[GUIDE] Sierra on the GA-Z170X-UD3

[Rosto]

You can also try moving to F21.

How long have you ran on F21 bios? Any issues?

Thanks

 

[bugsyraz]

How long have you ran on F21 bios? Any issues?

Thanks

I've been running F21 for a month now and it's stable.

 

[Rosto]

I've been running F21 for a month now and it's stable.

I will definitely look into it. Have you modified the USB-SSDT as suggested by cnrd?

Thanks for helping out

For anyone who have problems with my USB script after updating the BIOS to F20 please try this:

Open the USB-SSDT in MaciASL (RehabMan-MaciASL-2016-0423.zip)

Remove these two lines:

External (HUBC, IntObj)    // (from opcode)
External (UMAP, IntObj)    // (from opcode)

Replace these lines:

    Scope (\_SB)
    {
        Method (_INI, 0, NotSerialized)  // _INI: Initialize
        {
            Store ("Method \\_SB._INI Called", Debug)
            Store (***SOMEHEXCODE***, \HUBC)
            Store (***SOMEOTHERHEXCODE***, \UMAP)
        }
    }

with:

    Name (HUBC, ***SOMEHEXTCODE***)
    Name (UMAP, ***SOMEOTHERHEXCODE***)

By: ***SOMEHEXCODE*** and ***SOMEOTHERHEXCODE*** I mean, there is a value there, on mine it's: 0xC243 and 0x013C, copy those and use them in the replaced code (Use your own, those are only an example).

The problem is there because Gigabyte changed some of their ACPI code in the F20 BIOS (They removed the HUBC and UMAP from DSDT, which means we can no longer write these values to the fields in the DSDT).

 

[bugsyraz]

I will definitely look into it. Have you modified the USB-SSDT as suggested by cnrd?

Thanks for helping out

Yes, I was having problems with the USB devices randomly not being recognized and after I did that everything works fine.

 

[Rosto]

Yes, I was having problems with the USB devices randomly not being recognized and after I did that everything works fine.

Loaded F21 bios but rear USB 3 ports still not working. No improvement with original USB-SSDT.aml file and modified one.

I noticed you put up your kexts and clover configuration for bios F21 on page 28. I will try these out in the coming days.
On what files do I need to change the serial?

Thanks

 

[Rosto]

USB 3 back ports still not working after many more attempts.

I would appreciate if someone could share their EFI folder running on bios F20 or F21 and possibly list any variables that may need to be changed.

Thanks

 

[Rosto]

EDIT: Managed to have USB 3.0 ports on back of motherboard working with F21 bios.

I don't know if this is the proper way to do it but I used Multibeast and checked Increase Max Port Limit which:

Enables USB 2.0 and 3.0 support on 9/100 Series motherboards. Adds Raise Port Limit Patch to Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist and installs USBInjectAll.kext to /Library/Extensions.

<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>Increase 15 port limit to 26 in AppleUSBXHCIPCI</string>
<key>Find</key>
<data>
g710////EA==
</data>
<key>Name</key>
<string>AppleUSBXHCIPCI</string>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>
g710////Gw==
</data>
</dict>

 

[bugsyraz]

That's pretty weird. I don't see how this motherboard responds differently since you've used this guide step by step as I did and everything works fine.

 

[Rosto]

That's pretty weird. I don't see how this motherboard responds differently since you've used this guide step by step as I did and everything works fine.

At one point I was suspecting that it wasn't a revision 1.0, but it looks like it is.
I picked this motherboard because it had a guide and was also part of the Buyer's Guide and I was expecting an easy installation, but it gave me quite a hard time.

Anyways, so far it is running well, will see in the coming weeks how it behaves.

 

[bugsyraz]

Same reasons for me, although i should have got a thunderbolt version.

Today I've had two random restarts while working. I can't quite pinpoint the reason. Is there any place I could look to see why these restarts happened?