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

[kgp]

Major Guide Update Completed

a.) Drop of Nvida AORUS Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce 11Gb Xtreme Edition. System implementation of Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB. Revision/Update of Table of Contents and Section A.), C.2), E.2) and 9.2.2).
New SSDT-X299-iMacPro-Vega.aml and SSDT-X299-iMacPro-Nvidia.aml system SSDT implementations in Section 9.2.2).
Adding Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB benchmark results in Section F.2)..

b.) Modification of Section 9.3 - TB implementation
New SSDT-X299-TB3-iMacPro-Combo-ASUS.aml, SSDT-X299-TB3-iMacPro-Combo-GB.aml and SSDT-X299-TB3-iMacPro-Combo-DesignareEX.aml TB-SSDT implementations in Section 9.3.

c.) Audio: CodecCommander removed from Section E.3)

d.) Modifications in Section E.12) - iStatMenus Hardware monitoring...

e.) Implementation of new EFI-Folder Distribution EFI-X299-10.13.6-Release-iMacPro1,1-280718.zip.

EFi-Folder related changes:
i.) Implementation of Clover_v2.4k_r4625
ii.) Removal of HibernationFixup.kext from /EFI/Clover/kexts/Other/
iii.) Disabling of FredWst DP/HDMI kext patch in config.plist, as not required by Vegas.. must be enabled/adopted for Nvidia GPUs.

Enjoy and have fun,

 

[kubusikan]

Anyone have suggestions about these cooling scenarios? I'd like to overclock as much as possible, my room is warm, and I'll be using a Fractal Design Define S case.

1. Noctua NH-D15 6 heatpipe with Dual NF-A15 140mm fans (costs about $100 plus cost to delid)

The Noctua NH-D15 will keep your delidded CPU at reasonable temps in stock clock settings (no sync all cores or overclock).
I am using an Noctua NH-C14S because of case size limitations for the cooler. This cooler keeps my delidded i7-7820X at temps up to 75°C in stock form when tasking it with prime95.
When applying even slight overclock or sync all cores the temps go up to 95°C and more. Although in spec i am not comfortable with these thermals inside my small case (NCASE M1). ;-)

I would therefore strongly advise to go the route of serious liquid cooling (EKWB) if you want to overclock as much as possible.
I would also suggest to stay away from basic AIO solutions as these do not result in (significant) better results than using a Noctua NH-D15.

 

[cloverbay]

I follow the steps in page 1 of this thread. Under the installation step 5 where I choose the USB to boot. Couldn't pass the boot at all. Error is "Couldn't allocate runtime area"

My mobo is Asus x299 TUF mk1. 7820x cpu. 32GB ram corsair vengence low profile. GTX970 graphics. MX500 1TB ssd.

I was following the instructions to the T including BIOS settings.

What did I do wrong?

 

[pieropontra]

I follow the steps in page 1 of this thread. Under the installation step 5 where I choose the USB to boot. Couldn't pass the boot at all. Error is "Couldn't allocate runtime area"

My mobo is Asus x299 TUF mk1. 7820x cpu. 32GB ram corsair vengence low profile. GTX970 graphics. MX500 1TB ssd.

I was following the instructions to the T including BIOS settings.

What did I do wrong?

I solved using boot argument "UseKernelCache=0" on clover bootloader - the error seems related to the kernel cache allocation in RAM - Using this boot argument command once solved the issue in my case.

 

[cloverbay]

Thanks. How do you enter this command?

 

[taylorsyn]

Well you did not attach your IOREG, but at first glance everything seems set as expected..

Thanks here is my ioreg

Gracias!

 

[kgp]

Thanks here is my ioreg

Gracias!

IOREG, not IOJONES please...

 

[taylorsyn]

IOREG, not IOJONES please...

Sorry here you go

 

[kgp]

Sorry here you go

Your GPU chrome issues are not related with the ACPI implementation. Everything implemented properly.

 

[pieropontra]

Thanks. How do you enter this command?

In clover boot screen you gotta go to option then in boot argument write UseKernelCache=0 then try to boot again