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The everything works Asus Z390-I Gaming * i7-8700K * SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX Vega 64 Build

Sounds like you have your answer....something in your USB setup. Modmike’s config.plists both have patches for USB for this board. He also has the prepatched DSDT but you aren’t supposed to need both I don’t think.
 
@ModMike First of all great build, really, gave me a lot to think about, where we already, and I'm terribly sorry, if I jumped the gun and missed something (I tried searching this thread, already, but with no success), come to my question; how did you get that DW1560 to work with your board (at all)? I'm just trying to clear some confusion, because I seem to remember that @jaymonkey mentioned earlier in another thread that simply exchanging M.2 cards with CNVi won't work (or did I get something wrong?). If it really works you'd make me a very happy man, because I was trying to get rid of that crappy Intel card in my z390 Aorus Xtreme all along.

EDIT: If DW1560 works, I guess, so would others, wouldn't they? (Like DW1830)
 
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@ModMike First of all great build, really, gave me a lot to think about, where we already, and I'm terribly sorry, if I jumped the gun and missed something (I tried searching this thread, already, but with no success), come to my question; how did you get that DW1560 to work with your board (at all)? I'm just trying to clear some confusion, because I seem to remember that @jaymonkey mentioned earlier in another thread that simply exchanging M.2 cards with CNVi won't work (or did I get something wrong?). If it really works you'd make me a very happy man, because I was trying to get rid of that crappy Intel card in my z390 Aorus Xtreme all along.

EDIT: If DW1560 works, I guess, so would others, wouldn't they? (Like DW1830)


The Asus board has an M2 slot that comes with an intel card you can swap out with the DW1560, and you are correct in thinking M2 cards and CNVi cards are not interchangeable. Two completely different formats.

Meanwhile the Aorus Extreme has expansion pcie slots so you can use one of the Fenmi wireless bluetooth adapters no Kexts needed, supported natively in OS X. Amazon has them and there are other similar types available that also work well, some need the apple wireless Bluetooth card.

 
The Asus board has an M2 slot that comes with an intel card you can swap out with the DW1560, and you are correct in thinking M2 cards and CNVi cards are not interchangeable. Two completely different formats.

Meanwhile the Aorus Extreme has expansion pcie slots so you can use one of the Fenmi wireless bluetooth adapters no Kexts needed, supported natively in OS X. Amazon has them and there are other similar types available that also work well, some need the apple wireless Bluetooth card.

I'm actually using one of those already, but I wasn't aware that the ASUS boards were using M.2 Slots, I thought those were CNVi, too.
 
I'm actually using one of those already, but I wasn't aware that the ASUS boards were using M.2 Slots, I thought those were CNVi, too.

This is the description of the card from the link in the parts section of the guide, notice the M.2 in the description. I'm reading your board specifications more closely and it says there is an M2 slot for the CNVi Intel card. So are you saying you have swapped out the Intel card for the DW1560 already but can't get it to work? Sorry but your post is a little unclear. On the ASUS board you swap out the card, attach the antenna, and then make sure you have the all the kexts to support it in place. See link below for more info.

 

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Mike, thank you for this guide, It has gotten me further, faster than my previous hackintosh build. I seem to be hung up on a Mac OS Utilities page, I cannot install Mojave on my M.2 drive, it only gives me the option to install it on the USB drive, which is "locked" I am guessing I may have misstepped on step 17? Clover classic or vibrant? Should I replace EFI folder or Merge ? (I replaced) Im also confused as to when the original FAT 32 drive comes into play. Is this a second USB drive? Thanks in advance for any guidance.
 
Mike, thank you for this guide, It has gotten me further, faster than my previous hackintosh build. I seem to be hung up on a Mac OS Utilities page, I cannot install Mojave on my M.2 drive, it only gives me the option to install it on the USB drive, which is "locked" I am guessing I may have misstepped on step 17? Clover classic or vibrant? Should I replace EFI folder or Merge ? (I replaced) Im also confused as to when the original FAT 32 drive comes into play. Is this a second USB drive? Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Did you update your hardware then from the Gigabyte 170X board then? You probably just have to format you M.2 drive to APFS or Mac OS Extended which will be converted to APFS later if you are installing Mojave later versions. See below from the site.

6. For a new installation of macOS, you MUST erase and format the destination drive according to the following steps before continuing.
a. In the top menu bar choose Utilities, and open Disk Utility​
b. Highlight your target drive for the Mojave installation in left column.​
c. Click Erase button​
d. For Name: type Mojave (You can rename it later)​
e. For Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)​
f. Click Erase​
g. Close Disk Utility​

Clover options of classic or vibrant are unimportant, either will work. Replace the EFI folder. Ignore the FAT32 comments and just follow the steps.
 
Did you update your hardware then from the Gigabyte 170X board then? You probably just have to format you M.2 drive to APFS or Mac OS Extended which will be converted to APFS later if you are installing Mojave later versions. See below from the site.

6. For a new installation of macOS, you MUST erase and format the destination drive according to the following steps before continuing.
a. In the top menu bar choose Utilities, and open Disk Utility​
b. Highlight your target drive for the Mojave installation in left column.​
c. Click Erase button​
d. For Name: type Mojave (You can rename it later)​
e. For Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)​
f. Click Erase​
g. Close Disk Utility​

Clover options of classic or vibrant are unimportant, either will work. Replace the EFI folder. Ignore the FAT32 comments and just follow the steps.

Thank you for this. The 170X on my profile is my previous build, I’m working on the ROG strix 390 I Gaming, with a 9900 for this build. I’ll give this a try, and report back. Thanks!
 
Thank you for this. The 170X on my profile is my previous build, I’m working on the ROG strix 390 I Gaming, with a 9900 for this build. I’ll give this a try, and report back. Thanks!
If you have a Samsung 970 Evo plus M.2 you will have to update the firmware first. FYI, if not you should be good.
 
Thank you for this. The 170X on my profile is my previous build, I’m working on the ROG strix 390 I Gaming, with a 9900 for this build. I’ll give this a try, and report back. Thanks!
Edit: worked!!! Thanks so much!
 
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