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Help upgrading from GTX560 to GTX960 on 10.10.2 or 10.10.4

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kurick said:
I just tried booting with these flags: -v -F GraphicsEnabler=No
It didnt work.

The video cared id the EVGA 04G-P4-3962-KR GeForce GTX 960 4GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814487133)

Something I'd thought I'd note. In the attached screenshot, it say "P-State Stepper Error..." it hang there on every boot.

Tomorrow I'll try putting the GTX560 back in so I can boot my cloned drive, and restore the clone to the new drive. I was thinking of trying what I originally did, but this time after I install the Nvidia web drivers I'll change my system definition back to iMac 14,2 or something.
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P-State Stepper error is because of the MacPro3,1 System Definition.


As i mentioned earlier, have you tried to boot with your UniBeast USB??
 
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Jithin.C.V said:
P-State Stepper error is because of the MacPro3,1 System Definition.


As i mentioned earlier, have you tried to boot with your UniBeast USB??
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Yes, I tried and I was not able to boot into the drive I needed to in order to make changes or rerun Multibeast.

I tried again basically from the beginning by doing the following:

1: I removed the GTX960 and reinstalled the GTX560 so I could boot off of the safe backup clone drive I have of 10.10.2 which worked fine.

2: I cloned that onto a separate drive, updated it to 10.10.4. (leaving my backup untouched as a point to keep retrying from)

3: I reran Multibeast to restore audio and the boot loader.

4: I then cloned that to a SSD. This is the drive I want to end up running the hackinstosh on anyway, it just became available to me because I purchased a new one for my Windows installation. So I had 2 working drives with 10.10.4 on them.

5: I ran Mutlibeast again to change the system definition to MacPro3,1. I had to do this to install the Nvidia Web Drivers. I was able to boot fine with that system definition before I installed the Nvidia Web Drivers.

6: Those drivers wanted to reboot after the install but I did not do that. First I ran Multibeast again, changing the system definitions back to iMac 14,2, and unchecking several graphics configurations, GraphicsEnabler, PCIRootUID. I did check 1080p boot.

7: Upon my first reboot with the Nvidia Web Drivers install is where it fails.

So, I don't think is the MacPro3,1 system definition. It booted fine when I first switched to that, but twice now the failure occurs after rebooting after the Nvidia Web Drivers have been installed. Am I doing something wrong with the installation of those drivers?

This time the behavior was slightly different. Whether I let it boot normally, or enter the -v boot flag, it will get to a point where the video output cuts out completely. What I mean by that is my monitor screen goes completely black, to the point where my monitor's on screen menu/notification says "no signal". Its like as if the monitor cable is unplugged. But, it also looks like the computer is still running, I can see some activity on my HDD light on my case. Its strange.

I am hoping this information gives someone another idea for me to try. Thanks guys.
 
kurick said:
Yes, I tried and I was not able to boot into the drive I needed to in order to make changes or rerun Multibeast.

I tried again basically from the beginning by doing the following:

1: I removed the GTX960 and reinstalled the GTX560 so I could boot off of the safe backup clone drive I have of 10.10.2 which worked fine.

2: I cloned that onto a separate drive, updated it to 10.10.4. (leaving my backup untouched as a point to keep retrying from)

3: I reran Multibeast to restore audio and the boot loader.

4: I then cloned that to a SSD. This is the drive I want to end up running the hackinstosh on anyway, it just became available to me because I purchased a new one for my Windows installation. So I had 2 working drives with 10.10.4 on them.

5: I ran Mutlibeast again to change the system definition to MacPro3,1. I had to do this to install the Nvidia Web Drivers. I was able to boot fine with that system definition before I installed the Nvidia Web Drivers.

6: Those drivers wanted to reboot after the install but I did not do that. First I ran Multibeast again, changing the system definitions back to iMac 14,2, and unchecking several graphics configurations, GraphicsEnabler, PCIRootUID. I did check 1080p boot.

7: Upon my first reboot with the Nvidia Web Drivers install is where it fails.

So, I don't think is the MacPro3,1 system definition. It booted fine when I first switched to that, but twice now the failure occurs after rebooting after the Nvidia Web Drivers have been installed. Am I doing something wrong with the installation of those drivers?

This time the behavior was slightly different. Whether I let it boot normally, or enter the -v boot flag, it will get to a point where the video output cuts out completely. What I mean by that is my monitor screen goes completely black, to the point where my monitor's on screen menu/notification says "no signal". Its like as if the monitor cable is unplugged. But, it also looks like the computer is still running, I can see some activity on my HDD light on my case. Its strange.

I am hoping this information gives someone another idea for me to try. Thanks guys.
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What are the exact options you are choosing MultiBeast??

After installation of web driver, make sure that the nvda_drv=1 flag is present on your org.chameleon.boot.plist file under Kernel Flags section.

If you are not using the Processor Graphics/integrated graphics disable it on BIOS.

Set the PCIe/graphics card as your initial display port/primary video adapter on BIOS.

Then boot without caches (-f) and check the booting.




Note:- VGA not supported on Yosemite, please use DVI-DVI or HDMI-HDMI cable. Avoid converters too.
 
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I just restored my SSD with the good working version of 10.10.4 with the GTX560 in the computer. I am going to try this again. Attached is a screenshot of my Multibeast settings. What settings would you recommend after I installed the Nvidia Web Drivers?
 

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kurick said:
I just restored my SSD with the good working version of 10.10.4 with the GTX560 in the computer. I am going to try this again. Attached is a screenshot of my Multibeast settings. What settings would you recommend after I installed the Nvidia Web Drivers?
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If you're going to use that DSDT then you need to rename it to DSDT.aml.
 
P1LGRIM said:
If you're going to use a DSDT then you need to rename it to DSDT.aml.
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This is the same DSDT file I used to get the Yosemite installed and working in the first place, and it's always been name DSDT-GA-Z68A-D3H-B3-F13.aml. As a matter of fact I just used it to restore the boot loader after I recloned the drive. My problem comes up after I install the Nvidia Web Drivers.
 
kurick said:
This is the same DSDT file I used to get the Yosemite installed and working in the first place, and it's always been name DSDT-GA-Z68A-D3H-B3-F13.aml. As a matter of fact I just used it to restore the boot loader after I recloned the drive. My problem comes up after I install the Nvidia Web Drivers.
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Just did some research in old threads and it used to be compulsory for the file to be named DSDT.aml but that requirement no longer exists.
 
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P1LGRIM said:
Just did some research in old threads and it used to be compulsory for the file to be named DSDT.aml but that requirement no longer exists.
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I renamed it and reran Multibeast just in case, but it seem to have the same behavior. Like you said, I think it has been working all along.

SO I am ready to try to install the Nvidia Web Drivers again. Based on the settings in my previous Multibeast screenshot, is there anything I should change or remove or include?

Also here is my /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist file:
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
	<key>IGPEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string>kext-dev-mode=1 PCIRootUID=1</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>2</string>
        <key>HDEFLayoutID</key>
        <string>01000000</string>
        <key>GenerateCStates</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>GeneratePStates</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>UseKernelCache</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
	<key>HDAEnabler</key>
	<string>No</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Is there anything I should change in here? As Jithin recommend, I will make sure nvda_drv=1 is present. But other than that are there other changes I should make?

Thanks
 
kurick said:
I renamed it and reran Multibeast just in case, but it seem to have the same behavior. Like you said, I think it has been working all along.

SO I am ready to try to install the Nvidia Web Drivers again. Based on the settings in my previous Multibeast screenshot, is there anything I should change or remove or include?

Also here is my /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist file:
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
	<key>IGPEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string>kext-dev-mode=1 PCIRootUID=1</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>2</string>
        <key>HDEFLayoutID</key>
        <string>01000000</string>
        <key>GenerateCStates</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>GeneratePStates</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>UseKernelCache</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
	<key>HDAEnabler</key>
	<string>No</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Is there anything I should change in here? As Jithin recommend, I will make sure nvda_drv=1 is present. But other than that are there other changes I should make?

Thanks
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If you're not using integrated graphics then change :
Code: 
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>

to

Code: 
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
 
P1LGRIM said:
If you're not using integrated graphics then change :
Code: 
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>

to

Code: 
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
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Ok, thank you. I will try that.

One more question, for now at least: If I can't boot normally after I try this, is some boot flags I can use to at least get me to the desktop so I can try to make other changes without having to reclone drive over and over?
 
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