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

[NCMacGuy]

Please try the attached file (remove previous one). It uses RP01 and attempts to Force Power. However, if BIOS does not have GPIO Force Per option, it generally (i.e. not always) means Force Power is already enabled by default. Also a reminder that _E20 should be renamed to XE20.

@CaseySJ

Sorry to say the new SSDT file did not result in any changes - no TB driver and no TB in PCI. The _E20 was renamed XE20 per your previous instructions.

The IORegistryExplorer listing looked the same as it previously did. The TB drive was shown in Finder as is the case when plugged in on boot.

Looks like this tough nut may not get cracked! I'm willing to keep experimenting if it doesn't bog you down.

Thanks for trying.

 

[CaseySJ]

Anyone have an idea about occasional Bluetooth failures?

I have this exact build with a Fenvi WiFi/BT card. Sometimes, after booting, Bluetooth is available in the top bar, but will not connect to anything. Opening up the Bluetooth preferences results in an endless beachball. System report does show a Bluetooth device though. When i reboot, it magically starts working again.

I've tried unplugging and replugging the card and connectors. I also did a fresh install of the entire os (was on Mojave before, now on Catalina). Still experiencing occasional Bluetooth failures though.

Any advice on what to do, or what screenshots to share, would be much appreciated.

And of course. Great build and support. Thanks for everything, CaseySJ and others

Do you have both macOS and Windows on this system? If so, are the Fenvi/Broadcom drivers installed in Windows? I've found that it's best not to install any Broadcom/Fenvi drivers, but to let Windows use the Intel CNVi module.

 

[CaseySJ]

I am trying to get all my devices working off of a single thunderbolt 3 cable, and I have been successful with exception to a keyboard. Here is my configuration.

Thunderbolt 3 port (I tried both) to Pa32UC Thunderbolt 3 monitor which goes to a 10 port USB 3.0 HUB. Every device on the hub works, with an exception of any keyboard I have tried to plug in. Keyboards also doesn't work if plugged directly into one of the thunderbolt 3 ports on the motherboard, but any other port works fine.

ANy input? This issue has been driving me crazy.

I wonder if this is because we've disabled USB 2 protocol over the Thunderbolt ports. Do you have other USB 2 devices such as an old USB 2 flash disk? If so, do those devices also fail on the same ports?

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ

Sorry to say the new SSDT file did not result in any changes - no TB driver and no TB in PCI. The _E20 was renamed XE20 per your previous instructions.

The IORegistryExplorer listing looked the same as it previously did. The TB drive was shown in Finder as is the case when plugged in on boot.

Looks like this tough nut may not get cracked! I'm willing to keep experimenting if it doesn't bog you down.

Thanks for trying.

Found an oversight on my part. The NUC 7 DSDT does not contain PINI() methods. So it is necessary to rename _INI to XINI. Please try this in the ACPI section of Clover Configurator:

• Find: 52503031 084C5452 5A00084F 42465A00 084C4D53 4C00084C 4E534C00 142A5F49 4E49
• Replace: 52503031 084C5452 5A00084F 42465A00 084C4D53 4C00084C 4E534C00 142A5849 4E49
• Comment: Replace RP01:_INI with RP01:XINI

And use the new file attached.

 

[Ziptie]

I wonder if this is because we've disabled USB 2 protocol over the Thunderbolt ports. Do you have other USB 2 devices such as an old USB 2 flash disk? If so, do those devices also fail on the same ports?

The USB HUB is loaded with USB2 devices that seem to work fine, like speakers, sound recorders, etc. the keyboard works right up until clover lunches macos and then it blacks out.

 

[jlr]

My next suggestion would be to reboot into Recovery Mode. From there run Terminal and try this:-

touch -c "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Extensions"
reboot

Just replace 'Macintosh HD' with whatever you have called your Disk. Note - it is S/L/E and not just L/E, it will bring that in as well, if/as needed.

It may take up to 5 minutes for it to rebuild the prelinkedkernel cache and reboot, just leave it to do its stuff. You won't see any progress bar or anything - possibly even disk activity but it will be working hard in the background.

This way it should rebuild the kernel cache outside of the normal read only mode of the system.

touch -c "/Volumes/Samsung/System/Library/Extensions" seemed to run very quickly, I immediately had a new prompt. Was it supposed to take longer? Unfortunately I'm still stuck with the same problem.

Looks like I may just wait for 10.15.5, or try a fresh installation on a different SSD if I get a chance soon.

 

[CaseySJ]

Thanks for the heads-up @CaseySJ ! Have you settled on which processor you're getting?

I'm sure the i9 will be a great choice, but I'm honestly intrigued at this 6 core i5 coming in at $194. Worth thinking about which applications would not manage perfectly well with it.

The i5-10500 series is very appealing. All of these Comet Lake-S processors are hyper threaded, so no more of those games by Intel. Which one am I getting? We'll just have to wait until it arrives to find out...

 

[Ziptie]

I wonder if this is because we've disabled USB 2 protocol over the Thunderbolt ports. Do you have other USB 2 devices such as an old USB 2 flash disk? If so, do those devices also fail on the same ports?

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Do you know how I could renenable USB 2 support in TB3? I'm not worried about the device limit, that's the only port I need.

 

[CaseySJ]

touch -c "/Volumes/Samsung/System/Library/Extensions" seemed to run very quickly, I immediately had a new prompt. Was it supposed to take longer? Unfortunately I'm still stuck with the same problem.

Looks like I may just wait for 10.15.5, or try a fresh installation on a different SSD if I get a chance soon.

After the touch command in Terminal we have to reboot in order for macOS to rebuild the caches properly.

 

[CaseySJ]

Do you know how I could renenable USB 2 support in TB3? I'm not worried about the device limit, that's the only port I need.

What is the make/model of the keyboard?

Do you have a USB-C to USB Type A cable? If so, have you tried plugging that into one of the two black USB ports on the rear IO panel?