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

CaseySJ said:
Interesting. Let us know if simply disabling XMP Memory Profile fixes the problem. This can be turned back on after the update is fully installed.
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Disabling XMP didn't do it.
Changing SIP didn't do it.
Resetting my overclock settings to default (and no VT-D) didn't do it.

Gonna try pairing down my OC to eliminate my Radeon Boost, Intel wireless, etc... if that also fails, I'll try removing the m.2 and installing to the 2.5" SSD instead...

J
 
SmackAttack said:
Disabling XMP didn't do it.
Changing SIP didn't do it.
Resetting my overclock settings to default (and no VT-D) didn't do it.

Gonna try pairing down my OC to eliminate my Radeon Boost, Intel wireless, etc... if that also fails, I'll try removing the m.2 and installing to the 2.5" SSD instead...

J
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Also check if an Internet connection is active when performing the upgrade. An active connection may be able to help.

In the worst case, however, we can do this:
  • Clone the Catalina NVMe SSD to a SATA SSD mounted in an external USB 3 enclosure.
  • After the clone is done, connect the USB 3 enclosure to another Hack or Mac.
  • Boot the Hack or Mac from its own disk (not from the USB 3 clone).
  • Run the Big Sur installer on this Hack or Mac, but when it asks for destination disk, carefully select the external SATA SSD.
  • When installation is done and you see the Welcome screen, don't continue, but shutdown the Hack/Mac.
  • Now connect the external SSD to the original Hack and boot. At the OpenCore Picker, choose the external SATA SSD.
  • Does it boot up?
  • If so, mount EFI partition of internal NVMe SSD and EFI partition of external SATA SSD.
  • Copy the OpenCore EFI folder from NVMe SSD to SATA SSD.
Keep using the external SATA SSD until you're convinced everything is okay. But make another clone of the original Catalina SSD and set that clone aside. Make sure the clone has a copy of the EFI Folder in its EFI partition!

Now boot Big Sur from the external SATA SSD and clone it to the internal NVMe SSD. It's good to erase the internal NVMe SSD first. When the clone is done, copy the EFI folder from SATA SSD to internal NVMe SSD.
 
CaseySJ said:
Also check if an Internet connection is active when performing the upgrade. An active connection may be able to help.

In the worst case, however, we can do this:
  • Clone the Catalina NVMe SSD to a SATA SSD mounted in an external USB 3 enclosure.
  • After the clone is done, connect the USB 3 enclosure to another Hack or Mac.
  • Boot the Hack or Mac from its own disk (not from the USB 3 clone).
  • Run the Big Sur installer on this Hack or Mac, but when it asks for destination disk, carefully select the external SATA SSD.
  • When installation is done and you see the Welcome screen, don't continue, but shutdown the Hack/Mac.
  • Now connect the external SSD to the original Hack and boot. At the OpenCore Picker, choose the external SATA SSD.
  • Does it boot up?
  • If so, mount EFI partition of internal NVMe SSD and EFI partition of external SATA SSD.
  • Copy the OpenCore EFI folder from NVMe SSD to SATA SSD.
Keep using the external SATA SSD until you're convinced everything is okay. But make another clone of the original Catalina SSD and set that clone aside. Make sure the clone has a copy of the EFI Folder in its EFI partition!

Now boot Big Sur from the external SATA SSD and clone it to the internal NVMe SSD. It's good to erase the internal NVMe SSD first. When the clone is done, copy the EFI folder from SATA SSD to internal NVMe SSD.
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Dang! That’s some serious trickery there!

Standby… disabling all the intel wireless/BT stuff may have been the ticket… I’m on a fourth reboot through the installer….
 
SmackAttack said:
Dang! That’s some serious trickery there!

Standby… disabling all the intel wireless/BT stuff may have been the ticket… I’m on a fourth reboot through the installer….
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Ok, wowsers... I'm on Big Sur now (although, I still need to install the 11.6.1 point upgrade).

I sincerely wish I was more scientific with this so that I could help divulge exactly what it took, but it seems pretty clear nothing worked until I removed the intel/BT Kexts, and enabled the "NO-CNVW" aml.

I'll report back if I discover anything profound, but thank you as always for all the help!

Best,
J
 
Hello !!
If the "OWC Hub Thunderbolt 4 - Hub 4 ports Thunderbolt 4" works well with the gc titan ridge 2.0 (not flashed) on the Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming it is, on the other hand, not recognized by the onboard TB3 of the Z390 Designare ( not flashed too). (OC 0.7.5 on both). (The Designare recognizes LG 5K Ultrafine or Samsung TB3 X5...)
An idea ?
 
Any updates on a dual boot Windows 11 (TPM) with Monterey with this Designare setup?
 
shdwkeeper said:
Any updates on a dual boot Windows 11 (TPM) with Monterey with this Designare setup?
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We can certainly enable TPM (Intel Platform Trust Technology or PTT) in BIOS, then install Windows 11 alongside macOS. It may be a good idea to format the Windows SSD in macOS first as:
  • Name: Windows
  • Format: FAT32
  • Scheme: GUID Partition Map
Then shutdown, flip power switch to OFF, and physically remove/disconnect all macOS SSDs. Then power up and install Windows 11.
 
Two issues I really could use some expertise on.
1. I had slow boot times with Samsung M.2s. So I replaced both with WD-750's. The boot times are a lot better on one machine. However, on both I have noticed the LED for the disk activity no longer randomly follows the disk activity but instead on both flashes at about 1/2 second regular intervals. Very odd. In OC picker and, until the macOS starts, it looks normal then begins the 1/2 flash on both systems. Anybody else observe this behavior?
2. AppleALC kext does not appear to be loading or working on the GA-Z170X-UD5 TH machine. I have HDEF in IORegistry tool but layout ID is 00 00 00 00. No matter if I change the layout id in boot args.
 
Audio fixed, copied the kexts from the working machine, suspect mismatch between LILU APPLEALC

still curious on the disk activity led.....
 
Snoots said:
Audio fixed, copied the kexts from the working machine, suspect mismatch between LILU APPLEALC

still curious on the disk activity led.....
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Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

I've connected the HDD LED jumper on my Z490 board to the LED in the case and it just flashes constantly at about 4Hz. Is this normal? With my old hack it seemed to work normally i.e. accordingly when there was disk activity.
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