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GIGABYTE GA-Z270X-Designare with Mojave 10.14.6

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@pastrychef
Because I decided to go with a MB that wasn’t “sanctioned” as a MB that would work.
That’s my bad.

What is so different about my USB Clover/Mojave boot drive and the EFI boot that you are creating?

Are you trying to get the USB ports correct?

The USB-C ports?

The SMBIOS?

I've just never encountered such a troublesome Z270...

I don't even remember what your current EFI is like. I just remember it was on iMac14,2 and I know it didn't have support for FileVault.
 
@pastrychef
Because I decided to go with a MB that wasn’t “sanctioned” as a MB that would work.
That’s my bad.

What is so different about my USB Clover/Mojave boot drive and the EFI boot that you are creating?

Are you trying to get the USB ports correct?

The USB-C ports?

The SMBIOS?

Please try this one.
 

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@pastrychef
Because I decided to go with a MB that wasn’t “sanctioned” as a MB that would work.
That’s my bad.

What is so different about my USB Clover/Mojave boot drive and the EFI boot that you are creating?

Are you trying to get the USB ports correct?

The USB-C ports?

The SMBIOS?

Hi there.

I kind of think I have to disagree here. This is not your bad. :)

There is no rule-book on what will and what won't work. Except things like the stand-out XFX brand RX560 GPU which famously has a non-compatible VBIOS for Hackintosh use. However, some brave souls managed to flash it with a different VBIOS, and got it working. That's an extreme example. Motherboards from the main companies, with standard components, rarely cause such problems.

The Gigabyte Z270X Designare has no "extra" components not featured in other boards, albeit maybe separately, that make it unsuitable for a Hackintosh use. If they started making boards with radically different ways of doing things that would cause problems for Windows too - their main market - and something to avoid.

Yes, there are "Golden Builds" featuring components known to require little or no trickery to get working, but as @pastrychef implies, there is nothing we can see hardware-wise preventing your particular motherboard being used. True, you do have some problems that need identifying and addressing. This is not impossible.

To get to the bottom of this you need to go back to the beginning:

How did you create your UniBeast installer?

Where did you get the installer?

What version macOS?

How did you format your destination drive?

What components did you have attached when performing the installation?

Were there any other drives attached at the time?

That latest screengrab is indicative of a "memory fix" problem. On my old Z270 Gigabyte build I used OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi, for what it's worth. I had similar problems recently moving over to OpenCore and our friend @pastrychef pointed me in the right direction. Same solution, different Aptio fix version. He was right :thumbup:

So don't think I'm taking issue with what you are saying, but I am saying we need to know why this build isn't progressing because it really should.

:)
 
Hi there.

I kind of think I have to disagree here. This is not your bad. :)

There is no rule-book on what will and what won't work. Except things like the stand-out XFX brand RX560 GPU which famously has a non-compatible VBIOS for Hackintosh use. However, some brave souls managed to flash it with a different VBIOS, and got it working. That's an extreme example. Motherboards from the main companies, with standard components, rarely cause such problems.

The Gigabyte Z270X Designare has no "extra" components not featured in other boards, albeit maybe separately, that make it unsuitable for a Hackintosh use. If they started making boards with radically different ways of doing things that would cause problems for Windows too - their main market - and something to avoid.

Yes, there are "Golden Builds" featuring components known to require little or no trickery to get working, but as @pastrychef implies, there is nothing we can see hardware-wise preventing your particular motherboard being used. True, you do have some problems that need identifying and addressing. This is not impossible.

To get to the bottom of this you need to go back to the beginning:

How did you create your UniBeast installer?

Where did you get the installer?

What version macOS?

How did you format your destination drive?

What components did you have attached when performing the installation?

Were there any other drives attached at the time?

That latest screengrab is indicative of a "memory fix" problem. On my old Z270 Gigabyte build I used OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi, for what it's worth. I had similar problems recently moving over to OpenCore and our friend @pastrychef pointed me in the right direction. Same solution, different Aptio fix version. He was right :thumbup:

So don't think I'm taking issue with what you are saying, but I am saying we need to know why this build isn't progressing because it really should.

:)

You had to use OsxAptioFix2Drv?? Maybe that's the answer for BillieJo too...
 
You had to use OsxAptioFix2Drv?? Maybe that's the answer for BillieJo too...

Just double-checked the EFI I used at the time for the build. Yep.
 
@pastrychef @UtterDisbelief
OK.
I'm going to try to answer what I can, then it's family time and a football game.

@pastrychef
That last EFI folder provided hung in the same place.

@UtterDisbelief
How did you create your UniBeast installer?
With the instructions here on this site.

Where did you get the installer?
The MacOS?
Since it was an old OS and no longer available as a "current" Apple download, I went to an older Apple link that someone posted HERE on this site.
There were no problems with the install. Just my forgetfulness at times.
It has been a few years since my last build.


What version macOS?
I started with Mojave 14.6
Then I did the supplemental security upgrade you talked about in another post.
I thought not being on the latest version of the OS might have been the USB problem.


How did you format your destination drive?
Meaning the primary boot drive?
That HD is a PCIe HD and I can only access it on the Hack.
(I'm replying from my MBP as the Z270 Hack is down.)
So without really remembering I had to have formatted it on the Z270 once in the Mac OS.


What components did you have attached when performing the installation?
Nothing other than the USB boot drive, memory & the PCIe HD.
And if I remember correctly, I only had one 16Gb stick of memory in as well.
I added the other three afterwards.


Were there any other drives attached at the time?
No.

I have a question.

I mentioned in another post my feelings were this was all tied to the original build.
Multibeast 11.3

That used Clover 4920
That's what I see when I boot from my thumb drive.
And 4934.

Clover 5 hangs up.

The SMBIOS is incorrect. This is effecting things, possibly the USB-C ports. I'm not exactly sure.
This build should be 18,3 which identifies the i7-7700K CPU.

OK.
Here's the question...
Can we try to boot this machine with a version of your EFI folder created with an older version of Clover?
 
What did I miss?
I was writing.
 
@pastrychef @UtterDisbelief
OK.
I'm going to try to answer what I can, then it's family time and a football game.

@pastrychef
That last EFI folder provided hung in the same place.

@UtterDisbelief
How did you create your UniBeast installer?
With the instructions here on this site.

Where did you get the installer?
The MacOS?
Since it was an old OS and no longer available as a "current" Apple download, I went to an older Apple link that someone posted HERE on this site.
There were no problems with the install. Just my forgetfulness at times.
It has been a few years since my last build.


What version macOS?
I started with Mojave 14.6
Then I did the supplemental security upgrade you talked about in another post.
I thought not being on the latest version of the OS might have been the USB problem.


How did you format your destination drive?
Meaning the primary boot drive?
That HD is a PCIe HD and I can only access it on the Hack.
(I'm replying from my MBP as the Z270 Hack is down.)
So without really remembering I had to have formatted it on the Z270 once in the Mac OS.


What components did you have attached when performing the installation?
Nothing other than the USB boot drive, memory & the PCIe HD.
And if I remember correctly, I only had one 16Gb stick of memory in as well.
I added the other three afterwards.


Were there any other drives attached at the time?
No.

I have a question.

I mentioned in another post my feelings were this was all tied to the original build.
Multibeast 11.3

That used Clover 4920
That's what I see when I boot from my thumb drive.
And 4934.

Clover 5 hangs up.

The SMBIOS is incorrect. This is effecting things, possibly the USB-C ports. I'm not exactly sure.
This build should be 18,3 which identifies the i7-7700K CPU.

OK.
Here's the question...
Can we try to boot this machine with a version of your EFI folder created with an older version of Clover?

On the last EFI that I posted, please navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI/ and replace AptioMemoryFix.efi with the attached file.
 

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