** Update on OpenIntelWireless Drivers **
On my Designare Z390, the latest
2.0.0-alpha drivers (released on April 24)
fail to connect to either the 2.4GHz or 5.0GHz band on my Orbi Mesh 802.11ac router. However, the versions created on
Mar 29 are able to connect to both 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz bands.
If you would like to test the
2.0.0-alpha drivers on your Z390 Designare using the
Mar 29 drivers, please do the following (supports Catalina, and Big Sur):
EFI Prep:
- Download the attached EFI folder.
- Rename the parent folder from OC-068-DESIGNARE-Z390-INTEL-WIRELESS to --> EFI
- If you have an AMD GPU, rename the file config-AMD-GPU.plist to config.plist
- If you do not have AMD GPU, rename the file config-Intel-iGPU.plist to config.plist
- Open config.plist in OpenCore Configurator and go to the PlatformInfo --> DataHub page.
- Transfer the five highlighted values from your existing config.plist into this new config.plist
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- Save the file.
- Locate a USB flash disk with an EFI partition (or erase a USB flash disk in Disk Utility with Format = MacOS Journaled and Scheme = GUID Partition Map)
- Copy the new EFI folder to the EFI partition of the USB flash disk.
System Prep:
- Shutdown the system and flip PSU power switch to OFF.
- Physically remove the Fenvi or other WiFi/BT PCIe card.
- Physically disconnect the Bluetooth USB cable.
Begin Test:
- Connect USB flash disk to system and power it up.
- At Gigabyte splash screen, press F12 to open BIOS Boot Menu (not OpenCore Picker)
- Select the USB flash disk.
- When OpenCore Picker appears, select the normal macOS disk.
On the 802.11n network 5GHz band:
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