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

[Snoots]

** Experiencing Slow Boot Times in Monterey? **​

Please try this and report your results:

• In Terminal, type:

log show --last boot | grep "trims took"

• Give it a few seconds to run then press CTRL-C to stop.
• Post the output.

Here's the result from my Z490 Vision D with release version of Monterey:

kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk3 scan took 1.913441 s, trims took 1.786507 s
kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk2 scan took 2.299866 s, trims took 2.262432 s

Note that both operations took less than 3 seconds.

kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk2 scan took 32.231385 s, trims took 32.046880 s

970 Pro m2

 

[khaoskosmos]

That's a good sign. Does Final Cut Pro stutter on all HEVC (H.265) video files or only some specific ones?

Hopefully other Final Cut Pro users can provide some hints.

I was trying to play a video, not encode one (decode is choppy). I don't have Final Cut Pro installed, so I imported the video into iMovie, and it plays horribly there.

The video (recorded on my cell phone), plays no problem on my phone.

EDIT:

Okay, I feel like an idiot for wasting your time on this... The file must have been partially corrupted when I copied it using Android File Transfer. I tested it on my Ubuntu server that has a GTX 1060 6GB and noticed it was choppy (copied from my Hack to the server). So I transfered a few more video files from my phone, and they all work great.

 

[Lensjocky]

I seem to be experiencing higher than normal Fan speeds on my Hack since upgrading to Monterey. I'm running OC 0.7.4 using slightly modified "CaseySJ" config.plist (headless igpu w/ Vega64). Anybody else experiencing this?

 

[YossarianKen44]

No worries. Configuring OpenCore EFI is quite easy as follows:

1. Download OpenCore 0.7.4 EFI folder from this post. Click the one on the left (4.6 MB).
2. Rename the top level folder to simply EFI
3. Now open the EFI/OC folder. Inside you'll find two .plist files.
4. Because you have an AMD GPU, rename the file config-AMD-GPU.plist to just config.plist.
5. Download latest version of OpenCore Configurator by clicking here. Current version is 2.52.0.1.
6. Launch OpenCore Configurator. MacOS will throw a warning because this was downloaded from the Internet. Just go to System Preferences --> Security & Privacy --> General tab, and click Allow from the bottom right.
7. Look at the title bar of OpenCore Configurator. Does it say OpenCore 0.7.4 Release Configuration? If not, follow these screenshots:
   View attachment 532637View attachment 532638
8. Now open config.plist from step 4 using OpenCore Configurator. Take a moment to flip through each of the sections on the left side. Get to know briefly what's there. This will become the central focus of your Hackintosh life!!
9. Run Hackintool (it can downloaded from here by clicking Hackintool.zip).
10. Launch Hackintool and keep it running.
11. Now go back to OpenCore Configurator and select PlatformInfo --> DataHub
12. Copy and paste the items below from Hackintool to OpenCore Configurator:
    View attachment 532639
13. Be very careful -- double-check everything.
14. Save the file (CMD-S).

Now you're ready to test the new OpenCore configuration:

1. Use a USB flash disk that has EFI partition. Or find a blank USB disk and format it in Disk Utility:
   • Name: Anything
   • Format: FAT32 (any option is okay)
   • Scheme: GUID Partition Map
2. Mount EFI partition of USB flash disk.
3. Copy the entire new EFI folder to the root level of the EFI partition on USB flash disk.

Now test to see if Mojave/Catalina will still work:

• Reboot
• When Gigabyte Splash screen appears, press F12 to open BIOS Boot Menu
• Select the USB flash disk
• You should see the new OpenCore Canopy (graphical boot picker)
• Select your Mojave/Catalina disk
• Does Mojave/Catalina boot up?
  • If so, use Mojave/Catalina for a little while to make sure everything is okay
  • Check your WiFi, Bluetooth, Audio, Ethernet ports, etc.
  • Check Sleep/Wake behavior

Once you're satisfied that Mojave/Catalina is working normally, do the following:

• Mount the EFI partition of (a) Mojave/Catalina NVMe SSD and (b) USB flash disk.
• In the Mojave/Catalina EFI partition, rename the "EFI" folder to something like "EFI-Clover"
• Then copy the EFI folder from USB EFI partition to Mojave/Catalina EFI partition
• Eject the USB flash disk
• Reboot and let system boot from internal Mojave/Catalina SSD
• Does it boot up properly?

If so, you're ready to begin System Preferences --> Software Update.

I must be missing something. I followed these instructions and here is what happens:
The OpenCore Canopy does launch but after I select the EFI drive I want to boot from the screen goes black and I and I get a DoNot Symbol (circle with the slash across it) and the machine eventually shuts off.
If I select the other drive (which is what I am supposed to do) the screen goes black and the apple logo comes up with a thermometer going like it is doing a system restore I think. This gets halfway through and the screen just goes black.
I still have my backup so after F12 I select that boot drive. Clover runs and I select my initial drive. Things come back except my dual monitors are just one, iTunes wants to launch but doesn't have my credentials, and 1Password keeps trying to verify (which I cancel).

 

[YossarianKen44]

I must be missing something. I followed these instructions and here is what happens:
The OpenCore Canopy does launch but after I select the EFI drive I want to boot from the screen goes black and I and I get a DoNot Symbol (circle with the slash across it) and the machine eventually shuts off.
If I select the other drive (which is what I am supposed to do) the screen goes black and the apple logo comes up with a thermometer going like it is doing a system restore I think. This gets halfway through and the screen just goes black.
I still have my backup so after F12 I select that boot drive. Clover runs and I select my initial drive. Things come back except my dual monitors are just one, iTunes wants to launch but doesn't have my credentials, and 1Password keeps trying to verify (which I cancel).

I just removed the config-Intel-iGPU.plist from my EFI and now everything appears to be working under OpenCore.
Is this correct to do?

 

[gandem]

I have a GC-Maple Ridge card coming. Anyone tried it on a Z390 board? Curious if it's possible to add TB4 to this chipset.

 

[CaseySJ]

I just removed the config-Intel-iGPU.plist from my EFI and now everything appears to be working under OpenCore.
Is this correct to do?

Removing that file has no effect, but any of these could have had a positive impact:

• Cold boot
• Reset NVRAM
• Disable CFG-Lock in BIOS and configure the remaining parameters

 

[YossarianKen44]

Removing that file has no effect, but any of these could have had a positive impact:

• Cold boot
• Reset NVRAM
• Disable CFG-Lock in BIOS and configure the remaining parameters

Thanks for all your help. I now have Monterey running and going through other app updates.

 

[Sapricot]

Adding data about trim scan, here's my results:

2021-10-31 08:51:05.384692+0000 0x23d Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk3 scan took 26.719307 s, trims took 26.269005 s
2021-10-31 08:51:09.835078+0000 0xb34 Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk7 scan took 0.758750 s, trims took 0.748358 s
2021-10-31 08:51:10.978439+0000 0xb39 Default 0x0 0 0 kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk4 scan took 1.533223 s, trims took 1.294634 s

disk3 is the OS drive, 1 TB Sabrent Rocket. (disk4 is a Sabrent Rocket Q, and disk7 is an EVO 850 sata.)

 

[joostiphone]

I wonder what goodies we have in OpenCore 0.7.5 being released today