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

[maccaroni]

Here are some tips from my many years of mucking about with Antelope Audio and TB3 stuff:

- Unplug both your computer and interface from power entirely for 1 minute to let ALL the capacitors drain fully.
- Unplug the Thunderbolt cable from both the computer/interface/ and TB adapter if used.
- replug the TB3 cable to the interface
- ONLY TB2/3 cable plugged in, do not have the USB cable plugged into the port on the interface.
- Plug in the interface power only, and now make sure that Thunderbolt is selected as the Comm Interface using the built in controls
- Plug TB3 cable back in to Hackintosh
- Plug power in to PC and boot hackintosh
- The device MAY not be seen fully at first boot, the way to tell is to go ito IORegistryExplorer and look in your PCI devices (RP05-20 etc) and see if the device ID shows up but no name or drivers underneath. Sometimes both real macs and hacks have the driver do this and the remedy is a simple warm reboot.
- If no Device ID is present, reboot the system and physically plug the TB3 cable in during the Opencore or Opencanopy menus and see if it appears.

Bios settings to also check to see:
-Thunderbolt Boot Support: Enabled
-Forcepower: Enabled (may not be present in your bios)

Bro, this TOTALLY worked.. . once. After the first time (and booting with them separately, then together) it went back to the old behavior. Its a good solution, but it would require me to keep everything unplugged til I was ready to work. Not viable in my current setup, but you definitely showed its possible. Thanks.

BTW, They're daisy-chained. I'm betting if they were on separate ports this wouldn't be an issue, but that takes away from the convenience of the TB platform.

Update: I was using a SSDT designed for Alpine Ridge. Switched to a Titan Ridge aml and everything worked!

 

[qthegaijin]

Bro, this TOTALLY worked.. . once. After the first time (and booting with them separately, then together) it went back to the old behavior. Its a good solution, but it would require me to keep everything unplugged til I was ready to work. Not viable in my current setup, but you definitely showed its possible. Thanks.

BTW, They're daisy-chained. I'm betting if they were on separate ports this wouldn't be an issue, but that takes away from the convenience of the TB platform.

One hail mary move is to get the Antelope unit into Golden Boot mode (its different per unit so check the antelope website) and reinstall the firmware completely over USB. If the unit failed to update over TB it may have written one of the firmwares incorrectly (i think the units install 3-4 different firmware for the fpga/digital interfaces/etc).

 

[CaseySJ]

From the GitHub repo: "Note: Apple CPU identifier must be 0x0F01 for 8 core CPUs or higher and 0x0601 for 1, 2, 4, or 6 cores. This is the default in OpenCore for non-natively supported CPUs."

That's the key. I set my ProcessorType in SMBIOS to 3841 and I can change the CPU name.

I recommend doing it without the boot-args. I don't know how to escape spaces in revcpuname as a boot-arg. Wrapping it in double quotes didn't work, and neither did \ before the space.

Works like this in NVRAM. I named it Apple M1 once in testing as well.

<key>4D1FDA02-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B30102</key>
<dict>
    <key>revcpu</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>revcpuname</key>
    <string>Intel Core i9-11900K</string>
    <key>rtc-blacklist</key>
    <data></data>
</dict>

Are you using ProcessorType in the SMBIOS or DataHub tab? I just tried setting ProcessorType to 1537 (0x0601) in the DataHub tab on my 6-core Comet Lake with both (a) RestrictEvents and (b) revcpuname/revcpu in NVRAM, but alas About this Mac shows a blank processor name. This is on Monterey, however.

Option 1: DataHub

Option 2: SMBIOS

 

[lambusser]

Let's get back to basics:

1. Are you running Big Sur at this time?
2. Which kernel extensions are not loading automatically on boot?
3. Have you tried reinstalling the applications that are associated with those kernel extensions?

Some comments:

• In Big Sur the System volume is write-protected.
• There is nothing we can or should do to the /System folder.

@CaseySJ,

I have been running Big Sur for some time.

It's a handful that won't "start" until I do a "sudo touch /Library/Extensions" then they all finish loading within a few seconds. These are the ones (that I can see) that aren't starting until that:

- HighPoint*.kext drivers - All my extended storage is on that PCIe controller
- RMEFirefaceUSB.kext - All my RME USB audio gear
- RMEPCIeAudio.kext - My RME TB device
- EnergyDriver.kext - For the Intel Power Gadget app

It's possible a few others are also not starting but those are the ones I definelty know need a "knudge".

I have tried re-installing them. Doesn't help. I'm going to try a few reboots post this kextcache execution.

Thanks,
Lam

 

[jiffyslot]

FWIW, when I reverted my UAD software back a version to 9.13.1, I noticed that before the mandatory reboot, it runs the sudo kextcache -i / command. I'd never noticed this before.

 

[CODYQX4]

Are you using ProcessorType in the SMBIOS or DataHub tab? I just tried setting ProcessorType to 1537 (0x0601) in the DataHub tab on my 6-core Comet Lake with both (a) RestrictEvents and (b) revcpuname/revcpu in NVRAM, but alas About this Mac shows a blank processor name. This is on Monterey, however.
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Option 1: DataHub
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Option 2: SMBIOS
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I didn't use OpenCore Configurator to change it, but I did it in Generic, not DataHub.

Could also be that the patch doesn't work on Monterey.

 

[larrythedirtbag]

Many many thanks to all. Because of all you, I was able to build my first Hackintosh. I can actually work with large images and video without the painful lag I had grown accustomed to.

Question: Is anyone out there running dual 4k monitors?

 

[Hackintoshron]

Many many thanks to all. Because of all you, I was able to build my first Hackintosh. I can actually work with large images and video without the painful lag I had grown accustomed to.

Question: Is anyone out there running dual 4k monitors?

Yes, I am running three monitors: (1) 4K LG TV, (2) 27" 4K LG Display, and (1) 32" HD Display with my Radeon 5700XT.

 

[larrythedirtbag]

Yes, I am running three monitors: (1) 4K LG TV, (2) 27" 4K LG Display, and (1) 32" HD Display with my Radeon 5700XT.

Thank you for the quick response. That is such good news! Did you run into any compatibility issues?
I am planning on 2 LG 32UL950-W tb3 monitors for my workspace. Or is DVI the better choice?

 

[Hackintoshron]

Thank you for the quick response. That is such good news! Did you run into any compatibility issues?
I am planning on 2 LG 32UL950-W tb3 monitors for my workspace. Or is DVI the better choice?

I think CaseySJ has warnings about Thunderbolt 3 monitors. You should see that somewhere if you search this thread. Displayport and HDMI monitors work pretty much without fuss though.