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

[Nanukbcn]

Install Catalina

I am having trouble installing. Did the USB as per instructions, but when language selection of OSX installer loads I get a weird screen with green glitches and what appears to be a screen out of frame or displaced. And by the way, mouse can click buttons but in the original position, not where the screen shows them. Please see pictures attached.

The boot screen and the logo of apple load as normal in full screen and centered, problem is only when inataler is loaded.

I tried many things, like doing the USB again, updating the kext to latest versions, plugin my screen to different HDMI and DPs ports, tried with another monitor and even with aTV. Results are pretty much the same with different displacement of screen.

Please help.
Thanks!

 

[CaseySJ]

I am having trouble installing. Did the USB as per instructions, but when language selection of OSX installer loads I get a weird screen with green glitches and what appears to be a screen out of frame or displaced. And by the way, mouse can click buttons but in the original position, not where the screen shows them. Please see pictures attached.

The boot screen and the logo of apple load as normal in full screen and centered, problem is only when inataler is loaded.

I tried many things, like doing the USB again, updating the kext to latest versions, plugin my screen to different HDMI and DPs ports, tried with another monitor and even with aTV. Results are pretty much the same with different displacement of screen.

Please help.
Thanks!

• What is the make/model of your RX 5700 XT?
• Despite the skewed location of windows, are you able to work your way through each step of that Welcome wizard?

 

[dinz14]

Kudos for the build and incredibly detailed thread @CaseySJ

I’ve been through as much as I can, but can’t find a solution to my problem.

I had a previously great Aorus Z390 Pro i9900k build, but after a lot of messing around over the last couple of days (yes, I’m an idiot!) I’ve broken my sleep, reboot and shutdown

I’ve added my EFI to my thread here: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/broken-sleep-reboot-and-shutdown-on-10-15-3-help.292391/

I’d be grateful if you could have a quick look at my Kexts/config when you get a spare moment as it’s driving me crazy and I’m certain it’s something simple I’m missing.

much appreciated

 

[Nanukbcn]

• What is the make/model of your RX 5700 XT?
• Despite the skewed location of windows, are you able to work your way through each step of that Welcome wizard?

My GPU is Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 5700XT

I managed to go through the process of installing, although it was a very difficult task to find out where to click to hit the right button. Rebooted twice during inatalation and now I have a desktop in full scteen!! So, so far, looking good, thought I still need to go through making my mac to boot without USB, updates and posts installation. We'll see!

Might it be a problem in the USB then? A missing or incorrect kext/argument?

 

[jiffyslot]

Hey there @CaseySJ, just needlessly reporting in.

I've been trying to get up to speed so I can play along as you guys come up with drafts. I finally caught on to everything and can report previous KGP SSDT level device tree (no nodes) using the TB Native files via the make file and proper GPE event.

I just needed the right patches. Happy to say it's getting along well with SSDT-TbtOnPCH-Z390.aml and OsxDetect and said patches.

I know it's not technically on PCH, though Osy mentioned it probably doesn't matter, and also this is Alpine Ridge. Either way I'd be thrilled to try any new drafts you've got. If you don't feel like sharing I get that.

I did learn however if I have GPI0 Force Pwr disabled then I end up with RTPC=True and that crashes Hotplug.

Anyways, cheers and thanks for all your work.

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Wondering if I'd have to change any UUIDs if using a Titan Ridge controller instead of an Alpine Ridge controller. IIRC, getting Thunderbolt 2 (Alpine Ridge devices and Falcon Ridge devices) –both of which existed before Titan Ridge controllers) to reconnect with the power switch/TB node would be quite a trick. UAD TB2 devices with power supplies "let go" of the connection, unlike bus-powered/always-on TB3 devices like the Arrow. In your driver package, you'll notice that UAD is using or has patched a persistent "FW driver". I can't tell if it's for firmware or for Firewire. -A lot of the rackmount Apollo 8/Apollo 16 devices circa 2015 were converted with TB2 cards from FW800 before leaving the factory.

Also unlike the BMD Multidock 2: A TB2 device that has no power switch.

Mods: Please bump this as needed.

 

[3ricth3r3d]

Some checklist items for upgrading from Mojave to Catalina:

• Always start with a full bootable backup.
• Now, while still running Mojave:
  • Update to latest Clover, preferably 51xx.
  • Update to latest Lilu, WhateverGreen, and AppleALC.
  • If using VirtualSMC, update to latest version. If using FakeSMC, no change to FakeSMC is needed.
• Reboot Mojave to make sure everything is still working -- including Audio, VLC, QuickTime, Final Cut Pro.
• Now perform an in-place upgrade from Mojave to Catalina -- using System Preferences --> Software Update.
  • Each time the system reboots, look carefully at all the boot options in Clover.
  • If you see a boot option that says "Boot macOS Install from ..." then choose that one.
  • If you don't see a boot option with the word "Install", then choose the standard "Boot macOS from ...".
• When Catalina is fully installed, check the following once again:
  • Audio
  • QuickTime
  • VLC
  • Final Cut Pro

Thanks so much for the checklist. I pretty much did just that. The update went (I think) well, just missing audio now.
Did have a USB headset available and it's recognized as audio. Qt, VLC Final cut all work with headset plugged in.
Just need to read (re-read) instructions for getting onboard audio to work I guess....
Thinking this is what I need to know:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/an-idiots-guide-to-lilu-and-its-plug-ins.260063/#AppleALC
???

 

[Nanukbcn]

Amazing guide, thanks!!

I followed it step by step, loved the screenshots, helps a lot.
The only problem I had is when entering the command in terminal
cd /System/Volumes/Data/Users/Shared
tail -f EFIClone.log
Result was item can't be found.
Copy finished correctly, but when opening the EFI partition it was empty. I copied the EFI folder from my original drive, rebooted and the copy worked perfectly well. I am guessing it is not normal that I have to manually copy the EFI folder. Does this has something to do with the missing item EFIClone.log? If so, where did I go wrong?

 

[Ploddles]

Amazing guide, thanks!!

I followed it step by step, loved the screenshots, helps a lot.
The only problem I had is when entering the command in terminal
cd /System/Volumes/Data/Users/Shared
tail -f EFIClone.log
Result was item can't be found.
Copy finished correctly, but when opening the EFI partition it was empty. I copied the EFI folder from my original drive, rebooted and the copy worked perfectly well. I am guessing it is not normal that I have to manually copy the EFI folder. Does this has something to do with the missing item EFIClone.log? If so, where did I go wrong?

EFIClone-v4.sh is in TEST mode when you download it. In order for it to copy the EFI folder contents you have to change TEST_SWITCH="Y" to TEST_SWITCH="N".

 

[CaseySJ]

EFIClone-v4.sh is in TEST mode when you download it. In order for it to copy the EFI folder contents you have to change TEST_SWITCH="Y" to TEST_SWITCH="N".

Correct.

I'm thinking of changing the default back to "TEST_SWITCH=N" so that it operates in normal mode instead of test mode. If there are no objections, I'll make the change towards the end of the day (it's about a quarter to 6am right now).

 

[svandive]

CaseySJ, I've been away from the boards fro a bit and it looks like a lot has changed, from the sold move over the OC (at least to resolve dependance on free2000 memory driver as well as picking up native NVRAM. I wanted to ask what your thoughts were on migration to this more modern approach. Is everything captured in the primary build guide (starting back on Page 1) or are there mini-guides sort of sprinkled through out the 1500 posts that really need to be followed in order to be successful? Thank you for you guidance...