Recent content by kylec

Chipset, aka PCH, Thunderbolt is acceptable on Z490, but note that the Thunderbolt hotplug implementation that's now available for X299 assumes it is CPU Thunderbolt. In my opinion, the additional DMI bandwidth of Z590 finally makes it possible to design as @etorix suggests, and avoid HEDT...

I'd start your research there. Especially this thread, and the guide linked to from there: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/in-progress-ssdt-for-thunderbolt-3-hotplug.248784/ ASUS is a common choice, and there's a specific thread for that...

No, sorry. Unfortunately, I wrote all of this up, but then I had to stop working on that system with the MSI board.

The card they include is a bifurcator. Or whatever the term is for the 4-way ones: PCI-e x16 to 4x PCI-e x4. So, enable bifurcation on any slot that has this type of thing (but note that some boards do it automatically). I like to reserve the x16 slots for GPUs, so I use the x8 to 2x x4...

However, I should also add that I've seen claims that only the expensive boards with the PEX chips actually allow all lanes to be used in OS X. I'm in the process of evaluating this for myself, now. I'll let you know how it works out with the MSI X299 Pro that I got recently.

BIOSes seem to handle this in various different ways, so you might have to experiment with different combinations of settings. The best behaved will just locate all PCI-e devices and make them available. Some might only show the devices on bifurcated slots (which is kind of the subject of this...

Interesting finding, @GovernorKrell. My understanding is that cold booting clears out the registers and RAM for any microcontrollers within attached devices such as graphics cards. So there could be something that the boot-up process doesn't reinitialize. My X299 system, that I'm working on...

Did you do a cold boot? The message here seems to be saying you have to turn the computer fully off in order to change this setting.

Huh, I haven't seen that. Maybe it could be a BIOS version thing? The symptom makes me think it could be an issue with the AppleRTC. Try following that part of the OpenCore guide here: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/misc/rtc.html

I promise you, 100%, that my EFI folder is just the subdirectories I put on the original post, plus the standard stuff that comes with OpenCore. I'm not going to upload the complete folder. The way I did it is to force people to at least skim through the OC documentation, and I'm sticking with...

If you used my USB map kext, try repeating that part of the procedure from the OpenCore guide. My laptop has the screen that doesn't come with a webcam, so I didn't map it.

Yes, there's something that prevents the keyboard from working with VoodooPS2Controller. Does your battery meter work? I think it involved I2C getting in the way. Sorry, I can't remember the exact steps anymore! I also deleted the touchpad plugin from VoodooPS2Controller, so that the only one...

Okay, something different must be going on. It doesn't show you an option to boot the newly installed system? Just the installer? I don't have access to that complete EFI folder, right now. But I've got the one I used for the Catalina installer, which is quite similar. I'll upload it. I...

I remember something like that happening. I thought the installation had failed, and I think I ran it a second time and it just worked with no changes. Something weird like that. So, I think you're close.

The createinstallmedia info there hasn't been updated for Catalina, so adapt the command that's given for Mojave. Or just do a search and you'll find it.