Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming build with working NVRAM

[pastrychef]

Is it normal that my graphics said 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller? All seems to work fine, tested blender and gimp both worked well, but I'm just curious why doesn't said hd 630 morn uhd 630.
Im using a 9700k with the clover configuration in post #1360 and 19,1 SMBIOS.

I'm new at this so thanks for all the help and the pre-configuratios.

Just launch Hackintool to see how the IGPU is really identified. Under the "System" tab, you will see all the info about your IGPU.

 

[famishedrutting]

If you have a Kepler based Nvidia card, it should be smooth sailing.

Well, it seemed like a good idea. I have a 560 TI and a 660 TI laying around. But, when I thought about it a second, I realized they both require two leads off the power supply.

So I think I will go with imaging the disk on my MacBook Pro. Would that be a vanilla install or does it have to be done by the installer on the thumb drive?

One consideration is my return window with NewEgg in case it doesn't work out, but I was thinking, when I bought the parts, that they were a "Golden Build". Would it be presumable that eventually I can get OSX working? Almost ready to tell him to get the new iMac, lol. But I'd hate to have to send back a build that I opened.

One thing I noticed is that one of the SSDs looks "bad" to Disk Utility in the installer. It can't do a thing with it. I was planning on looking at it with Windows to see for sure.

Thank you kindly for all the help you have given to me, and to everyone in this thread.

 

[pastrychef]

Well, it seemed like a good idea. I have a 560 TI and a 660 TI laying around. But, when I thought about it a second, I realized they both require two leads off the power supply.

So I think I will go with imaging the disk on my MacBook Pro. Would that be a vanilla install or does it have to be done by the installer on the thumb drive?

One consideration is my return window with NewEgg in case it doesn't work out, but I was thinking, when I bought the parts, that they were a "Golden Build". Would it be presumable that eventually I can get OSX working? Almost ready to tell him to get the new iMac, lol. But I'd hate to have to send back a build that I opened.

One thing I noticed is that one of the SSDs looks "bad" to Disk Utility in the installer. It can't do a thing with it. I was planning on looking at it with Windows to see for sure.

Thank you kindly for all the help you have given to me, and to everyone in this thread.

Your install issues are almost certainly due to the 5600 XT. Just get past the installation and you will be fine.

You can either clone your MacBook drive or do a clean install from your MacBook to the SSD connected via USB. When done, transplant the SSD back to your Hackintosh and it should run fine. Just remember to copy the EFI folder to the EFI partition of the SSD.

If by "vanilla" you mean no hackintosh stuff is install to the macOS partition, you can obviously see that nothing hackintosh related has been installed.

I've never owned a Navi card. I've only read of the troubles others have had with them. But once macOS has been installed, they should run fine.

If Disk Utility is having issues with your SSD, try formatting it in Windows first. Try both FAT32 and NTFS.

Also, the 660 Ti should work fine for the install.

 

[macj29]

What happened with the RX 5700?





Just the Quirk was enough. No changes needed in BIOS.

I get an error screen and the option to shut down or restart. I sent it to you a long time ago and you determined it was graphical. After the update, it all runs smoothly again. It just fails to update with it.

Thanks for the info for the upgrade, one day when I have time I will try it.

 

[neblackford]

So I successfully reinstalled macOS on my same rig, and now I'm pushing to test why my USB ports were all registering erroneously as HS## in Hackintool, and why my second NVMe drive was registering write speeds under 50 MB/s.

The former showed promise in that I can now see SS## ports in addition to HS## ports, but I am still getting disappointing speed test results even when a USB 3.0 stick is initialized in one of the SS ports.

The port in question is SS01 (the one USB 3.1 port on this motherboard) using a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB 3.0 drive. The Blackmagic speed test results are clearly visible.

This is an improvement over the initial installation (in that Hackintool wouldn't even list a single HS-enumerated port), but the speeds are still what I was experiencing previously.

The Sandisk Extreme Pro is rated for read/write speeds of 240-260 MB/s. In my first installation, I was consistently seeing read speeds that matched expectations; this included my Silicon Power NVMe drive, which would register 2,300 MB/s read speeds but a mind-numbing 250 MB/s write speed. I have no idea if these two issues are related (the former being USB, the latter being PCI-e) but it's all I got at this point.

Here is a screen grab of Blackmagic testing the speed of my SP NVMe drive:

 

[pastrychef]

So I successfully reinstalled macOS on my same rig, and now I'm pushing to test why my USB ports were all registering erroneously as HS## in Hackintool, and why my second NVMe drive was registering write speeds under 50 MB/s.

The former showed promise in that I can now see SS## ports in addition to HS## ports, but I am still getting disappointing speed test results even when a USB 3.0 stick is initialized in one of the SS ports.

View attachment 484605

The port in question is SS01 (the one USB 3.1 port on this motherboard) using a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB 3.0 drive. The Blackmagic speed test results are clearly visible.

This is an improvement over the initial installation (in that Hackintool wouldn't even list a single HS-enumerated port), but the speeds are still what I was experiencing previously.

The Sandisk Extreme Pro is rated for read/write speeds of 240-260 MB/s. In my first installation, I was consistently seeing read speeds that matched expectations; this included my Silicon Power NVMe drive, which would register 2,300 MB/s read speeds but a mind-numbing 250 MB/s write speed. I have no idea if these two issues are related (the former being USB, the latter being PCI-e) but it's all I got at this point.

Here is a screen grab of Blackmagic testing the speed of my SP NVMe drive:

View attachment 484606

I have no idea why you are getting those dismal write speeds. Have you test those drives in Windows? The USB ports are obviously working at USB 3 speeds or you won't get 233MB/s reads. I'm using the same USB ports kext that's in my EFI folder.

Here is what I get from a very crappy SSD with a generic USB to SATA adaptor from SS01 (it is identified as "FX" in Hackintool):



Here is what I get from the same crappy SSD with the same generic USB to SATA adaptor from the USB port on my PC case (SS08):



Here's what a get from a better SSD with a better USB to SATA adaptor from SS01:



Here's what I get from the same SSD with same USB to SATA adaptor from SS08:

 

[pastrychef]

So I successfully reinstalled macOS on my same rig, and now I'm pushing to test why my USB ports were all registering erroneously as HS## in Hackintool, and why my second NVMe drive was registering write speeds under 50 MB/s.

The former showed promise in that I can now see SS## ports in addition to HS## ports, but I am still getting disappointing speed test results even when a USB 3.0 stick is initialized in one of the SS ports.

View attachment 484605

The port in question is SS01 (the one USB 3.1 port on this motherboard) using a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB 3.0 drive. The Blackmagic speed test results are clearly visible.

This is an improvement over the initial installation (in that Hackintool wouldn't even list a single HS-enumerated port), but the speeds are still what I was experiencing previously.

The Sandisk Extreme Pro is rated for read/write speeds of 240-260 MB/s. In my first installation, I was consistently seeing read speeds that matched expectations; this included my Silicon Power NVMe drive, which would register 2,300 MB/s read speeds but a mind-numbing 250 MB/s write speed. I have no idea if these two issues are related (the former being USB, the latter being PCI-e) but it's all I got at this point.

Here is a screen grab of Blackmagic testing the speed of my SP NVMe drive:

View attachment 484606

Here are the results from my Samsung 970 EVO and HP EX920 NVMe SSDs. There is no configuration in the EFI folders for NVMe SSDs.

 

[zipb]

Are you guys testing the same transfer sizes? IME, using big transfers will make the tested speeds drop. The fast caches on the SSD will fill up, leading to slower speeds.

 

[pastrychef]

Are you guys testing the same transfer sizes? IME, using big transfers will make the tested speeds drop. The fast caches on the SSD will fill up, leading to slower speeds.

I'm using the default 5GB.

 

[miket24]

I didn't try the F9j... But you should be able to just use the Q-Flash. In a worse case scenario, you can always go back to the backup BIOS and flash from there.

Thanks, finally got back to F9g via the backup bios. Trying F9k and still getting the same issue as F9j so maybe not BIOS dependent. Initial install works to system drive, then during first boot it keeps halting with a kernel panic. Verbose mode shows it freezing at
"Ethernet [IntelMausi]: No medium selected. Falling back to autonegotiation."
Any ideas what could cause this?