kgp
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Hi KGP,
I am happy to report that changing to SMBIOS iMac17,1 resolved my issues with the Nvidia card. In addition, it also made the sound work. Here are the exact changes I made from the original "recipe"
- Installed NVWebDriverLibValFix.kext to /Library/Extensions
- Installed LATEST NvidiaGraphisFixup.kext and lilu.kext to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/
- Removed the SSDT-sleep.aml from /EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/
- Merged your new config.plist with my original (key change was to remove 4 KextsToPatch, and to add 3 lines in Acpi/Drop Tables (those lines were in your NEW config.plist but not in the original. They were:
DMAR
SSDT TableID Cpu0lst
SSDT TableID CpuPm
- Changed SMBIOS to iMac17,1 generated a new Serial # and checked it to be sure it passed the tests
- I did NOT install EmuVariableUefi-64.efi, nor did I run the AGDPfix.app
- Of course, I installed the Nvidia Web Driver and enabled NvidiaWeb in Clover Configurator/System Parameters (things I was also doing previously)
- When installing the Web Driver, I got 2 error messages, as always. One in the middle told me the installation might be failing. I clicked Continue (as always). The other was at the end, where there was a message about System Preferences
- Out of SUPERSTITION I decided before rebooting to rebuild my kext caches with the commands:
sudo chown root:wheel -R /System/Library/Extensions
sudo chown root:wheel -R /Library/Extensions
sudo chmod 755 -R /System/Library/Extensions
sudo chmod 755 -R /Library/Extensions
touch /System/Library/Extensions
touch /Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -update-volume /
Upon reboot, everything was working. So, again, this is with a 12-core Haswell E5-2690v3 CPU on a Gigabyte GA-X99P-SLI. I was unable to get SMBIOS MacPro 6,1 to work with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, but this now seems perfect. As far as I can tell, all of the USB 2 and USB 3 ports are also working. However, the USB 3.1 port is NOT working. Sleep is also working like a charm!
Hope this update helps other people.
Regards,
AndrewL7332
I am happy to see your friendly and positive reply. However, I have to unfortunately emphasize that SMBIOS iMac17,1 is adequate for Skylake-X/X299 but is totally inadequate for Broadwell-E/EP (Haswell-E/EP)/X99!
Sorry for this certainly disappointing news! I have to make this point clear to not confuse all other readers!
Cheers,
KGP