Tiny Turd Node202: ASrock Z370 Fatal1ty Gaming Mini-ITX/ac | i7-8700K | 16GB | UHD 630 | High Sierra

[His_Tudness]

Great! Glad I could help.

Huh?! Oh, contrare. Helping others is why were here.

And yet, only "tonymac guides" (which don't work for everybody or are not the best option) are allowed.

 

[P1LGRIM]

And yet, only "tonymac guides" (which don't work for everybody or are not the best option) are allowed.

That is not the case but links to websites that promote piracy are not allowed as per the rules.

 

[His_Tudness]

No such links.

 

[BFACTOR]

MultiBeast causing USB3 to fail?

Your build was an inspiration and I went with the ASRock Z370 Fatil1ty m-itx with i7-8700K (no overclock).
This is my first build and all went well following the instructions and your guidance but am noticing
a few nuances. The most important one is that after I use MultiBeast my USB3 ports stop working.

In short I do a clean install on a formatted 2TB drive (have done this several times). Both USB 3 ports
can mount my HFS+ formatted flash drive. DO nothing else but run MultiBeast and then when I reboot
the USB3 ports don't recognize the flash drive anymore.

I have been searching all over and am not confident the other solutions mentioned for other boards
would help my issue.

Grateful for any guidance and have no issue in going re-installations if necessary so you know all is clean.

MultiBeast:
UFEI Boot mode (successfully rebooted straight to login screen)
Realtek AL1220 (even with this my audio doesn't work yet)
FakeSMC, FakeSMC Plugins, FakeSMC HW Monitor (monitor works for temp & fans)
IntelMausiEthernet v2.3.0 (Enet works great before & after)
USB (***No additions at all***)
Intel HD 6xx + Intel graphics Fixup (I have a coffee lake 8700k)
iMac 14,2

 

[His_Tudness]

I don't recommend using MultiBeast. I got no issues, using a Clover method.

 

[BFACTOR]

I don't recommend using MultiBeast. I got no issues, using a Clover method.

This is my first build. I apologize for not realizing what a "Clover method" is.
I also updated my post with more details if that helps.
Thank you.

 

[His_Tudness]

By "Clover method" I mean no UniBeast or MultiBeast. Just the standard Clover bootloader, no messing about in the /Library/Extensions or anywhere else in the system. Just Clover and the correct drivers and patches in the EFI partition on the boot drive.

 

[BFACTOR]

By "Clover method" I mean no MultiBeast or MultiBeast. Just the standard Clover bootloader, no messing about in the /Library/Extensions or anywhere else in the system. Just Clover and the correct drivers and patches in the EFI partition on the boot drive.

I'll try to learn that approach. In your build you did use MultiBeast (and I followed your choices).
The load/boot/run for High Sierra is going easily (using UniBeast). Just those few changes in MultiBeast seem to cause USB3 back ports to stop.
Thank you.

 

[BFACTOR]

Yeah. Something is preventing me from editing my original post. MultiBeast is crap. That's why I tell everybody to go with the Clover method. I think they offer that, or similar now on this site: https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/categories/clover-builds.12/

Over the last week I have come to the same conclusion. It seems that Multibeast is a good way to get started, but that it isn't as well tested or updated nearly enough to be confident it will do what we need on the most recent type hardware (Z370 in particular). I am still trying to understand Clover (the program and components) - not enough docs so I am learning by trial and error. Would it be possible to get screen shots of your individual Clover pages (I know most people tend to post the text versions of what they did, but I am having difficulty translating those files into which check boxes I should utilize).

In particular What are the minimal clover settings to equate to what Multibeast wants to do - in order to just get the boot to be correct (before I go and improve the graphics/usb-3/ethernet kexts.

I am also trying to understand where if there is an importance as to where I place the kexts. My instinct is to put them all in the EFI, but some people put some of them in the /Library/Extensions folder - what are your thoughts?

Grateful for your guidance.

 

[His_Tudness]

I don't put anything in /Library/Extensions. All in EFI.