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

[pentaflex]

It looks good. I don't know why or how you suddenly lost audio. Double check to make sure you have AppleALC and Lilu in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/.

I have these two files. My EFI folder is an exact copy of r4.4.4 (except modifying config.plist with my S/Ns and UUID). I thought I might have a hardware problem so installed Win 10 on a separate drive.

Audio in Windows works fine. In Mojave, System Prefs -> Sound still shows no devices. I'll keep hunting and pecking for a possible cause.

 

[pastrychef]

I have these two files. My EFI folder is an exact copy of r4.4.4 (except modifying config.plist with my S/Ns and UUID). I thought I might have a hardware problem so installed Win 10 on a separate drive.

Audio in Windows works fine. In Mojave, System Prefs -> Sound still shows no devices. I'll keep hunting and pecking for a possible cause.

You can try using audio-id 1 or 3. You can also try clearning NVRAM to see if it helps.

 

[pentaflex]

You can try using audio-id 1 or 3. You can also try clearning NVRAM to see if it helps.

Tried audio inject 1 and 3, no joy. Tried reverting to EFI r3.5, nope. Tried booting into High Sierra from a CCC backup, nope. My Apple TV shows up fine as an output device (AirPlay). Plugged in my USB web cam and it shows up as an input device (mic) just fine. But no onboard output devices. I may have to admit defeat and buy an external USB sound card.

P.S. Cleared the nvram too (`sudo nvram -c`) but that did not help either.

 

[pastrychef]

Tried audio inject 1 and 3, no joy. Tried reverting to EFI r3.5, nope. Tried booting into High Sierra from a CCC backup, nope. My Apple TV shows up fine as an output device (AirPlay). Plugged in my USB web cam and it shows up as an input device (mic) just fine. But no onboard output devices. I may have to admit defeat and buy an external USB sound card.

P.S. Cleared the nvram too (`sudo nvram -c`) but that did not help either.

What kexts do you have in /Library/Extensions/?

 

[pentaflex]

What kexts do you have in /Library/Extensions/?

$ ls -laF /Library/Extensions/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 544 Oct 18 16:52 ./
drwxr-xr-x+ 62 root wheel 1984 Oct 18 16:52 ../
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 24 00:45 ACS6x.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 8 13:06 ATTOCelerityFC8.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 7 07:53 ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 7 07:54 ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Sep 5 2017 ArcMSR.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Aug 31 2013 CalDigitHDProDrv.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Oct 17 2017 FakeSMC.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 3 16:31 HighPointIOP.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Dec 5 2017 HighPointRR.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Dec 15 2017 IntelGraphicsFixup.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Jul 20 2017 IntelMausiEthernet.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Nov 11 2017 Lilu.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Mar 31 2017 PromiseSTEX.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 24 18:09 SoftRAID.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 18 2017 realtekALC.kext/

 

[pastrychef]

$ ls -laF /Library/Extensions/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 544 Oct 18 16:52 ./
drwxr-xr-x+ 62 root wheel 1984 Oct 18 16:52 ../
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 24 00:45 ACS6x.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 8 13:06 ATTOCelerityFC8.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 7 07:53 ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 7 07:54 ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Sep 5 2017 ArcMSR.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Aug 31 2013 CalDigitHDProDrv.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Oct 17 2017 FakeSMC.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 May 3 16:31 HighPointIOP.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Dec 5 2017 HighPointRR.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Dec 15 2017 IntelGraphicsFixup.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Jul 20 2017 IntelMausiEthernet.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Nov 11 2017 Lilu.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Mar 31 2017 PromiseSTEX.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 24 18:09 SoftRAID.kext/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Apr 18 2017 realtekALC.kext/

Here's your problem!!

Delete the following:
FakeSMC.kext
IntelGraphicsFixup.kext
IntelMausiEthernet.kext
Lilu.kext
realtekALC.kext

 

[pentaflex]

Here's your problem!!

Delete the following:
FakeSMC.kext
IntelGraphicsFixup.kext
IntelMausiEthernet.kext
Lilu.kext
realtekALC.kext

Thank you so much. You da man!

I see all the output devices now -- Internal Speakers, two Line Out, Digital Out, and my monitor (DisplayPort). Not getting any sound out of my speakers though no matter which jack I plug them in to. But that could be my set up; I'll continue to look at it.

For the benefit of others, any thoughts on how I got into the original situation?

Edit: Sound works fine now out of "Internal Speakers" and lime (green) colored jack.

 

[pastrychef]

Thank you so much. You da man!

I see all the output devices now -- Internal Speakers, two Line Out, Digital Out, and my monitor (DisplayPort). Not getting any sound out of my speakers though no matter which jack I plug them in to. But that could be my set up; I'll continue to look at it.

For the benefit of others, any thoughts on how I got into the original situation?

Edit: Sound works fine now out of "Internal Speakers".

Use audio-id 2 in your config.plist.
Select "Internal Speaker" in System Preferences > Sound.
Plug your speakers in to:

 

[Jace1981]

There has been some people who had difficulty with the initial install. Most of the time, it's due to USB flash drive or the macOS installer that they downloaded were not the complete installer. But this "dirty" method definitely works and, in my opinion, easier.

Still didn't work just seems to go through the set up and then hits a wall and reboots. It must be the optane stick.

 

[pastrychef]

Still didn't work just seems to go through the set up and then hits a wall and reboots. It must be the optane stick.

You transplanted a drive with macOS already installed on it and it would just reboot?