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

[jiffyslot]

The GC-Alpine Ridge is on PCI0.PEG1. The two attached files should be copied to CLOVER/ACPI/patched folder and will take effect after a reboot. These files should:

• Enable hot plug
• Inject device name information to System Information --> PCI

However, because I don't have a copy of your motherboard's original DSDT.aml, there is a small chance that the hot plug SSDT will not work. We can tackle that problem once we get there...

Hi @CaseySJ

I'm still chasing power-button "hotplug" for my UAD Apollo 8 TB 2 and I've attached

If I'm still using the Z370, and my Titan Ridge Card is in slot 4, and it's also on PCI0.PEG1<RP21, should this patch work? I don't see any place for me to substitute RP21, though I did find/replace Alpine with Titan...

Do I need to change any UUID stuff to match the connected equipment and/or dongles? FWIW, I'm not using a TB dock.

Please and thank you... First two attachments are variations of you recent posted items, then my config sans serial, then the two .aml files that I'm currently using. Thanks.

 

[Slightman]

CaseySJ
Thank you for this instructions. Everyting works!

 

[CaseySJ]

I have the ABWB card that is used by others in hackintoshes without problem, I don't think the problem comes from the card. The Bluetooth is "unavailable" in the menu, but it is enabled in the system preferences but I can't disable it, nothing is happening (earlier, it was disabled and I couldn't enable it). I didn't turn it off to make a reset this time. If this is the only way to restart the Bluetooth, it seems easier to me to disconnect the Bluetooth part of the card and install a dongle, right? Looks like a conflict between the USB ports.
I didn't install Windows so that's not the problem.

Have you tried either of the following:

• Power down and unplug power cable for 10 seconds. Then reconnect and restart.
• If this works, the first thing you should do is reset the Bluetooth module like this:
  • Press SHIFT + Option while clicking Bluetooth icon in menu bar.
  • Then select Reset the Bluetooth module as shown:
    
    

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ
Yes, I can. You will find an attached photo.
Thank you
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• After mounting EFI partition, do you see EFI/CLOVER folder?
• Shut down the computer and unplug it from the wall for 10 seconds to perform a soft CMOS reset. Then replug and power on. Press F8 during BIOS Splash screen. Do you see all boot disks now?

 

[CaseySJ]

Thanks @CaseySJ . As a side note, I had a thought. What happens with the patches if a HW device doesn't exist? I physically removed the CNVi card from the MoBo since people suggested this improved BT and WiFi performance. The theory was, even though the OS wasn't using it, it was still powered, which could have enabled the radios to produce RF interference with the Fenvi. I figured physically removing the board was a simple way to ensure that couldn't occur. However, does this mean the patches you provided might be "off" in some way?

Physically removing the CNVi device will not affect the USB port definitions in the SSDT. However, you should delete this file from CLOVER/ACPI/patched if it exists:

SSDT-DESIGNARE-Z390-NO-CNVW.aml

 

[CaseySJ]

In the initial post there is a section about installing Windows 10 on the NVME slot closer to the CPU. I found out I did that the wrong way, so I just swapped them (Windows is now on the upper NVME slot, macOS on the lower slot). That did not cause any problems with both installations, but I am not quite sure: do I have to change anything else? Where in Windows can I check which SSD is called "disk 0" now? Is that the widow where you can partition disks? If that is it, swapping the drives did not change the numbering ...
Generally, I get the feeling that every time I boot up Windows, the next time I start macOS, there is a kernel panic or the wifi does not work after the first boot ... nothing that doesn't fix itself somehow, but not very comforting ...
Would you generally recommend to rather not have a second OS on the hackintosh? Or should it not make any difference as long as you install on the right drives?

Swapping NVMe drives between the upper M2M and lower M2P slots is perfectly okay and it is truly plug-and-play. No configuration file has to change. We can check the disk<n> numbers in:

My Computer --> right-click --> Manage --> Disk Management



It's okay to install both Windows and macOS on this system. But when we boot back into macOS it might be a good idea to do a cold start only when you encounter Windows Weirdness. The only Windows Weirdness I've personally seen is disconnection of my Thunderbolt devices when I warm boot back into macOS. Unplugging and replugging my Thunderbolt device usually fixes the problem.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi @CaseySJ

I'm still chasing power-button "hotplug" for my UAD Apollo 8 TB 2 and I've attached

If I'm still using the Z370, and my Titan Ridge Card is in slot 4, and it's also on PCI0.PEG1<RP21, should this patch work? I don't see any place for me to substitute RP21, though I did find/replace Alpine with Titan...

Do I need to change any UUID stuff to match the connected equipment and/or dongles? FWIW, I'm not using a TB dock.

Please and thank you... First two attachments are variations of you recent posted items, then my config sans serial, then the two .aml files that I'm currently using. Thanks.

We first have to determine the correct PCI path for Thunderbolt. To do this, we should temporarily remove the Thunderbolt SSDT from CLOVER/ACPI/patched and reboot. Then examine IORegistryExplorer to get the PCI path (or post the IOReg file here).

If the Thunderbolt AIC is attaching to PCI0.PEG1, note that the file SSDT-GC-TITAN-RIDGE-TB3HP.aml is using PC01.PEG1 instead (which is an error). Please see below:

 

[CaseySJ]

CaseySJ
Thank you for this instructions. Everyting works!

Glad to hear it -- and welcome to the forum!

 

[FriFlo]

Swapping NVMe drives between the upper M2M and lower M2P slots is perfectly okay and it is truly plug-and-play. No configuration file has to change. We can check the disk<n> numbers in:

My Computer --> right-click --> Manage --> Disk Management

View attachment 428779

It's okay to install both Windows and macOS on this system. But when we boot back into macOS it might be a good idea to do a cold start only when you encounter Windows Weirdness. The only Windows Weirdness I've personally seen is disconnection of my Thunderbolt devices when I warm boot back into macOS. Unplugging and replugging my Thunderbolt device usually fixes the problem.

Yup, that is what I assumed ... but after swaping the NVMes my Windows disk and its EFI is still on disk 3! Is that a problem? Would I have to reinstall Windows with all other disks removed to fix that?

 

[Slickademo]

For some reason after I just did the most recent update, including kexts, drivers and clover, my internal graphics is not showing in about Mac or geekbench. It is enabled in my bios, I noticed when I was benchmarking everything to see how performance was.