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

[Leesureone]

At this point since everything is just laying on the bench I'm going to recheck the card begin seated fully. Never feels like a very solid connection after placing the card in its little RF case and screwing down through the motherboard.

I'm going to take it apart tonight and leave the large shroud and backplate off and do some testing.

Other than that, I mainly see posts referring to USB configuration, but seeing that it *did* work, seems odd.

You can tell Asus doesn't really expect the card to be replaced, double face tape is kinda cheap. Meanwhile it didn't work for me for a while until I scewed around with it in Windows. I wish I still had that board so I could try Rehabman's other bluetooth driver I posted as recommenced in the Broadcom Wifi/ Bluetooth thread by Toleda. Sold it so I could get some expansion PCIE slots.

 

[secnut]

Thank you for the great guide. Everything has worked perfectly for a week so far on my ASUS Z390m / iMac 18,3.

Sleeps and wakes with no problem, 2 nvme drives and 2 SSDs - all recognized, bluetooth and wifi working with fenvi card including volume control for headphones, all apps work perfectly - Office, Adobe CS, VMWare Fusion Pro.

Everything just works. Thanks again.

 

[negatv]

You can tell Asus doesn't really expect the card to be replaced, double face tape is kinda cheap. Meanwhile it didn't work for me for a while until I scewed around with it in Windows. I wish I still had that board so I could try Rehabman's other bluetooth driver I posted as recommenced in the Broadcom Wifi/ Bluetooth thread by Toleda. Sold it so I could get some expansion PCIE slots.

Spent some time this evening, managed to get Bluetooth working sporadically. The problem seems to be that the device just isn't being picked up by USB. I was using an SSDT, then decided to remove that and go back to the Port limit patches and Bluetooth worked again. Until a restart, then it disappears again.

I had verified that when it does work that it shows up on HS14, and when it doesn't there is no entry. At this point I have been swapping two different cards, having access to the motherboard to ensure that it is fully seated.

Realistically I don't *need* Bluetooth for this system, but sure would be nice as I have had it on my old machine for a couple years. If I wasn't set on building a ITX system, it sure would be nice to have a PCI-E 1x slot where I would simply transfer my fully working card from my old system.

I have ordered a M.2 NGFF -> Apple 6+12 Bluetooth card adapter (which I already own) to give that a go.

 

[Leesureone]

Spent some time this evening, managed to get Bluetooth working sporadically. The problem seems to be that the device just isn't being picked up by USB. I was using an SSDT, then decided to remove that and go back to the Port limit patches and Bluetooth worked again. Until a restart, then it disappears again.

I had verified that when it does work that it shows up on HS14, and when it doesn't there is no entry. At this point I have been swapping two different cards, having access to the motherboard to ensure that it is fully seated.

Realistically I don't *need* Bluetooth for this system, but sure would be nice as I have had it on my old machine for a couple years. If I wasn't set on building a ITX system, it sure would be nice to have a PCI-E 1x slot where I would simply transfer my fully working card from my old system.

I have ordered a M.2 NGFF -> Apple 6+12 Bluetooth card adapter (which I already own) to give that a go.

What happens if you eliminate the USB port limit patches and SSDT? If it works then you know what to focus on....just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing if it sticks. Might make no difference and temporarily break sleep.

 

[jossydeleon]

@jossydeleon according to the guide for Broadcom written by @toleda, which I linked in an earlier post one page back, you can try removing BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext and BrcmPatchRAM2.kext and replace it with the attached. Its worth a try, I know it works for me on a couple of other machines I have.

Do I have to replace BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext and BrcmPatchRAM2.kext only with BrcmPatchRAM?

 

[Leesureone]

Do I have to replace BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext and BrcmPatchRAM2.kext only with BrcmPatchRAM?

Yes, that's what the guide says. Good luck.

 

[negatv]

Received the M.2 NGFF->Apple 6+12 pin card adapter. I'm still waiting for a couple of cheaply purchased Ebay 2-wire Airport cards (~2015 MacBook Air style) to arrive. But in the meantime, I installed with my old 3 antennae style airport card, removed all related kexts (AirporBrcmFixup/Patchram/FirmwareData) since was natively supported, and so far seems to be working. Crosses fingers while doing a few reboots/power cycles.

The wifi on this card supports up to 802.11AC, and Bluetooth supports handoff/airdrop which I have used previously. Will try out the other cards when they arrive, because it would be an easier retrofit for two wires vs. three.

Regardless, I'll have to do a bit of modification to the goofy IO shroud used on the Strix Z390-I as this card setup is a bit taller than the small metal box the standard/1560 card. So, will either exclude the shroud completely and possibly put some heatsinks on VRM's , or cut a slot in it to allow the card and adapter to protrude.

 

[Leesureone]

Received the M.2 NGFF->Apple 6+12 pin card adapter. I'm still waiting for a couple of cheaply purchased Ebay 2-wire Airport cards (~2015 MacBook Air style) to arrive. But in the meantime, I installed with my old 3 antennae style airport card, removed all related kexts (AirporBrcmFixup/Patchram/FirmwareData) since was natively supported, and so far seems to be working. Crosses fingers while doing a few reboots/power cycles.

The wifi on this card supports up to 802.11AC, and Bluetooth supports handoff/airdrop which I have used previously. Will try out the other cards when they arrive, because it would be an easier retrofit for two wires vs. three.

Regardless, I'll have to do a bit of modification to the goofy IO shroud used on the Strix Z390-I as this card setup is a bit taller than the small metal box the standard/1560 card. So, will either exclude the shroud completely and possibly put some heatsinks on VRM's , or cut a slot in it to allow the card and adapter to protrude.

Maybe post some pictures later?

 

[Bdubbs99]

@ModMike,
I want to thank you for this amazing build. I basically did the same setup as recommended but with an MSI air boost Vega 56 and an i9900 processor, all in a Dan A4X case. Everything works. Thank you.

My question is, what do you account for your screaming fast read/write speeds? Is it the speed of the 970 EVO? As measured with the Blackmagic Disk Test?

 

[jessesolomonscott]

I remember seeing this and can't remember how I fixed it. I think I had to switch from using a DP to DVI adapter to a HDMI cable.

Tried to hackintosh using this guide few weeks ago and stopped at display off before any installation screen......exhausted trying to attempt hackintosh......now decided to give another try again......
Same screen off after verbose.....RGB in cpu is still glowing though.....

Any Fixes for me...... I Don't want to quit hackintoshing my first build.......