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

[kromuh]

Casey & Kromuh, How bizarre, the same has just happened to me. I could not open any applications now some are opening at a snails pace. It happened suddenly today. I am sure it is because I purchased a 2nd hand intensity pro 4K card for the pci slot and it has caused a problem within hours of use. I have removed it but still the problem remains.
In the activity monitor there is a kernel task with 230 threads and and 1467 idle wake ups on reboot now down to 261 and increasing, not sure what that means. The kernel task is taking up about 9 percent of cpu time just behind windowserver of 9.86.
Any help appreciated.

are you using Clover?

 

[Daranski]

are you using Clover?

Yes Clover. After a couple of restarts and opening and closing some applications it seems to have cleared itself. Would still like to know what the problem is. I am sure it is the card I purchased as it happened straight after using zoom.

 

[faithie999]

Like this?

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if the part of the card that plugs into the motherboard is at the bottom of the photo, then yes.

 

[CaseySJ]

Yeah I couldn't find XHC5. I do have a cal digit dock plugged in.

Everything looks fine except that your Thunderbolt SSDT is erroneously defining HS01 and HS02, which should not be there. Simply check whether you are using the same Thunderbolt SSDT that is in Post-Install Files.zip

 

[CaseySJ]

Can you please help me to figure this out, am i right? I am trying to identify PCI-E slots, where is #1 and where is #2 (for the proper GPU SSDT injection).

@slamjack

Your diagram is correct.

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Im not sure but I think its like that

@Inqnuam

For the purposes of the SSDTs that disable Slot 1 or Slot 2, the long slot closest to the CPU is Slot 1 and the long slot in the middle is Slot 2.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi All, first post, greetings!!

I'm wondering if some kind soul could offer me a bit of guidance?

I'm a total noob having previously never built a pc or tried hackintosh by any method. I enjoyed the build process and it went smoothly, other than installing the massive noctua cooler first and then not having any room to plug things in...! Before I found this thread I tried doing an install following the dortania step-by-step opencore guide. This went well in that it booted right up, but thunderbolt is not working, plus reading through some of this thread I can see that Casey's guide and EFI have a lot of benefits and seems to offer the best possible end result.

I didn't do any of the post-install stuff yet. I'd like to start fresh with Casey's EFI and would like to know the correct steps to do this.

Do I need to re-install Mojave on my boot drive as part of the process, of if I completely wipe the EFI folder contents is that sufficient?

My Bios is F8 - should I upgrade it? And if so is there a preferred version - or just the latest available?

My understanding is I can use my current install to run the opencore configurator to generate the serial and other data I need to fill out the plist info on the USB stick EFI? And then I can just follow the guide?

Is there a preferred version of opencore I should use with a Mojave install?

Thanks!!!

Welcome to the forum. Let's address your questions:

• Because you were able to install Mojave, you are in good shape regardless of which EFI was used.
• There is no need to delete or reinstall Mojave.
• Because you are already using OpenCore, it is best to download the EFI 0.6.3 ZIP file and use your own:
  • Serial Number
  • Board Serial Number (MLB)
  • ROM
  • System UUID
• As @Inqnuam mentioned, please have a look at the OpenCore 0.6.3 mini-guide.

 

[Inqnuam]

Welcome to the forum. Let's address your questions:

• Because you were able to install Mojave, you are in good shape regardless of which EFI was used.
• There is no need to delete or reinstall Mojave.
• Because you are already using OpenCore, it is best to download the EFI 0.6.3 ZIP file and use your own:
  • Serial Number
  • Board Serial Number (MLB)
  • ROM
  • System UUID
• As @Inqnuam mentioned, please have a look at the OpenCore 0.6.3 mini-guide.

What about System Product Name?

 

[CaseySJ]

Cool , i will restore back and take a look if everything goes.
Thanks.



One More thing,

I don't know if you remind me, i have some hackintosh and i have helped in the possible developing of a driver for Antelope who support Hackintosh thunderbolt.

I had read somewhere in the forum ,that old Z170 Mobos with internal TH and Sierra could work with antelope thunderbolt.
So, i had searched in second hand webs to find an Asus Thunderbolt EX II card. Just to test.

I had plugged it (without cable because is different) in a Gigabyte Z390 Extreme Mobo with an i9 9900K, and Interface was recogniced fine in Antelope pannel with all remote control functions and appears in audio panel ("Antelope Zen Tour")

After updated Thunderbolt Antelope Driver and Antelope Control Panel, everything to latest version, not recognize it anymore.

Is there anyway to flash this "Thunderbolt 2 Asus"?

If i can help to provide anything, will be really interesting, because Antelope is finally not interested in solve the Hackintosh issues with their interfaces...
Maybe we could try something now that we know that with Asus Thunderbolt EX II work (more or less).

Regards.

Although we could flash the Asus TB EX-II, I'm not sure if Antelope drivers will work...

 

[CaseySJ]

Hey @CaseySJ,

My machine has been running fine for the past month since I built it, but Ive noticed over the past few weeks my finder has been to slow. Today, I turned on my hack and booted up as normal, but I'm having massive wait times when opening applications, constantly getting the spinning color wheel, and generally slow response times. My primary use for this machine is Ableton, and it seems to be slowing down as well. Any idea why this would be?

Please run Activity Monitor to see which process(es) are consuming high CPU time.

Also, when you boot macOS and enter your password in the Login Screen, press SHIFT key while pressing ENTER. This will cause all open applications to quit.

 

[CaseySJ]

Casseuse help me!.


I think its because of the Thunderbolt cable my iMac remains open so it must have power in the cable and is plugged into my Designare. Its maybe for that it wakes up its the same, but I changed to a displayport screen and remove my Thunderbolt, and it doesn't do it anymore just when I put it to standby. This can cause my fans to plug it into the internal USB port that when I put the computer to sleep it turns on by itself, and I couldn't read any video on Netflix its u cause quw jai iMac 19.1

Hello @Lkevin30,

Are you using a language translation tool such as Google Translate? If not, use Google Translate or any other translation software to describe your problem clearly in your native language, then post the English translation.