Stork's MyHero II Build: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z370 HERO X - i7-8700K - AMD RX 580 - Thunderbolt 3

[pastrychef]

@Stork or @pastrychef could one of you help with a problem? I have the iogear bluetooth dongle connected, my system is picking up the apple keyboard and trackpad however, when I disconnect the cables to run them on bluetooth, they are not being picked up. The system shows them, they just won't connect.

I have no idea of how reception is in the area where you are using this Bluetooth adaptor. You can try to minimize interference by (1) plugging the Bluetooth adaptor in to a USB 2 port, (2) avoid using 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, and (3) situating the adaptor as close to your keyboard and trackpad as possible.

Also, did Lilu.kext and AppleALC.kext fix your audio issues?

 

[jackshaq92]

Hi guys,
I recently purchased the same base for this build (Asus maximus x hero + 8700k) but after installing the drivers and the kexts I'm stuck in a boot loop: I see the bios screen, I see the clover menu, I boot from my high sierra installation disk but when the apple logo pops up it doesn't finish loading the bar at about 90% the system reboots itself, and I'm back again.
I tried erasing and re-installing everything, I used the same bios settings, I installed the latest nvidia web drivers, I used the same app for injecting the kexts, I also went and deleted all the numbered folders in efi/clover/kexts except for "Other", but nothing..
One thing I noticed, I don't know if it will be helpful: in your guide you said to change some text in the config.plist file, but I don't have those lines of code so I didn't edit it.
Sorry for the long post, I hope you guys will help me since this is my first build and seeing it fail is kind of heartbreaking.

Ok I made some progress, here's what I did:
1) Booting with verbose helped me notice that the boot got stuck on "Hash data from Me never returned, status=1, doing retry";
2) I searched the issue on this forum and I saw the '-disablegfxfirmware' fix;
3) Booting with -disablegfxfirmware only got me stuck on a screen full of glitchy graphics and colors
4) Searching again and I found that I needed to boot with an invalid platform-id, so I did and succesfully booted!

Now my questions are the following:
- How do I make sure I got the latest kexts installed? I already installed Lilu.kext, but searching for my problem it seems like the issue was this particular kext... Do I need to remove it and re-install it? I did everything with KextBeast;
- Do I need to boot every time with an invalid platform-id? Is there a way to permanently fix it?
- My boot time seems a bit slow now (compared to when I only had Windows installed), will it be this way forever?


Ps: I may be wrong, but it seems like my problems are graphics related.. but I'm still "looking" through my motherboard displayport, I still haven't connected to my 1080 displayport .

 

[pjmartin82]

Hi!

This is my first OSX86 system in a long time so I'm not super into all the details how to do stuff.
Ive just set up my Hero X, Vega 56, i7 8700K, Samsung 960, Fractal Define R6 BenqPD3200U.
Installation went really smooth. High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77).
Im using iMac 14,2 since display port not working on 18,3.
The Front-USB, BackUSB, BenqPD3200U-USB + SDCARD works. (Have not done any speed tests or anything)
iMessage works. But I don't have any bluetooth or wifi yet. Im thinking of buying a T9E and ASUS USB-BT400(don't know if it will work but cheap and I got it in the store downstairs)

As of many here I have problems with my sound. I did follow your guide with

Drivers > Audio > 100/200/300 Series Audio Support
Drivers > Audio > 200 / 300 Series / X299 Audio Device ID Patch

Reboot
on the first run . And second run

Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALC1220
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
reboot

No sound.

Then I tried the: https://github.com/toleda/audio_CloverALC But could not get that to work either.

I can't see any sound card at all. Ill add my plist and kexts that I have in my /System/Library/Extensions if there is something missing or wrong.



Any hints for what to try next?

 

[Stork]

@Stork or @pastrychef could one of you help with a problem? I have the iogear bluetooth dongle connected, my system is picking up the apple keyboard and trackpad however, when I disconnect the cables to run them on bluetooth, they are not being picked up. The system shows them, they just won't connect.

I don't understand "my system is picking up the apple keyboard and trackpad however, when I disconnect the cables to run them on bluetooth, they are not being picked up." The Apple wireless keyboard and trackpad don't have cables...unless...are the keyboard and trackpad Apple Magic 2 devices?

 

[Stork]

Ok I made some progress, here's what I did:
1) Booting with verbose helped me notice that the boot got stuck on "Hash data from Me never returned, status=1, doing retry";
2) I searched the issue on this forum and I saw the '-disablegfxfirmware' fix;
3) Booting with -disablegfxfirmware only got me stuck on a screen full of glitchy graphics and colors
4) Searching again and I found that I needed to boot with an invalid platform-id, so I did and succesfully booted!

Now my questions are the following:
- How do I make sure I got the latest kexts installed? I already installed Lilu.kext, but searching for my problem it seems like the issue was this particular kext... Do I need to remove it and re-install it? I did everything with KextBeast;
- Do I need to boot every time with an invalid platform-id? Is there a way to permanently fix it?
- My boot time seems a bit slow now (compared to when I only had Windows installed), will it be this way forever?


Ps: I may be wrong, but it seems like my problems are graphics related.. but I'm still "looking" through my motherboard displayport, I still haven't connected to my 1080 displayport .

I've never experienced the problems you're having since I've always used a discrete graphics card. So, I can't even think of what you should do.

To check to see what kexts are installed, use this command in the Terminal:

kextstat

This command will list all the kexts loaded. To look for just one, use this command where xyz is the name of the kext (use capital letters where appropriate):

kextstat | grep xyz

As for using -disablegfxfirmware and an invalid platform-id, I recommend you keep digging to see why you need those two parameters to boot successfully. Maybe @pastrychef can help as I'm not that knowledgeable about what you're having to do. (Thanks, pastrychef for your help.)

 

[Stork]

Hi!

This is my first OSX86 system in a long time so I'm not super into all the details how to do stuff.
Ive just set up my Hero X, Vega 56, i7 8700K, Samsung 960, Fractal Define R6 BenqPD3200U.
Installation went really smooth. High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77).
Im using iMac 14,2 since display port not working on 18,3.
The Front-USB, BackUSB, BenqPD3200U-USB + SDCARD works. (Have not done any speed tests or anything)
iMessage works. But I don't have any bluetooth or wifi yet. Im thinking of buying a T9E and ASUS USB-BT400(don't know if it will work but cheap and I got it in the store downstairs)

I am using the TP-LINK T9E in another system, and it works OOB. However, I'm not familiar with the ASUS BT400. I use the GMYLE BT4 USB Dongle that's listed in the Buyer's Guide, Accessory section on the same system with the T9E; this BT dongle works OOB, too.

As of many here I have problems with my sound. I did follow your guide with

Drivers > Audio > 100/200/300 Series Audio Support
Drivers > Audio > 200 / 300 Series / X299 Audio Device ID Patch

Reboot
on the first run . And second run

Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALC1220
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
reboot

No sound.

Then I tried the: https://github.com/toleda/audio_CloverALC But could not get that to work either.

I can't see any sound card at all. Ill add my plist and kexts that I have in my /System/Library/Extensions if there is something missing or wrong.

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Any hints for what to try next?

I hate to say it, but I recommend a fresh (re)install because you did or missed something to cause your audio problem. I just had to use the Two Step method, and it worked.

 

[pastrychef]

Ok I made some progress, here's what I did:
1) Booting with verbose helped me notice that the boot got stuck on "Hash data from Me never returned, status=1, doing retry";
2) I searched the issue on this forum and I saw the '-disablegfxfirmware' fix;
3) Booting with -disablegfxfirmware only got me stuck on a screen full of glitchy graphics and colors
4) Searching again and I found that I needed to boot with an invalid platform-id, so I did and succesfully booted!

Now my questions are the following:
- How do I make sure I got the latest kexts installed? I already installed Lilu.kext, but searching for my problem it seems like the issue was this particular kext... Do I need to remove it and re-install it? I did everything with KextBeast;
- Do I need to boot every time with an invalid platform-id? Is there a way to permanently fix it?
- My boot time seems a bit slow now (compared to when I only had Windows installed), will it be this way forever?


Ps: I may be wrong, but it seems like my problems are graphics related.. but I'm still "looking" through my motherboard displayport, I still haven't connected to my 1080 displayport .

If you have a GTX 1080, your monitor should be connect to it, not the motherboard.
nvda_drv=1 should be enabled so that the system knows to use the Nvidia web drivers.
If you want to leave the UHD 630 enabled for Quick Sync, AirPlay video, etc., set ig-platform-id=59120003.

If you will ONLY be using the UHD 630 for graphics, set ig-platform-id=59120000 and use iMac18,1 system definition.

Lilu.kext and IntelGraphicsFixup.kext can help systems with UHD 630 enabled.

 

[jackshaq92]

Thanks everyone for the help, you are really patient and kind!

Since I was booting without having any nvidia driver installed, I thought hooking the monitor to the 1080 wasn't going to display anything; I'll check as soon as I come home from the office.
I actually plan to use the two displayports on my 1080 to "drive" my two monitors (currently I have only one cause I'm replacing the other), so should I leave 14,2 system definition? And should I still set ig-platform-id=59120000?
Also, do I need to inject nvidia? I've seen the checkbox in the clover settings.

PS: I can't believe all these troubles are given by my gpu

 

[pastrychef]

Thanks everyone for the help, you are really patient and kind!

Since I was booting without having any nvidia driver installed, I thought hooking the monitor to the 1080 wasn't going to display anything; I'll check as soon as I come home from the office.
I actually plan to use the two displayports on my 1080 to "drive" my two monitors (currently I have only one cause I'm replacing the other), so should I leave 14,2 system definition? And should I still set ig-platform-id=59120000?
Also, do I need to inject nvidia? I've seen the checkbox in the clover settings.

PS: I can't believe all these troubles are given by my gpu

If you will be using the GTX 1080, don't connect monitors to the motherboard.
Set ig-platform-id=59120003 and Inject Intel.

System definition is up to you, but iMac18,3 is probably the most popular choice for i7-8700K users.

 

[c0c0p0ps]

@Stork & @pastrychef out of interest some of the settings you have been recommending people for their clover configs are things I don't seem to be using, yet everything is fully working for me - audio, sleep, shutdown, USB3, iPhone charging, iMessage, continuity & Handoff, SSD Trim (although it does slow my boot time).

Is there anything that I really should have in my config for my setup? I don't have any interest in the onboard graphics, only my GTX960 which works fine with lilu, nvidiagraphicsfixup and nvidiaweb true set in config. I set everything the same in my BIOS as advised on page 1 except I also disabled CSM support as I only boot macOS and like clover in full resolution.

I have attached my EFI folder with my serials changed in the config if you could maybe give me some tips on anything I maybe have wrong. I migrated my build from a P55 i7 860 rig so did not clean install or use multibeast. I do only inject kexts via clover and keep my system extensions folder default. Maybe this will even help some others as all my audio and graphics works fine and just did from first boot.

As I say everything seems to be working for me , the 10.13.5 update was a breeze and I have not crashed this rig once working on it all day for over a month now, but if I can change any settings that will make it even better then I would welcome your expert advice.