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I have a question regarding the boot picker in OpenCore and/or the naming of disks with MacOS installed on it.
Maybe one of you has an answer or a hint for me?

I am cloning my main system disk named "Hackintosh HD" using Carbon Copy Cloner to a disk named "Backup HD".
They both show as "Hackintosh HD" which annoys me and gets quite confusing during updates as then there are bunch of "Hackintosh HD" entries to choose from.

I checked in diskutility and they are named differently. I also tried to rename the "Backup HD" but in bootpicker it did not change.

Any ideas how to tackle this?
I mean, where does the bootpicker gets the volume name from? Is there a way to adjust this in MacOS?
 
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Does anyone have a working EFI for X299 Prime Deluxe II?
So stumped, been trying to get this working for 5 days now..

Got through the login, but it's freezing at the final setup screen where I'm supposed to input my login details and what not..

ASUS X299 Prime Deluxe II, BIOS v.3201
i9-10980XE
RX 5700 XT

It would be greatly appreciated!
 
@kubusikan
That ASRock X299E-ITX/ac you have is something that I've been looking at to replace the AS Rock H370 I-Gaming I have in my 'Mac-mini'
Can you confirm that the Nvram works and also if the WiFi slot supports non-cNVI wi fi cards (like the Apple 4360 for example?
 
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Unless you set non default power limit(s) in BIOS or change any settings related to overclocking, the power draw graph in IPG should not exceed the limit of your CPU. In your case it is 165W when stock. At least that is my understanding and experience with other (non X299) stock CPUs.
Yes an overclock no doubt increases the power draw - but my problem is the fact that - as you'll see from the screenshot below (based on a 4GHz OC) - IPG is mapping the temps, frequency and utilisation just fine but the power scale is incorrect. Adding the SIO and related kexts for Virtual SMC makes no difference. But I see from your screenshot that IPG is working correctly so it possibly relates to something in the EVGA BIOS. Just not sure what.
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I have a question regarding the boot picker in OpenCore and/or the naming of disks with MacOS installed on it.
Maybe one of you has an answer or a hint for me?

I am cloning my main system disk named "Hackintosh HD" using Carbon Copy Cloner to a disk named "Backup HD".
They both show as "Hackintosh HD" which annoys me and gets quite confusing during updates as then there are bunch of "Hackintosh HD" entries to choose from.

I checked in diskutility and they are named differently. I also tried to rename the "Backup HD" but in bootpicker it did not change.

Any ideas how to tackle this?
I mean, where does the bootpicker gets the volume name from? Is there a way to adjust this in MacOS?
I always found that a software update normally clears this up and the disk name in picker reflects the name you gave the disk after the update. There may be a more detailed explanation here or elsewhere on the forum.
 
@rustEswan
So I was able to start completely over and I tried using iMacPro1,1 and MacPro1,1 and iMac19,1 so what I've found is that I get better GPU performance with iMac19,1 with my setup when benchmarking (which is a great troubleshooting tool to see what's working properly.) ex. iMacPro1,1 34830 Metal score vs. iMac19,1 51600 Metal score. When the only thing that changed is the SMBIOS. Super odd... Granted I have a brand new RX580 8GB, even though it's older tech, if you have one in a x299 board, try it yourself and see what scores you get on iMac19,1 vs iMacPro1,1 or MacPro1,1 prove me wrong?

Now on to my #1 issue: I've used USBInjectAll.kext and set the XHCIPortLimit properly, but when viewing in Hackintool v3.5.3 to view all the ports. The issue is that I see 2 controllers, but when plugging in things 1 port at a time, most times, I insert the USB stick and it NEVER shows in Hackintool where it's located (but mounts the volume on the desktop), super frustrating to say the least... Like phantom USB ports that aren't listed...

I'm going to attach my EFI file in case someone can check or see what's wrong... Thanks in advance!
Here is the screenshot from Hackintool, FYI it used to show at the top PXSX and 4 ports listed but now nope...
The saga continues....
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@rustEswan
So I was able to start completely over and I tried using iMacPro1,1 and MacPro1,1 and iMac19,1 so what I've found is that I get better GPU performance with iMac19,1 with my setup when benchmarking (which is a great troubleshooting tool to see what's working properly.) ex. iMacPro1,1 34830 Metal score vs. iMac19,1 51600 Metal score. When the only thing that changed is the SMBIOS. Super odd... Granted I have a brand new RX580 8GB, even though it's older tech, if you have one in a x299 board, try it yourself and see what scores you get on iMac19,1 vs iMacPro1,1 or MacPro1,1 prove me wrong?

So this is exactly why I said it was a genuine question of curiosity - rather than a "prove me wrong". It is interesting that you get higher Geekbench metal score, I would love to know the reason why.

I don't doubt it at all, but, this is one synthetic test on one piece of hardware. My concern is that we introduce other problems elsewhere...

For example (And I haven't tested any of this I'm just thinking out loud) when we export from FinalCut Pro, say using the BruceX test, a real 2019 iMac can be significantly faster than a 2017 iMac Pro (when configured with the same number of CPU cores) due to having integrated graphics chips in the CPU's that support Intel quick sync - on X299 we don't have those so are we introducing a potential application instability or additional performance hit for something that's expecting quick sync hardware due to our choice of iMac19,1? I don't know, as I said thinking out loud.

Or what about other workloads which might take advantage of AVX-512? Are we leaving a whole load of performance on the table because we won't take advantage of a CPU feature our CPU's do have which an iMac19,1 or Z370/390 system does not?

Perhaps the opposite is true for some applications/scenarios where an iMacPro1,1 definition leads an app to assume we have T2 hardware when we do not?

I don't know if app stability is affected or just performance in different areas.

I just don't think its as simple as one test - which is why I'm really interested in finding out exactly how the variable is used. In the meantime I would still think that most closely matching the platform and CPU architecture is a better starting point for overall performance and stability, although clearly, as you've proved there are cases outside the expected - all the more reason to investigate. :)
 
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@rustEswan
So I was able to start completely over and I tried using iMacPro1,1 and MacPro1,1 and iMac19,1 so what I've found is that I get better GPU performance with iMac19,1 with my setup when benchmarking (which is a great troubleshooting tool to see what's working properly.) ex. iMacPro1,1 34830 Metal score vs. iMac19,1 51600 Metal score. When the only thing that changed is the SMBIOS. Super odd... Granted I have a brand new RX580 8GB, even though it's older tech, if you have one in a x299 board, try it yourself and see what scores you get on iMac19,1 vs iMacPro1,1 or MacPro1,1 prove me wrong?

That is interesting. I'm pretty sure that that if you use SMBIOS 19,1 you won't get full VDA decoding meaning that you won't be able to play Amazon 4K among other DRM protected media which on my build required SMBIOS 1,1.See image. All my builds are on 1,1 now for this reason.

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Now on to my #1 issue: I've used USBInjectAll.kext and set the XHCIPortLimit properly, but when viewing in Hackintool v3.5.3 to view all the ports. The issue is that I see 2 controllers, but when plugging in things 1 port at a time, most times, I insert the USB stick and it NEVER shows in Hackintool where it's located (but mounts the volume on the desktop), super frustrating to say the least... Like phantom USB ports that aren't listed...

Not sure of the nature of your problem. I attach a screenshot of my USB ports after the port mapping - those not highlighted in green are all live. Take, for example USB port SS05/HS13 - see the schematic. Plug a USB3 in and SS05 lights up green in Hackintool. Replace the USB3 with a USB 2 device and SS05 turns back to white and HS11 lights up green.


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I'm going to attach my EFI file in case someone can check or see what's wrong... Thanks in advance!
Here is the screenshot from Hackintool, FYI it used to show at the top PXSX and 4 ports listed but now nope...
The saga continues....
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That ASRock X299E-ITX/ac you have is something that I've been looking at to replace the AS Rock H370 I-Gaming I have in my 'Mac-mini'
Can you confirm that the Nvram works and also if the WiFi slot supports non-cNVI wi fi cards (like the Apple 4360 for example?
This particular mainboard is indeed a very special piece of compressed tech. But i think it has been discontinued since some time.
Nvram is not working with OpenCore on this board.

I am using an Apple BCM94360CS2 WiFi card. But to fit it in the slot of the ASRock supplied WiFi i had to use this kind of adapter. -> Link

Also you have to disassemble the metal casing of the supplied card to make some room as the adapter and Apple WiFi card are slightly taller than the original.

In this post you can see how the card sticks out:

As i am getting stutters from time to time with my bluetooth connected Apple Magic Trackpad i disabled the WiFi to fix this. Yes, that somewhat defeats the purpose of a WiFi card. ;)
I am not sure if the partially open metal housing is letting interference in or it is software-related.
I might also be the case that the card itself is at fault as it is a used part ripped out of some MacBook or similar of some unknown age and origin.
(...) it possibly relates to something in the EVGA BIOS. Just not sure what.
This might be the case - haven't seen (m)any EVGA boards here.
Indeed it is a strange behaviour, as your IPG shows the other parameters just fine.
 
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