Solving NVIDIA Driver Install & Loading Problems

[slim.jim]

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I've decided to turn my old pc into a hackintosh. Most of the parts were compatible, but I am having some trouble getting my EVGA GeForce GTX 570 to work.
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I am running Sierra 10.12.3. I will attach my config.plist and screenshots.
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The NVIDIA driver manager says that I have NVIDIA Web Driver enabled but when I click about Mac it only shows Intel as graphics. I tried changing the config.plist to deselect inject intel and in that case, Graphics in about Mac just shows "Display 4GB."

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Thanks in advanced, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out whats wrong. The computer is usable but the display gets glitchy sometimes, especially when I try opening launchpad. If all else fails, I'll probably just buy a new graphics card that I know is compatible.

Sounds like you have IGP as primary in BIOS.

 

[slim.jim]

I've got a new one. I just got the MSI gtx980ti 6gb, got it to where everything boots up. About this Mac shows it as a GTX 980ti 2gb, the Driver Manager says that it on the Nvidia Driver 367.15.10.35f01 but CUDA-z displays the old driver 355.10.05.15f03... any thought?

Post your config

 

[archalys]

Sorry, that would help quite a bit right?

GA-Z170X-UD5 F22
i7-6700k
MSI GTX980 Ti 6gb, currently showing up as 2gb
64gb RAM
sm950 Pro

Clover config attached.

 

[slim.jim]

Sorry, that would help quite a bit right?

GA-Z170X-UD5 F22
i7-6700k
MSI GTX980 Ti 6gb, currently showing up as 2gb
64gb RAM
sm950 Pro

Clover config attached.

You have Inject/Nvidia/True. Change it to false.

Read: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/read-me-first-graphics-setup-troubleshooting.183617/

 

[archalys]

You have Inject/Nvidia/True. Change it to false.

Read: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/read-me-first-graphics-setup-troubleshooting.183617/

Sorry I should have led with that. Been dealing with Premiere bugs this week and the deadlines it has hosed.

If I don't inject Nvidia I get a black screen on boot. I have changed the config2 to none in the power management kext. (manually, with the AGPfix app, and tried the new kext posted in method one for that problem) Everytime, black screen. I saw that someone said they had to put the boot flag into their nvram.plist and got it to work.

 

[slim.jim]

Sorry I should have led with that. Been dealing with Premiere bugs this week and the deadlines it has hosed.

If I don't inject Nvidia I get a black screen on boot. I have changed the config2 to none in the power management kext. (manually, with the AGPfix app, and tried the new kext posted in method one for that problem) Everytime, black screen. I saw that someone said they had to put the boot flag into their nvram.plist and got it to work.

You will not get acceleration with Inject/Nvidia/True. How is your monitor connected, what port?

 

[Philastan]

After installing the driver I had problem 6. I followed the steps until:


After rebooting I get this screen:
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Any solution? I'm grateful for any help!

Has somebody maybe a hint? Otherwise, I would try a fresh reinstall. Weekend is coming and until now, I have no clue what to do next.

// Edit:
I didn't launch the computer for about 2 days and it forgot my the FakeCPUID. After edit it in the bootloader, macOS started. How ever I decided to try a fresh installation again (5th time or something for this problem).

So after I finished the installation, i used the clover efi v2 installer and run in the exact same issue as mentioned above, but this time I didn't even need to proceed to the "Install RC scripts on target volume" step. My Clover bootscreen also looks updated. Green background and green/darkgrey icons. I'm really struggling with this right now. 3 weeks try and error

 

[kwanttitatti]

I've been struggling whole day with MacOS Sierra installation process and now mostly everything seems to work fine but my graphics card doesnt seem to be working properly. Graphics card is nVidia GTX 970. Sierra's Dashboard effects + etc. are sloppy and glitchy. So far I have tried many many things to fix this issue by first of course trying setting boot flags nvda_drv=1, changing Board-ID, various combinations of drivers and so on but nothing seems to be working. I have found several excatly same cases like my problem is from this forum but so far none of them has been solved.

Current build:
Asus Z97-P
Nvidia GTX 970
Intel i5 4690K 3,5GHz

My Sierra build doesnt boot up without boot flag nv_disable=1 or nv_disable=0. Sierra loads to about half of the loading bar until screen becomes black and my computer boots itself back to Clover menu. After many tried solutions I decided to try get help from this thread.

Here is what verbose boot says just right before screen goes black:

Here is my current setup + included config.plist:

Is there any clearly visible problem that I haven't noticed during this 10 hour troubleshooting process?

 

[Loloflatsix]

I take a look at your config.plist :

When I hade my GT730 set on my graphics keys :

<key>Inject</key>
<dict>
<key>ATI</key>
<false/>
<key>Intel</key>
<true/>
<key>NVidia</key>
<true/>

Boot arguments. : GraphicsEnabler= Yes Darkwake=0 PCIRootUID=1 -v ,
Load Vbios also If it's suck.

 

[slim.jim]

I've been struggling whole day with MacOS Sierra installation process and now mostly everything seems to work fine but my graphics card doesnt seem to be working properly. Graphics card is nVidia GTX 970. Sierra's Dashboard effects + etc. are sloppy and glitchy. So far I have tried many many things to fix this issue by first of course trying setting boot flags nvda_drv=1, changing Board-ID, various combinations of drivers and so on but nothing seems to be working. I have found several excatly same cases like my problem is from this forum but so far none of them has been solved.

Current build:
Asus Z97-P
Nvidia GTX 970
Intel i5 4690K 3,5GHz

My Sierra build doesnt boot up without boot flag nv_disable=1 or nv_disable=0. Sierra loads to about half of the loading bar until screen becomes black and my computer boots itself back to Clover menu. After many tried solutions I decided to try get help from this thread.

Here is what verbose boot says just right before screen goes black:
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Here is my current setup + included config.plist:
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Is there any clearly visible problem that I haven't noticed during this 10 hour troubleshooting process?

1) nvda_drv=1 doesn't do anything in Sierra. Just an FYI.

What kind of connection are you using to your monitor? If VGA via an adapter, that is likely the issue. If DisplayPort then change your monitor settings from DP1.2 to DP1.1.