[Success] - Asus ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming + i9 10900K + OpenCore

[Xryan]

Leesureone, you beat me to it... I use these boot options with testing, I have the 5700
<-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=1 agdpmod=pikera>

Couple observations for people trying to get all this to work. I was trying to get Big Sur working with no luck with this EFI.. I started working with my own and learned a couple things, and then came back to the EFI's here and made a couple changes and it worked.

First off.. Install Catalina first, it gives you more boot feed back as far as errors. Once you get a working EFI, switch to Big Sur, it should work, or real close to work.

z490 observations.. They may have already been said, but maybe I missed it in the 48 pages of docs..
Neither of these two things matter with a good EFI, it just eliminates problems.
1. Make sure your using one of the two usb 2 ports; at least until later after you know it's mapped
2. make sure you're using the #1 or #2 Ssd inputs..

@scope666 big thanks for all the work you've done!

 

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Hi everyone!

My problem is not related to Hackintosh, but maybe anyone faced with this problem too. I'm going to upgrade my current setup to 10700K/Z490-E Strix and thanks to @scope666 I didn't spend much time to get my Catalina back.

I want to use iGPU in Mac OS, but can't get output via DisplayPort. It just doesn't work and cannot recognise a display even in BIOS. HDMI works fine. What do I need to change in BIOS settings to get it work? I've updated BIOS to the latest version 1003 and tried different settings for CPU Graphics.

 

[Leesureone]

Hi everyone!

My problem is not related to Hackintosh, but maybe anyone faced with this problem too. I'm going to upgrade my current setup to 10700K/Z490-E Strix and thanks to @scope666 I didn't spend much time to get my Catalina back.

I want to use iGPU in Mac OS, but can't get output via DisplayPort. It just doesn't work and cannot recognise a display even in BIOS. HDMI works fine. What do I need to change in BIOS settings to get it work? I've updated BIOS to the latest version 1003 and tried different settings for CPU Graphics.

I don't think there is a bios setting that will make a difference, you get a choice between PEG and CPU graphics. DP is the preferred output method for Hackintoshes but if its not working it could be several things. The cable, the monitor itself and or monitor settings. You can try using Hackintool to tweak the Device ID and outputs, I can send you a link describing a basic how too but it can be a bit of a rabbit hole.

 

[scope666]

Hi everyone!

My problem is not related to Hackintosh, but maybe anyone faced with this problem too. I'm going to upgrade my current setup to 10700K/Z490-E Strix and thanks to @scope666 I didn't spend much time to get my Catalina back.

I want to use iGPU in Mac OS, but can't get output via DisplayPort. It just doesn't work and cannot recognise a display even in BIOS. HDMI works fine. What do I need to change in BIOS settings to get it work? I've updated BIOS to the latest version 1003 and tried different settings for CPU Graphics.

For what it's worth, BOTH outputs should be working on the Strix Z490-E with my EFI, this is how I use it when I'm using the iGPU. The only setting I can think of that might affect things is the iGPU video RAM, it should be set to 64M. (BIOS setting)

 

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I don't think there is a bios setting that will make a difference, you get a choice between PEG and CPU graphics. DP is the preferred output method for Hackintoshes but if its not working it could be several things. The cable, the monitor itself and or monitor settings. You can try using Hackintool to tweak the Device ID and outputs, I can send you a link describing a basic how too but it can be a bit of a rabbit hole.

There are 4 options: Auto, CPU Graphics, PEG, PCIE. Don't know the difference between the last two, but I tried them all. Actually I tried two displays with DP input, none of them worked.

For what it's worth, BOTH outputs should be working on the Strix Z490-E with my EFI, this is how I use it when I'm using the iGPU. The only setting I can think of that might affect things is the iGPU video RAM, it should be set to 64M. (BIOS setting)

Unfortunately it just can't boot when a display is connected to DisplayPort. I can use HDMI and then connect DisplayPort, but Catalina doesn't recognize it =/
Video RAM is set to 64M ofc.

I'm just trying to understand is this a problem with my CPU or MB or both. I've found one or two threads about this in ROG forums, but no helpful answers.

I can use my old GTX 690 card for the macOS, but it takes 8 PCI-E lanes to work.

 

[scope666]

There are 4 options: Auto, CPU Graphics, PEG, PCIE. Don't know the difference between the last two, but I tried them all. Actually I tried two displays with DP input, none of them worked.


Unfortunately it just can't boot when a display is connected to DisplayPort. I can use HDMI and then connect DisplayPort, but Catalina doesn't recognize it =/
Video RAM is set to 64M ofc.

I'm just trying to understand is this a problem with my CPU or MB or both. I've found one or two threads about this in ROG forums, but no helpful answers.

I can use my old GTX 690 card for the macOS, but it takes 8 PCI-E lanes to work.

CPU Graphics is the setting you would want to use for iGPU. I would suggest a temporary install of something like Windows 10 to verify that the hardware is ok and capable of working.

If you do go the GTX 690 route, having your other GPU at 8 lanes instead of 16 is a NEGLIGIBLE difference in performance. My 2080 Ti is only getting 8 lanes and it runs everything I throw at it including Cyberpunk just fine.

My EFI is set to BLOCK the GPU in the upper / main PCIE slot, so if you go this route, put the GTX 690 in the lower slot and your main GPU in the upper.

 

[blackberry4311]

It just doesn't work and cannot recognise a display even in BIOS. HDMI works fine.

what do you mean by recognizing a display even in BIOS?
you are using full EFI from @scope666 , right ? in that case it should work. All you need to config is to set the display setting to CPU graphics.
Also, try to change the ig-platform-id to 00009B3E or 07009B3E, try both of them if the other not work.

 

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CPU Graphics is the setting you would want to use for iGPU. I would suggest a temporary install of something like Windows 10 to verify that the hardware is ok and capable of working.

If you do go the GTX 690 route, having your other GPU at 8 lanes instead of 16 is a NEGLIGIBLE difference in performance. My 2080 Ti is only getting 8 lanes and it runs everything I throw at it including Cyberpunk just fine.

My EFI is set to BLOCK the GPU in the upper / main PCIE slot, so if you go this route, put the GTX 690 in the lower slot and your main GPU in the upper.

Yes, I use CPU Graphics. I just wanted to get rid of 690 mainly because of PCI-E lanes. I know that performance difference is very little. But 690 helps with PhysX.

The second reason is power consumption and temperature. Maybe it's better to find a used RX 570/580 which should be cooler and able to output 4K @ 60 Hz via HDMI.

what do you mean by recognizing a display even in BIOS?
you are using full EFI from @scope666 , right ? in that case it should work. All you need to config is to set the display setting to CPU graphics.
Also, try to change the ig-platform-id to 00009B3E or 07009B3E, try both of them if the other not work.

I mean that the computer doesn't want to boot when the display is connected to MB's DisplayPort or isn't connected at all, the result is the same - beeping (VGA card error). It looks like the DisplayPort is completely dead or somethin'. It's not recognized even when the system is booted and I connect the display.

 

[scope666]

I mean that the computer doesn't want to boot when the display is connected to MB's DisplayPort or isn't connected at all, the result is the same - beeping (VGA card error). It looks like the DisplayPort is completely dead or somethin'. It's not recognized even when the system is booted and I connect the display.

I have run into this in the past, I believe the computer puts out 3 beeps if you have a speaker connected. I still keep one connected because it's REALLY handy for troubleshooting.

I solved this by running extra cables so that I never have to move plugs around to switch between iGPU for Catalina and RTX for Windows. This motherboard does some kind of check for a monitor at bootup. What I think is happening is it knows there's a DGPU installed, but doesn't see a monitor connected to it so it's throwing the error. Perhaps if you run one extra line so the DGPU still "sees" a monitor connected, while the iGPU is also connected to the monitor you want to use.

 

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I have run into this in the past, I believe the computer puts out 3 beeps if you have a speaker connected. I still keep one connected because it's REALLY handy for troubleshooting.

I solved this by running extra cables so that I never have to move plugs around to switch between iGPU for Catalina and RTX for Windows. This motherboard does some kind of check for a monitor at bootup. What I think is happening is it knows there's a DGPU installed, but doesn't see a monitor connected to it so it's throwing the error. Perhaps if you run one extra line so the DGPU still "sees" a monitor connected, while the iGPU is also connected to the monitor you want to use.

Okay, to be sure that DisplayPort is working, I'll remove the DGPU and try again. If it works that way, your explanation clears everything then. Thank you!