Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming build with working NVRAM

[pastrychef]

Ahh I see, I wanted to follow your set up (only difference is i5 9600k, would this be fine for gaming? I just want mid range specs and enough to run warzone on medium to high settings) since I only have a little bit of experience with hackintosh (I built one in 2012 but never figured out why it kept freezing after 45 mins to an hour). Or would you suggest i5 9700k?

From your post about HDMI you mention it not working well on mac os "lowering resolution and/or refresh rates". I currently use my 2013 macbook air with thunderbolt adapter to hdmi and use it on 720p instead of 1080p since I mainly use it on my big screen tv on my bedroom. I'm not concerned with resolution and slow refresh as long as it works.

And also would this work OOB because I was planning on buying something like this for my macbook air anyways.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P5PRK7J/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Since the other cards, I might have to search around and the adapter

I think either CPU would work fine. It comes down to how much you want to spend... I don't think Warzone is very demanding...

If you don't mind lowering resolution and/or refresh rate, HDMI will work.

Again, you should check out the the RX 5500 XT rather than the RX 580. It's a much newer architecture and much more efficient while costing approximately the same.

I've never had too much luck with USB Wi-Fi adaptors in macOS. I like to stick with natively supported cards via PCI-e or M.2.

 

[Btort]

I think either CPU would work fine. It comes down to how much you want to spend... I don't think Warzone is very demanding...

If you don't mind lowering resolution and/or refresh rate, HDMI will work.

Again, you should check out the the RX 5500 XT rather than the RX 580. It's a much newer architecture and much more efficient while costing approximately the same.

I've never had too much luck with USB Wi-Fi adaptors in macOS. I like to stick with natively supported cards via PCI-e or M.2.

Have you had any experience with the RX 5500 xt? I was reading reviews on amazon and some mention driver issues

 

[pastrychef]

Have you had any experience with the RX 5500 xt? I was reading reviews on amazon and some mention driver issues

Personally, no. I've only read success stories from others on this forum.

On Windows, I think the driver issues have largely been resolved for the Navi cards.

 

[tastic]

Get your NVRAM working. Read through posts #1, 2, and 4 of this thread.

Fixed the NVRAM using the settings in MultiBeast shown below. Boots like a champ.
USB 2.0 ports are still not working, so I'm off to deal with that issue now. Thanks for the idea.

 

[pastrychef]

Fixed the NVRAM using the settings in MultiBeast shown below. Boots like a champ.
USB 2.0 ports are still not working, so I'm off to deal with that issue now. Thanks for the idea.

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You can follow the following guide to fix USB.

The New Beginner's Guide to USB Port Configuration

Important Update: June 2023 From Big Sur 11.3 on the built-in OpenCore XhciPortLimit quirk no-longer worked as described. This became a known "bug", though in reality it was Apple changing their internal code, making a simple "peek and poke" to keep it operating, a difficult task. However, with...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[tastic]

You can follow the following guide to fix USB.

The New Beginner's Guide to USB Port Configuration

Important Update: June 2023 From Big Sur 11.3 on the built-in OpenCore XhciPortLimit quirk no-longer worked as described. This became a known "bug", though in reality it was Apple changing their internal code, making a simple "peek and poke" to keep it operating, a difficult task. However, with...

www.tonymacx86.com

Probably a dumb question, but... Since my case is kept on the floor and under a desk, I rarely use the rear ports to plug/unplug anything. Instead I keep a 7-port USB hub on my desk and use that to add/remove peripherials when I need to. When I do this port mapping, should I add the hub and map those ports, or just map the USB ports on the motherboard ?

 

[tedyun]

The mapping is only for the USB ports on the motherboard. That includes the physical ports on the back and if you connect your case ports to the motherboard using the internal connectors.

Your hubs are completely separate and do not have to be mapped. You'll see this in Hackintool when you plug in your hub to a port, it should show up as a 7-port hub attached to a specific port.

Probably a dumb question, but... Since my case is kept on the floor and under a desk, I rarely use the rear ports to plug/unplug anything. Instead I keep a 7-port USB hub on my desk and use that to add/remove peripherials when I need to. When I do this port mapping, should I add the hub and map those ports, or just map the USB ports on the motherboard ?

 

[Chronosee]

@pastrychef
Thanks, for the amazing guide!
It worked like charm with:
Z390 Gigabyte M Gaming
i-5 9600K
RAM: Hyperx Predator 3000mhz 15cl
Some old Kingston SSD

I had an issue with: "Advanced Mode > Boot > CSM Support > Disabled"
After selecting it my bios freeze after saving, I had to clr CMOS to post again.

After few tries I just picked other OS from BIOS and run installation with CSM enabled.
It worked, but I wonder if I should worry...

Anyway thank you very much! Everything works perfect!

 

[pastrychef]

It worked, but I wonder if I should worry...

If it works, don't worry about it.

 

[Chronosee]

Ok, I'm incredibly happy I went with your guide.
I did an installation for my dad using a different board and it wasn't so smooth and easy .

Do you know if there is an option to disable m.2 port in this motherboard bios?
For now I'm on sata III SSD, but I plan on switching to nvme for mac boot drive, and doing windows on sata III. I heard it's a good practice to disable/disconnect mac drive when booting into windows, and if I can't disable m.2 I would go with sata for mac .

Thanks again!