ASRock x58 Extreme Speedsteping & Sleep

skysea76 · May 8, 2010

After much reading/editing/trying I have finally build a DSDT that work's perfectly, or at least that's what I thought.

I have gotten 2KPs since I've been using it, startup seems to take longer (but that just may be me...) and speed-step, which used to go from 60% to 105% in MSR Tools now goes from 100% to 109.2%. I have updated my BIOS -and re created my DSDT-, but since speedsteping works fine in Windows I doubt it's hardware/BIOS related.

I'll attach the ACPI tables I have used, and a draft for a guide I was writing.

Thank's for any help .

Edit: here are the files. They are attached on the third post.

ErmaC · May 8, 2010

After much reading/editing/trying I have finally build a DSDT that work's perfectly, or at least that's what I thought.
I have gotten 2KPs since I've been using it, startup seems to take longer (but that just may be me...) and speed-step, which used to go from 60% to 105% in MSR Tools now goes from 100% to 109.2%. I have updated my BIOS -and re created my DSDT-, but since speedsteping works fine in Windows I doubt it's hardware/BIOS related.

I'll attach the ACPI tables I have used, and a draft for a guide I was writing.

Thank's for any help .

Hi adrian

We have similar x58 board...

Can I take a look at your DSDT?

(I have already a full working DSDT for my board... but maybe we can resolve common problem;) )

Fabio

skysea76 · May 9, 2010

Hi adrian
We have similar x58 board...

Can I take a look at your DSDT?

(I have already a full working DSDT for my board... but maybe we can resolve common problem;) )

Fabio

Sure! I thought I had attached it, but I forgot, lol. That's why posts should be written with time and double checked. The files are attached, at the end.

The only code I can see that must be related to sleep is:

OperationRegion (BIOS, SystemMemory, 0xCBE90064, 0xFF)
Field (BIOS, ByteAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
{
	S1,	 1, 
	S2,	 1, 
	S3,	 1, 
	S4,	 1, ...

Method (GPRW, 2, NotSerialized)
{
	Store (Arg0, Index (PRWP, Zero))
	Store (ShiftLeft (S1, One), Local0)
	Or (Local0, ShiftLeft (S2, 0x02), Local0)
	Or (Local0, ShiftLeft (S3, 0x03), Local0)
	Or (Local0, ShiftLeft (S4, 0x04), Local0)...

Name (_S0, Package (0x04)
{
	Zero, 
	Zero, 
	Zero, 
	Zero
})
If (S1)
{
	Name (_S1, Package (0x04)
	{
		One, 
		Zero, 
		Zero, 
		Zero
	})
}

If (S3)
{
	Name (_S3, Package (0x04)
	{
		0x05, 
		Zero, 
		Zero, 
		Zero
	})
}

If (S4)
{
	Name (_S4, Package (0x04)
	{
		0x06, 
		Zero, 
		Zero, 
		Zero
	})
}

Name (_S5, Package (0x04)
{
	0x07, 
	Zero, 
	Zero, 
	Zero
})

Method (_WAK, 1, NotSerialized)
{
	ShiftLeft (Arg0, 0x04, DBG8)
	WAK (Arg0)
	If (ASSB)
	{
		Store (WSSB, ASSB)
		Store (WOTB, AOTB)
		Store (WAXB, AAXB)
	}

	If (DerefOf (Index (WAKP, Zero)))
	{
		Store (Zero, Index (WAKP, One))
	}
	Else
	{
		Store (Arg0, Index (WAKP, One))
	}

	Return (WAKP)
}

And:

Method (PTS, 1, NotSerialized)
{
	If (LEqual (Arg0, 0x05))
	{
		Store (Zero, SLPE)
		Sleep (0x10)
	}

	If (Arg0)
	{
		\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.SIOS (Arg0)
		\_SB.PCI0.NPTS (Arg0)
		\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.SPTS (Arg0)
		SBPS (Arg0)
		Store (Zero, \_SB.PCI0.LPCB.AG3E)
	}
}

I have tried playing around with these (ex: changing S2, S3, etc to SS2, etc; as I saw this on a other DSDT) but haven't gotten anywhere with sleep.

I didn't find anything on GPRW in ACPI specs, but I did find _PRW (Power Resources for Wake). In my DSDT, all calls to PRW return GPRW+two hex values (addresses?). Ex: Return (GPRW (0x09, 0x04)).

Files.zip

skysea76 · May 9, 2010

Off topic:

By the way, are you italian?, if so what part of Italy are you from? I'm of italian decent (and have been made a citizen), but I live in Argentina.

Sorry for polluting the forum...

ErmaC · May 9, 2010

Off topic:
By the way, are you italian?, if so what part of Italy are you from? I'm of italian decent (and have been made a citizen), but I live in Argentina.

Sorry for polluting the forum...

Yes I'm Italian from the north near the France...

-------

Try this DSDT I do some minus change for Sleep and Shutdown, retouch SATA and the injectors method :rolleyes:

Fabio

skysea76 · May 9, 2010

Yes I'm Italian from the north near the France...

-------

Try this DSDT I do some minus change for Sleep and Shutdown, retouch SATA and the injectors method

Fabio

My relatives are also from the north, from Lecco more specifically.

It fixed shutdown, SATA seems the same (unless you applied a fix for orange icons, since I didn't try it without AHCIBlock... Sleep still shows 03 (on the "debug LED") for like 10's then it powers off. If I press the power button or mouse it does a cold boot. Windows also shows 03 but just for <1's and pressing the button or mouse brings me to the login screen. Speedstep is the same. I checked it in Windows again (just to be sure) and sure enough it worked, but I noticed that it was using .5 multiplier changes, which would explain how in OS X it can get to some values (133x20.9=2.77GHz), but for example 2.9GHz=21.80x133! My i7 should only go up to x21, so that means that OS X is changing the FSB, right? And also, shouldn't it stick to the P-States? I mean, not got with x20.9, for example? It still won't go under 100% (or 98% to be more exact, I have seen it drop that low). CPU usage in activity monitor is usually around 87% idle. I'm going to do a clean install, to rule out any OS stuff.

I saw you changed DTPG to MCDP, which is something I had been wanting to do, thanks.

By the way, now I can't launch System Profiler or Network Utility, but that might be something else (which is why I want to do a clean install).

Sorry for all the edits

ErmaC · May 9, 2010

...

try delete the "AAPL,slot-name" make show problem and some times sleep issue...

for the PSS try change from this...

[size=1]        Processor (P001, 0x01, 0x00000810, 0x06)
       {
           Name (_PSS, Package (0x0A)
           {
               Package (0x06) { 0x0A65, 0x0001FBD0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x15, 0x15 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0A64, 0x0001FBD0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x14, 0x14 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x09DF, 0x0001A9C8, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x13, 0x13 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x095A, 0x000186A0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x12, 0x12 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x08D5, 0x00014438, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x11, 0x11 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0850, 0x000128E0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x10, 0x10 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x07CB, 0xF618, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0F, 0x0F },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0746, 0xDEA8, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0E, 0x0E },
               Package (0x06) { 0x06C1, 0xB798, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0D, 0x0D },
               Package (0x06) { 0x063C, 0xA7F8, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0C, 0x0C }
           })[/size]

to this...

[size=1]        Processor (P001, 0x01, 0x00000810, 0x06)
       {
           Name (_PSS, Package (0x0A)
           {
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000AF0, 0x00023E38, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000015, 0x00000015 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000A6B, 0x0001FBD0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000014, 0x00000014 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000009E5, 0x0001BD50, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000013, 0x00000013 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000960, 0x000186A0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000012, 0x00000012 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000008DB, 0x000153D8, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000011, 0x00000011 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000855, 0x000128E0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000010, 0x00000010 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000007D0, 0x000101D0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000F, 0x0000000F },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0000074B, 0x0000DEA8, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000E, 0x0000000E },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000006C5, 0x0000C350, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000D, 0x0000000D },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000640, 0x0000A7F8, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000C, 0x0000000C }
           })[/size]

for the _CST look like ok...

try and tell how work's...

Fabio

skysea76 · May 10, 2010

try delete the "AAPL,slot-name" make show problem and some times sleep issue...

for the PSS try change from this...

[size=1]        Processor (P001, 0x01, 0x00000810, 0x06)
       {
           Name (_PSS, Package (0x0A)
           {
               Package (0x06) { 0x0A65, 0x0001FBD0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x15, 0x15 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0A64, 0x0001FBD0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x14, 0x14 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x09DF, 0x0001A9C8, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x13, 0x13 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x095A, 0x000186A0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x12, 0x12 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x08D5, 0x00014438, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x11, 0x11 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0850, 0x000128E0, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x10, 0x10 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x07CB, 0xF618, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0F, 0x0F },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0746, 0xDEA8, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0E, 0x0E },
               Package (0x06) { 0x06C1, 0xB798, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0D, 0x0D },
               Package (0x06) { 0x063C, 0xA7F8, 0x0A, 0x0A, 0x0C, 0x0C }
           })[/size]

to this...

[size=1]        Processor (P001, 0x01, 0x00000810, 0x06)
       {
           Name (_PSS, Package (0x0A)
           {
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000AF0, 0x00023E38, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000015, 0x00000015 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000A6B, 0x0001FBD0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000014, 0x00000014 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000009E5, 0x0001BD50, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000013, 0x00000013 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000960, 0x000186A0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000012, 0x00000012 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000008DB, 0x000153D8, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000011, 0x00000011 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000855, 0x000128E0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x00000010, 0x00000010 },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000007D0, 0x000101D0, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000F, 0x0000000F },
               Package (0x06) { 0x0000074B, 0x0000DEA8, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000E, 0x0000000E },
               Package (0x06) { 0x000006C5, 0x0000C350, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000D, 0x0000000D },
               Package (0x06) { 0x00000640, 0x0000A7F8, 0x000000A0, 0x0000000A, 0x0000000C, 0x0000000C }
           })[/size]

for the _CST look like ok...

try and tell how work's...

Fabio

Removing "AAPL,slot-name" allowed me to open Sys Profiler and Network Utility, but Speedsteping remains the same...

I played around with some gunk, like changing the CPU from i7 (SMCPUtype=1754 or something like that) back to Quad-Core... to no avail.

I put your P-State edit in, and I was able to compile fine and all, but after compiling to an .aml, then decompiling to a .dsl it got optimized (I guess) back to:

Name (_PSS, Package (0x0A)
		{
			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x0AF0, 
				0x00023E38, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x15, 
				0x15
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x0A6B, 
				0x0001FBD0, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x14, 
				0x14
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x09E5, 
				0x0001BD50, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x13, 
				0x13
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x0960, 
				0x000186A0, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x12, 
				0x12
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x08DB, 
				0x000153D8, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x11, 
				0x11
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x0855, 
				0x000128E0, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x10, 
				0x10
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x07D0, 
				0x000101D0, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x0F, 
				0x0F
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x074B, 
				0xDEA8, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x0E, 
				0x0E
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x06C5, 
				0xC350, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x0D, 
				0x0D
			}, 

			Package (0x06)
			{
				0x0640, 
				0xA7F8, 
				0xA0, 
				0x0A, 
				0x0C, 
				0x0C
			}
		})

ErmaC · May 10, 2010

Removing "AAPL,slot-name" allowed me to open Sys Profiler and Network Utility, but Speedsteping remains the same...
I played around with some gunk, like changing the CPU from i7 (SMCPUtype=1754 or something like that) back to Quad-Core... to no avail.

I put your P-State edit in, and I was able to compile fine and all, but after compiling to an .aml, then decompiling to a .dsl it got optimized (I guess) back to:

...

Is normal the code come back to "large" what I post is just for comfort reasing no difference...

But the CODE I post is different from your original...

for show i7 you need update to 10.6.3 and this data

in smbios.plist:

<key>SMcputype</key>
<string>1793</string>
<key>SMbusspeed</key>
<string>4800</string>

if your macmodel is MacPro4,1 update also at the latest MacProAudioupdate1,1 from Apple you can get vanilla SS from this

Fabio

skysea76 · May 10, 2010

Is normal the code come back to "large" what I post is just for comfort reasing no difference...
But the CODE I post is different from your original...

for show i7 you need update to 10.6.3 and this data

in smbios.plist:
<key>SMcputype</key>
<string>1793</string>
<key>SMbusspeed</key>
<string>4800</string>
if your macmodel is MacPro4,1 update also at the latest MacProAudioupdate1,1 from Apple you can get vanilla SS from this

Fabio

I did update the code in the DSDT. I'll change the smbios.plist info, install the update and report back.

skysea76 · May 11, 2010

I did update the code in the DSDT. I'll change the smbios.plist info, install the update and report back.

Now I got something like I used to get: it goes all the way down to 60% but it still goes up to 109%. Also, it doesn't stay low too long, but that could be anything...

Sleep is the same.

I'm curious about what the following code is:

 Scope (_SB.PCI0)
{
	Name (SLIC, Buffer (0x9E)
	{
		"987134512781Genuine NVIDIA Certified SLI Ready Motherboard for ASROCK X58SUPER COMP0101-Copyright 2008 NVIDIA Corporation All Rights Reserved-765289891023(R)"
	})
	OperationRegion (DEB0, SystemIO, DP80, One)
	Field (DEB0, ByteAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
	{
		DBG8,   8
	}

	Device (WMI1)
	{
		Name (_HID, "pnp0c14")
		Name (_UID, "MXM2")
		Name (_WDG, Buffer (0x14)
		{
			/* 0000 */	0x3C, 0x5C, 0xCB, 0xF6, 0xAE, 0x9C, 0xBD, 0x4E, 
			/* 0008 */	0xB5, 0x77, 0x93, 0x1E, 0xA3, 0x2A, 0x2C, 0xC0, 
			/* 0010 */	0x4D, 0x58, 0x01, 0x02
		})
		Method (WMMX, 3, NotSerialized)
		{
			CreateDWordField (Arg2, Zero, FUNC)
			Store (0x88, DBG8)
			If (LEqual (FUNC, 0x41494C53))
			{
				Store (0x99, DBG8)
				Return (SLIC)
			}

			Return (Zero)
		}
	}
}

In any case, I gave an ASRock x58 Extreme, not Supercomputer, how can I change that (is it just the name)?

skysea76 · May 12, 2010

So, the speed-step I'm getting is good enough for me, as long as your sure I don't have to worry about it not being stable or something...

Now the only problem left is sleep .

ASRock x58 Extreme Speedsteping & Sleep

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