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

[CaseySJ]

Wake delay happened after flashing and happens with or without any devices connected to thunderbolt. I thought GPE.TINI was the issue, and removed all 4 calls from my DSDT but it didn't do any improvements. It's not a big deal but a fast wake is a better experience overall.

My Z490 Vision D with flashed firmware but no TB3 devices connected takes about 10 seconds to wake. It has not bothered me at all. This might be because each time it wakes up, I feel so glad it actually woke up! So all hints of impatience disappear...

DarkWake issue occurs only when MacBook is drawing power, if it's connected only without drawing power, it doesn't happen, and it wakes after 2 seconds and stays in that loop: sleep, wake after 2 seconds then sleep after 30 seconds and wake again. I don't know if there would be a better way to know the wake reason than pmset since it doesn't show it.

I see...this is a scenario we never tested before. What happens if you first put the MacBook to sleep and then put the Hackintosh to sleep?

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi Casey..Just bought a 4k monitor and it looks the text looks horrible.. Its not readable, there is a almost white block in the background of the text.. its very blurry.. Tried all the usual system preferences things, swapped HDMI and DP cable - same issue

Im running MOJAVE 14.4.4..

Any ideas how to fix this? Must be a driver issue

Monitor is a Samsung U32J592UQU, i know its not the bext quality monitor, but this is unusable AND it works better in windows on the same machine. thanks for your help.

The best way for us to help you with this is if you post a screenshot of some region of the screen. If the screenshot does not capture the problem, then a camera photo will work. But please try a screenshot first (CMD-SHIFT-4).

 

[3Dman]

My Z490 Vision D with flashed firmware but no TB3 devices connected takes about 10 seconds to wake. It has not bothered me at all. This might be because each time it wakes up, I feel so glad it actually woke up! So all hints of impatience disappear...

Sleep never failed me on this board, MacBook did it twice. I will try to investigate more maybe I could figure it out.

I see...this is a scenario we never tested before. What happens if you first put the MacBook to sleep and then put the Hackintosh to sleep?

I will try that, but I think it will still draw power while sleeping, it draws like 38W.

 

[gundogg9999]

The best way for us to help you with this is if you post a screenshot of some region of the screen. If the screenshot does not capture the problem, then a camera photo will work. But please try a screenshot first (CMD-SHIFT-4).

thanks, its not easy to see with photo but I managed. You can see the text is very blurry, has almost like a ghost behind the writing, and is almost lost in the colours.. It is not crisp..
The problem doesnt show up as screen shot, as its a problem with the output.

didnt have this problem with my dell 27 2560x1440 resolution.

It looks like when you plug your laptop onto your TV and its not crisp and clean especially the text.
I tried making the text larger but that doesnt fix the underlying problem. its running at the correct resolution.
Is anyone else running a 4k crisp?

4k monitors are a pain sometimes, in windows usually the latest drivers would fix it, its a software thing for sure.

EDIT: plugged the monitor into my 13 macbook pro to double check, and i get the same issue, text is not crispy.. Is there anyway to have the latest drivers? It seems this is a Mac Os X thing

 

[CaseySJ]

@gundogg9999,

Please post a screenshot of System Preferences —> Displays.

 

[gundogg9999]

resolution is set correct.. i tried messing with other resolutions too.. it makes the text bigger and thus easier to use.. but that crispyness is missing... like when your print is running out of ink vs. fresh ink

 

[Inqnuam]

resolution is set correct.. i tried messing with other resolutions too.. it makes the text bigger and thus easier to use.. but that crispyness is missing... like when your print is running out of ink vs. fresh ink

First type this code in Terminal to be sur Retina mode is activated

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true

Restart the PC
Go back to System Preferences —> Displays. Check if you have HiDPI resolutions in the list

 

[clichequiche]

Please try updating Lilu and WhateverGreen to latest versions. They’re downloadable from Acidanthera’s GitHub page. Which version of Clover is installed?

I actually built an OC 0.6.0 installer from scratch, and again everything runs great EXCEPT I'm still getting the same image dropout. Might try to dual boot Windows just to see if it's a hardware issue but otherwise I'm out of ideas.

 

[CaseySJ]

resolution is set correct.. i tried messing with other resolutions too.. it makes the text bigger and thus easier to use.. but that crispyness is missing... like when your print is running out of ink vs. fresh ink

Because your 13” MacBook Pro produces the same result, but Windows does not, it means:

• Monitor is okay
• Video cable is okay
• It’s a MacOS issue (not Hackintosh issue)

If you press and hold the Option key inside System Preferences —> Displays, do you get extra options such as Refresh rate, etc.?

 

[CaseySJ]

I actually built an OC 0.6.0 installer from scratch, and again everything runs great EXCEPT I'm still getting the same image dropout. Might try to dual boot Windows just to see if it's a hardware issue but otherwise I'm out of ideas.

Does your GPU contain a small switch on one side that toggles between OC (overclock) Mode and Silent Mode? If so, have you tried both modes?

And you’re sure the video cable is okay?