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Hi@shopkeeper, I decided to build a separate PC since the eGPU setup didn't worked. Hence I meant that I ordered all other parts to build a PC. Hope the eGPU setup works for you, but if you feel that the whole setup is not a stable eGPU setup and if you are willing to then I would suggest to just build a separate PC setup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi @Airp, thank you for your response. 1. Yes, the power supply do turn on. I am using the paperclip trick. 2. I suspected that this might be the case. But I had no other way to test it out using any PC or other means. Anyways, even if I would make it work after hours and hours of struggle (which may not be worth it), I am not very positive that it would be a stable setup. Hence, I have returned my Akitio box and have kept the PSU and GPU. I have decided to just make my own separate PC build with 4K display. I have ordered my parts which will come tomorrow!

Hi@diegovb and everyone else in this thread. I am running exactly same setup that@diegovb have. I have successfully enabled Iris Pro using refind as well. The only difference is that I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. But now I plan to do a clean install of Windows 10 since it's not working. I have tried so many different steps and various boot sequences that are mentioned on this forum but after booting up Windows my GTX 1070 is not detected under device manager. The PSU looks fine and also my Akitio and GPU powers up fine. Then I connect thunderbolt to MBP and boot into Windows. But somehow it is not able to detect eGPU in Windows device manager. I have also tried disabling my 750m and then booting Windows with just Iris Pro but still it doesn't detect my eGPU. I have also tried to first wait for refind boot menu to come up and then powering up my eGPU (already connected), but no luck with that either. Also after connecting eGPU and booting in OS X when I go to System Information > Thunderbolt nothing shows up there. I know that GTX 1070 doesn't have any support yet to work with OS X. My main aim is to at least get it work in Windows. I will have an update again in a day or two once I have fresh installation of Windows 10. If that doesn't work then I may plan to fresh install Windows 8.1 since many other users have informed that they had problems with Windows 10 but got it worked somehow with Windows 8.1. Can you suggest anything else please? Any help is greatly appreciated! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi, I am new at this eGPU thing and this is my first post on this forum so please excuse me if I am doing anything wrong. I have read so many posts on this forum and finally I decided to order my parts. Software: Windows 10 (upgraded from Windows 8.1 which was installed via bootcamp two years ago.) Intel Iris Pro latest Graphics Driver Nvidia 750m latest Graphics Driver rEFInd bootloader (to enable Iris Pro on Windows) gpu-switch by 0xbb (to set Iris Pro as the display's main driver) Hardware: Macbook Pro 15" (Mid 2014), Core-i7 2.5GHz, Iris Pro + GT 750M AiKiTiO Thunder2 (powered riser as well as tried powered by its power brick) EVGA GTX 1070 SC ACX 3.0 Silverstone SFX 450w power supply with 6+2pin connector to GPU. So far I have tried so many steps, setups, boot procedures etc, that are mentioned on this forum but seems like my setup is not working. My GPU is not getting detected either on OSX or Windows. For my setup I am have tried connecting the GPU to Akitio via powered riser as well tried to connect GPU directly to Akitio board and power it via it's own brick. I am using 6+2pin connector to power my GPU. And connecting the whole setup to my MBP via thunderbolt near the mag safe connector (tried different connector as well). On OSx side, I power on my egpu (tried both powered riser a well as power brick) and connect it to thunderbolt. After booting into OSx, nothing is detected under System Information > Thunderbolt. On Windows side, this is more important to me since my goal is to at least get it working on windows. I have tried so many things after installing rEFInd as well as all the latest drivers installed for Iris Pro. I run integrated.bat, shutdown. I power on my GPU, connect it to MBP via Thunderbolt. Turn on MBP and boot into Windows 10. I expect to see 3 devices under display devices but I only see 2 of them. They are Intel Iris Pro and Nvidia 750m. I have also tried disabling the Nvidia 750m and then tried to boot. But still it doesn’t detect eGPU. I have also tried waiting for the rEFInd boot screen to come and then power on eGPU (already connected) but that doesn’t work either. I have also tried using both powered riser as well as Akitio’s own power brick. I know that I should be using only one PSU and using a powered riser is not recommended. I plan to get molex to barrel connector but for now, I don’t have it. I need some help to get this setup work. No matter what I try the epgu is not detected on any OS. I am positive about this that somehow I will make it work but I need help from fellows on this forum. Meanwhile, I also plan to clean install Windows 10 via bootcamp. First by expanding the OSx partition to 100% and then creating new partition for Windows 10. Please, any help is much appreciated!