success sierra on asus sabertooth x58

[dddirtman]

i first changed my machine to imac 14.2
downloaded the files (based on my system)
downloaded the beta (after setting to iMac 14.2)
generated the installer usb based in my setup
for x58 i only needed to add PctrootUID=0 the get to installer
after install booted ok
but....when i installed the nvidia web driver(for sierra)
no booting i get the black background with the white apple. progress bar goes half way then reboots
in obviously missing a setting or kext....
a work in progress....
methinks a little more reading.....

 

[KONKY1]

Did you set nvda_drv=1 in your config.plist?

 

[kissandtellMAC74]

Will the same config.plist file provided by Tonymac for El Capitan on x58 boards work?

 

[Going Bald]

Will the same config.plist file provided by Tonymac for El Capitan on x58 boards work?

Should work if you change the Mac System Definition to iMac14,2 or MacPro5,1. If you use MacPro5,1 you need the patch for AppleTyMCEDriver to keep the kext from causing KP on boot.

 

[Sennen]

I've found I get a significantly higher Geekbench score with MacPro5,1 than iMac14,2, keeping everything apart from SMBIOS in config.plist the same. MacPro5,1 is approximately 50% higher in single and multi-core 64-bit, bringing the results back in-line with those obtained in El Capitan/MacPro3,1.

 

[Going Bald]

I've found I get a significantly higher Geekbench score with MacPro5,1 than iMac14,2, keeping everything apart from SMBIOS in config.plist the same. MacPro5,1 is approximately 50% higher in single and multi-core 64-bit, bringing the results back in-line with those obtained in El Capitan/MacPro3,1.

I agree - iMac14,2 is not the best system definition for an X58 based build. My sig build gets the following with Geekbench 64bit with a MacPro5,1 system definition

I could probably up that with a Xeon 6 core but I do not need to. So far it has held up to everything I have thrown at ti for the last 6 going on 7 years.

 

[dddirtman]

i first changed my machine to imac 14.2
downloaded the files (based on my system)
downloaded the beta (after setting to iMac 14.2)
generated the installer usb based in my setup
for x58 i only needed to add PctrootUID=0 the get to installer
after install booted ok
but....when i installed the nvidia web driver(for sierra)
no booting i get the black background with the white apple. progress bar goes half way then reboots
in obviously missing a setting or kext....
a work in progress....
methinks a little more reading.....

oops

 

[dddirtman]

sierra running well so far (iMac 14,2)
nvidia web driver working well
alc-120 audio script as well..
only may lan is no good (realtek 8111).
tried the new multibeast to no avail
using usb wifi for now...

but 11.12 running well for this older build

 

[Sennen]

only may lan is no good (realtek 8111)

Have you tried RealtekRTL8111.kext?

 

[Sennen]

This is what I get at the moment in Sierra; i7-920 at stock speed, MacPro5,1 system definition