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I have problems still with hot disconnecting the eGPU if there are monitors plugged in to the eGPU. I can hit plug in, but can’t get a stable hot disconnect. Is
by abakker 8y ago
I have problems still with hot disconnecting the eGPU if there are monitors plugged in to the eGPU. I can hit plug in, but can’t get a stable hot disconnect. Is that working for you?
- oneplane 8y agoI can hot plug-in & plug-out as well as the normal plugged-in while booting. I tend to have the MBP in clamshell mode and connect my display to the eGPU (4K LG monitors). When I not-so-nice hot-unplug without telling the OS, it goes to the login screen on the internal display + internal GPU, and when you log back in the session is restored with a stern warning that hot-unplugging without telling the OS is bad. Note: by default you get no boot screen from EFI on the eGPU on TB2 models, never did a boot on a TB3 MBP with the eGPU attached in clamshell mode, probably doesn't do it there either. I suspect something with GOP or some other EFI graphics protocol not enjoying TB3-TB2 adapters. Not much of an issue for me; I can either do a FileVaul2 unlock on the internal display (or blind), or do an fdesetup authrestart to bypass FileVault2 login on the next reboot.
- abakker 8y agohmm. definitely not my experience there. When I say "safe eject eGPU" it's as if my machine tries, then quits all my applications, and then starts disconnecting the displays, and then detects the eGPU and displays and immediately reconnects to everything. I am using a TB2-3 adaptor and a mid 2015 MacBook pro with the same script you are. I have an Akitio Node with an RX580. Mostly, it's great, but I basically need to shut down to efficiently disconnect. FWIW, having an eGPU on a laptop makes you really appreciate how few things are really GPU accelerated in day to day life. (cough, cough, Fusion360 and Lightroom).