiet! DARK POWER PRO 11 750W PSU Akitio Thunderbolt2 PCIe Expansion Box Powered Riser Cable 16X PCI-E According to http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/ I need to disable System Integrity Protection first, correct? or no? From what I understand the goalque script should detect OS X product and build, and automatically download and install correct Nvidia web driver, sounds great! Should I uninstall old drivers? So, download goalgue to desktop, open up Terminal and then execute the commands below? chmod +x automate-eGPU.sh sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh and thats it? Oh and I found this video very helpful but I am unsure what exactly is outdated in it. What instructions to follow and what to throw out.
  8. Thanks for your reply. I wasn't trying to "apply any logic," I am just trying to understand how this all works. You have to understand, I am a software person, not a hardware person. This is all new to me and I am just trying to make good decisions and understand why those decisions are good. I have never built a PC or ever connected PCI cables to anything before. I have always bought Apple computers, plugged them in to the wall and started with my work.
  9. Hello, About to set up my first eGPU but before I do so I have a couple questions. I have been following the eGPU forums for a couple weeks now and I decided to take the dive and build one myself. A little bit about me, I am a professional digital artist and I am starting to use the Octane render engine but I need more GPU power to do so. I am not a gamer, the eGPU is solely for rendering. This is what I currently have for my work computer: iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) Processor 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB As you can see, pretty weak graphics, especially for using a GPU renderer like Octane. This is what I have currently sitting on my desk still shrink wrapped in boxes for my eGPU build: Apple Thunderbolt Cable 2.0m EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Ti 6GB GDDR5 be quiet! DARK POWER PRO 11 750W PSU Akitio Thunderbolt2 PCIe Expansion Box Powered Riser Cable 16X PCI-E 1. Question: Is there anything I am missing as far as hardware? 2. Question: As far as I understand, my GTX 980 Ti has a 8 pin (max150W) and a 6 pin (max 75W), which if I utilize both pin sets would get me to 225W correct? But doesn't the graphic card need 250W to run at full speed? Is this a dumb question? 3. Question: Would any of you have done this differently with the hardware? I really appreciate any input, suggestions or constructive criticism. This is all new to me. Thanks in advance!!
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