Intermittent freezing on 10.12.6 - 7700k / Maximus IX Hero / GTX 1080

[scope666]

Yes, DP 1.2 is a must! My system did not like any other.

Here's my challenge though, I have 2 monitors, the other one is older and doesn't have 1.2, so do I run both at 1.1, or the newer one at 1.2 and the older 1.1 (mixed)

 

[JCMunsonII]

What can it hurt to try running mixed?

 

[scope666]

What can it hurt to try running mixed?

I'll give it a shot!

 

[scope666]

Well, she finally froze again. Exact same thing, could still move the mouse, but couldn't click on anything. This time it didn't auto recover. Captured this:

Tue Aug 29 11:46:22 2017

Event:               GPU Reset
Date/Time:           Tue Aug 29 11:46:22 2017
Application:         WindowServer
Path:               
Tailspin:            /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/gpuRestart2017-08-29-114622.tailspin
GPUSubmission Trace ID: 0
OS Version:          Mac OS X Version 10.12.6 (Build 16G29)
Graphics Hardware:   NVIDIA Chip Model
Signature:           d

Report Data:

NVDA(Graphics): Channel exception! Exception type = 0xd Graphics Engine Error (GR Exception Error)
Channel Info: [5, 0x7, 0x2, 0xda714]
Version Info: [com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb, 10.1.8, 0x4e554e, 22510759, 378.05.05.25f01, 1]

Resource Manager Info:
4443564e 000000d8 00d85fff 3e24deb4 00000001 00000014 d3793533 46d3a4a6
4614f297 e71edccf 00088301 000000a2 12ea3f0a 080c0a3c 18071000 fe862000
2a0dcefd 1001080b 02808288 01800222 01080e2a 81899010 81052202 08808080
01080f2a 81899410 ad062202 0180808d f22b0a01 260a2812 03839708 80808010
20001801 30002800 47a83800 80c7a840 00480888 81808050 075804a5 030a0060
0a00149a 0713820a 20500118 0a010190 1e13c221 00100008 a880a818 07200bf7
03300d28 a8500038 b188a7e1 0a80406a 00000048 4443564e

Accelerator Event History:
0a0808001a04080010010a0808001a04080010010a0808001a04080310010a2a080012
2608c080021080d0d0c484f0ffffff0118b081c08edc80c00320e9b88080c08d072895
ceb680200a230800121f08c480021080d0d0c484f0ffffff0118b081c08edc80c00320
8180800828000a0808001a04080310000a0808001a04080010000a0808001a04080010
00

 

[JCMunsonII]

Send it to nVidia - maybe they've got an answer...

 

[JCMunsonII]

More searching on that yields a "failing GPU." Hmmm...

Have you tried just using Apple's built-in nVidia driver instead of the web driver and see if that happens?

 

[JCMunsonII]

Another few thoughts...

1. Remove, clean out, and reinstall the web drivers;
2. Check/repair drive permissions;
3. Do you have a standard SSD you could clone to? Perhaps it may be 'drive' related?

 

[scope666]

More searching on that yields a "failing GPU." Hmmm...

Have you tried just using Apple's built-in nVidia driver instead of the web driver and see if that happens?

I don't think that's possible with Pascal (GTX 1080) If it is let me know.

Another few thoughts...

1. Remove, clean out, and reinstall the web drivers;
2. Check/repair drive permissions;
3. Do you have a standard SSD you could clone to? Perhaps it may be 'drive' related?

Other than running First Aid in Disk Utility, I believe Repair Permissions was removed from Sierra

 

[JCMunsonII]

What happens when you click the nVidia icon in the system bar, and choose OS X Default Graphics Driver?

 

[scope666]

What happens when you click the nVidia icon in the system bar, and choose OS X Default Graphics Driver?

You go into a VESA, no graphics acceleration mode. It's pretty much unusable.