AKiTiO Thunder2 & EVGA 960 GTX SC setup

setup.md

AKiTiO Thunder2 & EVGA 960 GTX SC setup

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NOTE: The AKiTiO Thunder2 SHOULD NOT be plugged in yet

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1. Download latest nVidia Web Drivers

2. Download latest CUDA Drivers and extract the pkg file

3. Download PackageMaker

4. Download CUDA-Z

5. Uninstall all previous versions of the nVidia Web Drivers

6. Restart your MacBook Pro

7. Execute sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1 nvda_drv=1"

8. Restart your MacBook Pro

9. Open WebDriver-[latest_version].pkg using Flat Package Editor.app (lives inside of PackageMaker.app/Contents/Resources)

10. Drag Distribution to your Desktop

11. Edit ~/Desktop/Distribution with TextEdit.app

12. Delete or comment out these two lines:

    if (!validateHardware()) return false;
    if (!validateSoftware()) return false;

13. Save and exit

14. Drag ~/Desktop/Distribution back into Flat Package Editor.app

15. Close Flat Package Editor.app and choose Save

16. Double-click WebDriver-[latest_version].pkg to install it

17. Restart your MacBook Pro

18. Double-click CUDADriver.pkg to install it

19. Open the following kext files:

    # 2 occurrences
    /System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartup.kext/Contents/Info.plist
    # 4 occurrences
    /System/Library/Extensions/IONDRVSupport.kext/Info.plist
    # 2 occurrences
    /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleHDAController.kext/Contents/Info.plist

    Edit them each by adding the following lines of code to just above each of the closing </dict> tags that contain a CFBundleIdentifier key:

    <key>IOPCITunnelCompatible</key>
    <true/>

20. Save all 3 kext files and exit

21. Clear caches sudo kextcache -system-caches

22. Shut down your MacBook Pro

23. Connect your AKiTiO Thunder2 to your MacBook Pro via the Thunderbolt 2 cable

24. Turn on the PSU

25. Turn on your MacBook Pro

26. Profit! :D

Additional links and credits:

• Alternate web drivers link
• Jose Cordova setup video
• AKiTiO Thunder2 & GTX 960 setup

NOTE: I'm presently having issues with the monitors receiving a signal, then immediately losing signal. The GTX 960 fans spin up upon OSX boot, but then immediately spin back down.