pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[pastrychef]

But from his post. He advice to remove all the rename patches under ACPI. But from your EFI, these renames are still there.

It doesn't matter. If there's something to rename, it will do the rename. If there's nothing to rename, it won't.

You can put rename William to Billy. If there's no William, it will do nothing.

 

[hackmefrancis]

It doesn't matter. If there's something to rename, it will do the rename. If there's nothing to rename, it won't.

You can put rename William to Billy. If there's no William, it will do nothing.

Okay.
So the Lilu+WEG changes takes precedence? And so all patches from the config.plist that is already being taken care by the kexts won't affect anything?

 

[pastrychef]

Okay.
So the Lilu+WEG changes takes precedence? And so all patches from the config.plist that is already being taken care by the kexts won't affect anything?

I don't know which happens first. Either the renames are done by the kexts or config.plist. Which ever happens first, when it gets to the other, it will do nothing since the renames are already done. It's just repetitive.

 

[filou2toulouse]

Hello,

My configuration is very simple:

motherboard : Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming

CPU : I7 8700k

memory : 64 Go

a ssd for OSX

an HDD for “home” desktop

a DP to miniDP adapter

a Cinema Led screen with sound via USB


I used your 3r5 EFI and below is currently my EFI stable version.

some remaques :

- I must be in 18.1 as in 18.3 I have a problem of display with ghost windows blinking

- I use the "config.plist" version 3.r5 and kext of the latest version of your EFI.

- I did’nt experienced any problem with memory recognition.

The performances look good to me (without any graphic card ):
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The USB ports are all recognized (I deleted the URS1&2 ports because I do not use them)
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Everything works perfectly except the sound:

OSX does not memorize the "audio monitor" output and I have to reconfigure it every time my hack restarts.
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It's not a big deal, but if anyone knows a "magic trick" to solve this problem ...


Thank you for your work which seems magical to me
(excuse me for my "typically french" english)

Hello
noob message for noob
- Regarding my audio problem, I found a solution: I just reinstalled OSX and now everything works well. I think that during the first installation, my USB ports were not well mapped and that OSX did not recognize the USB port of my monitor.
- @"rising1234 Regarding the lag and glitching video problem with UHD630, I do not have any with Pastrychef's EFI 4. If you think that can help you, I can post my EFI.
Thks guys for all
Phil

 

[pastrychef]

Well, the id patching just patches it to the same as it currently is. That's why I thought it would work without (and it did).
The "device ID" in system report stays the same.

The thing is, Clover now automatically patches the ID if it is not a compatible one apparently. So it's would probably just do that anyway?

Give it a go if you have a chance.

I installed 17G2112 and tried without the device ID. The system booted up fine but running VDADecoderChecker resulted in an error and MacX Video Converter reported no hardware acceleration.

Rebooted with the injections and VDADecoderChecker reported fully supported and MacX Video Converter reported hardware acceleration.

Btw, yes, it's cool that About This Mac finally correctly identifies the CPU.

 

[corint1]

It will be in the same directory as the python file.

The first time it finishes it will error out, that is because this build is only meant for the new MacBooks.
Go to content>downloads>28>06>091-53703>xmwnewxext02p8jj3jo2yhbyi175sg6bri (path may be different, just follow the folder structure until you come to a bunch of files in the same dir as "BaseSystem.dmg")
Edit the file "091-53703.English"
Find "var boardIds =" and add your board id to the line.
Eg. the board ID for iMac18,1 is 'Mac-4B682C642B45593E' so the line becomes;

var boardIds = ['Mac-827FB448E656EC26','Mac-937A206F2EE63C01','Mac-4B682C642B45593E'];

Then just re-run the script, it will pass through all the downloads as it already has the files and then complete the creation of the DMG.

Open that DMG, open Applications, then run the install.

Make a bootable usb clover EFI drive. Mine was removed from my boot drive by the install file, so I needed to use a bootable USB and then add the EFI back to the boot drive.

Let me know if that doesn't make sense.

dont work .. the file isnt editable, if make duplicate and rename have this error

Making empty sparseimage...

installer: Error - ERROR_B14B14D9B7

Command '['/usr/sbin/installer', '-pkg', './content/downloads/28/06/091-53703/xmwnewxext02p8jj3jo2yhbyi175sg6bri/091-53703.English.dist', '-target', '/private/tmp/dmg.wDVI89']' returned non-zero exit status 1

Product installation failed.

 

[KingKPS]

This is the first time anyone has reported this problem. Did you make any changes to the EFI? Did you generate serial, board serial, and UUID?

No, no changes at all to the EFI besides in the config.plist. I generated the serial, board serial, and SMUUID but I don't have a CustomUUID. I'm going to try to download the EFI again and see if that fixes it.

 

[mm2margaret]

I installed 17G2112 and tried without the device ID. The system booted up fine but running VDADecoderChecker resulted in an error and MacX Video Converter reported no hardware acceleration.

Rebooted with the injections and VDADecoderChecker reported fully supported and MacX Video Converter reported hardware acceleration.

Btw, yes, it's cool that About This Mac finally correctly identifies the CPU.

You're using a Macbook Pro image, and it worked? Interesting....are you planning to show more of how that would work and how to make it work?

 

[corint1]

I installed 17G2112 and tried without the device ID. The system booted up fine but running VDADecoderChecker resulted in an error and MacX Video Converter reported no hardware acceleration.

Rebooted with the injections and VDADecoderChecker reported fully supported and MacX Video Converter reported hardware acceleration.

Btw, yes, it's cool that About This Mac finally correctly identifies the CPU.

same to me ...just lost time

 

[pastrychef]

You're using a Macbook Pro image, and it worked? Interesting....are you planning to show more of how that would work and how to make it work?

Yes, I'm using the build from the latest MacBook Pro. It's just High Sierra with added support for some MacBook Pro components. Apple also had a special build of macOS for the iMac Pro when it was released. Updates afterwards, unified everything in to a single build. I fully expect the same will happen in this instance.

adenbeckitt detailed how to download it in post #2498 or you can find pre-created installers in the third paragraph of post #1 in the Intel Framebuffer Patching For Mojave thread.

Installation is no different from any other macOS update. Double-click the installer and sit back & relax while it does its thing. It's a full installer so it takes approx 30-40 minutes.