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If you encounter the grey screen with Your computer restarted because of a problem then youll most likely have to use the hot plug method.

I use a regular universal AC adapter which came with an assortment of connectors and has a voltage switch for 12 volts.

The graphics card I use receives all its power from PCIe slot and does not require a six or eight pin connector.

If your card is not the same as mine (EVGA GTX 1050ti SC 4GB) then make sure that its maximum power draw does not exceed 75 watts.

I saw one of the engineers working at AKiTiO confirm that the Thunder2 does in fact deliver 75 watts over PCIe while discussing the differences they implemented for the OWC Helios on some forum somewhere ( ).

Using a normal AC adapter the Thunder2 automatically turns on at boot and turns off at shutdown.

Just make sure your AC adapter is 90 watts or more and can be set to 12 volts.

This gives 75 watts for graphics card with the remaining left over for the Thunder2 board and Thunderbolt cable.

Using a normal ac adapter the Thunder2 automatically turns on at boot and turns off at shutdown.

I have personally never used it and have been using iStat Menus for years.

This is really up to you and really depends on its location.

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I put a shelfrisor underneath my iMac and put the enclosure there.

Make sure you put it somewhere that is protected from things that could fall and drinks that could spill.

Setup the displays as they are on your desk and then drag the tiny white bar (representing the menu bar) onto the external monitor.

If an app opens onto your iMac screen then it is most likely not using the eGPU but the discrete GPU inside the iMac.

After trying many different timing and methods I have finally settled on a way to hot plug during boot which works 99 of the time for my iMac.

If you iMac reboots and displays a grey screen with a Your computer restarted because of a problem then you have most likely entered a boot loop.

If your iMac boots to the login screen or Desktop then you are good.

If your iMac reboots and displays the grey screen with Your computer restarted because of a problem then unplug and continue to Step D.

It should now continue the boot process and display the login screen or Desktop.

It might still work after the progress bar displays but doing it before is more reliable.

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