How to build your own iMac Pro [Successful Build/Extended Guide]

[giftmusic]

All of those settings are correct. Also I went through step by step and disabled a lot of the patches in clover configure. Could I just remove the fake smc for the kexts folder? Would that fix the sleep issue?

 

[djlild7hina]

I'm still having issues with hdmi audio and hoping someone can help me. Under PCI devices, I see an audio device in the same slot as my graphics card (slot 1) but I noticed that it has driver installed as 'no'.
I enabled Cavs -> HDEF DSDT, copied applealc and lilu to clover/kexts/other and whatevergreen.

 

[kgp]

I'm still having issues with hdmi audio and hoping someone can help me. Under PCI devices, I see an audio device in the same slot as my graphics card (slot 1) but I noticed that it has driver installed as 'no'.
I enabled Cavs -> HDEF DSDT, copied applealc and lilu to clover/kexts/other and whatevergreen.

Why do you use Whatevergreen with a Nvidia GPU? Usually one would use Nvidiagraphicsfixup and Lilu. However, with SMBIOS iMacPro1,1 even the latter kexts are obsolete.

I guess when speaking about your HDAU issues, you are referrimg to 10.13.4 public beta, right?

There is apparently no way so far to make Nvidia HDAU work under 10.13.4 public beta. I really hope that the latter issue will be solved in the official release of 10.13.4.

 

[djlild7hina]

Why do you use Whatevergreen with a Nvidia GPU? Usually one would use Nvidiagraphicsfixup and Lilu. However, with SMBIOS iMacPro1,1 even the latter kexts are obsolete.

I guess when speaking about your HDAU issues, you are referrimg to 10.13.4 public beta, right?

There is apparently no way so far to make Nvidia HDAU work under 10.13.4 public beta. I really hope that the latter issue will be solved in the official release of 10.13.4.

Because I'm dumb and didn't realize it was for amd... I removed it. I'm on 10.3.3 17D2014 running driver 378.10.10.10.25.106

 

[rushstrike]

can we use the existing patches.txt from post #1 to unlock MSR on the latest asus x299 prime deluxe bios v1301? I just tried it and my system is booting up with error code EE and stuck at the LED screen where it says "DETECT MEMORY"

UPDATE
I flashed 1301 stock bios then it boot up saying "do not shutdown bios updating". Then i flash the patched firmware and it is now working as expected. I think in the future for bios upgrade i should always flash the stock bios to upgrade then flash the patched version afterwards.

 

[macs_forever]

Finished, I hope it works! I was able to avoid the LED cables in the shield.

First Boot with memory CPU Corsair H100i v2 and GPU attached. My dremel work didn't harm anything. I was NOT able to put the radiator on the swinging door as planned. I drilled out the rivets on the lower drive cage and removed it making room for the 240 radiator on the front. fans are whisper quiet with an idle temp of 27C in a house at 24C. No corsair link. Full power to pump, Fans running off CPU fan header. Fans are dual Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.black.swap. It's OK putting the radiator on the front as now can add 2 fans blowing onto on the RAM and regulators in this configuration. If I had to do it again, I'd use heatpipe/air cooling instead of water.

 

[macs_forever]

That'd be funny. You'd have to underclock the 7980 just to stop it blowing up. I'd actually be super surprised if a 240 rad is enough for it even at stock speeds.
What watts does the 7980 put out at full noise kgp?

The rated TDP is 165W. The real TDP is closer to 195 watts. The Darkrock TF or NH-C14S will cool it. It won't "Blow up" even without a heatsink, it will just down clock to a crawl (thermal protection). I'm not playing games, I'm running 12 simultaneous VMs. I WILL NOT overvolt the CPU. I might overclock it a little, very little. It will be fine. It would have been fine on air.

 

[RuleBreaker01]

The rated TDP is 165W. The real TDP is closer to 195 watts. The Darkrock TF or NH-C14S will cool it. It won't "Blow up" even without a heatsink, it will just down clock to a crawl (thermal protection). I'm not playing games, I'm running 12 simultaneous VMs. I WILL NOT overvolt the CPU. I might overclock it a little, very little. It will be fine. It would have been fine on air.

Even a very light OC of 4GHz per clock, it will be close to 300W when all cores are in use.
With stock speed, when I compile my project, with the H115i, temps reach 70C easily. That's with all fans set at full speed.

I too don't play games and run multiple VMs.

I can't see running that processor on air.

In fact, I'm thinking of sending the i9 to a shop to delid it.

 

[RuleBreaker01]

First Boot with memory CPU Corsair H100i v2 and GPU attached. My dremel work didn't harm anything. I was NOT able to put the radiator on the swinging door as planned. I drilled out the rivets on the lower drive cage and removed it making room for the 240 radiator on the front. fans are whisper quiet with an idle temp of 27C in a house at 24C. No corsair link. Full power to pump, Fans running off CPU fan header. Fans are dual Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.black.swap. It's OK putting the radiator on the front as now can add 2 fans blowing onto on the RAM and regulators in this configuration. If I had to do it again, I'd use heatpipe/air cooling instead of water.

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I would put the PSU up side down in your set-up, so it doesn't blow hot air in the case. I assume that your case has an opening underneath.
Add an extra fan for that (to blow air in)

I have a similar set-up to yours, and have the H115i mounted to the front. Works well.
At first I had set it up at the top, but I like to put stuff on top of the case

 

[macs_forever]

I would put the PSU up side down in your set-up, so it doesn't blow hot air in the case. I assume that your case has an opening underneath.
Add an extra fan for that (to blow air in)

I have a similar set-up to yours, and have the H115i mounted to the front. Works well.
At first I had set it up at the top, but I like to put stuff on top of the case

I'll have 7 fans blowing in (4x120mm, 1x80mm, 2x40mm). Only 1 fan blowing out. I put the CPU Fan opening up on purpose. Since it draws air in from the fan hole and pushes it out the back, I don't think it will be a problem. I don't like the opening on the bottom of the case and I think I'd want taller feet if I faced it downward. Lian-Li cases often don't give you exactly what you want. but they are easy to modify being 100% aluminum. The H100 will eventually have 4 fans, but I need more screws before I can install them. Cable management will come later, once I have everything tested. Still won't be easy in this case.

I don't plan on opening the 140mm blow hole on top because like you, I tend to put stuff on the case.