[SUCCESS] Intel Core i9 7920X, Gigabyte X299 Aorus Ultra Gaming, GTX 1080 Samsung 960 EVO NVMe

[figgy78]

@Ellybz No problem. All you wrote was "please your EFI on line", so I just wanted to make sure I understood what you were asking for.

Attaching my CLOVER-folder, and I will update my profile.

 

[Ellybz]

I'll look at it tomorrow after few hours of sleep. 1am here. Time to sign off

PS: Wow. You EFI is a mess . I'll fix it tomorrow

 

[figgy78]

I'll look at it tomorrow after few hours of sleep. 1am here. Time to sign off

Get some sleep!

PS: Wow. You EFI is a mess . I'll fix it tomorrow

Haha.. really? I just copied the one @robifis started this thread with?

 

[Ellybz]

Are you running 10.13.4, 10.13.5 or 10.13.6?
I'm guessing from your EFI folder that outside your sleep/wake, cpu power management issues, sound card does not work? neither control of display brightness?. Do you have a wifi card, TB card or any other card i should be aware of?
Which NVIDIA Webdriver did you install? You may need to patch it and install the NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext v.1.2.7
https://github.com/lvs1974/NvidiaGraphicsFixup. You'll need XCODE to compile the kext.
This kext fixes some issue with black screen after waking from sleep
KGP has an extend guide on this matter. it is the most complete I encountered.
How to build your own iMac Pro [Successful Build/Extended Guide] -Section E2 FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
In the mean time. Here's your EFI mod. 10.13.5 version. Try this first. Let me know how it goes.

I did not include any SSDT patch for TB.

 

[figgy78]

I'm guessing from your EFI folder that outside your sleep/wake, cpu power management issues, sound card does not work?

You would be correct. But the soundcard thing I solved by using a Soundblaster USB card, so that's not a biggie.

Do you have a wifi card, TB card or any other card i should be aware of?

Nope.

You may need to patch it and install the NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext v.1.2.7
https://github.com/lvs1974/NvidiaGraphicsFixup. You'll need XCODE to compile the kext.
This kext fixes some issue with black screen after waking from sleep

I am using the 387.10.10.10.35.106 drivers from NVIDIA, and according to the x299-guide I shouldn't have to use the patched version? And Black screen is not a problem I have been having. It says:

All Users with Maxwell and Pascal Nvidia Graphics Cards Users and SMBIOS MacPro1,1 can employ officially distributed Nvidia 10.13 Web Drivers for their Nvidia Pascal and Maxwell graphics cards!

I will try to use the Clover.zip-file you sent me. What did you do with it?

Thanks a bunch!

 

[figgy78]

Just tested your modified EFI. This removed some error messages that used to come up before Clover loaded when booting.
It did however not fix the sleep problems. It takes a long time for the machine to go to sleep, then all the lights turn off on the graphics card, and then they turn on again and the machine goes out of sleep mode.

I ran the pmset -g assertions command again, and got this result:

Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0
   NetworkClientActive            0
   InternalPreventSleep           1

Listed by owning process:
pid 104(hidd): [0x0003032a00098045] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294970332.3" 
pid 58(TeamViewer_Service): [0x0003037200098146] 00:00:32 UserIsActive named: "TeamViewer user activity" 
pid 56(powerd): [0x00030372000d8142] 00:00:32 InternalPreventSleep named: "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger" 

Timeout will fire in 13 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease

Kernel Assertions: 0x4=USB
id=515  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.00300000 owner=4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
id=518  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.00100000 owner=4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
id=520  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14510000 owner=IOUSBHostDevice
id=522  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14530000 owner=SpaceMouse Pro
id=523  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.00310000 owner=USB Sound Blaster HD
id=524  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.00330000 owner=i1Display3
id=525  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.00340000 owner=Keyboard Hub
id=527  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14513000 owner=IOUSBHostDevice
id=529  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14514000 owner=Texas Instruments USBtoI2C Solution
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

I then proceeded to quit TeamViewe to make sure it was not the software creating the problem. It was not.

I looked at the logs again.. still it says:

Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] due to XHCI ETH0/Network: Using AC (Charge:0%)

 

[Ellybz]

Odd. This EFI Should work. Even get your internal audio running perfectly. I also enabled power management & Speed step in your config. Added / removed bunch of kext that were in conflict.
Your hack should run much better.

Going to sleep on my system takes about 14 seconds. Wakes completely in less than 5. ( with 3 Monitors )
Your machine is trying obviously to connect to the net while sleeping-> wakes up.
1- If your only way to connect to the network is via ethernet., Disconnect your network cable ( for test ) - Try again.

2-Can you please look inside your preferences-> energy saver. What do you have enabled?
the only option I have is : prevent computer from sleeping automatically. Everything else is off.

3- I do not like to modify others EFi. I may have missed an issue in your config. Here is my config plist for High Sierra. I just removed in SMBIOS the serial and UUID. Try it. Generate a new serial and copy your uuid from terminal command: uuidgen

I'm confident your issue will be resolved soon. Everything runs flawless on my system. Yours should be this way.

PS Is your audio working now?

 

[figgy78]

PS Is your audio working now?

You are a wizard, my friend. The sound works perfectly now!

I did get a slightly lower Geekbench score now (33466 vs 36059 before, but that could be random).

1. I pulled out the Ethernet cable and tried sleeping. Again I got the "Wake from Normal Sleep [CDNVA] due to XHCI ETH0/Network: Using AC (Charge:0%)" And "InternalPreventSleep: 1"
2. My Preferences->Energy Saver says: "Computer sleep: Never, Display sleep: Never, Put hard disks to sleep when possible (checked) and Wake Ethernet network access (unchecked)"
   I tried unchecking the Put hard disks to sleep..." option, but it didn't do anything.
3. I looked at your config.plist and noticed that you have a different set of patches disabled.. The noteworthy ones were "GBE1 -> ETH0 and D0A4 -> ETH1". Also, you have "SLOC ->ARPT" disabled. I, on the other hand only have "_DSM -> XDSM" disabled. Could that be it?

 

[Ellybz]

SLOC / ARPT IS @ A SPECIFIC WIFI CARD - > THE OTHER IS LINKED TO ETHERNET PORT.
Try my config plist. and get back to me. That might be it.
With a 7800x 6 core I get a score of 30233. You should be flying with yours.

 

[figgy78]

Try my config plist. and get back to me. That might be it.

I tried switching a few of those DSDT-patches (did not do anything), but I didn't dare to switch the whole config.plist right now, as this is my work machine and I need to start my day

Summer starts tomorrow, so I won't be back at work until mid august, but I will keep trying then. Thank you for all your help so far. I have learned a lot.