MP 1,1-5,1 Help please - upgraded 4, 1 crashing to login screen - GPU related?

[vel0city]

I'm using C4D 19.053 and Octane 3.07 (the last stable build before R.08) on OSX 10.12.6

CUDA Driver Version: 387.178

Nvidia web driver: 378.05.05.25f06 (snappy naming convention they have huh?)

Octane cashes C4d a LOT whenever I'm using Open VDB volumes and volumetric lighting. Have to be veery careful about starting and stopping the Octane Live Viewer in a specific order to avoid crashes when importing an Open VDB, which of course defeats the point of the Live Viewer.

 

[bsbeamer]

Still getting these issues after only using ONE GPU in the system?

378.05.05.25f10 is available for 10.12.6 build 16G1510. Doubt it's much improvement on the driver and was likely a repackage/release for the build update.
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f10.pkg

NVIDIA did change the naming scheme for the web driver with 10.13 to supposedly match the PC versions more closely.

 

[vel0city]

No, sorry, I put the 120 back in the system to do the updates. I was talking retrospectively about the Octane crashes. It's been like this since Create Pro upgraded my system and I just thought I had to put up with it based on what their support told me.

 

[vel0city]

If you're doing MP51.0089.B00 then there's no need to swap anything (you still have both cards installed, right?). Just go to the Mac App Store, search for High Sierra (or find it on the main page), download it, and run it. The first thing it will do is prompt you to update the firmware. The screen provides specific instructions, but basically you shut down the Mac and hold down the power button until you hear a long beep tone and the power light flashes (your CD tray will also open and then close). After you let go of the button, wait a bit and the Mac will eventually restart itself back into Sierra. Then, go into System Profiler and verify that it says "Boot ROM Version: MP51.0089.B00".

Preparing to upgrade the firmware and OS today, just doing my backups to an external and noted the bolded part about the CD tray opening and closing.

The CD Rom on my Mac doesn't work and won't eject. Probably a silly question, but might this cause a problem during the firmware update if the Mac is expecting a response from the CD tray? Just thought I'd ask to be sure.

 

[bookemdano]

I'm almost positive it won't matter. I haven't tested that myself though so maybe someone who has can say for certain.

 

[crjackson2134]

There’s nothing wrong with my DVD drive and the tray STOPPED opening automatically for programming mode a few updates ago. It doesn’t seem to cause any problems. I’m curious though if it has stopped working for everyone with updated firmware, or is it just mine.

 

[bookemdano]

CD tray opened on mine when I flashed 138.0.0.0.0 but haven't tried to flash anything since.

 

[h9826790]

There’s nothing wrong with my DVD drive and the tray STOPPED opening automatically for programming mode a few updates ago. It doesn’t seem to cause any problems. I’m curious though if it has stopped working for everyone with updated firmware, or is it just mine.

My tray still open when upgrading the firmware by running the full OS installer.

 

[crjackson2134]

My tray still open when upgrading the firmware by running the full OS installer.

Must just be my system then...

 

[vel0city]

Just a quick update to say firmware and OS update all went as planned, removed the stock GPU and am now running 10.13.6 and the latest Nvidia drivers and CUDA release.

So now I have only one GPU in this machine, the GTX 1080ti. I have my main 30" Apple Cinema Display connected to the DVI port of the GPU.

Previously my secondary display, a 23" Apple Cinema Display was connected to the GPU that I have removed via DVI. Now, the 1080ti only has one DVI port which is occupied by my 30" ACD. I thought I could buy a DVI>HDMI adaptor to connect the 23" ACD to the 1080, but it arrived today and is the wrong connection - the adaptor and display are both male.

Is there any way of connecting the 23" ACD to the 1080 please? Thanks again for any pointers.

 

[skizzo]

computer monitors use female ports, so it sounds a little funny when you say the display is male

you must have purchased the wrong adapter for what you're trying to do. and getting a male/male adapter is not the kind you would normally want given these type of cables usually have male connectors, while computers, monitors, GPUs use female ports.

you could buy a HDMI to DVI cable m/m. so male HDMI goes into GPU and male DVI goes into ACD
you could buy a HDMI to DVI adapter m/f. so male HDMI goes into GPU and the other end of the adapter is a FEMALE DVI port. A standard DVI cable (male connectors on each end) would be used from the adapter to the ACD. That way you could use your existing DVI cable (making an assumption you should still have one from your old setup)

 

[vel0city]

Thanks skizzo, all sorted now and running both Cinema Displays from the GTX 1080 ti.

The Mac has been rock solid stable since removing the stock GPU, so thanks again to everyone who walked me through this. So good to have a reliable Mac again, hard to believe this machine will be 10 years old in January and I have no plans to retire it any time soon. What an amazing workhorse the cMP really is. The best Mac ever made.

 

[vel0city]

Guys, still getting KPs on this machine. I've got the latest security update installed, latest Nvidia drivers and latest CUDA. But now instead of kicking me to the login screen, the display goes black and the Mac becomes unresponsive. Weirdly, the power light stays on and I have to hold it to reboot.

Any help gratefully received. Thanks in advance.

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80104867e4): "thread_invoke: preemption_level 1, possible cause: blocking while holding a spinlock, or within interrupt context"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-4570.71.13/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:2231
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffffa76628b600 : 0xffffff801046b1c6
0xffffffa76628b650 : 0xffffff8010593a74
0xffffffa76628b690 : 0xffffff8010585d44
0xffffffa76628b700 : 0xffffff801041d1e0
0xffffffa76628b720 : 0xffffff801046ac3c
0xffffffa76628b850 : 0xffffff801046a9fc
0xffffffa76628b8b0 : 0xffffff80104867e4
0xffffffa76628b930 : 0xffffff801048566f
0xffffffa76628b980 : 0xffffff801057f346
0xffffffa76628b9e0 : 0xffffff801041bb0d
0xffffffa76628ba00 : 0xffffff80104f0891
0xffffffa76628bae0 : 0xffffff80104b7573
0xffffffa76628bc10 : 0xffffff801044cc76
0xffffffa76628bc40 : 0xffffff801044d863
0xffffffa76628bc90 : 0xffffff8010470e52
0xffffffa76628bcd0 : 0xffffff7f92ea5945
0xffffffa76628bd10 : 0xffffff7f92efcf71
0xffffffa76628bd30 : 0xffffff7f92fb54e6
0xffffffa76628bd80 : 0xffffff7f92ffa9d4
0xffffffa76628bda0 : 0xffffff7f9365f19f
0xffffffa76628be10 : 0xffffff7f92f04164
0xffffffa76628bed0 : 0xffffff8010a98e35
0xffffffa76628bf30 : 0xffffff8010a975a2
0xffffffa76628bf70 : 0xffffff8010a96bcc
0xffffffa76628bfa0 : 0xffffff801041c557
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.3.3)[92230D7F-69C4-34B2-9B37-2BA3E8131CE1]@0xffffff7f92e9e000->0xffffff7f93516fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D02EA6D7-7A0E-3F9D-B179-75AC2228E449]@0xffffff7f90c94000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(519.21)[8E0EE518-0D53-38C0-B308-2C6CD9EC5B7B]@0xffffff7f92062000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(519.21)[E5B53C5D-BF6E-3D72-9091-A80DFE5426C9]@0xffffff7f9149a000
dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.20.14)[D3CF5F89-2DA6-3F73-995D-F5DDE191E192]@0xffffff7f9179e000
com.nvidia.web.NVDAGP100HalWeb(10.3.3)[66B299E8-CBF2-398B-A290-781A4F8C589C]@0xffffff7f93517000->0xffffff7f936bcfff
dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.3.3)[92230D7F-69C4-34B2-9B37-2BA3E8131CE1]@0xffffff7f92e9e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D02EA6D7-7A0E-3F9D-B179-75AC2228E449]@0xffffff7f90c94000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
17G3025

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Wed Oct 10 23:06:14 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4570.71.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 4C560F2C-3F3C-3423-B806-2C4D39D570A0
Kernel slide: 0x0000000010200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8010400000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8010300000
System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)

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