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@goalque sorry for being so mia but I think it's obvious @Uhlhorn works for bizon. You've done enough for this community and everyone should respect that, period. 

On August 1, 2016 at 9:37 AM, mrburns05 said:

 

 

I would like to add.. I have gotten it to boot yet a third time... I plug in the 1070 (akitio tb2) just as the boot selection screen appears... I'd like to point out that when you plug in the card, the fans twitch, then about 4 seconds later they spin up.. So I timed it this way

 

 

1. Have eGPU turned on

 

 

2. Plug it in the moment you see the boot menu appearing (a second or two after you notice the display power on

 

 

3. Count to 3 (1 second before the fans spin up on the card) and plug in the card - at this exact moment you'll need to hit enter on the Windows entry to boot.

 

 

This has worked for me 3 times now.

 

 

Side note- I went to services and disabled Nvidia's streaming services, there are two entries in there I believe one was Called "NvStrSrvc" the other one is the entry right below it. Sorry I'm not home to check them ATM, just read what they are when you do this (if you do this) - not sure if it helped but when checking boot logs before, this service is where booting froze and went to endless spinning dots

 

 

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its weird seeing some of you guys have booting issues. what PSU are u guys running, how are you powering ur eGPU?

for me i don't have to go through ANY boot up processes. I just keep akitio plugged in, power supply turned on, and no matter how many times i restart my computer or even crashes, it boots up fine.

On July 5, 2016 at 8:58 PM, Kiyoshi7 said:

So you got the GTX 1080 to show up in OS X 10.XX or just your iMac running  windows (eGPU)?

 

I have a OS X 10.11.4 Akitio Thunder2 GTX 1080 Founders trying to get to run on my MBP Mid 2015 with After Effects and DaVinci Resolve. 

 

Thanks for the help! 

It's currently only working on the Windows side. I don't think a firmware was released yet for the mac side yet.

is your 1070 working fine on OS X?

On July 3, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Creativie said:

Was your evga card founders edition?

Yes, both founders edition. My solution was to plug my Evga into my PC first, upgrade firmware and plug it back into my iMac as a eGPU 

On 6/23/2016 at 6:03 PM, Mike Thorn said:

 

@Lossy If you don't mind my asking, what was your route to success on the Windows side? Assuming you're running over TB2?

interesting discovery. i just recieved my second 1080 from EVGA but it doesnt seem to work in windows. The one i got directly from Nvidia works perfectly.

5 hours ago, Brian said:

 

Why would you even want it on OSX though? It's not like OSX is known for gaming. 

Gaming isn't the only reason why i got a eGPU. I work in the vfx industry so I do very graphic intensive work.

5 hours ago, Mike Thorn said:

@Brian Hardware acceleration for CUDA-enabled applications, primarily. 

 

@Lossy If you don't mind my asking, what was your route to success on the Windows side? Assuming you're running over TB2?

Honestly, everything was pretty much plug and play for me. All I had to do was update the driver once windows detected the external display. I don't have to go through the whole boot process that some people here go through either. I just keep my power supply on and turn on/off my computer like normal.

let me know if you come by any solutions. I too have been trying to get my 1080 to work on OS X. Works perfectly on Windows.

U don't need pcie riser. Multiple threads suggest using a molex or 6pin is better. Also I thought 1070 needed at least 500w.

7 hours ago, goalque said:

thank you so much for all your help! im going to try getting a different monitor and hopefully its all good..

6 hours ago, burrlin said:

aside from goalque's suggestion, make sure youre under the web driver, and go through the whole boot process. Whenever I go through similar issues, I reinstall the drivers and detects fine again.

1 hour ago, goalque said:

Cinema display has only mDP port. You have to use the display interface of the external GPU (such as HDMI, DP, DVI).

And then,

Go to System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement
Drag the white bar at the top of the blue box.

Sorry for not being clear but I have the thunderbolt Cinema Display. Also unless I have the attached thunderbolt cable from the thunderbolt display to akitio, it will stay black no power. Connecting directly to eGPU HDMI doesn't seem to do anything..

I'm guessing hdmi to thunderbolt doesn't work..? In Windows, nvidia gpu activity shows both GPU, but the 980ti shows inactive and can't get anything to run on it..

43 minutes ago, goalque said:

@punkishgeek

https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/issues/17

 

@Lossy

The external monitor must be connected to the eGPU.

 

my iMac is connected to the eGPU and eGPU connected to my external display. But my external display still using 780m and won't run any programs off of the egpu

edit: just rereading, do you mean connect directly to the card using HDMI to thunderbolt, and not connecting to akitio? Currently the iMac and external is connected to the akitio through thunderbolt

update:

NVidia gpu activity shows 980ti and 780m, but all apps are being run in 780m. How can I switch GPU? I have it connected to thunderbolt cinema display.

On June 16, 2016 at 9:02 AM, aakashraj said:

@goalque Even though it recognizes that the eGPU is plugged in in the system report, the computer doesn't seem to use it, and it ignores it in the "About this mac" page.

 

 I'm stuck at the same spot and can't seem to find the solution. Did you get it to work? Not working with external cinema displayCinema Display

Hey Guys,

I've been going through endless threads on this awesome forum and I cant seem to find the answer. I have my akitio and gtx1080 powered by a 650w EVGA 8pin to barrel and both osx and windows seem to detect it fine. I'm also using a external Thunderbolt Cinema Display.

OSX Yosemite 10.10.5:

I've installed the script which downloaded webdriver 346.02.03f01 and I've set the graphic driver to the Nvidia webdriver.  System report shows both 780m and 980ti but both monitors are still being powered by the 780m. I've tried setting my external monitor as my main, but there is no difference in benchmark. 

Windows 10 EFI:

I've had bootcamp windows 10 installed with the latest drivers on my imac already and system report shows its running on EFI. I've uninstalled and reinstalled to the latest nvidia driver and both cards show in the device manager. Initially I've ran into code 12 but when I restarted my machine, it shows both cards working fine. I just cant seem to get anything running on my 980ti even if i set my external as main.

I feel like I might've missed something but I'm not sure..?

Setup:

Imac connected to Akitio - Akitio connected to cinema display.