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

[bartrap]

Hi @bartrap, just my two cents worth, my RX 580's have a video BIOS switch. It is very small and easily overlooked. Is it in the right position, as I one mode (position) is for normal display, the other optimized for OpenCL Compute Unit GPU use.

Hello @jb007; Am going to check; Thanks!!

 

[cubed3d]

I recently CCC'd a working High Sierra 17G6029 from a SATA drive to a NVMe in my M2P slot. Everything seems to work with the exception that my Thunderbolt 3 device no longer is acknowledged. I have a UA Arrow that was working perfectly fine before I CCC'd and now it doesn't want to be recognized. My System Report says "No drivers are loaded." I've uninstalled/reinstalled UA drivers but it didn't help. The device works when I boot back into the old SATA drive. I didn't use the EFIClone script when I did the CCC. I just mounted the EFI from the SATA drive and copied it into the NVMe drive.

Anyone have thoughts on what might have happened?

 

[CaseySJ]

I recently CCC'd a working High Sierra 17G6029 from a SATA drive to a NVMe in my M2P slot. Everything seems to work with the exception that my Thunderbolt 3 device no longer is acknowledged. I have a UA Arrow that was working perfectly fine before I CCC'd and now it doesn't want to be recognized. My System Report says "No drivers are loaded." I've uninstalled/reinstalled UA drivers but it didn't help. The device works when I boot back into the old SATA drive. I didn't use the EFIClone script when I did the CCC. I just mounted the EFI from the SATA drive and copied it into the NVMe drive.

Anyone have thoughts on what might have happened?

We can safely ignore "No drivers are loaded" from the Thunderbolt section of System Information! It should say the same even if you boot from the SATA drive.

Let's see if I have this right:

• You cloned a SATA drive containing High Sierra to an NVMe M.2 drive using Carbon Copy Cloner.
• Both drives contain High Sierra, so the purpose of this is probably to gain the extra speed that comes with NVMe.

Therefore:

• Before cloning the SATA drive, did you use Disk Utility to format the NVMe SSD?
  • If so, do you remember whether you selected the parent name of the NVMe SSD and chose "GUID Partition Table" as the formatting Scheme?
  • It is necessary to format the NVMe with the GUID Partition Table scheme. This will create both the HFS+ (or APFS) partition and the crucial EFI partition.
• After running CCC, it is necessary to manually copy the EFI folder from the EFI partition of the SATA drive to the EFI partition of the NVMe drive.
  • The EFIClone-v2 script does this for us, but it's pretty easy to do it manually.
  • Just mount EFI partitions of both drives.
  • Use Finder to drag-and-drop the EFI folder from one to the other.

 

[wickett]

Please see Post #5314 to fix graphics configuration! There is a critical error that needs to be fixed.

Regarding sleep, as soon as the system wakes from sleep or fails to enter sleep, run Terminal and capture the output from this command:

pmset -g assertions

Graphics working at startup now thanks.

Here is the terminal output:

Last login: Sun Jun 30 22:49:08 on console

iMaria:~ andrewwickett$ pmset -g assertions

2019-06-30 22:52:43 +0100

Assertion status system-wide:

BackgroundTask 0

ApplePushServiceTask 0

UserIsActive 1

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0

InteractivePushServiceTask 1

PreventSystemSleep 0

ExternalMedia 0

PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0

NetworkClientActive 0

InternalPreventSleep 1

Listed by owning process:

pid 108(hidd): [0x000000400009824f] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294971224.3"

Timeout will fire in 600 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease

pid 57(powerd): [0x00000100000d849a] 00:00:02 InternalPreventSleep named: "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger"

Timeout will fire in 43 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease

pid 81(apsd): [0x00000102001284a9] 00:00:00 InteractivePushServiceTask named: "com.apple.apsd-lastpowerassertionlinger"

Timeout will fire in 86400 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff

Kernel Assertions: 0x5=CPU,USB

id=554 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14700000 owner=USB 2.0 Hub [MTT]

id=555 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14500000 owner=4-Port USB 2.0 Hub

id=558 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14600000 owner=Fireface UFX (23315263)

id=559 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14f00000 owner=4-Port USB 3.0 Hub

id=561 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14830000 owner=Bluetooth USB Host Controller

id=562 level=255 0x1=CPU mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.hub.14700000 owner=AppleUSB20Hub

id=563 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14730000 owner=USB Receiver

id=564 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14720000 owner=USB 2.0 Hub [MTT]

id=565 level=255 0x1=CPU mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.hub.14720000 owner=AppleUSB20Hub

id=566 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14740000 owner=USB2.0 Hub

id=567 level=255 0x1=CPU mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.hub.14740000 owner=AppleUSB20Hub

id=568 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14770000 owner=TranzPort

id=569 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14721000 owner=MT1887

id=570 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14723000 owner=iLok

id=571 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14727000 owner=USB 2.0 Hub [MTT]

id=572 level=255 0x1=CPU mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.hub.14727000 owner=AppleUSB20Hub

id=573 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14741000 owner=Cintiq 22HD HUB

id=574 level=255 0x1=CPU mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.hub.14741000 owner=AppleUSB20Hub

id=575 level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 1:00 am description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14724000 owner=eLicenser

Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

iMaria:~ andrewwickett$

 

[CaseySJ]

@wickett,

What USB device is connected to HS12? This can be determined by running IORegistryExplorer once again and scrolling down to XHC section. (We know Bluetooth is on HS11.)

 

[wickett]

Hi I got this:

 

[bartrap]

Yes! Because new posts raise notifications. Because DP on the RX580 is not working in both MacOS and Windows, it points to something more nefarious. What is the make/model of the card? Was it purchased new? If not, was it used for crypto currency mining and might still have a modified VBIOS?

Checked on win 10 the RX580; it has the tc341mh.612 bios version; it is reported the correct latest version by MSI. I cannot find any switch for double BIOS mentioned by jb007

 

[jiffyslot]

Hi @bartrap, just my two cents worth, my RX 580's have a video BIOS switch. It is very small and easily overlooked. Is it in the right position, as I one mode (position) is for normal display, the other optimized for OpenCL Compute Unit GPU use.

Which RX-580 and where on the card?

 

[jiffyslot]

Hi CaseySJ,

Just wanted to re-express my gratitude for this fantastic build and its functionality, as well as for your continuous and swift assistance.

All in all, it took me about 9 months of working on a hackintosh, but this morning I came to the conclusion that I've now finally reached the point where I'm entirely satisfied. Stitched together a bunch of my folks' holiday recordings in FCPX/Compressor, rendered fine and quickly. Due to the now optimized iGPU settings (I guess?), booting is a lot faster too. Thanks to your support, my iPad (i.e., logic remote) now properly charges when connected to an (not powered) USB hub. And, due to this build's TB support, I've experienced 2+ hours of continuously productive songwriting this morning, without any pops or clicks. Really satisfied and greatly, very greatly thankful for your support, instructions, and advice.

Even though I've wasted quite some money on my previous hackintosh attempt (sold it for cheap as used gear eventually), and wasted even more on random USB audio interfaces, I'd prefer to say those were just 'learning expenses', helping me to get to the point where I am now: utterly satisfied.

In short, thanks, a lot, CaseySJ!

What interface did you settle with?

 

[skittlebrau]

I predominately use Pro Tools, which is notorious for updating for new MacOS terribly slow. Ill be stuck on Mojave for sometime. What SMBIOS do you recommend I start with for stability? Going to be building this bad boy in the next few weekends and wanna get all of my ducks in a row

Consensus is that iMacPro1,1 is generally best for Radeon VII owners and the performance figures do support that. iMac19,1 still works, but Radeon VII seems to perform no better than Vega64 with iMac19,1 SMBIOS.