i7-4930K - Asus Rampage IV Extreme - 32GB RAM - GTX 770 4GB [Success!!]

[shilohh]

Hello shilohh,
I'm going through your updated guide and running into a problem with the video output post-install:
I get a black screen unless I use nv_disable=1.

First I tried the kepler SSDT-1.aml as per your instructions. My 780 is in slot 1.
When that didn't help I tried AGDPfix (v1.3); sadly that did not help either.

Any ideas on what to begin troubleshooting?
This is my first time with the MacPro6,1 definition, my previous OS-install did not require it.

Do you have the correct version of then nvidia driver installed and active?

 

[neofusion]

Do you have the correct version of then nvidia driver installed and active?

I believe so; I downloaded version 367.15.10.25f02 today and the prefpane has the NVIDIA Web Driver option selected, as opposed to OS X Default Graphics Driver.

Reading your post about similar issues gave me the idea to see if the system was responsive or not when the black screen is up:
Pressing CTRL+CMD+Power button (for less than a sec) restarts the computer, so I take that as a sign that it's responsive.

I also saw Tony's post about a new way to enable the NVIDIA driver but trying it changed nothing sadly.

The computer acts just like it always did right after an OS update was released that broke the webdrivers; boot progresses up to a point and then monitors go black and eventually into sleep mode.

 

[shilohh]

We have native working NVRAM so there is no need for a boot flag or clover to force the driver to load. The prefs pane works for us.

I'd try switching back to the grey ssdt1 from the install folder.

 

[neofusion]

So I uninstalled the webdrivers and rebooted.
Now both monitors suddenly work again and About this mac reports "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3071 MB".
That is with no Webdrivers.

How is that possible? Did they change something with regards to the 780 support since Yosemite? (the version I was running previous)

I don't really have any good applications to test video performance with but I read to try Chess and that works.

This is confounding.

 

[shilohh]

Sounds like native drivers now have support for your card but using the web driver shouldn't have broken anything.

 

[neofusion]

Perhaps.
I tried Cinebench R15 and got an OpenGL score of 68,5, which seems low.

 

[shilohh]

Maybe try reinstalling the correct web driver? Maybe you had a bad install or something went wrong with it's upgrade?

 

[neofusion]

I've tried reinstalling the driver, no change.
I wonder though, it's hard to find an official link to the driver. The one I got is the one linked from this site.

Perhaps there are issues with it.

I will try a few more things and then maybe a full reinstall.

 

[shilohh]

That's the one I'm using with a 980 as nvidia didn't have one on their site for the current os.

 

[geminii]

Hi shilohh,

So I am trying the new files, but first I tried using the RunAppleIntelInfo. The output it gave me was as follows:

AppleIntelInfo.kext v1.2 Copyright © 2012-2015 Pike R. Alpha. All rights reserved

Settings:
------------------------------------
logMSRs............................: 1
logIGPU............................: 0
logIntelRegs.......................: 1
logCStates.........................: 1
logIPGStyle........................: 0
InitialTSC.........................: 0x23296651153
MWAIT C-States.....................: 135456

Model Specific Regiters
------------------------------------
MSR_CORE_THREAD_COUNT......(0x35)  : 0x6000C
MSR_PLATFORM_INFO..........(0xCE)  : 0xC0070012300
MSR_PMG_CST_CONFIG_CONTROL.(0xE2)  : 0x1E000400
MSR_PMG_IO_CAPTURE_BASE....(0xE4)  : 0x10414
IA32_MPERF.................(0xE7)  : 0x229BDBA43A9
IA32_APERF.................(0xE8)  : 0x228EE5B7BDD
MSR_FLEX_RATIO.............(0x194) : 0xE0000
MSR_IA32_PERF_STATUS.......(0x198) : 0x261C00002300
MSR_IA32_PERF_CONTROL......(0x199) : 0x2300
IA32_CLOCK_MODULATION......(0x19A) : 0x0
IA32_THERM_STATUS..........(0x19C) : 0x88170000
IA32_MISC_ENABLES..........(0x1A0) : 0x850089
MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT..........(0x1AA) : 0x400000
MSR_TURBO_RATIO_LIMIT......(0x1AD) : 0x2525252526262828
IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS......(0x1B0) : 0x0
MSR_POWER_CTL..............(0x1FC) : 0x2504005B
MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT........(0x606) : 0xA1003
MSR_PKG_POWER_LIMIT........(0x610) : 0x685E0005A84B0
MSR_PKG_ENERGY_STATUS......(0x611) : 0xF550AC72
MSR_PKG_POWER_INFO.........(0x614) : 0x1A804B0
MSR_PP0_CURRENT_CONFIG.....(0x601) : 0x141494800007F8
MSR_PP0_POWER_LIMIT........(0x638) : 0x0
MSR_PP0_ENERGY_STATUS......(0x639) : 0xD2A03532
MSR_PP0_POLICY.............(0x63a) : 0x0
MSR_PKGC6_IRTL.............(0x60b) : 0x0
MSR_PKGC7_IRTL.............(0x60c) : 0x0
MSR_PKG_C2_RESIDENCY.......(0x60d) : 0x0
MSR_PKG_C3_RESIDENCY.......(0x3f8) : 0x0
MSR_PKG_C6_RESIDENCY.......(0x3f9) : 0x0
MSR_PKG_C7_RESIDENCY.......(0x3fa) : 0x0
IA32_TSC_DEADLINE..........(0x6E0) : 0x23298927FFB
PCH device.................: 0x1D418086

CPU Ratio Info:
------------------------------------
CPU Low Frequency Mode.............: 1200 MHz
CPU Maximum non-Turbo Frequency....: 3500 MHz
CPU Maximum Turbo Frequency........: 4000 MHz
CPU P-States [ (35) ]
CPU P-States [ (34) 35 ]
CPU P-States [ (33) 34 35 ]
CPU P-States [ (32) 33 34 35 ]
CPU P-States [ (31) 32 33 34 35 ]
CPU P-States [ (30) 31 32 33 34 35 ]

I am not sure what I am supposed to do with this though. I also did a google search on this app and read through something on InsanelyMac. In that article, it looks like a console of some sort should have loaded. But it looks like it requires Xcode. I tried to install that from the App store but it wouldn't let me because I am on Yosemite.

I also tried running the ssdtPRGen and received the following output:

ssdtPRGen.sh v0.9 Copyright (c) 2011-2012 by † RevoGirl

            v6.6 Copyright (c) 2013 by † Jeroen

            v15.6 Copyright (c) 2013-2016 by Pike R. Alpha

-----------------------------------------------------------

Bugs > https://github.com/Piker-Alpha/ssdtPRGen.sh/issues <


gDataPath: /Users/brandonfreer/Library/ssdtPRGen/Data

System information: Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F2009)

Brandstring 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3970X CPU @ 3.50GHz'


Scope (_SB_) {23608 bytes} with ACPI Processor declarations found in the DSDT (ACPI 1.0 compliant)

Generating ssdt.dsl for a 'MacPro6,1' with board-id [Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6]

Sandy Bridge Core i7-3970X processor [0x206D7] setup [0x0a01]

With a maximum TDP of 150 Watt, as specified by Intel

Number logical CPU's: 12 (Core Frequency: 3500 MHz)

Number of Turbo States: 5 (3600-4000 MHz)

Number of P-States: 29 (1200-4000 MHz)

Injected C-States for C000 (C1,C3,C6,C7)


Error: board-id [Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6] not supported by Sandy Bridge – check SMBIOS data / use the -c option

Any ideas?

Thanks