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

[SuDoDmz]

Yes indeed there are some "thingies" missing on the board in question. Here's a not so great photo of my board showing the "thingies" evident.

Before @iRamon came along again (didn't know he shot a "before" photo as well), I waited just for YOU, cause the picture I found was definitely not good enough for a 100% assessment

After checking, I can tell you, there's absolutely nothing wrong with your eyes!!

Lucky me

That also seals the deal for me to order a new Designare motherboard ... there's no way I'm going to solder this, or spend money on a professional to do it for me.

You should definitely go with resoldering (if you ask me). Simple reason(s):
1. you consider buying a new mainboard anyway, so why not fix it?
2. More experimenting (means more learning)
3. Price for components such as these are mere cents.
And you would need a good pair of tweezers and an even better magnifier Or a member here could help us out, but definitely worth trying. Would be pity to throw such a good board away, just because three components worth a few cents are missing.

This is extraordinary detective work, keen enough to impress Sherlock Holmes!! Detail in those photos can be unreliable, and often depends on angle and concentration of incident light. That's why I recommended using a multimeter to check for electrical continuity.

Amen, couldn't agree more!

Kind words, really, buuut...

Now to @iRamon: How the bloody hell did you dislodge those thingies???

...have whacked some components myself, back in the day. That tiny stuff really isn't robust, at all. You could take those down with your fingernail. I think these are the reasons, why I noticed

 

[StefanAM]

@StefanAM
Here is my EFI. I'm running Clover 5114 and the BIOS version is F11c. At the moment, no issues. I did not include my TB3 SSDT, not sure if you have a TR card and you'd need to create a new one anyway.

Thank you very much, man! What port you use and what position? I have Alpine Ridge flashed and it is working perfectly (thanks to CaseySJ and you all).

 

[kejocu]

** Micro-Guide: True One-Key Wake from Sleep Without Changing DarkWake **
Please do not quote this micro-guide in its entirely. Post a link instead.​

I am among those for whom sleep/wake was already working well, but I tried this out anyway to see if it would fix my Apple Watch unlock issue. Unfortunately, it did not. My issue seems to be that the system times out somehow after waking up, so I'm just presented with the login screen after pressing a key/tapping the trackpad. If I interrupt an automatic or forced sleep command (click before the machine actually shuts its fans off etc) then the screen immediately wakes back up and Apple Watch unlock occurs as it should.

At least other person is also having this issue:

Also have no sleep issues at present, using no darkwake flags, but also have power nap and wake for network disabled in energy saver. It does take a few seconds to reconnect bluetooth however so doesn't instantly unlock from my Apple Watch. What I would be interested in however if this SSDT correctly reconnects / keeps thunderbolt devices connected through a sleep / wake cycle without needing to unplug and re /plug the cable? Anyone on a patched AIC tried it yet?

Any ideas?

 

[TinkerTenor]

Just follow this build by @CasseySJ very carefully. It is a very detailed and complete guide, and you can't go wrong (famous last words). If you do, post back here as there always is someone to help, usually @CaseySJ.

@TinkerTenor @jb007

A subtle but noteworthy clarification: Although macOS NVMe can be installed in any M.2 slot, it should be moved to M2P if Windows is also installed in an NVMe SSD. If Windows is installed onto a SATA 2.5" SSD or onto a SATA M.2 SSD then it will operate over the SATA bus instead of PCIe bus, so it won't install its boot loader on the macOS NVMe SSD.

Thanks to you both - for now I have macOS installed on the only NVMe I have, in M2P. There is nothing in M2M for now. When I'm ready to install Windows I'll remove the macOS NVMe until it's finished installing.

Also glad to report my build went well and everything is up and running beautifully! I'll post my Radeon Boost results in a separate post here in a minute.

 

[Rashed97]

Does Netflix work under Chrome and/or FireFox?

Yup, but Chrome is using Widevine L3, software only decoding, no?

 

[Doymilk]

*** OpenCore 0.5.7 Experimental Setup for Designare Z390 ***
(Please do not quote this guide in its entirety. Post a link instead.)​

Hi CaseySJ and friends. In reference to the OpenCore experimental setup, how should we approach this guide if we are installing fresh from scratch (particularly the part about product number, serial number, etc.)? It seems the guide is moreso tailored for swapping across from Clover. Is most of the guide from Dortania applicable, not mentioning the specific Kexts / SSDTs that can be taken from the Clover guide?

Thanks very much!!

 

[TinkerTenor]

Finished installing Catalina 10.15.4 from the fresh install mini guide last "night." Thank you so much @CaseySJ!

I had a minor flub where I flashed the BIOS to f9b and set it up according to post #1...but did so AFTER unlocking the motherboard instead of before. Once I realized my mistake things went much better. Everything is working wonderfully although while adjusting settings in the BIOS to match post #1 I ended up having to disable XMP. The first time I set up all the settings as described there, I got a notice that the BIOS had been reset to safe settings. Trial and error led me to just leaving XMP disabled and then all was well. My RAM is:

Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 Desktop Memory Black

Once everything was complete I ran some benchmarks. For some frame of reference on what I'm upgrading from, my "video editing rig" up till now has been a 2012 Mac mini with 16GB of RAM and an upgraded SSD. Poor Thing.

I have to say I'm thrilled with how it's all working. My only question would be whether or not there's a way to get XMP working.

 

[RuleBreaker01]

Hello @Rulebreaker01 ,
Just 4 posts above yours, I referred to alternative download locations that were kindly shared by @hamzab

I noticed that as well.
GFX AVG in Intel Power Gadget would not go above 0,48 on my system while playing the 4K video.

I just tried VideoProc > Setting > Harware Accelerate Enginge Options, and ran the accelation tests.
GFX AVG would jump tp 1.20 almost immediately, see screenshot.
View attachment 465609

hi,

i realized that when i ran the acceleration test on video proc,the avg. gfx value jumps correctly to 1.2 ghz but it doesnt go down after. It stays on 1.2 ghz. When i send the machine to sleep after wake up theavg. gfx goes down to zero and when i rerun the acceleration testit goes up to 1.2 ghz and afterwards as well done to zero but at first bootor after restart it behaves on full 1.2ghz and doesnt go down. Do you have the same behaviour? As i see from your printscreens iramon probably yes...

 

[genzai]

The mystery of not knowing/understanding what was causing the odd behaviour was killing me (proverbially), pushing me to keep searching for an answer and dragging @CaseySJ along. Your observation concludes the quest and gives peace of mind, along with my normal hours of sleep

A big thank you to @SuDoDmz and @CaseySJ!

Glad there is some rhyme and reason to this issue. Good job damaging your board
That said, the missing parts are "just" resisters and there is a pretty good chance the board will work fine by simply bridging the space between the missing resisters with a conductive ink /solder pen. should be able to get that for like $10.
g\

EDIT- get a crabon based pen since it has some resistance anyway

 

[Olass]

Hello

I would like to connect a NZXT KRAKEN X62 USB port on Motherbord z390 aorus pro wifi but all USB ports are used as follows:

1- fenvi T919 wifi card in F_USB2

2- GC-TITAN RIDGE in F_USB1

3- Where to connect Nzxt kraken x62 on my motherboard ?????

If the cable shown in the attached picture works, can you please send me the purchase link from amazon? and If there is another way, tell me about it Thank you very much and appreciation