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Solving NVIDIA Driver Install & Loading Problems

Hi guys, I've got a bit of a strange GPU issue I really hope you can help me with!


Here's my Hackintosh specs:


OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
Mac Pro 3,1
Gigabyte Z97 D3H
16Gb Ram
Intel Core i7 4790K
GeForce GTX 750Ti >>> upgraded to >>> MSI GeForce GTX 970
(Two monitor setup)


My Hackintosh has been running with very few problems (for video production) for about 6 months, and recently I decided to upgrade the GPU for better CUDA performance and to dabble in some gaming on a separate Windows install.


I swapped out my old GTX 750Ti and put in a new MSI GTX 970. The new card seemed to work perfectly straight away, so I ran some benchmark tests using Valley and Cinebench - both of which gave me great results.


The strange problem I have is that whenever I quit out of either of the benchmark software, both of my screens immediately go blank (DVI = black / HDMI = grey), and the computer seems to freeze. Only a hard reset fixes this. Its strange because I can run the tests for as long as I like without problems, but as soon as I quit the application - freeze.


My question is: do you think this is a Hackintosh / Driver related issue, or possibly something more sinister wrong with the card itself? (I’ve not yet managed to test the 970 with a Windows install yet.)


Many thanks for your help!


Michael.
 
Update to this:

I'm running NVIDIA web driver version: 346.02.03f01, and CUDA driver version: 7.5.22

According to the driver manager the NVIDIA driver is up to date - but I notice on the website that its not the latest version. Could this be because I'm running Yosemite (not El Cap), or maybe because my profile is Mac Pro 3,1 - would this restrict the driver updates?

Thanks,

MBG.
 
embeegee said:
Update to this:

I'm running NVIDIA web driver version: 346.02.03f01, and CUDA driver version: 7.5.22

According to the driver manager the NVIDIA driver is up to date - but I notice on the website that its not the latest version. Could this be because I'm running Yosemite (not El Cap), or maybe because my profile is Mac Pro 3,1 - would this restrict the driver updates?

Thanks,

MBG.
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Since the drivers are specific to the OS X build number you are running you will not be presented with available updates if there aren't any for the current build you are running, usually there is one per build. Check the first post of this thread for all of the drivers listed by OS X build number.
 
slim.jim said:
Since the drivers are specific to the OS X build number you are running you will not be presented with available updates if there aren't any for the current build you are running, usually there is one per build. Check the first post of this thread for all of the drivers listed by OS X build number.
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Thanks for the reply Slim. Any thoughts on my earlier post above (#604)? As my drivers are up to date for the build I have (apparently), I'm at a bit of a loss for troubleshooting this now...

Best regards,

MBG.
 
embeegee said:
Thanks for the reply Slim. Any thoughts on my earlier post above (#604)? As my drivers are up to date for the build I have (apparently), I'm at a bit of a loss for troubleshooting this now...

Best regards,

MBG.
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I am not really sure. I don't run benchmarking programs very often and I am not running Yosemite on any of my machines anymore so I can't really test those drivers. If the card functions fine when doing anything other than benchmarking then I would worry to much about it.
 
So I'm having a popular issue it seems. Black screen and no input half way through boot. I should say this issue comes and goes usually. Usually I uninstall the driver and reinstall and it works for a while, but this instance has persisted for several weeks now and it's driving me crazy.

I'm using smbios iMac 11.3 because I have a lynnfield i5. I've tried other smbios like 14.2 which was recommended and that didn't fix it either. My gpu is a EVGA gtx 970 and I'm running 10.11.5. I've tried all the solutions I could think of or find, including the ones in the thread but nothing is working. Any suggestions? Thanks!
 
It has been a while since i needed help guys. My Z77-DS3H i5 and EVGA GT 740 runs perfectly on El Capitan except that the Graphics is only 1280x800 on a 30inch 2k screen and is driving me nuts.

For some reason it panicked and went into a restart loop for a min and ten went away. on restart i got this report.

Code: 
Anonymous UUID:       2CF3E52A-AE8A-2768-3E93-459765275196


Sat Apr  9 00:32:44 2016


*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80017d255a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8001713298, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000000000000c0, CR3: 0x0000000368232007, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0701ce1722760e0c, RBX: 0x0000000000000090, RCX: 0x0701ce1722760e0c, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff81e4673dd0, RBP: 0xffffff81e4673e20, RSI: 0xffffff8001e9e790, RDI: 0xffffff8028f5ddd8
R8:  0x0701ce44028d41ca, R9:  0x00000000004c4b40, R10: 0x0000000000000003, R11: 0x0000010402400100
R12: 0xffffff8028f5ddd8, R13: 0x0701ce440240f68a, R14: 0x0000002cdfcae87e, R15: 0xffffff8001e9e7a8
RFL: 0x0000000000010017, RIP: 0xffffff8001713298, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00000000000000c0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 2


Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81e4673a60 : 0xffffff80016df792 
0xffffff81e4673ae0 : 0xffffff80017d255a 
0xffffff81e4673cc0 : 0xffffff80017f0233 
0xffffff81e4673ce0 : 0xffffff8001713298 
0xffffff81e4673e20 : 0xffffff8001712bdf 
0xffffff81e4673ed0 : 0xffffff80016edb73 
0xffffff81e4673f10 : 0xffffff80017bcd2a 
0xffffff81e4673fb0 : 0xffffff80017f0a56 


BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Google Chrome He
Boot args: dart=0 nvda_drv=1  


Mac OS version:
15D21


Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 15.3.0: Thu Dec 10 18:40:58 PST 2015; root:xnu-3248.30.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DECC9F02-27D7-31F0-9599-A9EF2873902C
Kernel slide:     0x0000000001400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001600000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8001500000
System model name: iMac13,2 (Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4)


System uptime in nanoseconds: 192733209395
last loaded kext at 4645219888: com.nvidia.CUDA    1.1.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8325f000, size 12288)
last unloaded kext at 102248237693: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    900.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f82c8f000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.nvidia.CUDA    1.1.0
com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb    10.0.9
com.nvidia.web.NVDAGK100HalWeb    10.0.9
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb    10.0.9
com.insanelymac.AtherosE2200Ethernet    2.0.1
org.netkas.driver.FakeSMC    1394
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    272.51.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.4.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.2.13
com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry    1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog    1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV    1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking    4.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    3.1
com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI    3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri    10.1.2
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0
com.apple.BootCache    38
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.8.5
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBOHCIPCI    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    3.1.8
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    163
com.apple.security.quarantine    3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    218.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    272.51.3
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    525
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    108.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.4.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.4.1
com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder    1
com.apple.driver.corecapture    1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    272.51.3
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    272.51.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    204.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext    1.2.0
com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial    3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    11
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2    205.1
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl    3.12.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.9
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    6.0.0d7
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    181
com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice    1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.7.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver    1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.7.7
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBOHCI    1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.8.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI    1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    900.4.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI    1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties    1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    2.0.0
com.apple.security.sandbox    300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity    1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager    1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    417.2
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily    31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore    28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
com.apple.kec.Libm    1
com.apple.kec.pthread    1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
Model: iMac13,2, BootROM IM131.010A.B05, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 3.39 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.11f14
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GT 740, EVGA GeForce GT 740, PCIe, 0 MB
Memory Module: BANK0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, Kingston, KHX1600C9D34GX
Memory Module: BANK1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, Kingston, KHX1600C9D34GX
Memory Module: BANK0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, Crucial Technology, BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE
Memory Module: BANK1/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, Crucial Technology, BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE
Serial ATA Device: Crucial_CT240M500SSD3, 240.06 GB
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: 
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: 2.4G Wireless Mouse&Keyboard
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus:

I have no idea what none of this means but i would sure appreciate some help. Incidentally the audio never worked for me but i don't care as i use an interface for audio anyway. I did the web drivers and Cuda and i am still stuck on low resolution. help please.


My Graphics card report this:

EVGA GeForce GT 740:


Chipset Model: EVGA GeForce GT 740
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 0 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0fc8
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 1.0
Displays:
DS-305W:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
 
Build 1
H67 Board |  i5 3570 |  GT 740 SC
shanece said:
I wanted to bump this question. I'm in a similiar situation with my system. The only way for my system to load is to add the bootArgu nv_disable=1 to clover options everytimes i restart. I could see the Nvidia web driver installed but when i reload and change the bootArgu to nvda_drv=1, it still doesn't work. A

Also, If a change is to made, how do i input it? Im not sure if it's done via terminal or thru a downloaded program. (I am fairly new to this)
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I would love some guidance on this. I have the clover configurator installed on the el capitan. I also have the NVIDIA web driver for 346.03.06f01 installed. I can't seem to get my system to restart even with the nvda_drv=1 enabled and nv_disable=1 disabled.

Slim Jim and any other knowledgable contributors, can you assist me on this question?
 
Build 1
H97M Pro4 |  i7 4790 |  Quadro FX 1800
El Capitan 10.11.4 with Clover is working for me:

Multibeast 8.1 Drivers > Graphics > Inject NVIDIA (YES)

Dual VGA CRT monitors
EVGA GeForce GTX580
GPU Driver Version: 10.10.5.2 310.42.25f01
CUDA Driver Version: 6.5.51 (7.5.26 doesn't work for me)


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