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Jose
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MarioVisuals wrote:
All good working like a charm.

Thanks
Did you use the tutorial? Are you on 10.10.4?
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Good that You haven't RMA Your GPU =DDD know Guys who done that with semiPassive PSUs =DDD..because the fan wasn't spinning (what is one of the main features =p think after higher numbers of falsly RMAed products companies start putting special warning signs inside the box that Your parts is OK, fan is meant not to spin! (For those who don't read what's on the box =)
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Jose
Yes I'm on 10.10.4. I've downloaded latest drivers and simply follow your instructional video.

glimpse
I wasn't expecting faulty fans because there was one spin of the fans at the beginning.
I didn't want to push GPU and overheat it.
There is no stupid question to ask here and I know it now. Big thanks to jose and glimpse.
I've started reading this forum few weeks before and I did first render this morning and I'm very happy man.

PS. glimpse -> I must admit that I didn't read what's on that big blue label inside the box. Thanks to that whole setup is very quiet and will keep my wife happy!
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Sweet. Good to hear. What chassis and power are you using?

Thanks
KJ

PS. I was curious if the next OSX update will affect Octane in any way (with the introduction of rootless)?

Edit: I said rootless but meant "Metal".
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[quote="KevinJ"]Sweet. Good to hear. What chassis and power are you using?

My setup looks like that:
AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box + Molex to barrel power supply for Akitio + EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 Power Supply (I'm going to add more cards in near future) + EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+

MR
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MarioVisuals wrote:
KevinJ wrote:Sweet. Good to hear. What chassis and power are you using?

My setup looks like that:
AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box + Molex to barrel power supply for Akitio + EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 Power Supply (I'm going to add more cards in near future) + EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+

MR
Meant to ask, what results you are getting with the 980?
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hi and thanks for reuploading your tutorial!
i'm just trying to set up a system with 10.10.4 on a mid2015 macbook with a gt 750m.
unfortunately i can't find these specific .kext files that have to be edited. there are a bunch of others but just not the three i need.
am i missing something?

thanks and have a nice day
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skoeth wrote:hi and thanks for reuploading your tutorial!
i'm just trying to set up a system with 10.10.4 on a mid2015 macbook with a gt 750m.
unfortunately i can't find these specific .kext files that have to be edited. there are a bunch of others but just not the three i need.
am i missing something?

thanks and have a nice day
Did you install web driver for 10.10.4 first?
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MarioVisuals wrote: Did you install web driver for 10.10.4 first?
yes, i edited the 346.01.03f01 so i can run it on the macbook and installed it.
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skoeth wrote:
MarioVisuals wrote: Did you install web driver for 10.10.4 first?
yes, i edited the 346.01.03f01 so i can run it on the macbook and installed it.

You need to right click on the NVDAStartup.kext and all other files and choose show content from the drop down menu.
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