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

[CaseySJ]

Interesting. Your Intel Power Graph GFX line is what Im used to seeing when things work properly. I've seen the top graphic before and for the life of me I can't find it today, Im losing my mind. What are using for the top graphic?

Thanks for pushing on this problem more, hopefully identified fix will help the broader community.

If you’re referring to the H.264 and HEVC status panel, that’s a screenshot of VideoProc —> Setting —> Options. Both H.264 and HEVC were fully functional in the past so I’m eager to figure out what happened...

 

[CaseySJ]

Hey
I added the splitter and i can see its working!...at least i think so
I see separate usb assignments for the
Corsair H115i
and
the NZXT case

I also attached the IOreg
lemme know what you think boss!
Thanks
J-P

Yes both devices are showing up! Thanks for posting the IOReg file; I’ll have a look at it later this afternoon.

 

[bitport]

Thank you for your hard work in figuring all this out. I followed your guide and I have success!

My build is essentially identical to yours, (so I was super happy when I found this)

Except:
i9-9900K
Asus ROG Strix Radeon 570
NZXT 500i case

500GB Crucial MX500 in SATA 0 and 1, and a 250GB Crucial MX500 M.2 3d and SSD in the top M.2 slot.

No WiFi because I opted not to do the whole Broadcom thing and instead am hardwired. Eventually, I'll do something about the lack of Bluetooth but it's not critical to me now. I had a little trouble getting Thunderbolt 3 to work, but my solution was to double check my BIOS settings, I had not enabled discreet Thunderbolt 3 USB support or forcepwr.

I'd also like to report that the Universal Audio Apollo x6 Tthunderbolt 3 device works like a charm.

Further, I am not using any of the DSDT's relating to video card support. The RX 570 in slot 2 just worked out of the box, so I figured that was good enough.

The build is pretty fresh, but I haven't had any issues yet. Everything seems to work (aside from onboard WiFi/Bluetooth, as expected.)

Without any overclocking, I'm pretty happy with my geekbench score.

Thanks for helping me make my production machine LEGIT AF.

 

[CaseySJ]

@bitport,

Thanks for sharing your experience and glad to know it worked! Will add UAD Apollo x6 TB3 audio interface to the Thunderbolt 3 Experiences section momentarily.

 

[NoiseCoalition]

I'll be joining the Designare/9900k community in a bit. Found a buyer for my Z170x mobo/6700k/RAM. Waiting for a proper offer from my favorite PC hardware dealer. Otherwise I'll resort to Amazon.

Z390/9900k seems like a worthwhile upgrade(main uses DAW recording/mixing/mastering & photo editing)
Bit worried about noise though, my current rig is silent and I can record an acoustic guitar 3 feet from my Hack(Noctua NH-D15/Fractal Design R5) with a condenser mic. The 9900k wil run hotter when under load, so I'm taking a risk here.
My Cubase projects normally don't load the CPU much in the recording stage, so I'll probably be fine.

I use the NH-D15 to cool my 9900K. Great air cooler that runs very quiet. I have the Fractal Define C which I believe has the same sound dampening material as your R5. My computer is a bit further away than your setup but under low / medium loads I'd probably feel comfortable recording an acoustic guitar 3ft away with a condenser. I'd consider the build very quiet. Also a Cubase user .

 

[CaseySJ]

Hey
I added the splitter and i can see its working!...at least i think so
I see separate usb assignments for the
Corsair H115i
and
the NZXT case

I also attached the IOreg
lemme know what you think boss!
Thanks
J-P

From IOReg we can see:

• There is a USB 2.0 Hub under HS11
• There is a USB 2.0 Hub under HS12
• Corsair H115i Platinum is connected to HS11
• NZXT is connected to HS12

But this is not the ideal way to connect these devices. Both the Corsair and NZXT are internal fixed devices that the user will not hot-swap. So both of them should be connected to the same USB header (HS11 or HS12, but not both).

So first do this:

• Connect both Corsair and NZXT devices to the same blue PCB (i.e. to the same 2-way splitter). Move the NZXT cable next to the Corsair cable so that both devices are on HS11.
• If your PC case has front panel USB 2 ports, connect that cable to the other 2-way splitter. These external USB ports will then be on HS12.

This allows:

• Internal USB devices to be defined as Connector Type 255 in the USB SSDT.
• External or ejectable USB devices to be defined as Connector Type 0 in the USB SSDT.

Then use the attached SSDTs as follows:

• Mount EFI partition of your Mojave SSD
• Move out or delete the current SSDT-UIAC-DESIGNARE-Z390-V6.aml from CLOVER/ACPI/patched folder
• Copy the new SSDT-UIAC-DESIGNARE-Z390-V7A.aml in its place
• Copy SSDT-EC.aml to the same folder
• Reboot

 

[zipb]

Because I prioritized RGB over noise, my fans are audible but not annoying. Just some light background white noise. I modified the fan curves in BIOS and saved the settings in a custom profile.

If you prioritize silence over showiness, you should be able to assemble a very quiet system. Some PC cases are also more sound insulating than others. And custom fan curves in BIOS can suppress noise further — just don’t spin them too low.

I choose the FD R5 and the Noctua for their quietness. I don't care about colored lights on my mobo. My Hack is a closed black box sitting under my desk. Lights wouldn't be visible even if I cared about them.

I have a custom fan curve in place on my current rig for even more silence.

My plan for now: Logout of iCloud. Replace mobo/processor/RAM. Wipe current EFI om my M2 NVME boot disk. Throw in yours. Replace SMBIOS with my own settings. See if it boots. Adapt USB settings for my particular case. Log in to iCloud.

I wonder if it would be smarter to do a clean 10.14.5 install and then use migration assistant. I am a bit worried about all my serial number protected software(legit). Don't fancy redoing all these annoying copy protection dances.

 

[bsholbrook]

Interesting. Your Intel Power Graph GFX line is what Im used to seeing when things work properly. Help out with this, I've seen the top graphic before and for the life of me I can't find it today. Im losing my mind.

Thanks for pushing on this problem more, hopefully identified fix will help the broader community.

I encountered the same issue with my iPad mini -- namely, when connecting to the front panel USB 3.0 port it receives only the base 500mA of current, but does not receive the additional 1000mA of "Extra Operating Current" that is necessary for charging.

After a little bit of searching I found a solution by RehabMan described here. As a result, I've modified the USB SSDT with custom Power Properties taken from an iMac17,1 (because those values were readily available).

My iPad mini now charges properly from the front panel, but it receives 1600mA of Extra Operating Current.

Not sure if this is too high so I would certainly like to update the SSDT with USB Power Properties from Mac mini 8,1 and iMac19,1 if someone can provide their DSDT.aml file.

Meanwhile, please test the new SSDT as follows:

• Mount EFI partition of your Mojave SSD
• Move out or delete the current SSDT-UIAC-DESIGNARE-Z390-V6.aml from CLOVER/ACPI/patched folder
• Copy the new SSDT-UIAC-DESIGNARE-Z390-V7.aml in its place
• Copy SSDT-EC.aml to the same folder
• Reboot
• Login and attach your iPad directly to a front panel USB port (no hub)
• Does it charge?

as this is sorted out if someone can roll relevant updates into the fractal design SSDT that would be awesome. Looks like the version I have active dates back to January. I know enough to be dangerous in an SSDT.

 

[CaseySJ]

as this is sorted out if someone can roll relevant updates into the fractal design SSDT that would be awesome. Looks like the version I have active dates back to January. I know enough to be dangerous in an SSDT.

No worries. An update is coming soon.

 

[malekmtl]

I don't know what I did, but it seems TB3 stopped working.

When I hook up my iPhone XS with a tb3 cable its recognized.
Same iPhone with regular USB cable and it works.