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

[pastrychef]

I tried usb installation using latest version of Mac OSX Mojave and unibeast 9.1.0-8, copying the EFI folder you have onto the EFI partition. When booting from flash drive Mac OS installer seems to be loading but the screen is ridiculously small to the point where I only see the top left corner and can’t resize. My bios settings are configured, and tried restarting my machine. A bit stuck so any help would be great

Thank you


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Have you tried changing the CSM setting in BIOS? What connection are you using to connect your monitor? DisplayPort? HDMI? You can try changing to see if it helps.

I see you have a MacBook in the picture... You can always do the macOS installation on your MacBook then move the drive back to your hackintosh. The way to do it is:

1. Create USB installer without any EFI folder. (Warning: Some users have reported damage to their real Macs when booting with Clover!)
2. Connect your SSD/HD to your MacBook via USB.
3. Install macOS to the USB connected SSD/HD.
4. When installation is done, copy the EFI folder to the EFI partition of the USB connected SSD/HD.
5. Move the USB connected SSD/HD to your hackintosh.
6. Done.

Another alternative is to just clone your MacBook's drive.

1. Connect your SSD/HD to your MacBook via USB.
2. Clone the MacBook's drive to the USB connected SSD/HD using Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!.
3. When cloning is done, copy the EFI folder to the EFI partition of the USB connected SSD/HD.
4. Move the USB connected SSD/HD to your hackintosh.
5. Done.

 

[pastrychef]

i noticed there was old 15 port limit patches in your config.plist. did you leave all those patches for various people and their OS versions? I am guessing that i should delete all of them besides the latest one, right?

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The 15 port limit patches are a PITA. They often break with new macOS versions. So each version needed different patches. Leaving them all there ensures that you will have at least semi-functional USB regardless of which version of macOS you are running. If you look under the "MatchOS" column, you see which version of macOS each patch was meant for.

It's best to do the SSDT for USB and not have to worry about these KextsToPatches anymore. Do the SSDT for USB and you can delete all of those 15 port limit patches.

 

[greenleaf123]

I don't know how your motherboard's USB ports are, so I don't know what you can exclude. Each motherboard has a different layout.

ok i understand. i have the the Strix z370 Gaming-E. but since they are similar I am wondering what your board's SS07,SS08,SS09 do? are they some hidden internal parts in the board that can't be accessed by user. i mean the manual doesn't refer to any more SS port then the usual SS01-06

 

[pastrychef]

ok i understand. i have the the Strix z370 Gaming-E. but since they are similar I am wondering what your board's SS07,SS08,SS09 do? are they some hidden internal parts in the board that can't be accessed by user. i mean the manual doesn't refer to any more SS port then the usual SS01-06

Look at the image on post #1 of the USB ports. SS07, SS08, and SS09 are not used and can therefore be excluded.

The Z370 chipset has 26 ports, but most of the time, they are not all used by motherboards. When mapping out your ports, you will see which are not used and can exclude them.

 

[luckyal]

I was able to overclock my i9-9900K to four cores at 5.1GHz and four cores at 5.0GHz @1.310v. Idle temps are at 36C and full load (Prime95 testing) temps are 85C. I did not try 5.1GHz all cores because I do not want full load temps to exceed 85C.
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so tempted to do get another build going after reading this. If you had an option to swap out the motherboard, would you stick with Z370 or go for Z390?

 

[pastrychef]

so tempted to do get another build going after reading this. If you had an option to swap out the motherboard, would you stick with Z370 or go for Z390?

Honestly, the only thing that prevented me from buying a Z390 motherboard to play with is native NVRAM. I consider native NVRAM as being very important.

If/when native NVRAM is supported on Z390, I will probably get the Gigabyte Z390 mATX motherboard. The reason why I find this board appealing is because of the VRM and I still feel that mATX is the perfect form factor for me.

 

[CP99]

Hi Chef
Is have you ever tried to get hdmi audio output from nvidia gpu with this board? I'm a bit confiused and can't get the gpu audio output working. The onboard works fine though.

 

[pastrychef]

Hi Chef
Is have you ever tried to get hdmi audio output from nvidia gpu with this board? I'm a bit confiused and can't get the gpu audio output working. The onboard works fine though.

Yes. I had to use the now depreciated method from this thread:

AppleHDA HDMI Audio [Guide]

AppleHDA HDMI Audio_v2 [Guide] Most Intel/AMD/Nvidia desktop graphics systems Enables HDMI, DisplayPort and DVI (ex. AMD) audio Supports all macOS/OS X versions: 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10 and 10.9 10.14/System Preferences/Sound/Output > DP audio on DP port + HDMI audio on HDMI port...

www.tonymacx86.com

Look in post #1, Section X (Depreciated method). Scroll down to Nvidia section.

 

[CP99]

Yes. I had to use the now depreciated method from this thread:

AppleHDA HDMI Audio [Guide]

AppleHDA HDMI Audio_v2 [Guide] Most Intel/AMD/Nvidia desktop graphics systems Enables HDMI, DisplayPort and DVI (ex. AMD) audio Supports all macOS/OS X versions: 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10 and 10.9 10.14/System Preferences/Sound/Output > DP audio on DP port + HDMI audio on HDMI port...

www.tonymacx86.com

Look in post #1, Section X (Depreciated method). Scroll down to Nvidia section.

Thanks, I never paid attention to the depreciate section. I'll try it out.

 

[luckyal]

Honestly, the only thing that prevented me from buying a Z390 motherboard to play with is native NVRAM. I consider native NVRAM as being very important.

If/when native NVRAM is supported on Z390, I will probably get the Gigabyte Z390 mATX motherboard. The reason why I find this board appealing is because of the VRM and I still feel that mATX is the perfect form factor for me.

Yes, great point about the NVRAM, I did not know there was no support yet on the Z390. So for now, no way around OsxAptioFix* solution?