Solving NVIDIA Driver Install & Loading Problems

AGuyWhoIsBored said:

Hey all,

I have literally done everything to try to get these nVidia web drivers working...
Since I've updated to macOS Sierra, the monitors never turn on! It's always a black screen and then signal loss...

I've gone all the way up to just start fresh and wipe everything and reinstall, and once I reinstalled I threw on the latest nVidia web drivers for GM, and what do you know, black screen!

This is really starting to puzzle me ...

If you guys have any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated!

-Duncan

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AGuyWhoIsBored said:

UPDATE:

What finally solved it for me was booting with one monitor only! I unplugged my DVI-I monitor and it booted and loaded successfully!
Maybe there's a bug with macOS Sierra / the nVidia Web Drivers...?

Hopefully this will help somebody!

-Duncan

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MisterNo said:

Also issues here.

I resolved my booting issues, I have stable install 10.12 16A320 now, but I can't get nvidia web driver to work no matter what!

Tried various boot flags, tried with only one monitor on all ports, can't get it to work, OSX always boots with OSX driver
Also, I used imac 14,1, but my system report says it's imac 12,1.

Here is my config.plist, if someone can point me in right direction, please.
web driver is 367.10.10.05b01

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dewd01 said:

Hey, everyone

Really struggling to get the Nvidia web driver working with my build. Everything else seems to work, but having read the threads and tried the various combinations of enabling, disabling, injecting, rebuilding caches, I just can't get past an immediate reboot in the boot sequence. Boots fine (to the typical horrid graphics performance) in with VESA selected

I started with an upgrade from an NVidia-compatible El Capitan, and when I had the reboot problem, I switched to a clean install. Repeated a few times, including most recently with Unibeast 7. I have dual monitors, but have also tried disconnecting one, as well as switching the output port in use. I have also tried different SMBIOS identities, including iMac 14,2.

I know my graphics card works perfectly, as I can boot into Win10 and it works / tests clean, both monitors, all resolutions.

My theory is the board is simply not being properly identified, as system report shows it as "NVIDIA Chip Model 5 MB"

Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Asus Strix 970 GTX 4Gb

Latest clover: 3773
Latest web driver: 367.15.10.05f01

Any suggestions?

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slim.jim said:

Disable all of the "fixes", especially FixDisplay. You shouldn't need any of them for a Z97 board.

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dewd01 said:

thanks for the suggestion! Removed them all, restarted (panic), restarted with VESA & checked (all were cleared), restarted (panic), back to VESA. Will re-check one more time.

UPDATE: still no joy
* with / without injected kexts
* with / without caches

Crash report trace points to
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.13.60) and
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.1.3)

I'll also try uninstalling and re-installing the Nvidia drivers (again)

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dewd01 said:

It looks like you have "Inject Intel" graphics enabled in your config -- have you tried with that flag off? edited file attached for convenience...

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dewd01 said:

UPDATE 2: same outcome
* uninstalled web drivers, rebooted
* with web driver selected, panic on reboot (looks like the same signature)
* with VESA selected, boots OK, displays Nvidia 970 5 Mb

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