Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

Hi Casey. Thanks for the guide, superb resource. I had a question re intermixing the guide for the Designare Z390 and the Z490. I've been planning my build for a while and already have most of the components but just seen the Z490 get upped from a still tinkering to golden build. I'd love to put those extra threads to use in a 10th gen but I run a mix of Logic Plugins at 32 and 64bit. As such I'm avoiding Catalina. I'm wondering how tricky it would be for me to navigate a middle road between the installs. I've built 3 hacks to date through the uni/multibeast and kexts route. This looks like a tidy solution and I wondered whether I'd be biting off more than I can chew trying to merge the two guides. At the end of the day, dramatic downtime would cost me harder than missing a performance bump I probably won't notice coming from a 5th gen CPU... but plugins do love those threads

Hello @Giskard,

We are currently unable to install Mojave on Z490 systems. This might change with the next release of OpenCore and perhaps even the next release of Clover. At this time, therefore, we cannot recommend Z490 for Mojave.

If you have already gathered Z390-based components, that is still a very good choice because Comet Lake-S processors really do not offer any material advantages over 9th Generation Coffee Lake. The additional two cores in the i9-10900 might be the only real benefit over Z390, but there are already so many satisfied i9-9900K users out there!

 

[lightmanrt]

Hiya, thank you for the reply - I finally fixed my issue by using PlistEditPro.

I finally have working Ethernet with the Vision G.

I do however have an issue in that I seem to be having some drop out audio with a USB RME Fireface 802 (I use mine as a Logic Pro X workstation). I never had this in my previous Z390 (ASUS Prime-z370-a w i7 8700K).

Also, RME Totalmix is taking ages to load on boot so I PRESUME there is a problem with my USB config somewhere. If anyone can lend a hand I would be super grateful as I'm going a bit above my pay grade now!

Try different USB ports. I have had this problem with Protools in particular. Switched ports and the problem disappears. I have actually has this problem on two different machines including the Z390 Designare. I tried everything then though maybe it is an usb problem. I have no problem on the vision D. I guess I picked the right port!

 

[amarchand]

@CaseySJ many thanks for your excellent build guide! I assembled and completed this build today with very few headaches. You made the process very accessible.

I have a couple of questions regarding RGB control (should be the last of anyone's worries...)

1) with liquidctl installed, I am seeing no devices upon running "liquidctl list." Neither the case nor the Gigabyte mobo are appearing. Do you know why either would be absent? My 500DX ARGB connector is plugged into D_LED2.

2) do you have any idea if the GSkill RAM RGB is controllable from MacOS? I was going to attempt running the GSkill control software before learning Wine is not yet compatible with Catalina.

Again, thank you, your work is highly appreciated.

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ many thanks for your excellent build guide! I assembled and completed this build today with very few headaches. You made the process very accessible.

I have a couple of questions regarding RGB control (should be the last of anyone's worries...)

1) with liquidctl installed, I am seeing no devices upon running "liquidctl list." Neither the case nor the Gigabyte mobo are appearing. Do you know why either would be absent? My 500DX ARGB connector is plugged into D_LED2.

2) do you have any idea if the GSkill RAM RGB is controllable from MacOS? I was going to attempt running the GSkill control software before learning Wine is not yet compatible with Catalina.

Again, thank you, your work is highly appreciated.

Hello @amarchand,

The Gigabyte RGB Fusion driver for liquidctl is still in my development branch on GitHub. We’re in the final stages of committing it into Jonas Malaco’s master branch.

Meanwhile, one can copy the contents of “drivers” folder from my development branch into the same “drivers” folder on the installed copy of liquidctl.

If more specific details are needed, I can post them in the morning.

Good choice in components, by the way; especially the BeQuiet! case. I’m still pleasantly surprised by its quality and functionality. It certainly deserves to be RGB’d.

 

[amarchand]

Hello @amarchand,

The Gigabyte RGB Fusion driver for liquidctl is still in my development branch on GitHub. We’re in the final stages of committing it into Jonas Malaco’s master branch.

Meanwhile, one can copy the contents of “drivers” folder from my development branch into the same “drivers” folder on the installed copy of liquidctl.

If more specific details are needed, I can post them in the morning.

Good choice in components, by the way; especially the BeQuiet! case. I’m still pleasantly surprised by its quality and functionality. It certainly deserves to be RGB’d.

Thank you, I can't seem to find a "drivers" folder in the liquidctl install folder - attaching screenshot for reference.

Followed your lead very closely on parts... I shopped around cases and found that the case you had used fit all of my needs. It looks fantastic and was easy to build in, and as the first case I've built without conventional drive cages, I don't miss them at all.

 

[CaseySJ]

Thank you, I can't seem to find a "drivers" folder in the liquidctl install folder - attaching screenshot for reference.

Followed your lead very closely on parts... I shopped around cases and found that the case you had used fit all of my needs. It looks fantastic and was easy to build in, and as the first case I've built without conventional drive cages, I don't miss them at all.

Almost there! Follow the “libexec” path a few more levels down...

...python...site-packages...liquidctl...drivers

 

[Giskard]

Hello @Giskard,

We are currently unable to install Mojave on Z490 systems. This might change with the next release of OpenCore and perhaps even the next release of Clover. At this time, therefore, we cannot recommend Z490 for Mojave.

If you have already gathered Z390-based components, that is still a very good choice because Comet Lake-S processors really do not offer any material advantages over 9th Generation Coffee Lake. The additional two cores in the i9-10900 might be the only real benefit over Z390, but there are already so many satisfied i9-9900K users out there!

Thanks for getting back so quick, kinda what I wanted to hear given I'm almost there with parts. I think it'll be some time before I can transition fully to 64bit.

 

[hughythomas]

Try different usb ports. I have had this problem with Protools in particular. Switched ports and the problem disappears. I have actually has this problem on two different machines including the Z390 Designare. I tried everything then though maybe it is an usb problem. I have no problem on the vision D. I guess I picked the right port!

Heya thank you for the reply!

Yes, I've tried all of them now same problem

I get audio drop outs system wide and RME's Totalmix software takes ages to load on boot. I've also just seen on startup that the blue LED for 'USB' on the front of the audio interfaces comes on just as the software driver finally launches so my issue is definitely USB related.

I've attached my EFI folder - might there be someone who would kindly take a look? Happy to sling something your way as an appreciation i just need it working in Logic Pro X URGENTLY!

I'm getting rather desperate now as originally I bought a Ryzen upgrade that didn't work out well...at all. That had to be sent back as none of the 3rd party plugins were working in Logic. This whole upgrade has cost me 3 weeks off of work now and my clients are understandably getting rather agitated!

Best,

Tom

EDIT: I have tried CaseySJ's EFI folder to boot just now on my Vision G (both v1 and v2 open core 0.5.9) and they are slower and still both exhibit the same issue with USB

 

[CaseySJ]

Thank you, I can't seem to find a "drivers" folder in the liquidctl install folder - attaching screenshot for reference.

Followed your lead very closely on parts... I shopped around cases and found that the case you had used fit all of my needs. It looks fantastic and was easy to build in, and as the first case I've built without conventional drive cages, I don't miss them at all.

Almost there! Follow the “libexec” path a few more levels down...

...python...site-packages...liquidctl...drivers

The full path to the driver folder (no "s") is:

/usr/local/Cellar/liquidctl/1.3.3_1/libexec/lib/python3.8/site-packages/liquidctl/driver

My development branch with latest RGB Fusion driver:

liquidctl/liquidctl at Add-support-for-Gigabyte-RGB-Fusion-2.0 · CaseySJ/liquidctl

Cross-platform CLI and Python drivers for AIO liquid coolers and other devices - liquidctl/liquidctl at Add-support-for-Gigabyte-RGB-Fusion-2.0 · CaseySJ/liquidctl

github.com

 

[CaseySJ]

Just got blindsided by the Gigabyte W480 Vision D:

• Link to Gigabyte product page.
• If you strip away the fancy shrouds, the motherboard underneath is nearly identical to the Z490 Vision D.
• Fortunately, this one supports both Xeon and Comet Lake-S. It may have improved VRM design.