rossfrederick Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Got my Macbook pro working with 10.10.1 and the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte GPU. Used this guide from Jose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPOB9qmPjaE&index=16&list=WLThe computer boots ~70% of the time just fine. Other times its just black, but when its running it works great.First install I did I used the newest CUDA 6.5.33 driver for MAC and that did NOT work, the GeForce 980 showed up in the system profiler but Davinci Resolve and Octane would not recognize it. Weirdly LuxMark did recognize it and did benchmark it, But I was also getting GPU glitches in the UI in safari and elsewhere. UPDATE: Just installed CUDA 6.5.37 and it works just as well as 6.5.25I also had a 90degree pcie riser on the GPU but it didn't work so I just removed it, Less pieces the better anyway.Here's a blog Post I did with photos and Benchmarks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w4vz Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I see on your photos that the atikio PSU is not connected ? Is it normal ?When booted, is your GPU 100% stable? Can you please give some infos on that ? Do you use it for games too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschijn Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I see on your photos that the atikio PSU is not connected ? Is it normal ?Yes, when using a powered riser the power from the riser can also power the AKiTiO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w4vz Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thanks a lot for the answer. Maybe my stability problems are coming from there. I just ordered one to see if it is the atikio psu is causing problem. I have random freeze/restart even when browsing internet. I hope this is going to solve it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossfrederick Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Ya so far (1st day) its completely stable, It wasn't when I had the Newest CUDA drivers, but with the 6.5.25 Drivers no glitches. I had the 90 degree riser in there but the AKiTio wasn't getting power from the powered riser, Removed it and it worked great, powering the AkiTio off the EVGA PSU, Not doing any gaming just rendering and resolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6tus Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Are you saying that with the powered riser cable and the 90 degree adapter the Akitio board wasn't getting power, and that by removing the 90 degree adapter and just using the powered riser cable it works fine?I need the 90 degree adapter otherwise it won't fit in my mini-itx case.I have the same set-up that I am about to build tomorrow so I'd like to confirm that before I build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossfrederick Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Are you saying that with the powered riser cable and the 90 degree adapter the Akitio board wasn't getting power, and that by removing the 90 degree adapter and just using the powered riser cable it works fine?I need the 90 degree adapter otherwise it won't fit in my mini-itx case.I have the same set-up that I am about to build tomorrow so I'd like to confirm that before I build.Ya that was the problem, but I just may have had a bad 90 degree adapter not sure. Give it a try if it doesn't power the akitio remove the 90 degree adapter and try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 What cables did you use? Could you please specify the specific hardware you used (cables, adapters, GPU, PSU)? Also, did you use the Akitio Thunder 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Does the video guide you linked only work with 10.10.1? Also, could you please explain how to build this setup or link a video explaining how to do it? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supsep Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Can you repost your blog post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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