Testing Thread: Skylake Platform in OS X

[neilhart]

For those that want HWMonitor now;

“vonmolk” over on IM has recompiled the CPUSensors plugin and has a link to the revised set of HWMonitor files.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...-on-skylake-i7-6700-gigabyte-z170-hd3/page-17

see post # 327 However, Use at your own risk.

I have installed these on my GA Z170-HD3 with the i5-6500 and they work for me.

This is my system running Prime95. Note on my system the PCH Die sensor is stuck at 127C so I shut it off for the plots.

Again, if you play with these files, insure that you are doing it in a manner that you can recover from if your effort borks.

Good modding,
neil

 

[giacomoleopardo]

@neilhart
How did you manage to install Intel Power Gadget?
On GA Z170X Gaming 3 with I7 6700k I can't install the latest version.

 

[neilhart]

@neilhart
How did you manage to install Intel Power Gadget?
On GA Z170X Gaming 3 with I7 6700k I can't install the latest version.

I started with a search “Intel Power Gadget on Skylake”. I found this; http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...97-guide-el-capitan-skylake-h170n-wifi-6.html

Check out posting # 51… I then ran the installer for each of the three packages (clicked on them).

And then found the “Intel Power Gadget” folder in the Applications folder.

This is from the user —cj—, and is not my value add.

I am not a great fan of the Intel Power Gadget as the HWMonitor is much better suited to my needs in hardware system integration.

Good modding
neil

 

[giacomoleopardo]

I started with a search “Intel Power Gadget on Skylake”. I found this; http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...97-guide-el-capitan-skylake-h170n-wifi-6.html

Check out posting # 51… I then ran the installer for each of the three packages (clicked on them).

And then found the “Intel Power Gadget” folder in the Applications folder.

This is from the user —cj—, and is not my value add.

I am not a great fan of the Intel Power Gadget as the HWMonitor is much better suited to my needs in hardware system integration.

Good modding
neil

Thanks

 

[iPB]

The GTX 970 is malfunctioning with nv_disable = 1, with nvda_drv = 1 black screen. How to solve?

 

[MadBlue]

Just try nvda_drv=1
without nv_disable...

 

[iPB]

Test number 1
nvda_drv = 1 black screen


Test number 2
nv_disable = 1 malfunctions

 

[Scabattoir]

I have a Gigabyte Z170X-UD3 (BIOS F4) with a 6600K and Asus GTX 670 (Nvidia) 4GB card plus a TP-LINK Wifi card.
I got OSX 10.11.1 working on it with sound and all USB ports (there's no driver yet for the network card).
Sleep did work but with issues (USB ports repeatedly disconnect after sleep, BIOS warns for bad settings after restart).
Finder froze once in two days.
I was considering it is about time to move my applications and data back and I have started doing it.

------ Sound -------
Sound works for me with Realtek ALC1150 driver and FixHDA turned on (DSP off in bios)
DTS through the optical out.

------ SMBIOS ------
I use settings for an iMac14,2
For the memory to work I had to fill Clover with the details of the memory. It seems like it is not running at dual-channel speed though.

----------- power -----------
If I try to shut down from the apple menu then my computer !restarts! without any problem
If I try to restart then it stops at loading OSX with a prohibited sign (still waiting for root device, after initializing the Atheros wifi card), other times it stops during POST saying "Boot failure detected" so I have to get to BIOS to check and save the settings, then it starts.
If I turn off my computer holding the power button then it starts up fine.
If I put the computer through a sleep cycle then shutdown turns it off as it should (this is quite random, now it has just restarted and loaded the OS).
With the sudo halt command I can shut down properly (it has just restarted so everything seems quite random). Even shutdown has worked now. Totally random.

------------ wifi -----------
The Wifi card reports "Unknown locale 21…" but as far as I know it does not make any problem.

---------- USB ----------
I have the USB layout as a picture for this board in case anyone wants it. I try to attach that to this post.

This is as far as I am now.
Any suggestions are welcome.

 

[Lesterix]

Thanks for the report, Sabattoir. I have the same board and cpu. Would you mind zipping your clover folder so I can diff it with mine?

Which wifi card are you using? Additional kexts needed?

------------ wifi -----------
The Wifi card reports "Unknown locale 21…" but as far as I know it does not make any problem.

Maybe have a look here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/148852-solved-how-get-rid-athr-unknown-locale-21-errors.html

 

[matey]

Matey, What SSD are you using in your system? I have the same board and a 950 pro but the NVME drives are still a no go.

Hi,

i couldn't wait any longer that the 950PRO nvme will work. And while the performance are allmost the same I buyed sm951 AHCI version.