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

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...olt-3-i5-10400-amd-rx-580.298642/post-2177384

May I make a suggested edit to the config file for the wifi kexts?

For those dual booting Catalina and Big Sur you say we need to replace one copy of the kext with another different copy. I would like to suggest that both versions of the kexts are placed in the kext folder, one/both of them renamed slightly for Catalina/Big Sur.

In the config file, a change to the MaxKernel and MinKernel values would then automatically load the correct kext, depending if you boot Catalina or Big Sur.
Done, but not tested! :)
 
so no WiFi 6 yet ? Very interesting though to hopefully soon obviate the need for the fenvi
In my case the Intel AX201 WiFi is performing more than twice as fast as the Fenvi from the same location. But AirDrop and Handoff are very glitchy. Basic WiFi and Bluetooth are quite good.
 
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As I'm relatively new to Hackintoshes, and I've been curious what difference the model makes when configuring OC, I decided to conduct some tests on my own system. This was not a particularly scientific test, but I thought some people might find it interesting, so I decided to share my results. OS is Catalina 10.15.7 and I used CaseySJ's 'OC-061-VISION-D' as the base OC config (only Model was changed).
  • iMacPro 1,1
  • MacPro 7,1
  • iMac 20,2
  • iMac 20,1
  • iMac 19,1
Geekbench 5 scores:
View attachment 489483View attachment 489484

Couple notes:
  • MacPro gave me an error stating that my RAM was misconfigured and over the supported maximum. Did not investigate.
  • Only iMac 19,1 and iMacPro 1,1 worked with iStat Menus to display all the sensors in the below screenshot. The other models only showed two or three sensors (can't remember which).
View attachment 489487
It's very interesting because with the same CPU in Geekbench 5 - I only had got 7234 points
 
It may be that OpenCore Configurator updated the config file in the wrong EFI Partition. This problem occurs with both Clover Configurator and OpenCore Configurator. Actually it happens with BBEdit as well, namely:
  • If two EFI partitions are mounted at the same time,
  • and both of them have a file: EFI/OC/config.plist,
  • then if you open this file from one EFI partition,
  • it may get saved to the other EFI partition.
So please mount all EFI partitions one by one and confirm that the change is present in the right one.
Hey Casey,

Thanks for looking into this. I've only mounted one EFI Partition at a time. I have four physical disks in the system. I've attached a diskutil list. disk0 is the Windows NVMe disk. disk1 is the Apple NVMe disk formatted APFS. I've mounted and checked the EFI config.plist and it is set as 20,2. disk2 are the APFS Volumes for the disk1. disk3 is the hard drive for the Catalina Backup formatted APFS. disk4 are the APFS Volumes for the disk3. disk5 is a hard drive for my Windows Backup.

I'm using MountEFI to mount the EFI Partition. I've mounted "Catalina Backup" and config.plist shows iMac19,1 which is correct. I've not changed that. I've mounted "Catalina" and config.plist shows iMac20,2 which is what I changed it to with different SN, etc. "Catalina Backup" has Catalina 10.15.6. "Catalina" has Catalina 10.15.7. I haven't made a backup since I updated "Catalina". I've selected both from the Picker and I check and am booted into the correct version of the OS.

One thing I notice is the MountEFI partition that is listed for "Catalina" is disk2s5, however the actual EFI Partition is disk1s1. Same is true for the "Catalina Backup". It is shown in MountEFI as disk4s2 but the actual EFI Partition is disk3s1. I've even selected MountEFI option to mount the EFI Partition of the Boot disk. The config file shows iMac 20,2.

When I reset CMOS, I did reload the BIOS settings from a saved file. I'm not aware of BIOS containing this machine information, but I did not reconfigure BIOS. The only other thing I notice is in the OC Picker, there is a boot drive named EFI. Don't know where that is coming from and it is not bootable.

As far as I can tell, "Catalina" EFI is correct and I'm booting from the correct disk. I've also done an fgrep on the config.plist file to look for the old SN but it is not in that file, it is only in the EFI Partition of "Catalina Backup". Don't know where Catalina OS is getting the SN, etc when booting from "Catalina". Everything seems correct in OC. I don't want to start over wiping the disk now. If I have to do that for Big Sur, then that would be the time.

All with OC 0.6.1.

I've attached diskutil and MountEFI examples.

Thanks

Rand
 

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Hey Casey,

Thanks for looking into this. I've only mounted one EFI Partition at a time. I have four physical disks in the system. I've attached a diskutil list. disk0 is the Windows NVMe disk. disk1 is the Apple NVMe disk formatted APFS. I've mounted and checked the EFI config.plist and it is set as 20,2. disk2 are the APFS Volumes for the disk1. disk3 is the hard drive for the Catalina Backup formatted APFS. disk4 are the APFS Volumes for the disk3. disk5 is a hard drive for my Windows Backup.

I'm using MountEFI to mount the EFI Partition. I've mounted "Catalina Backup" and config.plist shows iMac19,1 which is correct. I've not changed that. I've mounted "Catalina" and config.plist shows iMac20,2 which is what I changed it to with different SN, etc. "Catalina Backup" has Catalina 10.15.6. "Catalina" has Catalina 10.15.7. I haven't made a backup since I updated "Catalina". I've selected both from the Picker and I check and am booted into the correct version of the OS.

One thing I notice is the MountEFI partition that is listed for "Catalina" is disk2s5, however the actual EFI Partition is disk1s1. Same is true for the "Catalina Backup". It is shown in MountEFI as disk4s2 but the actual EFI Partition is disk3s1. I've even selected MountEFI option to mount the EFI Partition of the Boot disk. The config file shows iMac 20,2.

When I reset CMOS, I did reload the BIOS settings from a saved file. I'm not aware of BIOS containing this machine information, but I did not reconfigure BIOS. The only other thing I notice is in the OC Picker, there is a boot drive named EFI. Don't know where that is coming from and it is not bootable.

As far as I can tell, "Catalina" EFI is correct and I'm booting from the correct disk. I've also done an fgrep on the config.plist file to look for the old SN but it is not in that file, it is only in the EFI Partition of "Catalina Backup". Don't know where Catalina OS is getting the SN, etc when booting from "Catalina". Everything seems correct in OC. I don't want to start over wiping the disk now. If I have to do that for Big Sur, then that would be the time.

All with OC 0.6.1.

I've attached diskutil and MountEFI examples.

Thanks

Rand
BTW Casey,

I selected the "Catalina" partition in MountEFI then used the unix df command to look at exactly what was mounted for EFI. EFI was /dev/disk0s1 [edit should be /dev/disk1s1] which is correct. MountEFI is mounting the correct EFI Partition.
 
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BTW Casey,

I selected the "Catalina" partition in MountEFI then used the unix df command to look at exactly what was mounted for EFI. EFI was /dev/disk0s1 which is correct. MountEFI is mounting the correct EFI Partition.

disk0s1 is your Windows disk, surely you want disk1s1. Download and use EFIAgent, far better IMO
 
It may be that OpenCore Configurator updated the config file in the wrong EFI Partition. This problem occurs with both Clover Configurator and OpenCore Configurator. Actually it happens with BBEdit as well, namely:
  • If two EFI partitions are mounted at the same time,
  • and both of them have a file: EFI/OC/config.plist,
  • then if you open this file from one EFI partition,
  • it may get saved to the other EFI partition.
So please mount all EFI partitions one by one and confirm that the change is present in the right one.
Hey Casey,

I accidentally figured out what I had done. When I updated the EFI folder on the Flash drive, I didn't boot the Flash Drive from BIOS but instead picked it from the OC Picker (which brought Recovery which confused me at the time). Turns out, if I setup the EFI correctly on the Flash Drive and use BIOS to boot from the Flash drive, that sets the Machine ID, SN, etc. After that it doesn't seem to matter what the EFI config.plist says on the internal drive.

Once I booted from the flash drive that seems to have changed the PlatformInfo.

So I'm able to change the system now.

thanks

Rand
 
No its related to a Z490 Vision D.
The blue ports in the back have 2.0 speeds.
I know they are part of a hub. The yellow ones are ok.
All the other ports works ok.
Could you please check your speeds?
Thanks in advance
Using a USB 3.0 flash disk in a rear blue USB 3.0 port, the write speed is 16 MB/s and the read speed is 182 MB/s.
  • 182 MB/s is 1456 Mbits/sec
  • USB 2.0 is limited to 480 Mbits/sec
  • 1456 Mbits/sec is three times faster than USB 2.
  • Conclusion: USB 3.0 port is operating at USB 3 speeds.
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