Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming build with working NVRAM

[Feartech]

I keep those beta boot arguements around in the event I or someone else tries booting some version of macOS not officially supported by those kexts.

I use an old school PS/2 mechanical keyboard and VoodooPS2Controller makes the PS/2 port work.

ahh gotcha!

 

[moabyte]

Thanks for a great build. I just built one with an i5 and RX580 for a small studio here in Arizona. I'll be building another one for them soon. So far its 100% from first boot. They wanted to run Mojave and its purring along great. The Geekbench 4 score was just a tad under 23k

 

[pampas]

@pastrychef updated to0.6.2 everything ok but DRM it's impossible with my GPU. Do you mind to help me a bit please? Asus GT710 1gb

 

[pastrychef]

@pastrychef updated to0.6.2 everything ok but DRM it's impossible with my GPU. Do you mind to help me a bit please? Asus GT710 1gb

With AMD video cards, all you have to do is use iMacPro1,1 system definition. There's nothing else to do.

If you are using iMac19,1 system definition, please try the fixes here. I've never tried the fixes there because they've always seemed extremely "hacky" to me so I won't be able to help with those methods.

If you are already using iMacPro1,1 system definition and DRM isn't working, I don't know what can make it work.

 

[Armoured]

Not ready to do a proper write-up, but have been fiddling with getting a Z390M (non-gaming) to work with iGPU acceleration (no dGPU). I haven't been able to test all ports (DVI only) but basically pasted in the patches from the Z390M Gaming motherboard in this thread: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ching-guide-hdmi-black-screen-problem.269149/

So not surprisingly the motherboards are quite close. More experimentation before I can say that it's stable and all working properly in all configurations though.

 

[pastrychef]

The cooler temps of autumn gives my CPU some really nice idle temps...

*Temps are in Fahrenheit.

Temps under load (Prime95 Torture Test w/ min and max FFT=12) are about the same as summer...

 

[nottooshabby]

I switched back to Open Core, because why not, the point of the Hackintosh is to hack around.

Anyway, one thing I noticed is the energy saver settings give me different options than when I was using clover. For example I have the two sliders, one for the monitor and one for sleep. I also don't have the power nap option. Is that the case with you Pastrychef?

 

[pastrychef]

I switched back to Open Core, because why not, the point of the Hackintosh is to hack around.

Anyway, one thing I noticed is the energy saver settings give me different options than when I was using clover. For example I have the two sliders, one for the monitor and one for sleep. I also don't have the power nap option. Is that the case with you Pastrychef?

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Navigate to /EFI/OC/ACPI/.
Replace the SSDT-PLUG.aml file with the one attached here.
Reboot.

 

[nottooshabby]

Navigate to /EFI/OC/ACPI/.
Replace the SSDT-PLUG.aml file with the one attached here.
Reboot.

That worked. Thanks. What is the difference between the two files other than changing the options on the energy control panel? Do Apple desktops use the one with the power nap option or the one with the two sliders?

 

[pastrychef]

That worked. Thanks. What is the difference between the two files other than changing the options on the energy control panel? Do Apple desktops use the one with the power nap option or the one with the two sliders?

At one point, I was using a different SSDT-PLUG...

It depends on the model of Mac you're talking about. More recent models have one slider.