[Guide] Mac OSX 10.12 and 10.13 with X99 Broadwell-E family and Haswell-E family

[thenightflyer]

I have the same Mainboard. You have modded bios ore unlock msr with KernelPatch? If You have modded bios can you share the file? 

I deleted the modded file but here there are guides how to patch bios with uefipatch...it's very simple. Here is the post:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285444-uefipatch-uefi-patching-utility/page-96?hl=%2Buefipatch&do=findComment&comment=2277274

[Fljagd]

Hi mano

new optimized version 

 

DSDT.zip

[nmano]

Fixed unsupported GPU Error After Effects with CUDA

1-Install Cuda

2-Edit  to raytracer_supported_cards.txt

Just add your device on top

GeForce GTX 970

GeForce GTX 285

GeForce GTX 675MX

GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 680MX

GeForce GT 650M

Quadro CX

Quadro FX 4800

Quadro 4000

Quadro K5000

 

/Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2015/Adobe After Effects CC 2015.app/Contents/Resources/raytracer_supported_cards.txt

 

 

Fast Draft: Available

 Texture Memory: 1638.00 MB

Ray-tracing: GPU

 

OpenGL

Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation

Device: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 OpenGL Engine

Version: 2.1 NVIDIA-10.13.65 367.15.10.05f01

Total Memory: 4.00 GB

Shader Model: -

CUDA

Driver Version: 8.0

Devices: 1 (GeForce GTX 970)

Current Usable Memory: 2.66 GB (at application launch)

Maximum Usable Memory: 4.00 GB

raytracer_supported_cards.txt

[thenightflyer]

@nmano Same for me, thanks

tnf_ioreg.zip

[Saijohn]

Fabiosun,

 

I won't have time to check FW 3402 for a month since I will be out for business trip.

Will check it out once I get back.

 

hi nmano

could you check this?

Could you help to create a valid DSDT for my system?

I would like to know if using a correct DSDT produces different results on my rig

Thank you

[Fljagd]

where your original DSDT?

[Balamut]

Hi Fliagd.

 

I was wondering if you can take a look at mine too, for dual CPU?

 

I keep getting kernel panic with 121 CPUS but when i shut off hyper treading I got 120 and can pass on to installation screen. I've tried playing with the DSDT and found SCK0-04 and not sure if thats responsible for passing wrong information to the kernel.

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Here is the original ACPI dump from clover.

origin.zip 

[Fljagd]

Hi Fliagd.

 

I was wondering if you can take a look at mine too, for dual CPU?

 

 

Have you put VoodoTSCsync?

[Balamut]

that's the only

 

Have you put VoodoTSCsync?

 

Thats the only thing I haven't done. What would be the value for 2x 22 core cpus?

[Fljagd]

that's the only

 

 

Thats the only thing I haven't done. What would be the value for 2x 22 core cpus?

try with tscsync to 21,

If that does not work,

try with 43 in tscsync

[Balamut]

Same kernel panic with hyper treading on with tscsync

[Fljagd]

Same kernel panic with hyper treading on with tscsync

With 21 and 43?

[Balamut]

With 21 and 43?

With both, for some odd reason OS X doesn't like hyper treading on dual broadwell

[Fljagd]

we can try it in tscsync

22x2x2=88 cores

in tscsyn put 88-1=87

os x can believe that it is a single CPU

[Balamut]

Gimme a few min I'll test it out
Same thing.

Panic with hyper on:


And without:



What really confuses me is that between those two the first one have the double amount of processor ids, but what's funny is that I think os thinks we are in 2040 with 120 core cpus.

Can this be the dsdt issue?

 

 

on the side note, after I've managed to install, i get this, Terminal failes to open and GeekBench doesn't know what architecture it is running on.

 

Oh and on this board I have to specify the amount of memory I've got in the SMBIOS section otherwise it only detects 32gb out of 128.

[Fljagd]

when you boot without hyper threading
What is displayed in "About This Mac"?

[Balamut]

when you boot without hyper threading

What is displayed in "About This Mac"?

 

 

It show 2x the cpu but unknown, I'm working on installing it again, will have the screen shot the moment I'm on the system, but the problem is even with the hyper threading off, the system is unworkable, can't access terminal, and gets some random kernel crashes time to time. I've tried tweaking DSDT with the X99 patches and removing extra CPU stuff from it, but no luck.

[Fljagd]

Have you put a Fake CPUID?

[Balamut]

Have you put a Fake CPUID?

Yup: 0x040674

 

That's the only one that worked for me.

 

The weird thing is that fabiosun have the same CPU just a single one and different motherboard and it installs without a problem, I've even tried his config file just in case. Same results.

 

I guess there is something ether in dual cpus or in the motherboard.

[Fljagd]

I think this is due to the number of cores 44x2
88 cores must exceed OSX capacity management
The motherboard is not in question

osX management capacity would 2F (47) so 48 cores (CP2F)

This is probably why you can not activate the hyper thearding

Edited October 2, 2016 by Fljagd

[Balamut]

I think this is due to the number of cores 44x2

88 cores must exceed OSX capacity management

The motherboard is not in question

 

osX management capacity would 2F (47) so 48 cores (CP2F)

This is probably why you can not activate the hyper thearding

 

Thanks man, to be quite honest I'm fully ok with hyper threading off, my issue is the system instability and terminal crashing

[Fljagd]

delete the cached kernel
and do a repair permissions

[Balamut]

delete the cached kernel

and do a repair permissions

Trough single user mode?

[Fljagd]

no on classic boot

put cache Kernel in the trash

repair permission

Reboot

Edited October 2, 2016 by Fljagd

[Balamut]

Ok thanks man. I'll give a shot.

no on classic boot

put cache Kernel in the trash

repair permission

Reboot

 

Nope, changed nothing, also here is the screen you asked for.