I have been holding off on upgrading to Catalina because of the issues I have seen posted regarding booting with an EGPU connected. I have a 2018 Mac mini with a Razer Core X EGPU box containing an RX580.
I was wondering if the latest update to Catalina (10.15.2) fixes these issues.
Mac mini 2018 or later
Unfortunately the latest 10.115.2 BREAKS the eGPU support which was introduced with 10.15.1
I'm using the ASUS XG-Station-Pro eGPU with MSI RX 5700 Mech OC + Mac Mini 2018.
I had to go back to doing what worked with the original Catalina release. Make sure the eGPU is turned off. Now turn on the 2018 Mac mini. Wait a minute or so for it to start up, THEN turn on the eGPU. The user login screen will then show and you can use the screen as normal.
Do not have the eGPU running when restarting the Mac mini - all you get is a "black screen of death". There might be a signal, but no image. Very frustrating. Consequently there is no Apple startup logo or progress bar.
Sheesh - does anyone bother to test these things?
pls don't buy dodgy fake product.
RX is outdated and takes lots of power. Vega is cheaper and better in all fronts. If Apple is inept to fix their own software, then maybe time to move away from Apple elsewhere.
You must be fun at parties.
I'm sorry but what dodgy fake products are you saying that Michael Viksna bought?
Thank you! I am. But, I do feel your pain. Been there in the past.
Leopard? Must be a painful regression...
Sorry, version 10.15.3 Catalina, no Leopard :-))))))
Man thats annoying I have exactly the same set up and no improvement for me :(
Direct from the EGPU
@cybercussion, setup? USB-C/MacMini or something else?
Crazy but I just got the same issue as you did. I came back home and turned on the Mac mini, and got a black screen just like before.
I'll try to reset PRAM/NVRAM and see how it goes
10.15.4 beta is out. Fingers crossed!
Right you are!
I’ll jump on the beta program.
You're welcome @aznemeng
Just wanted to pile on here as my system was working perfectly before updating to 10.15.2.
System: Mac mini (2018)
OS: 10.15.2
eGPU: Razer Core X + Radeon VII
Issue: System boots to black screen, nothing fixes it once boot sequences has begun. The Mac mini will sit like this indefinitely and get very hot.
Temporary fixes: Reset NVRAM and/or SMC. Sometimes one works without the other, other times you doing both is required.
Moving forward I'm going to try the suggestion I read here and boot the Mac mini first and then turn the eGPU 30 seconds after. This would still be annoying, but it's better than reseting the NVRAM and SMC as I've been having to do every few days.
Are EGPU issues fixed in 10.15.2 Catalina
