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Very old gpu and endless booting


Lupo_dK

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Hi there

 

I'm building an egpu with the thunder2, made barrel mod, and EVGA gtx960 is on the way. In the meantime, i was doing some tests with my (very) old Palit Gtx260.

 

Hardware: 

2012 Macbook pro 13" (2.9 ghz, intel hd 4000) 

PSU: LC 600W

GPU: Palit gtx260

Akitio Thunder2

 

Software:

OSX 10.11.4 El Capitan

Windows 10 Bootcamp

 

The problem:

Well, the automate-egpu script recognized the card and installed the Nvidia web driver, but when I try to boot the computer, there is no way to make it working. 

 

Powering Akitio and GPU before macbook with TB cable already plugged causes a grey screen with an endless repeating chime. A force shut down is the only alternative.

Powering Akitio and GPU before macbook with TB not plugged allows OSX to boot to login screen, but as soon as the cable is being plugged, everything freezes. Force shut down is needed.  (Plugging the cable in anytime before desktop appears, causes screen freeze)

 

Same problems occur while holding alt key. 

 

The incoming gtx960 will make this booting issues simpler?

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention all tests were made with an external display

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