The Perfect Customac-Pro: X99-A II, i7-6950X, 128GB G.Skill TridentZ, Aorus GTX 1080 TI Xtreme

[kgp]

Hi All, 12.5 update for me was a success. This is what I did. Pretty standard.

1) made sure I had a clone of my system drive
2) made sure I had a copy of my mounted EFI folder
3) installed 12.5 update
4) rebooted
5) installed latest NVIDIA drivers, don't reboot
6) reapply AGDPfix
8) reboot
7) Since I have an NVME drive I also needed to follow @RehabMan post #1 (system update section)

** note you need to have git installed. Mine was installed via Xcode/developer tools. Make sure you open Xcode at least once and accept the EULA so it can be cached, otherwise you might get a git error.

There is a dedicated section "MacOS Sierra Upgradability" in my guide how to perform the individual Sierra updates. No reason to refer to @RehabMan post #1 or to summarize once more all individual steps.

I just upgraded my guide with respect to MacOS Sierra 10.12.5. Thanks for confirming full functionality with 10.12.5 anyway!

Cheers,

KGP

 

[kgp]

Didn't did that after the update at all and my nvme drive works like it should on 10.12.4

You should download the latest version of "patch-nvme-master" from https://github.com/RehabMan/patch-nvme anyway and run run "patch_nvmw.sh" with the following command:

./patch_nvme.sh --spoof 10_12_5

Then you should copy the "HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_5.kext" into your /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.12/
directory or system's S/L/E or L/E and remove the former "HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_4.kext".

"HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_4.kext" will also work with 10.12.5, however for all users applying the patch_nvme.sh for the first time under 10.12.5, the actual version of "patch-nvme-master" is absolutely mandatory as otherwise the execution of "patch_nvme.sh" will fail!

 

[toncij]

6) reapply AGDPfix

AGDPfix? Required? I don't remember at all bothering with it...

 

[kgp]

AGDPfix? Required? I don't remember at all bothering with it...

If your system definition is Mac Pro 6.1 and you use a Nvidia Graphics card including web drivers, the AGDPfix is mandatory.
Otherwise you will have a black screen after the boot process.

Cheers,

KGP

 

[arehep]

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...kill-tridentz-aorus-gtx-1080-ti-xtreme.211621


KGP
I think you might find this interesting
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/computer-sleep-slider-bar-missing.222369/
Should work with system definition Mac Pro 6.1

 

[kgp]

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...kill-tridentz-aorus-gtx-1080-ti-xtreme.211621

KGP
I think you might find this interesting
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/computer-sleep-slider-bar-missing.222369/
Should work with system definition Mac Pro 6.1
I just tried but unfortunately it´s not working with sysdef. iMac 17,1

Great, many thanks! Works perfectly with system definition Mac Pro 6.1! I now have restored the missing computer sleep slider bar!

Cheers,

KGP

 

[arehep]

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...kill-tridentz-aorus-gtx-1080-ti-xtreme.211621


KGP
Your build decribtion is almost perfect.
But due to you´re an expert in solar physics
i´ll "only" give the character 9 out of 10 for the lack of a 100% solar driven power supply

 

[xiaodai]

Also to you @xiaodai, welcome inside the family .

It is completely fine if you stay with the first USB standard configuration. I also did

I am still testing whether or not I am able to improve the sleep/wake functionality. Without EIST (PMDvrv.kext), sleep/wake in principle should be stable, at least if you applied steps 1) to 15). I am speaking about forced sleep only (clicking first on the "Apple-Symbol" in the menu bar and then on "sleep"). I did not experiment with "auto-sleep", so you can tick "Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when display is off" in any case in the Energy Saver Settings of the System Preferences. I also ticked "Put hard disks to sleep when possible". I unticked "Wake for network access" and "Enable Power Nap".

If Sleep/Wake does not work at all in your case, better forget about the sleep/wake functionality and stay with EIST (PMDrvr.kext). I do not consider Sleep/Wake to be crucial and deemed necessary, moreover as booting the system nowadays is a question of a few seconds, if you shut down your computer on a regular base.

That after a crash, the desktop is in the state before the crash is normal - the same Apps will be open and running. Also that Chrome says "do you want to recover all your tabs after a crash" is normal. What is not normal is the crash itself. It must be avoided, in the worst case by disabling the Sleep/Wake functionality.

Cheers, man and good luck with your build!

KGP

Hi @kgp! After several days experience, I am still suffering from the random crash which is unbearable. The situation is roughly three kinds.
- suddenly black screen and reboot when using.
- suddenly GUI is stuck, and after some time, all log-in user are log-out. (It seems a reboot but not)
- after sometime idle, the screen goes off. and when it arises again, all users are log-out. (I cannot identify whether the machine is rebooted or the gui is reset)

All these situations are no related to sleep function. So I was wondering do you have any suggestion about that?

Thanks.

 

[kgp]

Hi @kgp! After several days experience, I am still suffering from the random crash which is unbearable. The situation is roughly three kinds.
- suddenly black screen and reboot when using.
- suddenly GUI is stuck, and after some time, all log-in user are log-out. (It seems a reboot but not)
- after sometime idle, the screen goes off. and when it arises again, all users are log-out. (I cannot identify whether the machine is rebooted or the gui is reset)

All these situations are no related to sleep function. So I was wondering do you have any suggestion about that?

Thanks.

No, no suggestion sorry... if you use "OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi" and there are still reboots it might be some memory issue or PCIe card issue. No idea.. Try minimal hardware configuration .

 

[kgp]

KGP
Your build decribtion is almost perfect.
But due to you´re an expert in solar physics
i´ll "only" give the character 9 out of 10 for the lack of a 100% solar driven power supply

hahaha , thanks man!