System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleHDAController.kext System/Library/Extensions/IONDRVSupport.kext System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartup.kext The first two are related to the display, the third one is dedicated to the support of the sound via HDMI or DisplayPort. Then take care, if the computer cable is disconnected while on, the kernel panic is to be foreseen.įor NVIDIA graphic cards, there are three files to edit. But it is quite easy to add what is needed in the pilots to make them Thunderbolt-compatible, even if the hotplug is not supported. The reason is simple : you normally need drivers adapted to hotplug to work on Thunderbolt, and GPU drivers are not. Mac OS X, by default, simply does not support Thunderbolt GPU drivers. Overall, with a mid-range graphic card, you can manage for about 500 $.įirst, with OS X Yosemite, type this command and reboot, it’s important to load modified kext.
The ViDock enclosure can be replaced by a BPlus PE4L, it’s cheaper and as effective. AMD cards work, but with big graphic bugs, so I’d advise you not to use it for the moment.Īttention : use only a Kepler or a Fermi NVIDIA card, not a Maxwell card (GTX 750 or GTX 970). For everyday use, I installed a fanless GeForce GT610 (low cost) only to manage screens.
Macbook pro gpu panic mid 2012 for mac#
In my case, I use a ViDock 3 enclosure (an ExpressCard enclosure, already used on my old MacBook Pro), a Sonnet Thunderbolt to ExpressCard adapter (the Pro version, PCI-Express 2.0 compatible) and a Thunderbolt cable.Ĭoncerning the graphic card, any recent NVIDIA model – I tested a GeForce GTX 260 from Zotac, a GeForce GT120 from Apple and a Quadro K5000 for Mac – works. If you use OS X Yosemite and NVIDIA Maxwell cards, click here. This is not easy and there are a few issues, but it works pretty well. This is the holy grail for some: it is possible to use a Thunderbolt graphic card on a Mac.
Macbook pro gpu panic mid 2012 how to#
Today, a tutorial: how to use a Thunderbolt graphic card on Mac.
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