ssprod Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 HP Z600 Workstation 2 x Intel Xeon 5620 CPU's Nvidia K600 GPU 12GB DDR3 Greetings.. I have successfully installed and am running 10.12.3 Sierra on my Z600 via Clover Legacy Boot0af in MBR. This is the only method of Clover that would complete the install. F4 was unable to generate ACPI files, I'm assuming based on my method of install, however I managed to extract my DSDT+SSDT vial Ubuntu. Although I've attempted to patch both files, I'm confident that I have not done so correctly. System will respond to Sleep, but immediately "wakes up" on it's own with correct display, usb mouse functionality, and "ejected" secondary and tertiary USB storage drives. After 45 seconds, the drives are re-connected and acknowledged. I would love to get this system running optimally and as fully functional as possible. Any suggestions or advice would be most appreciated. I've attached ACPI and EFI. Thanks very much. Z600 Sierra EFI+Raw DSDT.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 24, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 24, 2017 No Sleep with NullCPUPowerManagement... That's a very basic rule. Setup native CPU power management and you should find Sleep will work much better. Xeon E5520 are Nehalem like 1st gen "i" Core CPUs, i.e. pre-Sandy Bridge generation. As such, activate native CPU SpeedStep with C States + P States generation. You should also remove AsusAICPUPM + kernelPm which are unnecessary for your platform. Bear in mind that 2009 MacPro4,1 were fitted with such E5520 CPUs and is closer to your Z600 than the 2010 MacPro5,1. But you may be forced to use that MP5,1 SMBIOS of course... If you want to tune your FakeSMC: MacPro4,1 -> SMC keys=1.39f5, smc-compatible=smc-thurley MacPro5,1 -> SMC keys=1.39f11, smc-compatible=smc-thurley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssprod Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Thanks so much, Herve. I've removed AICPUPM+kernelPm and am generating C+P States, the system now boots considerably quicker. In going with Native PM, other than removing Null, what other edits do I need to be aware of? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 24, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 24, 2017 You may want to try the FakeSMC tuning: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2673-performance-tuning-with-fakesmc/ But try to monitor your CPU SpeedStep through HWMonitor 1st and see what it does. Install the HWMonitor version that came with the version of FakeSMC you installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssprod Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Thanks again, should HWMonitor show up anywhere obvious once installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 24, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 24, 2017 By default, there's normally a square icon in the Finder's bar. But I know that sometimes, it's not readily visible, in which case try to click to the left of the last visible app icon in the bar. You may then edit the app preferences to display a different icon + other info such as T° and CPU speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssprod Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Herve, thanks that worked. How does this look to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssprod Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Greetings, in an effort to run native power management and tune FakeSMC, am I able to delete NullCPUPM from my EFI Kexts folder? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 28, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 28, 2017 NullCPUPM = no CPU power management, so yes, delete all active traces of the kext after native CPU SpeedStep tuning is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssprod Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 NullCPUPM = no CPU power management, so yes, delete all active traces of the kext after native CPU SpeedStep tuning is done. Thanks Herve, I did delete Null, which led to a KP on boot. Can get around it by checking Asus AICPUPM in Clover Options however. Is that ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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