Especially since that OS has been out of beta for more than a year. You should update to the latest official version of Sierra ASAP, as you're missing a ton of updates (including security updates) if you're still on a beta version of 10.12.
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Especially since that OS has been out of beta for more than a year. You should update to the latest official version of Sierra ASAP, as you're missing a ton of updates (including security updates) if you're still on a beta version of 10.12.
Oh never mind, I thought you said he was running the Sierra beta, not a beta security update for the most recent version of Sierra. Yeah, NVIDIA doesn't do driver updates for beta security updates, only when they actually go live.
There's a new driver out for 17A405:
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.120.pkg
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.120.pkg
Just installed this on a Mac Pro 4,1 with a GTX 770 and HS/SU, seems to be working fine.
Now just waiting for nVidia to hurry the hell up and update CUDA for High Sierra, both the last version of 8.0 and the first 9.0 don't work for me.
^^^^As reported previously, Cuda Driver 8.0.90 is still working for me. But, Nvidia please get the Cuda 9 Driver out
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Lou
Given the supplemental update saga wasted a good 12 hours of my life, I'm keen to avoid doing the same again. If I want to install Windows on a BootCamp partition, will the Windows installer load a driver for my non-EFI graphics card (i.e. I don't have to switch back to my old GTX 680 to install Windows)? Historically, Windows shows boot screens so it seems like a safe assumption that it will load a generic VGA driver for the installation process, but I just want to be sure.
Thanks Lou,^^^^As reported previously, Cuda Driver 8.0.90 is still working for me. But, Nvidia please get the Cuda 9 Driver out
Lou
I was minutes away from putting R9 280X back in when i found your post. CUDA 8.0.90 works in 10.13 for me too.
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Yes, Windows will load VGA drivers so you can go through installation process. If you're installing from Bootcamp Assistant or from DVD you don't need EFI card at all. In first case Bootcamp Assistant will select CD as Statrup Disk, and in second case just hold C and Mac will boot from DVD.
Yea!!!!! Cuda Driver Update for High Sierra is finally here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-9.0.214-driver.html
Lou
http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-9.0.214-driver.html
Lou
Anybody else get a prompt to update to 378.10.10.10.15.120? I ran the update and it stuck me in a boot loop. Once I deleted the startup kext it booted fine but the nVidia pref pane told me the driver was incompatible. This is on High Sierra with the supplemental update.
^^^^No, I don't get an update prompt. But, I did notice this morning that Nvidia's web site has rolled the Web Driver back to 378.10.10.10.15.117. I don't know why they did this???? I'm planning on leaving the .120 Web Driver installed for now.
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/125512/en-us
Lou
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/125512/en-us
Lou
At this point I'm considering rolling back to Sierra as every single nVidia driver so far has trashed my system.
Even rolling back to 117 I can't get it working. I can remote in to the desktop or I can fudge into Windows, but this is broken as hell.
Edit: I did a total driver wipe and reinstalled .117 through a screen share and I'm back online now but the nVidia driver prefs pane is still pestering me to update to .120, which I am not doing. Part of what seemed to have caused the boot loop issue was the fudge I was using to reset the boot parameters to get out of BootCamp and back into MacOS by doing a PRAM reset (unflashed 980Ti, so no boot screens).
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The 120 driver page is here:
https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/125874
Not sure why you think they rolled it back? Both versions are still available for download, as expected.
Anybody else noticing that a PRAM zap on .117 causes a boot loop? Means you have to delete the NVWebStartup kext, remote in to the desktop, uninstall the web drivers and reinstall to get a display back.
There's been an ongoing issue with the stock Apple drivers panicking if you have a Maxwell or newer card installed. You need to disable acceleration using the nv_disable=1 NVRAM variable, per FAQ #24 in the OP.
It's the same for me. Tried with the driver 378.10.10.10.15.117 and 378.10.10.10.15.120 with no success. SIP enabled. In "About this mac", NVDAStartup and NVDAStartupWeb extensions appears as not loaded. Any ideas?
But won't a NVRAM/PRAM reset undo that variable and leave me in the boot loop?
Yes. You'll have to find some way to set that variable. This is why everyone recommends having some kind of EFI card around so that you can swap it in if you ever get into this situation.
Edit: For reference, I had thought that panic issue was fixed in Sierra, but there's some kind of new issue (possibly related) in High Sierra. Yes, it sucks, and hopefully NVIDIA will fix it soon. Deleting NVDAStartupWeb.kext is considered the best workaround for now.
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Yes, but then I did not know I have to delete NVWebStartup kext: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ra-supplemental-update.2075690/#post-25184151
Another driver out today, for 17A405 again:
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.121.pkg
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.10.10.10.15.121.pkg
It's great to see Nvidia actively trying to improve the web drivers. This should put to rest the conspiracy theories that Nvidia has a skeletal staff working on Mac drivers and that they don't care about Macs at all.
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