Stork's MyHero Build: ASUS ROG Z170 MAXIMUS VIII HERO - i7-6700K - GTX 980

[Macmagoo]

@robaird My sleep is now working. There was a step that I did not follow in Stork's build. I have now installed CodecCommander.kext. I put the hack too sleep last night around 00:30. It was still sleeping when I got up. Tapped the space bar and it started immediately. Although this is good, there is a bit of a delay in everything connecting and my Apple Watch times out when it is trying to log me in, no big deal.

 

[Samekas]

Nice guide, I have the same mb with a evga gtx 1080 ftw.

 

[testuser112]

Fantastic guide. With its aid even me as a complete CustoMac beginner managed to build a smoothly running machine. I used the same mainboard and the boxed version i7-6700 as well as an EVGA 1070 FTW. It's running perfectly and about 3 times faster than my Mac Pro Late 2013 4-core.

Regarding Sensor Data: For all those who only see a part of their sensors like me at the beginning in HWSensors, the following worked for me: Go to /System/Library/Extensions and /Library/Extensions, delete all kexts that contain "FakeSMC*" in their name, download the newest HWMonitor from the website (that what states it has Pascal support), mount your EFI partition and put FakeSMC.kext in /EFI/EFI/Clover/kexts/10.12 and all the other kexts (like GPUSensors.kext) that come with HWMonitor in the /EFI/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other folder. Reboot then and you are going to see all sensors your system possess.

A last question regarding the very last issue I have: When sending the CustoMac to "Sleep" it very often powers down to directly power up a second later. If I then again click on "Sleep" it sleeps as expected. How can I find out what wakes my CustoMac the first time when it goes to sleep and how could I circumvent this problem so that the CustoMac sleeps directly at the first click on "Sleep"? This is definitely a "first world problem" but the last thing step to being able to say "I own a machine that is in all aspects better than my Mac". Thanks in advance

 

[gsavoldi]

@Stork

is it safe to switch from the Nvidia Web Drivers to the Default OSX Driver? Any chance to break the system?

my problem is related to iBooks Author (same problem as this guy): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7753801?start=0&tstart=0

I'm afraid to switch and restart! lol

 

[P1LGRIM]

@Stork

is it safe to switch from the Nvidia Web Drivers to the Default OSX Driver? Any chance to break the system?

my problem is related to iBooks Author (same problem as this guy): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7753801?start=0&tstart=0

I'm afraid to switch and restart! lol

There are no default drivers for your GTX 1070, you need the web drivers for it to function.

 

[Iwagsz]

Regarding Sensor Data: For all those who only see a part of their sensors like me at the beginning in HWSensors, the following worked for me: Go to /System/Library/Extensions and /Library/Extensions, delete all kexts that contain "FakeSMC*" in their name, download the newest HWMonitor from the website (that what states it has Pascal support), mount your EFI partition and put FakeSMC.kext in /EFI/EFI/Clover/kexts/10.12 and all the other kexts (like GPUSensors.kext) that come with HWMonitor in the /EFI/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other folder. Reboot then and you are going to see all sensors your system possess.

Did you use Pacifist to extract the kext from the HWSensors.6.23.1417?

 

[testuser112]

Did you use Pacifist to extract the kext from the HWSensors.6.23.1417?

The newest version is 6.25.xxxx at the time of writing. This version is also available as raw files and not as complete installer bundle. I used the raw files download from the official HWSensor website.

 

[pastrychef]

Did you use Pacifist to extract the kext from the HWSensors.6.23.1417?

They can be found here: RehabMan / OS-X-FakeSMC-kozlek / Downloads — Bitbucket

 

[testuser112]

Regarding my initial question and the sleep/power management. I used pmset -g log and found this for a non-working sleep cycle, i.e. a cycle in which the system powers down in order to shortly start up one second later:

2017-04-25 16:58:12 +0200 Sleep                   Entering Sleep state due to 'Idle Sleep': Using AC 18 secs
2017-04-25 16:58:12 +0200 Wake Requests           [proc=UserEventAgent request=TimerPlugin inDelta=7055 info="BGTask:com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.Activity,"] [*proc=UserEventAgent request=TimerPlugin inDelta=3599 info="BGTask:com.apple.cloudphotosd.pending-work.once,"]        
2017-04-25 16:58:20 +0200 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Sleep notifications: [en2 driver is slow(msg: WillChangeState to 0)(562 ms)] [802.11n WLAN Adapter driver is slow(msg: WillChangeState to 2)(562 ms)] [IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(506 ms)] [IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(509 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(446 ms)]        
2017-04-25 16:58:20 +0200 Assertions             PID 146(mDNSResponder) Created MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000080df [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]      
2017-04-25 16:58:20 +0200 Assertions             Kernel Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler      
2017-04-25 16:58:20 +0200 Notification           Display is turned on                                                                  
2017-04-25 16:58:22 +0200 Assertions             PID 146(mDNSResponder) Released MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:02  id:0x0xd000080df [System: DeclUser kDisp]      
2017-04-25 16:58:30 +0200 Wake                   Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] due to XDCI/: Using AC        
2017-04-25 16:58:30 +0200 HibernateStats         hibmode=0 standbydelay=10800                                                             18        
2017-04-25 16:58:30 +0200 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: SetState to 3)(321 ms)] [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: DidChangeState to 3)(301 ms)] [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: SetState to 3)(321 ms)] [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: DidChangeState to 3)(301 ms)] [AppleHDADriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(444 ms)] [NVDA driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(645 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1145 ms)] [PRT5 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1145 ms)] [PRT2 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1146 ms)] [PRT3 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1148 ms)] [PRT4 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1148 ms)] [PRT0 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1146 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1146 ms)] [PRT0 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1149 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1052 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageDriverNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1420 ms)]        
2017-04-25 16:58:30 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000080e1 [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]      
2017-04-25 16:59:15 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger" 00:00:45  id:0x0xd000080e1 [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]

Unfortunately, I really can't see a sense in this. One characteristic of non-working and working sleep cycles is the "Display is turned on" vs "…off". But maybe this is a mere coincidence. Does anybody know what really forbids my CustoMac to sleep here?

Edit: Just in order to completely show all information, this is the log for a working sleep cycle:

2017-04-25 16:55:51 +0200 Sleep                   Entering Sleep state due to 'Idle Sleep': Using AC 52 secs   
2017-04-25 16:55:51 +0200 Wake Requests           [proc=UserEventAgent request=TimerPlugin inDelta=7198 info="BGTask:com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.Activity,"] [*proc=UserEventAgent request=TimerPlugin inDelta=3600 info="BGTask:com.apple.cloudphotosd.pending-work.once,"]           
2017-04-25 16:56:33 +0200 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Sleep notifications: [en2 driver is slow(msg: WillChangeState to 0)(561 ms)] [802.11n WLAN Adapter driver is slow(msg: WillChangeState to 2)(561 ms)] [IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(504 ms)] [IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(508 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(443 ms)] [IONVMeController driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(1410 ms)]           
2017-04-25 16:56:33 +0200 Assertions             PID 146(mDNSResponder) Created MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000080d8 [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:56:33 +0200 Assertions             Kernel Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler         
2017-04-25 16:56:33 +0200 Notification           Display is turned on                                                                     
2017-04-25 16:56:35 +0200 Assertions             PID 146(mDNSResponder) Released MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:02  id:0x0xd000080d8 [System: DeclUser kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:56:43 +0200 Wake                   Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] due to XDCI/: Using AC 89 secs   
2017-04-25 16:56:43 +0200 HibernateStats         hibmode=0 standbydelay=10800                                                             17           
2017-04-25 16:56:43 +0200 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: SetState to 3)(321 ms)] [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: SetState to 3)(321 ms)] [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: DidChangeState to 3)(301 ms)] [AppleUSB30XHCIPort driver is slow(msg: DidChangeState to 3)(300 ms)] [AppleHDADriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(448 ms)] [NVDA driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(645 ms)] [PRT4 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1146 ms)] [PRT5 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1146 ms)] [PRT3 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1147 ms)] [PRT2 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1148 ms)] [PRT0 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1149 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1153 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1150 ms)] [PRT0 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1150 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1052 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageDriverNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1402 ms)]           
2017-04-25 16:56:43 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000080da [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:56:57 +0200 Notification           Display is turned off                                                                   
2017-04-25 16:56:57 +0200 Assertions             PID 98(hidd) Summary UserIsActive "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294968344.3" 00:03:02  id:0x0x9000080d3 [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:56:57 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) Summary InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger" 00:00:13  id:0x0xd000080da [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:56:57 +0200 Assertions             Kernel Idle sleep preventers: -None-         
2017-04-25 16:57:28 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger" 00:00:45  id:0x0xd000080da [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:57:57 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000080de [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
2017-04-25 16:58:12 +0200 Assertions             PID 48(powerd) TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:15  id:0x0xd000080de [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]         
Sleep/Wakes since boot at 2017-04-25 16:51:58 +0200 :1   Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:1

 

[budafilms]

Sleep problems, in my case, was an USB problems. When I made my own SSDT-USB, the problems have gone.