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- Jun 23, 2010
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- Motherboard
- HP Probook 4530s
- CPU
- i3-2350M
- Graphics
- HD 3000
I'm trying to use my PE4L on my 4530s with 10.11.1. I've learned some things and am trying to assemble a guide here for the process, but I haven't been able to successfully use the eGPU yet. There are lots of enthusiasts for OSX eGPUs with thunderbolt or expresscard to thunderbolt (w/sonnet adapter), but thunderbolt is not an option for me.
HP 4530s i3 HD3000
PE4L 2.1b w/ expresscard/34 adapter, molex to 4pin fan power, switches set SW1=1, SW2= 2-3.
Asus GTX 460, 2x6pin atx power
ATX PSU 380W
OSX 10.11.1 via Clover
SWEX power toggle
1) Download Nvidia Web Drivers for 10.11.1 (careful, it's build specific)
2) Disable SIP
3) At login screen, power on atx PSU and plug in expresscard PE4L. Make sure monitor is plugged into card and "on"
4) Fan turns on... graphics card and PE4L has power
5) Login and check system profiler, system preferences> displays
6) Set nvidia graphics utility back to OS X native drivers and repeat steps 1-5 (this will depend on your video card)
results:
Menu bar recognizes there is an expresscard plugged in. System profile says:
NVIDIA CHIP MODEL
PCIe LANE WIDTH x1
nothing shows up in system preferences > displays... only the HD3000 and my internal display
synchro3 at macrumors says "If you use the PE4L directly connected to an old MacBook Pro via ExpressCard-Slot you don't have to edit the KEXT's. Expresscard is PCI-Express. eGPU will work OOTB." This sounds good to me as the windows setup is quite a journey from what I have read. Although, nando's DIY setup 1.3 supposedly pairs well with PE4L if you want to do windows, but he mentioned having trouble with Clover.
as far as I have researched I should not have to change any board-id to enable eGPU screen output, but thats what all the cool thunderbolt eGPU kids are doing via an automated kext helper on git. https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU. In short, the automate script is only for thunderbolt eGPU macs.
There have been some tonymac members who have successfully implemented a PE4L or ViDock setup, but none recently or with the same configuration as myself.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/100094-vidock-similar-egpu-possibilities.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/64102-egpu-4530s-anyone-got-working.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...ix-bxpi3-4010u-using-external-gpu-egpu-2.html
https://odd-one-out.serek.eu/external-graphics-card-egpu/
Also there are excellent articles on TechInferno about eGPUs and some pertaining to PE4L but nothing about pairing with a hackintosh, mostly windows and DIY setup1.3.
http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4L V2.1.html
HP 4530s i3 HD3000
PE4L 2.1b w/ expresscard/34 adapter, molex to 4pin fan power, switches set SW1=1, SW2= 2-3.
Asus GTX 460, 2x6pin atx power
ATX PSU 380W
OSX 10.11.1 via Clover
SWEX power toggle
1) Download Nvidia Web Drivers for 10.11.1 (careful, it's build specific)
2) Disable SIP
3) At login screen, power on atx PSU and plug in expresscard PE4L. Make sure monitor is plugged into card and "on"
4) Fan turns on... graphics card and PE4L has power
5) Login and check system profiler, system preferences> displays
6) Set nvidia graphics utility back to OS X native drivers and repeat steps 1-5 (this will depend on your video card)
results:
Menu bar recognizes there is an expresscard plugged in. System profile says:
NVIDIA CHIP MODEL
PCIe LANE WIDTH x1
nothing shows up in system preferences > displays... only the HD3000 and my internal display
synchro3 at macrumors says "If you use the PE4L directly connected to an old MacBook Pro via ExpressCard-Slot you don't have to edit the KEXT's. Expresscard is PCI-Express. eGPU will work OOTB." This sounds good to me as the windows setup is quite a journey from what I have read. Although, nando's DIY setup 1.3 supposedly pairs well with PE4L if you want to do windows, but he mentioned having trouble with Clover.
as far as I have researched I should not have to change any board-id to enable eGPU screen output, but thats what all the cool thunderbolt eGPU kids are doing via an automated kext helper on git. https://github.com/goalque/automate-eGPU. In short, the automate script is only for thunderbolt eGPU macs.
There have been some tonymac members who have successfully implemented a PE4L or ViDock setup, but none recently or with the same configuration as myself.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/100094-vidock-similar-egpu-possibilities.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/64102-egpu-4530s-anyone-got-working.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...ix-bxpi3-4010u-using-external-gpu-egpu-2.html
https://odd-one-out.serek.eu/external-graphics-card-egpu/
Also there are excellent articles on TechInferno about eGPUs and some pertaining to PE4L but nothing about pairing with a hackintosh, mostly windows and DIY setup1.3.
http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4L V2.1.html