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

[pianistslogic]

The plot thickens! So we might not be out of the woods yet with the Samsung EVO Plus. Please keep us updated. Others have reported success with the updated EVO Plus, so I wonder if you're right about using both the EVO (non-Plus) and EVO Plus together in the same system...

Or so I thought! Tried running with just the M2M EVO Plus today (removed the M2P EVO non-Plus), same bouncing icons.
Installed the new M2M EVO (non-Plus) and re-installed the macos m2p evo, same bouncing icons when booting from M2P.

Only other things I've changed recently are the igpu's device properties settings, but I believe they are functional on SATA and USB 3. Will double-check/compare the config.plist's and get back to you.

Noticed just now that CCG has received an update allowing for Coffee Lake igpu's, will try that as well.

 

[CaseySJ]

Or so I thought! Tried running with just the M2M EVO Plus today (removed the M2P EVO non-Plus), same bouncing icons.
Installed the new M2M EVO (non-Plus) and re-installed the macos m2p evo, same bouncing icons when booting from M2P.

Only other things I've changed recently are the igpu's device properties settings, but I believe they are functional on SATA and USB 3. Will double-check/compare the config.plist's and get back to you.

Noticed just now that CCG has received an update allowing for Coffee Lake igpu's, will try that as well.

Should have asked earlier, but what do you mean by "bouncing icons"? Icons on the dock? If so, this indicates that an application is trying to launch, but is hanging in the process. If the app in question is Final Cut Pro or iMovie or perhaps some other A/V app, it might be due to platform ID. If you post your config.plist (w/redacted serial numbers) I can take a look.

 

[pianistslogic]

Should have asked earlier, but what do you mean by "bouncing icons"? Icons on the dock? If so, this indicates that an application is trying to launch, but is hanging in the process. If the app in question is Final Cut Pro or iMovie or perhaps some other A/V app, it might be due to platform ID. If you post your config.plist (w/redacted serial numbers) I can take a look.

Yes it's the dock icons that bounce for a long time. Safari never opened at all recently and just kept bouncing (from nvme), notepad takes a while, chrome a while as well. Didn't even try fcpx yet. Will do some more brief testing and post my config.plist tomorrow. Thanks for all your help CaseySJ, greatly appreciated.

Edit: Aight, tested things sooner than I'd thought. Can't figure this stuff out. Hope you could shed some light CaseySJ, or anyone else If not I'll just try a full clean install from scratch. Please find my config.plist attached.

Just one oddity I encountered: even though I set my igpu as per your suggested settings, hackintool says my gpu device id is 0x3E988086?

 

[madmax559]

@casey. Sapphire Pulse 8gb RX580 card just arrived & is in the machine. Thanks for the suggestion on this
Will have to go get a DP patch cable. so I can route the 580 to the DP internal & use TB3 out as I'm doing now
If anyone knows where I can locate right angled DP cables, please let me know

System has been very stable. I kept loosing bluetooth after reboot etc & I finally just disconnected the Logitech MX 2S & used the supplied dongle on the back & every works fine now. I suspect it was the logitech mouse in bluetooth mode causing all the jitters

The only issue I have now is the WiFi can become extremely slow after a deep sleep/wake.
I may switch to a Fenvi wifi/bt card if all else fails

Edit
Disabled "Wake for Network Access in prefers per a post on here". Will wait & see what happens

 

[Braing]

Gigabyte Z390 Designare
Intel Core i9-9900K
HyperX Predator 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 CL17 DIMM (HX436C17PB3K4/64
Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB M.2 installed in M2M
Saphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Fenvi FV-T919 WIFI/Bluetooth PCIe card - Works in any of the available PCIe slots Bluetooth connected to HS11
Vantec 2+1 FireWire PCIe card - Works in all slots! Works only in the PCIEX8 slot @CaseySJ Update 7/21/2019 see this post

[SUCCESS] Ongoing Status of Designare Z390 with i7-9700K

Attached is the UIAC file from the ACPI/patched folder. I disconnected the USB connector at the H150i pump as that was easy to do. Hopefully that has the same effect. The system goes to sleep now without immediately waking. However bluetooth is not functional after wake. Note: The two USB 2.0...

www.tonymacx86.com

Samsung 860 ECO 1 TB SATA III SSD installed to SATA2
WD Black 2TB 7200 RPM SATA III 6GB/s Drive installed to SAT3
Corsair 540 ATX Case
Corsair HX 850 Power supply
Corsair H150i Cooler - Connected to HS12
Logitech X920S Webcam
Sandisk 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Update 8/14/2019
Logic Pro X Works great! no audio glitches through any audio interface.
OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock. works!
UAD2 PCIe OCTO. Works great!
Dell P2219H ultrasharp monitors (2 connected to DP on Saphire Pulse RX580)
Shinestar PCIe 4 port SATA card. works!
LG WH16NS40 CD burner Works great!
MOTU 828mk3 Hybrid (using Firewire) Works great!

I am replacing a 2005 PPC Dual Processor G5 which still runs and has
never leaked. It is just aging and completely unsupported both hardware
and software. But I have used it well for the past 14 years. I use Logic
with several MOTU audio interfaces that use FireWire. It also had a UAD
UAD2 QUAD (PCI) which I can no longer use. I’m still thinking about what
to do about that. I own more than a few UAD plugins.

This is my first Hackintosh and third PC build. In the past I’ve built a
NAS and a Firewall both run BSD. I have grown to be quite disappointed
with Apples continually dropping interface support every few model
releases. I have a ton of work dedicated to Logic projects and sampled
instruments. I thought about changing platforms but I would lose way too
much work and time. So I looked into a Hackintosch and decided to build
one. While researching I ran across you build. I’d like to really thank
you Casey, for your exceptional guide and the support you have given to people.
I’m happy to report I have had success too. I used the CCC guide in you
build guide to make a bootable backup and that works too.

 

[bartrap]

Good point -- if system is stable on 1 core but temperamental on multiple cores, it may just be a power supply problem.

Hi Casey; I returned from work today and my parts arrived; I am so happy to tell you that the machine boots and runs perfectly smooth on the newly installed Corsair RM850X PSU!! I put the number of cores to 8 again, and it did not reset at all; lesson learned here is to test your parts (even the PSU!) before starting your build. Thank you so much for your assistance; I am going to read in your guide what I have to change in my EFI folder to be able to remove the MSI RX 580 and have everything run off the iGPU; then after that I can at last build my home studio system on my new build ! Yippeeeee!!!

A big THANK YOU Casey!

Bart

 

[CaseySJ]

Yes it's the dock icons that bounce for a long time. Safari never opened at all recently and just kept bouncing (from nvme), notepad takes a while, chrome a while as well. Didn't even try fcpx yet. Will do some more brief testing and post my config.plist tomorrow. Thanks for all your help CaseySJ, greatly appreciated.

Edit: Aight, tested things sooner than I'd thought. Can't figure this stuff out. Hope you could shed some light CaseySJ, or anyone else If not I'll just try a full clean install from scratch. Please find my config.plist attached.

Just one oddity I encountered: even though I set my igpu as per your suggested settings, hackintool says my gpu device id is 0x3E988086?

• Your config.plist is correct.
• Device-id 0x3E988086 is also correct.

Did you say that you cloned the EVO Plus to a SATA SSD and booting from the SATA SSD allows all apps to launch properly from the Dock?

On the other hand, if you installed macOS separate on the two drives, then it's possible the copy on 970 EVO Plus got corrupted.

Before doing a fresh installation, please check the rest of the EFI/CLOVER folder on the EVO Plus:

• Is there an EFI/Microsoft folder?
• Does your EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI folder match the screenshot in Final Steps in Post-Installation?

 

[CaseySJ]

@casey. Sapphire Pulse 8gb RX580 card just arrived & is in the machine. Thanks for the suggestion on this
Will have to go get a DP patch cable. so I can route the 580 to the DP internal & use TB3 out as I'm doing now
If anyone knows where I can locate right angled DP cables, please let me know
...

Getting there!

The Designare motherboard comes with this cable -- it's not a right-angled cable, but it's about the right length to connect DP-out to DP-in. Have you tried it?

 

[MuffinCrumbs]

I've been using OpenCore for a while and it works great, so far. If someone wants to try it, they can. At their own risk. Perhaps CaseySJ and some other users want to test it, maybe they are already testing it. Idk.

I've uploaded a my ready EFI folder with OpenCore. It includes the SSDTs by Casey. It works for me, however my config is slightly different with iMac Pro 1,1 SMBIOS. The config in the folder got iMac 19,1 SMBIOS.

This can be tried with USB, or directly with the Mac drive's EFI partition, by adding the "boot" and the "OC" file in the EFI. I'd suggest to not replace Clover with OpenCore, and keeping Clover safe.

Once you boot to OpenCore. You use the numeric keys to boot, I.e 1..2..3.

Important to keep in mind that OpenCore is in its testing times. The purpose by the developers who started this project, was to have a close experience of how Apple booting is.

 

[CaseySJ]

Gigabyte Z390 Designare
Intel Core i9-9900K
HyperX Predator 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 CL17 DIMM (HX436C17PB3K4/64
Samsung 970 Pro 1 YB M.2 installed in M2M
Fenvi FV-T919 WIFI/Bluetooth PCIe card - Works in any of the available PCIe slots Bluetooth connected to HS11
Vantec 2+1 FireWire PCIe card - Works only in the PCIEX8 slot
Samsung 860 ECO 1 TB SATA III SSD installed to SATA2
WD Black 2TB 7200 RPM SATA III 6GB/s Drive installed to SAT3
Corsair 540 ATX Case
Corsair HX 850 Power supply
Corsair H150i Cooler - Connected to HS12
Logitech X920S Webcam
Sandisk 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

I am replacing a 2005 PPC Dual Processor G5 which still runs and has
never leaked. It is just aging and completely unsupported both hardware
and software. But I have used it well for the past 14 years. I use Logic
with several MOTU audio interfaces that use FireWire. It also had a UAD
UAD2 QUAD (PCI) which I can no longer use. I’m still thinking about what
to do about that. I own more than a few UAD plugins.

This is my first Hackintosh and third PC build. In the past I’ve built a
NAS and a Firewall both run BSD. I have grown to be quite disappointed
with Apples continually dropping interface support every few model
releases. I have a ton of work dedicated to Logic projects and sampled
instruments. I thought about changing platforms but I would lose way too
much work and time. So I looked into a Hackintosch and decided to build
one. While researching I ran across you build. I’d like to really thank
you Casey, for your exceptional guide and the support you have given to people.
I’m happy to report I have had success too. I used the CCC guide in you
build guide to make a bootable backup and that works too.

Awesome! And welcome to the forum. Did a double-take after seeing "PPC Dual Processor G5". Who knew those things were still running!