[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

Hello guys, hey @CaseySJ I have a question, Why every time I turn on the PC i need to unplug and plug again the HDMI cable? other wise I loose signal.
Any Idea why is doing this?
Also whats better HDMI to HDMI or DPort to HDMI? My monitor just offer HDMI, but the Radeon RX580 offer both.
Thanks for your help.

It seems (based on anecdotal evidence from this site) that the monitor itself can be the problem. Older monitors, and especially those with VGA and DVI inputs, are somewhat troublesome. Monitors with at least one DP input tend to have the fewest problems.

You can certainly try a DP to HDMI cable. You can also test the onboard HDMI port, but that will require changing SMBIOS and platform ID to non-headless. You can also try an AGDP patch or one of the agdpmod arguments as described in my reply above to mattbatt. And if you have a monitor with both DP and HDMI, try that as well.

 

[qmediaservices]

Hey thanks man for your help. I will try that.

 

[archalys]

I'm stuck at the phase 2 install. I can get it to come up but it just says 15 minutes and has no progress. I am using the board from the op but with one exception I'm trying to do the install with a GTX 780, waiting for the RADEON VII to get delivered and the 10.14.5 support for it.

Do you think I should try with the iGPU? Or any other suggestions?


Also, major props on the most in depth guild I've seen! THANK YOU!!

 

[TooMuchPlaying]

Which Broadcom card are you using? The BCM94360 series will work without any drivers or patch RAM or fix-up kexts. There can be signal attenuation issues due to any combination of:

• Low gain / low quality antennas.
• Metal surfaces / other obstructions between the antenna and router / wireless device.

Some suggestions:

• Please post a screenshot of “System Information —> WiFi” (you may redact any private info) and “Bluetooth”
• It’s may be possible to connect the relocatable antenna that comes in the Designare box to two of the antenna connectors on the WiFi card. That can boost the signal to local Bluetooth devices.
• It’s also possible to purchase high gain antennas, but this should only be done once signal attenuation is found to be the cause.
• If you have another computer or smartphone in the same location as the antennas, you can check it’s signal strength / transfer speed from that location.

I bought the broadcom card and the 1x adapter you linked to in this guide.
This new hack is sitting right next to my 2013 mac pro and a gaming tower. I don't believe signal attenuation is a problem as my router is on the other side of this room and both those computers have no wifi issues. I've gamed a lot over my wifi and experienced no problems, and I've been using my mac pro for multiple years in the same spot again with no connectivity issues.

 

[mickguz]

Hello @mickguz,

Have you copied the file "SSDT-Z390-DESIGNARE-RX580-V2.aml" to your CLOVER/ACPI/patched folder? This file renames the device from:

• RX 580

to

• AMD RX 580

From what I understand, Adobe Premiere Pro prioritizes the GPU whose name appears first alphabetically. So if you have both the MSI Armor RX 580 and the Intel UHD 630 active, the Intel iGPU will take precedence because by default the GPU names are something like this:

• Intel UHD 630
• RX 580

The RX 580 SSDT changes the order:

• AMD RX 580
• Intel UHD 630

You may check the names of GPUs in System Report --> PCI. Here's what this looks like on my system:

View attachment 400781

If this does not fix the problem, then I would suggest the following:

• Try switching to SMBIOS iMacPro1,1
• Delete the iGPU settings from Devices --> Properties

If you need help with this, just post your config.plist (you may remove serial number from SMBIOS).

EDIT: Also try adding “shikigva=60” to your Boot Arguments.

Hi,

I tried your suggestions but still the same problem.

Previewing timelines with multiple streams stall when the internal graphics is enabled in the bios.

Timelines preview smoothly when internal graphics are disabled.

Same results with both open CL and Metal.

If internal graphics are enabled, hardware rendering of exports works but is slow. (takes more than twice as long as

MacBook Pro)

If internal graphics are disabled, only software rendering is working and is even slower and there is very high CPU use.

I tried Premiere Pro in Windows 10 on same machine and results were exactly the same.

It looks like Premiere is using internal graphics to decode H264 streams. (may be why preview works fine when only

the 580 is working and 630 is disabled)

It looks like the internal graphics processor is used to encode H264 an H265 when exporting. (hardware encode)

It seems like the internal graphics processor is working but much much slower than on my MacBook pro.

I just tried DaVinci Resolve and it acted the same.

Any ideas or has anyone experienced this problem ?

Thanks!

 

[CaseySJ]

I'm stuck at the phase 2 install. I can get it to come up but it just says 15 minutes and has no progress. I am using the board from the op but with one exception I'm trying to do the install with a GTX 780, waiting for the RADEON VII to get delivered and the 10.14.5 support for it.

Do you think I should try with the iGPU? Or any other suggestions?


Also, major props on the most in depth guild I've seen! THANK YOU!!

Based on Installation Overview, your installation is stuck at Step 11. If the system does not automatically throw a kernel panic and reboot, you may reboot it manually and proceed to Step 13. Have you already tried this?

 

[CaseySJ]

I bought the broadcom card and the 1x adapter you linked to in this guide.
This new hack is sitting right next to my 2013 mac pro and a gaming tower. I don't believe signal attenuation is a problem as my router is on the other side of this room and both those computers have no wifi issues. I've gamed a lot over my wifi and experienced no problems, and I've been using my mac pro for multiple years in the same spot again with no connectivity issues.

Your WiFi and Bluetooth configuration looks perfectly fine.

• Do you get normal Tx/Rx speeds right after boot?
• But WiFi slows down significantly after wake-from-sleep?

Fixing the wake-from-sleep problem is accomplished by disabling "Wake for Network Access" from System Preferences --> Energy Saver:

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi,

I tried your suggestions but still the same problem.

Previewing timelines with multiple streams stall when the internal graphics is enabled in the bios.

Timelines preview smoothly when internal graphics are disabled.

Same results with both open CL and Metal.

If internal graphics are enabled, hardware rendering of exports works but is slow. (takes more than twice as long as

MacBook Pro)

If internal graphics are disabled, only software rendering is working and is even slower and there is very high CPU use.

I tried Premiere Pro in Windows 10 on same machine and results were exactly the same.

It looks like Premiere is using internal graphics to decode H264 streams. (may be why preview works fine when only

the 580 is working and 630 is disabled)

It looks like the internal graphics processor is used to encode H264 an H265 when exporting. (hardware encode)

It seems like the internal graphics processor is working but much much slower than on my MacBook pro.

I just tried DaVinci Resolve and it acted the same.

Any ideas or has anyone experienced this problem ?

Thanks!

Because your Designare system is not listed in your Profile or Signature, I assumed you had a Vega GPU. But after rereading your original post, I see you have an RX 580. The iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS may not be appropriate in this case because iMacPro only ships with Vega graphics.

So it's back to either iMac18,3 or Macmini8,1. My recommendation is to use the latter with headless Platform ID 0x3E980003, no device-id specified (because Mojave 10.14.4 recognizes the 0x3E98 UHD 630), BIOS --> IGFX --> Enabled, and BIOS --> Initial Display Output --> PCIe 1 Slot (if RX580 is in slot 1).

If you can compress and upload your CLOVER folder (with serial numbers redacted from config.plist) I can see whether the GPU(s) are named correctly and make any necessary adjustments.

*** If anyone working with Premiere and DaVinci Resolve has any other suggestions, please let us know ***

 

[Robertyu]

Casey,

First off, thank you for the most comprehensive guide I've run across. I've got my components for this build coming in tomorrow, and it's build time this weekend!

I'm still on a hackintosh I did a few years ago using an Asus Z97 Deluxe board with i7 processor, and it's been working fine other than getting broken a few times by updates; the usual hackintosh drill. It's currently on High Sierra.

I was going to ask if you thought I might run into any problems using an i9-9900K processor versus the one you used, but it appears others are doing this build okay with that processor, so I guess I'm okay there.

My real issue is that I have an RX-580 card, but yep, it's the ill-mentioned XFX brand. I've had this card working fine in my existing hackintosh rig for quite a while now, and was hoping to re-use it here. Your guide mentioned that it will cause kernel panics during install. Is there any chance I could just install Mojave using the internal graphics via HDMI 2.0 to 4k monitor (I might need a TB3 to DP cable?) and then later install this card in post with any success, or am I screwed on this one?

Please advise. I'm sorry if I have failed to do sufficient research prior to asking here, so I humbly ask for your tolerance on this one question.

 

[mickguz]

Because your Designare system is not listed in your Profile or Signature, I assumed you had a Vega GPU. But after rereading your original post, I see you have an RX 580. The iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS may not be appropriate in this case because iMacPro only ships with Vega graphics.

So it's back to either iMac18,3 or Macmini8,1. My recommendation is to use the latter with headless Platform ID 0x3E980003, no device-id specified (because Mojave 10.14.4 recognizes the 0x3E98 UHD 630), BIOS --> IGFX --> Enabled, and BIOS --> Initial Display Output --> PCIe 1 Slot (if RX580 is in slot 1).

If you can compress and upload your CLOVER folder (with serial numbers redacted from config.plist) I can see whether the GPU(s) are named correctly and make any necessary adjustments.

*** If anyone working with Premiere and DaVinci Resolve has any other suggestions, please let us know ***

Here's my Clover folder