Activation instruction

for
Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box,
AKiTiO Node/Node Pro
Gigabyte Aorus Gaming Box,
ASUS XG Station Pro

in Sierra / High Sierra

Rev. 21 Feb 2018

ATTENTION:
THE CURRENT INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
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CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

TOOLS PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS/
DEVELOPERS.

1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Sierra 10.12.4 - 10.12.6
- High Sierra 10.13.0 - 10.13.3
- FileVault should be disabled

2. Activation in Sierra

2.1. Boot your computer into Recovery Mode by holding CMD + R on your keyboard as your computer
boots up (see photo N1).

Open Terminal.

Enter the command: csrutil disable 

Restart computer.

Photo 1
2.2. Boot into macOS. Connect your eGPU via Thunderbolt cable.
2.3. Open Terminal and run next commands:

cd ~/Desktop
curl -o automate-eGPU.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goalque/automate-eGPU/master/automate-eGPU.sh
chmod a+x automate-eGPU.sh
sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh

Enter admin's password (it won't be displayed) and press Enter/Return.

Answer two times Yes (by pressing 'Y' button).
Reboot.
2.4. Activation completed.

Uninstallation process.
Open Terminal and run next command:
cd ~/Desktop
sudo ./automate-eGPU.sh -uninstall
Enter admin's password (it won't be displayed) and press Enter/Return.
Reboot.

3. Activation in High Sierra.

3.1. Boot your computer into Recovery Mode by holding CMD + R on your keyboard as your computer
boots up (see photo N1).
– Open Terminal.

– Enter the command: csrutil enable

– Restart computer.

3.2. Boot into macOS and download Nvidia drivers:

10.13.0 - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.121.pkg
10.13.1 - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.20.109.pkg
10.13.2 - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.25.104.pkg
10.13.3 - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/387/WebDriver-387.10.10.10.25.158.pkg

iMacPro users:
10.13.2 - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.25.106.pkg
10.13.3 - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/387/WebDriver-387.10.10.10.25.159.pkg

Double click on this file and proceed with the installation.

3.3. You will see a pop-up window (System Extension Blocked) at the end of the installation.

Click OK and "Security & Privacy" panel will be opened.
Click on "Allow" button near the message "System software from developer "NVIDIA Corporation" was
blocked from loading".
Return to the drivers installation window and click Restart.

3.4. Boot your computer into Recovery Mode by holding CMD + R on your keyboard as your computer
boots up (see photo N1).
Open Terminal.

Enter the command: csrutil disable 

Restart computer.

3.5. Boot into macOS.

Download Nvidia drivers activator:
10.13.0 - https://bizon-tech.com/a/nvidia-egpu-v1.zip
10.13.1 - https://bizon-tech.com/a/nvidia-egpu-v3.zip
10.13.2 - https://bizon-tech.com/a/nvidia-egpu-v5.zip
10.13.3 - https://bizon-tech.com/a/nvidia-egpu-v7.zip

iMacPro users:
10.13.2 - https://bizon-tech.com/a/nvidia-egpu-v5-imp.zip
10.13.3 - https://bizon-tech.com/a/nvidia-egpu-v7-imp.zip

Unzip it.
Click right mouse button and choose ”Open” from menu . Proceed with the installation.
Reboot.

3.6. Boot into macOS.

Hot-plug your eGPU (connect via Thunderbolt cable powered on device).
Log out (DO NOT REBOOT).
Log in back.

Attention: Do step 3.6 for each OS boot/reboot.

3.7. Activation complete.

Uninstallation process

1. Go to /Library/Extensions/, delete NVDAEGPUSupport.kext and clean the Trash.

2. Open "Terminal" (Applications - Utility).

Type the command and press Enter/Return:
sudo touch /Library/Extensions/ && sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/ && sudo kextcache -u /

Enter admin's password (password will be hidden; you will see nothing; it’s ok) and press Enter/Return.
Wait for complete.

3. Open "NVIDIA Driver Manager" panel in the System Preferences.

Click "Open Uninstaller" button.
Click "Uninstall".
Wait for complete. Reboot.
GENERAL NOTE: To take advantage of GPU acceleration, you will need to run some applications through
the eGPU using an external monitor as your primary display.
– Make sure each display is properly connected and powered on.

– From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.

– From the View menu, choose Displays.
– Click the Arrangement tab (see photo N3).
– In the Displays pane of System Preferences, each blue box represents a display that is currently
connected. The size of each box is relative to the current resolution of the display it represents.
– In the example pictured below, the larger box on the left represents an external display, while the
smaller box on the right is the built-in display of a MacBook Pro.
– The white bar at the top of the left blue box represents the menu bar you see at the top of your display.
Menu bar placement determines which display is treated as the primary display in OS X.
– To change your primary display, click and drag the white bar from one blue box to another.

Photo N3

NVIDIA CUDA support

Install the latest CUDA drivers available here: 


http://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.html