How to extend the iMac Pro to X99 [Successful Build/Extended Guide]

[nrgsquad]

OK, back again.

Windows does what Bios/UEFI is supposed that's to do: 42x Multi and full CPU Speed.

Another thing I´ve seen, now that freqvectors are generated and loaded in OS X 10.13.4, the AppleIntelInfo.Kext prints that my Maximum Ratio Limit for C01-C08 is 4200MHz, but the CPU Ratio Info Says:

Maximum Turbo Ratio/Frequency: 4000MHz

I think that's where the Problem comes from...it won't go upon this Value...

Spoiler: AppleIntelInfo.kext output

AppleIntelInfo.kext v2.9 Copyright © 2012-2017 Pike R. Alpha. All rights reserved.


Settings:

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logMSRs..................................: 1

logIGPU..................................: 0

logCStates...............................: 1

logIPGStyle..............................: 1

InitialTSC...............................: 0x5541d0e6929 (183 MHz)

MWAIT C-States...........................: 8480


Processor Brandstring....................: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz


Processor Signature..................... : 0x406F1

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- Family............................... : 6

- Stepping............................. : 1

- Model................................ : 0x4F (79)


Model Specific Registers (MSRs)

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MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID.............(0x17) : 0x8000000000000

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- Processor Flags...................... : 2


MSR_CORE_THREAD_COUNT............(0x35) : 0x80010

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- Core Count........................... : 8

- Thread Count......................... : 16


MSR_PLATFORM_INFO................(0xCE) : 0x20080C3BF3812000

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- Maximum Non-Turbo Ratio.............. : 0x20 (3200 MHz)

- Ratio Limit for Turbo Mode........... : 1 (programmable)

- TDP Limit for Turbo Mode............. : 1 (programmable)

- Low Power Mode Support............... : 1 (LPM supported)

- Number of ConfigTDP Levels........... : 1 (additional TDP level(s) available)

- Maximum Efficiency Ratio............. : 12

- Minimum Operating Ratio.............. : 8


MSR_PMG_CST_CONFIG_CONTROL.......(0xE2) : 0x1E000005

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- I/O MWAIT Redirection Enable......... : 0 (not enabled)

- CFG Lock............................. : 0 (MSR not locked)

- C3 State Auto Demotion............... : 1 (enabled)

- C1 State Auto Demotion............... : 1 (enabled)

- C3 State Undemotion.................. : 1 (enabled)

- C1 State Undemotion.................. : 1 (enabled)

- Package C-State Auto Demotion........ : 0 (disabled/unsupported)

- Package C-State Undemotion........... : 0 (disabled/unsupported)


MSR_PMG_IO_CAPTURE_BASE..........(0xE4) : 0x10414

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- LVL_2 Base Address................... : 0x414

- C-state Range........................ : 1 (C-States not included, I/O MWAIT redirection not enabled)


IA32_MPERF.......................(0xE7) : 0x4B0577C78E

IA32_APERF.......................(0xE8) : 0x49218CE520

MSR_0x150........................(0x150) : 0x20000000000


MSR_FLEX_RATIO...................(0x194) : 0xE0000

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MSR_IA32_PERF_STATUS.............(0x198) : 0x1FFF00002000

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- Current Performance State Value...... : 0x2000 (3200 MHz)


MSR_IA32_PERF_CONTROL............(0x199) : 0x2A00

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- Target performance State Value....... : 0x2A00 (4200 MHz)

- Intel Dynamic Acceleration........... : 0 (IDA engaged)


IA32_CLOCK_MODULATION............(0x19A) : 0x0


IA32_THERM_INTERRUPT.............(0x19B) : 0x0


IA32_THERM_STATUS................(0x19C) : 0x88420000

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- Thermal Status....................... : 0

- Thermal Log.......................... : 0

- PROCHOT # or FORCEPR# event.......... : 0

- PROCHOT # or FORCEPR# log............ : 0

- Critical Temperature Status.......... : 0

- Critical Temperature log............. : 0

- Thermal Threshold #1 Status.......... : 0

- Thermal Threshold #1 log............. : 0

- Thermal Threshold #2 Status.......... : 0

- Thermal Threshold #2 log............. : 0

- Power Limitation Status.............. : 0

- Power Limitation log................. : 0

- Current Limit Status................. : 0

- Current Limit log.................... : 0

- Cross Domain Limit Status............ : 0

- Cross Domain Limit log............... : 0

- Digital Readout...................... : 66

- Resolution in Degrees Celsius........ : 1

- Reading Valid........................ : 1 (valid)


MSR_THERM2_CTL...................(0x19D) : 0x0


IA32_MISC_ENABLES................(0x1A0) : 0x850089

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- Fast-Strings......................... : 1 (enabled)

- FOPCODE compatibility mode Enable.... : 0

- Automatic Thermal Control Circuit.... : 1 (enabled)

- Split-lock Disable................... : 0

- Performance Monitoring............... : 1 (available)

- Bus Lock On Cache Line Splits Disable : 0

- Hardware prefetch Disable............ : 0

- Processor Event Based Sampling....... : 0 (PEBS supported)

- GV1/2 legacy Enable.................. : 0

- Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology.. : 1 (enabled)

- MONITOR FSM.......................... : 1 (MONITOR/MWAIT supported)

- Adjacent sector prefetch Disable..... : 0

- CFG Lock............................. : 0 (MSR not locked)

- xTPR Message Disable................. : 1 (disabled)


MSR_TEMPERATURE_TARGET...........(0x1A2) : 0x610A00

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- Turbo Attenuation Units.............. : 0

- Temperature Target................... : 97

- TCC Activation Offset................ : 0


MSR_MISC_PWR_MGMT................(0x1AA) : 0x402000

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- EIST Hardware Coordination........... : 0 (hardware coordination enabled)

- Energy/Performance Bias support...... : 1

- Energy/Performance Bias.............. : 0 (disabled/MSR not visible to software)

- Thermal Interrupt Coordination Enable : 1 (thermal interrupt routed to all cores)

- SpeedShift Technology Enable......... : 0 (disabled)

- SpeedShift Interrupt Coordination.... : 0 (disabled)

- SpeedShift Energy Efficient Perf..... : 0 (disabled)

- SpeedShift Technology Setup for HWP.. : No (not setup for HWP)


MSR_TURBO_RATIO_LIMIT............(0x1AD) : 0x2A2A2A2A2A2A2828

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- Maximum Ratio Limit for C01.......... : 28 (4000 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C02.......... : 28 (4000 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C03.......... : 2A (4200 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C04.......... : 2A (4200 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C05.......... : 2A (4200 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C06.......... : 2A (4200 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C07.......... : 2A (4200 MHz)

- Maximum Ratio Limit for C08.......... : 2A (4200 MHz)


IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS............(0x1B0) : 0x5

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- Power Policy Preference...............: 5 (balanced performance and energy saving)


MSR_POWER_CTL....................(0x1FC) : 0x2104005B

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- Bi-Directional Processor Hot..........: 1 (enabled)

- C1E Enable............................: 1 (enabled)


MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT..............(0x606) : 0xA0E03

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- Power Units.......................... : 3 (1/8 Watt)

- Energy Status Units.................. : 14 (61 micro-Joules)

- Time Units .......................... : 10 (976.6 micro-Seconds)


MSR_PKG_POWER_LIMIT..............(0x610) : 0x7864000148535

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- Package Power Limit #1............... : 166 Watt

- Enable Power Limit #1................ : 1 (enabled)

- Package Clamping Limitation #1....... : 0 (disabled)

- Time Window for Power Limit #1....... : 10 (2560 milli-Seconds)

- Package Power Limit #2............... : 200 Watt

- Enable Power Limit #2................ : 1 (enabled)

- Package Clamping Limitation #2....... : 1 (allow going below OS-requested P/T state setting Time Window for Power Limit #2)

- Time Window for Power Limit #2....... : 3 (20 milli-Seconds)

- Lock................................. : 0 (MSR not locked)


MSR_PKG_ENERGY_STATUS............(0x611) : 0x5BD9ECF

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- Total Energy Consumed................ : 5878 Joules (Watt = Joules / seconds)


MSR_PKGC3_IRTL...................(0x60a) : 0x0

MSR_PKGC6_IRTL...................(0x60b) : 0x0

MSR_PKGC7_IRTL...................(0x60c) : 0x0

MSR_PKG_C2_RESIDENCY.............(0x60d) : 0x11BCAA143E0

MSR_PKG_C3_RESIDENCY.............(0x3f8) : 0x0

MSR_PKG_C2_RESIDENCY.............(0x60d) : 0x11BCAA143E0

MSR_PKG_C3_RESIDENCY.............(0x3f8) : 0x0

MSR_PKG_C6_RESIDENCY.............(0x3f9) : 0x0

MSR_PKG_C7_RESIDENCY.............(0x3fa) : 0x0


IA32_TSC_DEADLINE................(0x6E0) : 0x5541F0EAA3B


CPU Ratio Info:

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Base Clock Frequency (BLCK)............. : 100 MHz

Maximum Efficiency Ratio/Frequency.......: 12 (1200 MHz)

Maximum non-Turbo Ratio/Frequency........: 32 (3200 MHz)

Maximum Turbo Ratio/Frequency............: 40 (4000 MHz)

P-State ratio * 100 = Frequency in MHz

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CPU P-States [ 31 (32) ]

CPU C3-Cores [ 0 3 4 7 8 10 12 15 ]

CPU C6-Cores [ 0 2 4 6 11 13 15 ]

CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU C6-Cores [ 0 2 4 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 ]

CPU P-States [ 23 31 (32) ]

CPU C6-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 ]

CPU P-States [ 23 31 32 34 (39) ]

CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU C6-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU P-States [ 23 31 32 34 36 39 (40) ]

CPU P-States [ 23 31 32 34 36 37 39 (40) ]

CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU P-States [ 23 31 32 34 36 37 38 39 (40) ]

CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 23 31 32 34 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU P-States [ 12 23 24 31 (32) 34 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 23 24 28 31 32 34 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ 12 22 23 24 28 31 (32) 34 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ 12 22 23 24 28 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 (40) ]

CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

CPU P-States [ 12 22 23 24 26 28 31 (32) 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 22 23 24 26 28 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 16 22 23 24 26 28 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ 12 16 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 31 (32) 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ 12 16 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 (32) 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 16 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

CPU P-States [ (12) 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ]

 

[RiggsUSA]

I've followed this guide to the T but I can't seem to get iTunes movies working, the only thing I did not do was E.9.2) SSDT-ASUS-X99-A-II.aml PCI Implementation.

 

[ZondaCDC]

I've followed this guide to the T but I can't seem to get iTunes movies working, the only thing I did not do was E.9.2) SSDT-ASUS-X99-A-II.aml PCI Implementation.

You must turn on hardware decoding

 

[alok0182]

Ok great. Did you do anything to get it to work? Are you using only hdmi / displayport or also VGA?

I am using HDMI and DP to connect, and for me it was working perfectly without doing anything.

 

[x1ke]

Hey I got High Sierra Fully working but having problems with the HDMI Audio
I have the Graphics Card on the 4th PCI Slot

Specs:
i7 5930K OC @4Ghz
Asus X99-E WS
Nvidia 970

hope someone can help me

 

[kgp]

Hey I got High Sierra Fully working but having problems with the HDMI Audio
I have the Graphics Card on the 4th PCI Slot

Specs:
i7 5930K OC @4Ghz
Asus X99-E WS
Nvidia 970

hope someone can help me

Use NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext v1.2.5 if you are not able to properly configure the SSDT + HDAU patch.

 

[x1ke]

Use NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext v1.2.5 if you are not able to properly configure the SSDT + HDAU patch.

I am already using the 1.2.5 Fixup.kext

 

[kgp]

I am already using the 1.2.5 Fixup.kext

And Lilu.kext v1.2.3?

If so, you will likely have to adopt the HDAU patch for your GTX 970.

 

[x1ke]

And Lilu.kext v1.2.3?

If so, you will likely have to adopt the HDAU patch for your GTX 970.

Not sure but I think 1.2.2

updated Lilu.kext now to 1.2.3 but still no hdmi
I think I still have to change something in SSDT Asus.aml but I have no clue

 

[liuhongxin1993]

x99-e-10g ws Unable to sleep, sleep will be reactivated automatically.