MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro

Daveiggy · Oct 24, 2020

I bought a hdmi - dvi converter and tried booting via hdmi and no display on the screen again so its not the port opencore is not compatible with my 1280x1024 monitor, but what setting is causing my 3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon to show as 3.33 ghz ??? (unknown processor)

cdf · Oct 24, 2020

Daveiggy said:
I bought a hdmi - dvi converter and tried booting via hdmi and no display on the screen again so its not the port opencore is not compatible with my 1280x1024 monitor, but what setting is causing my 3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon to show as 3.33 ghz ??? (unknown processor)

The unknown processor issue is strange. As a first step, you could try manually setting the processor type. See, for example,

OpenCore on the Mac Pro

You make it too complicated, all you need is just this in the PlatformInfo section. You better simply use a Text Editor to do that. PlatformInfo Automatic SMBIOS BoardProduct Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 ProcessorType...

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startergo · Oct 24, 2020

Daveiggy said:
Well I asked a few pages back why my install wont show a boot screen on an old studio display via dvi but will on my tv via hdmi and why does my cpu now show as ??? and nobody could be bothered to help. So I can see why a facebook page would be a good idea I mean if its a simple fix and im a moron for not being able to work it out I thought someone would take great delight in showing me how thick I am and tell me the settings to change in the config file. Posts here just seem to get lost, Ive given up now and will do without a boot screen as I'm sick of the hassle of swapping boot drives to remove opencore everytime it fails to boot after I change something.

I use this active display port to DVI adapter and have no issues with my DVI monitors:

UGREEN Active DP to DVI Male to Female Adapter Eyefinity Technology 4K Resolution for Blu-ray, PC, Graphics Card to Connect HDTV, Display, Projector, and Multiple Monitors

www.amazon.com

naerct · Oct 25, 2020

startergo said:
I use this active display port to DVI adapter and have no issues with my DVI monitors:

UGREEN Active DP to DVI Male to Female Adapter Eyefinity Technology 4K Resolution for Blu-ray, PC, Graphics Card to Connect HDTV, Display, Projector, and Multiple Monitors

UGREEN Active DP to DVI Male to Female Adapter Eyefinity Technology 4K Resolution for Blu-ray, PC, Graphics Card to Connect HDTV, Display, Projector, and Multiple Monitors

www.amazon.com

On my 12-core, I have two pretty ancient screens. One is a decent Dell adjusted for the web, and the other is a high end NEC, with internal LUTs and hi bit conversions which I use for professional printing. Both are connected with DVI, and Opencore and it's bootpicker show up every time, with the background color and the later graphic picker too. My biggest problem was to get Opencore and macOS to boot on the same screen, so I can keep the NEC off until I need it. I am also wrought that spell checker turns bootpicker to bootlicker, every time...

0134168 · Oct 25, 2020

startergo said:
I use this active display port to DVI adapter and have no issues with my DVI monitors:

UGREEN Active DP to DVI Male to Female Adapter Eyefinity Technology 4K Resolution for Blu-ray, PC, Graphics Card to Connect HDTV, Display, Projector, and Multiple Monitors

UGREEN Active DP to DVI Male to Female Adapter Eyefinity Technology 4K Resolution for Blu-ray, PC, Graphics Card to Connect HDTV, Display, Projector, and Multiple Monitors

www.amazon.com

What mac has a display port out??

startergo · Oct 25, 2020

******* said:
What mac has a display port out??

3 display ports and 1 HDMI

0134168 · Oct 25, 2020

Hope it works.

naerct · Oct 25, 2020

startergo said:
3 display ports and 1 HDMI
View attachment 973944

I was going to say I was puzzled by the question. My 580 has only one DVI, so I have to adapt my second monitor's DVI cable to display port. I think the question is: are there any Metal cards that don't have Display Port.

tsialex · Oct 25, 2020

naerct said:
I was going to say I was puzzled by the question. My 580 has only one DVI, so I have to adapt my second monitor's DVI cable to display port. I think the question is: are there any Metal cards that don't have Display Port.

Yes, one example is the Asus fan-less GT710 with 4 HDMI that people use to replace GT120. It's cheap and works fine, but slow, with Mojave.

ASUS Launches An Old GPU: The NVIDIA GT 710 with Four 4K HDMI Ports

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OneyedK · Oct 25, 2020

Thanks for the excellent guide!

Installing and configuring OpenCore and Catalina was a breeze…
Bootpicker works fine, both in simple and graphical mode with my GTX680 Mac Edition.

I replaced the GTX680 with a Sapphire Radeon RX580 Nitro+ (part number changed to 113-4E353BU-O4E) and adjusted config.plist accordingly.
As to be expected, no bootpicker on any of the outputs (DVI, 2xHDMI, 2xDP), no matter what parameters I change…
(output only activates right before login screen)

Once booted, both Mojave and Catalina work as designed…

Switched back to the GTX680 until I get my hands on a real PULSE.

cdf · Oct 25, 2020

OneyedK said:
I replaced the GTX680 with a Sapphire Radeon RX580 Nitro+ (part number changed to 113-4E353BU-O4E) and adjusted config.plist accordingly.
As to be expected, no bootpicker on any of the outputs (DVI, 2xHDMI, 2xDP), no matter what parameters I change…
(output only activates right before login screen)

The bootscreen doesn't work because you modified your card's firmware to change its part number. Perhaps consider flashing back the original firmware.

startergo · Oct 25, 2020

cdf said:
The bootscreen doesn't work because you modified your card's firmware to change its part number. Perhaps consider flashing back the original firmware.

Also he can inject whatever device properties he wants through OC, even the part number.

cdf · Oct 25, 2020

startergo said:
Also he can inject whatever device properties he wants through OC, even the part number.

Actually, this is something I've overlooked. Is there still any benefit to the Orinoco framebuffer?

startergo · Oct 25, 2020

cdf said:
Actually, this is something I've overlooked. Is there still any benefit to the Orinoco framebuffer?

That is what I am using instead of radeonboost kext.

Tired of low Geekbench scores? Use RadeonBoost!

I just tested 2 identical cards (but different Vbios) with the Orinoco: On one of them one of the display ports does not output. Otherwise everything else does. That one is actually flashed by MVC. Also from a regshot: "CFG_APER_MODE" = 1 | "ATY,TileInfo" = | "IOInterruptSpecifiers"...

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Tired of low Geekbench scores? Use RadeonBoost!

10.15.5 OC device properties injection even with VMM flag on. Excellent results: DeviceProperties Add PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0) @0,name QVRZLE9yaW5vY28=...

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h9826790 · Oct 25, 2020

cdf said:
Actually, this is something I've overlooked. Is there still any benefit to the Orinoco framebuffer?

Not for Nitro+, not even match the ports

OneyedK · Oct 25, 2020

h9826790 said:
Not for Nitro+, not even match the ports

Didn't know that, thanks...
I'll flash it back with the original rom and give it another go!

eksu · Oct 25, 2020

I am using an XFX GTR Black Edition RX 580, and cannot get any OpenCore video output on the vbios the card came with in both positions nor by flashing anything from Tech Power Up.

Is there any workaround for this available?

cdf · Oct 25, 2020

startergo said:

Installed Big Sur beta 10 (20A5395g) on an empty SSD from Catalina 10.15.7 with full installer offered from the update assistant.
View attachment 968298
These are the SMBIOS settings:

Code:

    <key>PlatformInfo</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Automatic</key>
        <false/>
        <key>SMBIOS</key>
        <dict>
            <key>BIOSReleaseDate</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BIOSVendor</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BIOSVersion</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BoardAssetTag</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BoardLocationInChassis</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BoardManufacturer</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BoardProduct</key>
            <string>Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94</string>
            <key>BoardSerialNumber</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>BoardType</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
            <key>BoardVersion</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>ChassisAssetTag</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>ChassisManufacturer</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>ChassisSerialNumber</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>ChassisType</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
            <key>ChassisVersion</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>FirmwareFeatures</key>
            <data>N+EP6AAAAAA=</data>
            <key>FirmwareFeaturesMask</key>
            <data>P/8f/wAAAAA=</data>
            <key>MemoryFormFactor</key>
            <integer>9</integer>
            <key>PlatformFeature</key>
            <integer>65535</integer>
            <key>ProcessorType</key>
            <integer>1281</integer>
            <key>SmcVersion</key>
            <data></data>
            <key>SystemFamily</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>SystemManufacturer</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>SystemProductName</key>
            <string>iMacPro</string>
            <key>SystemSKUNumber</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>SystemSerialNumber</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>SystemUUID</key>
            <string></string>
            <key>SystemVersion</key>
            <string></string>
        </dict>
        <key>UpdateDataHub</key>
        <false/>
        <key>UpdateNVRAM</key>
        <false/>
        <key>UpdateSMBIOS</key>
        <true/>
        <key>UpdateSMBIOSMode</key>
        <string>Create</string>

Code:

csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: unknown (Custom Configuration).

Configuration:
    Apple Internal: disabled
    Kext Signing: disabled
    Filesystem Protections: disabled
    Debugging Restrictions: disabled
    DTrace Restrictions: disabled
    NVRAM Protections: disabled
    BaseSystem Verification: enabled

This is an unsupported configuration, likely to break in the future and leave your machine in an unknown state.

nvram 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:csr-active-config
7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:csr-active-config    w%08%00%00

I noticed that you used "iMacPro" instead of "iMacPro1,1" for SystemProductName. Was this intentional? Also, did you try installing with SIP on?

cdf · Oct 25, 2020

eksu said:
I am using an XFX GTR Black Edition RX 580, and cannot get any OpenCore video output on the vbios the card came with in both positions nor by flashing anything from Tech Power Up.

Is there any workaround for this available?

Unfortunately, it seems that users have had mixed results with XFX cards. Some have a bootscreen, some no bootscreen, and others weird colors. Hopefully somebody with the same card can chime in.

startergo · Oct 25, 2020

cdf said:
I noticed that you used "iMacPro" instead of "iMacPro1,1" for SystemProductName

mistake. Although it worked with it.
Edit: Corrected

Alex-IN · Oct 26, 2020

Icons in Big Sur styles.

paalb · Oct 26, 2020

paalb said:
I am just starting on a second MacPro I would like to have HW acceleration and bootpicker on with only Mojave just now. I am getting to know Catalina on the first I installed.

MacPro 5,1 (Mid 2010)
2 x 2,66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
Asus Radeon RX 580 8 GB graphics

HighPoint SSD7101A-1 with two Samsung 970 Pro
One Samsung 970 Pro as startup and one as cache.

I have one question to the WikiPost. What is the reason for “Making External Drives Internal”? Since I have the HighPoint SSD7101A-1 that the OS treats as external, I wonder if this is something I should do?

I still have a question to the wiki post: What is the reasons for “Making External Drives Internal”? Need no long explanation, just some keywords for Google.

PeterHolbrook · Oct 26, 2020

paalb said:
I still have a question to the wiki post: What is the reasons for “Making External Drives Internal”? Need no long explanation, just some keywords for Google.

I think it's purely cosmetic. Make the icons of the relevant disk look like the relevant icons for internal drives.

naerct · Oct 26, 2020

paalb said:
I still have a question to the wiki post: What is the reasons for “Making External Drives Internal”? Need no long explanation, just some keywords for Google.

The cMPs label PCI drives as external, and you can now change that. I skipped that change since my four internal SSDSs are differentiated from the spindles in the six drive bays.

OneyedK · Oct 26, 2020

cdf said:
The bootscreen doesn't work because you modified your card's firmware to change its part number. Perhaps consider flashing back the original firmware.

I can confirm that your diagnosis was correct

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX580 8GB (part number 113-1E3660U-O51) flashed with it's original rom
displays bootpicker, both in simple and graphical mode. Bootscreen also displayed (apple with progress bar).

Card perfectly detected in Mojave and Catalina...

Next time I'm bored with this perfectly working mac, I'll read the manual of OpenCore

!!! Thanks !!!

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