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Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box Developer Edition Quick Start Guide
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase! The eGFX Breakaway Box
Developer Edition is a Thunderbolt™ 3-to-PCI Express card
expansion system. This product will enable you to test the
included Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 graphics card with
your Mac
®
with Thunderbolt 3 ports. The External Graphics
Development Kit supports 60W USB-PD charging in order to
charge your MacBook Pro
®
while using it. It does not support
charging at 87W, so 15-inch MacBook Pro computers may
not charge at full speed in all situations. The 8-pin auxiliary
power connector inside the Breakaway Box supports GPU cards
requiring 225W or less power.
Mac Compatibility
• Mac with Thunderbolt 3 Ports
• Latest macOS
®
beta software (10.13.0 beta or later)
System Requirements
While the eGFX Breakaway Box requires no drivers of its own, the
included Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 card you will install does;
Thunderbolt-compatible drivers to enable it to work properly are
required. Beta drivers are included in macOS 10.13.0 beta, or later.
Visit http://developer.apple.com to obtain the software.
Setup Overview
1.
Confirm your computer is running, and updated to the
latest version of macOS 10.13.0 beta.
2.
Install the Sapphire card into the eGFX Box.
3.
Using the included Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) cable, connect
the Breakaway Box directly to your computer, power on the
box and then the computer.
4.
Connect the included Belkin USB hub to your computer;
refer to the documentation included with the hub.
5.
Using System Report, confirm the Breakaway Box and
graphics card are recognized by your computer; see online
user guide for details, if necessary.
6.
Configure the card, and any other settings for your setup;
refer to the documentation included with the Sapphire card
for more information.
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Support
If you encounter an issue with your External Graphics
Development Kit, please use http://bugreport.apple.com to report
the issue to Apple.
You can also ask questions and discuss issues with other
developers also using the External Graphics Development Kit on
the Developer Forums at http://forums.developer.apple.com/.
For issues related to the any of the hardware in the kit (eGFX
Breakaway Box Developer Edition, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580
Card or the Belkin 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub), please contact Sonnet
Technologies Customer Service.
Contacting Customer Service
If further assistance is needed, please contact
Sonnet Customer
Service
at:
Tel
: 1-949-472-2772
(Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Pacific Time)
When you call Sonnet’s Customer Service, have the following
information available so the customer service staff can better
assist you:
• Product name
• Serial number of that product
• Computer model
• Operating system version you’re using
Visit Our Web Site
For online support files related to the eGFX Breakawy Box, visit
the Sonnet Web site at www.sonnettech.com/support/. Click the
Downloads, Manuals & Knowledge Base link, then Thunderbolt,
and then eGFX Breakaway Box.
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