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

[CaseySJ]

Hum, yes I think so. Some forks also reported a failed bluetooth card with a same model like me. I am no longer surprised :smileintears:

Question 1: How can I put a PCIx1 card into a PCIx16 slot =.,=?

No problem -- just plug it in! It's fully compatible.

Question 2: Can we get the shutdown/ restart works properly? I still cannot figure out. I think I will order the BT card, but meantimes I hope the machine can work stable as a reason for my first ever Hackintosh.

On this motherboard, shutdown and restart are usually solved by installing EmuVariable and rc scripts. If you already have EmuVariable, please check for rc scripts as follows:

• Run Terminal from the Utilities folder
• Type ls -C /etc
• If you see the following, then the scripts are installed:
  • rc.boot.d
  • rc.shutdown.d

Question 3: Can I buy you a coffee ) ?

Ha! I do love coffee, but you may contribute to the site if you wish.

 

[Rag]

From the research I did, Adobe don’t Optimise their softwear for use with AMD cards like they do with Nvidia cards, the actually performance gain is minimal in real world. I use an Vega Rx64 which can be found easily enough and is about half the price of the now discontinued Vega vii.

@Stewie23

See the Radeon VII has been discontinued because it would ruin Apple's November releases with Mac Pro. These new Apple GPUs that will be 4 in total are pretty much the same as Radeon VII, pulling out or inserting little things, with prices far higher than current Radeon VII.
This was certainly another Apple imposition for this release. So who can get a Radeon VII will now have a license plate for many years.

 

[FriFlo]

@FriFlo,

It is possible to make changes to CLOVER configuration without having to boot into macOS or even to modify the EFI folder on another Mac. At the Clover Boot Menu, select the Options icon and explore all of the menus and sub-menus. A lot of changes are possible on the fly. Just realize that any changes made on the fly will not be saved. On the next reboot you will need to make all changes again.

Have you already tried changing SMBIOS to iMacPro1,1? Maybe I asked earlier...

Thanks! I looked through the options in Clover boot menu and found some options, just not the ones I needed to modify. I probably missed something and will look into it again.
I am just home for one day and then back on the road for a week. As soon as I'll get back I will try to change the SMBIOS and then properly check all options and combinations that make sense. I was looking for a more effective way to do that, which is probably gonna be possible through Clove Boot Menu.

 

[mobi]

I did not need a PS2 keyboard

So seems Samsung fixed that stupid bug in the firmware installer that only let you change options with a PS2 keyboard

 

[svandive]

OK. I thought so. Does it even make sense to still use Whatevergreen.kext in iMacPro1,1 scenario? I can boot fine without it. I get pink glitchy lines during the boot again, but I don't see any other drawbacks.

Run a benchmark and see if you pick up any performance increase. I picked up 2-3% after averaging. Not sure if WEG is truly part of that increase or not, but there it is..

 

[totototo]

Run a benchmark and see if you pick up any performance increase. I picked up 2-3% after averaging. Not sure if WEG is truly part of that increase or not, but there it is..

I did. Very small diff. See attached. Lower score with WEG loaded. Only ran it once tho.

 

[CaseySJ]

** Interim Update: Thunderbolt Local Node and Thunderbolt Bus **

First of all, don't get too excited.

Second of all, the screenshots below were taken on my Asus X99 Deluxe II Hackintosh. They show a complete Thunderbolt device tree!

• Thunderbolt Local Node --> Successful
  • ThunderboltIPPort defining en6 (Thunderbolt Ethernet Bridge)
  • ThunderboltDPOutAdapter for Target Display Mode
  • AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter and AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter
• Thunderbolt Bus --> Successful
  • Notice that Thunderbolt section of System Information does not say "No drivers are loaded". Instead, it displays the Thunderbolt Bus

I have a 2012 MacBook Air with Thunderbolt 2. So later this week I will attempt:

• Hack-to-Mac Thunderbolt Ethernet connection
• Hack-to-Mac TargetDisplayMode
• Hack-to-Mac TargetDiskMode

Fine Print:

• This only works with the Asus ThunderboltEx II card. It will not work with Asus ThunderboltEX 3.
• I have the ThunderboltEx II Dual.
• This card only works on Asus X99 motherboards.
• Hot plug is not yet working. I just installed the card after approximately 3 weeks of wait (shipped from China via Ali Express) so have not fine-tuned the setup.
• I have attached a PowerColor Gaming Station eGPU(via Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter) that includes USB 3 ports and an Ethernet port.
  • The USB ports and Ethernet port are working properly!
  • eGPU is not working. Might have to enable CSM Support.

If you were wondering why I built an "ancient" X99-based Hackintosh, this is the answer.

Now the hard part begins. I'll analyze the DSDT/ACPI tables to see if there's anything we can learn. But my suspicion is that the Thunderbolt 2 Falcon Ridge controller is treated differently by macOS Thunderbolt drivers, and it may not require any assistance from the BIOS/Firmware. This could mean, therefore, that any lessons learned from this experiment may not apply to Titan Ridge.

Close-up of IORegistryExplorer:

Close-up of Thunderbolt section of System Information:

Thunderbolt Ethernet Bridge device automatically added to the bottom of the list:

EDIT: In my haste (and excitement) yesterday I completely forgot to credit this to a post on InsanelyMac by user maleorderbride. I wanted to see for myself whether the results he posted were reproducible, and if so, what could be learned.

 

[shallmc]

Okay, let me see if I can modify the hot plug SSDT for your motherboard. Please upload the following:

• IORegistryExplorer --> File --> Save As... (upload the saved file)
• MaciASL --> File --> New from ACPI --> DSDT
  • Then select File --> Save As... and upload the file.
  • In the Save As... dialog, you may select either Disassembled ASL File or ACPI Machine Language Binary

View attachment 419143

Here is my ioreg and System DSDT
Thanks a lot for your time!

 

[CaseySJ]

Here is my ioreg and System DSDT
Thanks a lot for your time!

Well there's a pattern here!

• Your motherboard has a Falcon Ridge Thunderbolt 2 controller on-board with two Thunderbolt 2 ports on the back panel.
• Guess what? You have full Thunderbolt Local Node and Thunderbolt Bus as well!
• So this suggests that for Falcon Ridge, macOS drivers are completely sufficient to enable full Thunderbolt capability.
• Are you using a Thunderbolt SSDT right now? If so, please upload it. I am curious how ThunderboltDROM and pathcr got into your NHI device.

This shows you also have a full Thunderbolt device tree!

 

[shallmc]

I have 2 files in my ACPI folder
I make them myself using KGP as a guide
I think i made a lot of mistakes, but don't know how to improve them