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

[tsamy]

Hi,
I have problem with screen saver if I select source from folder with my pictures.
It is not working after updates to Monterey

 

[Snoots]

Might be good to see this:

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.

www.tonymacx86.com

Both machines do it, and, only once macOS starts up, OC picker, etc., start normal then as macOS loads and takes over it stops. Both have new wD970 M2 installations. One is running nvmefix and one is not. Both exhibit the weird disk activity LED ... side note how are you testing disk speeds on the macOS drive. If i try to run BlackMagic it won't let me use the root drive as it is read only.

 

[shdwkeeper]

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.

If we have Windows 10 already installed and everything working, is there an upgrade option? Do we use PTT or TPM, I'm reading PTT may be better? My Windows 10 is currently installed on a .M2 drive and so is my macOS on a separate .m2

 

[CaseySJ]

If we have Windows 10 already installed and everything working, is there an upgrade option? Do we use PTT or TPM, I'm reading PTT may be better? My Windows 10 is currently installed on a .M2 drive and so is my macOS on a separate .m2

Microsoft provides the ability to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 directly within Windows 10. You may be placed on a queue, however, because of the high demand for upgrades.

We must enable PTT for Windows 11.

It may be okay to leave the macOS NVMe SSD plugged in during the Windows upgrade, but it's always safer to physically remove it ahead of time.

 

[shdwkeeper]

Microsoft provides the ability to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 directly within Windows 10. You may be placed on a queue, however, because of the high demand for upgrades.

We must enable PTT for Windows 11.

It may be okay to leave the macOS NVMe SSD plugged in during the Windows upgrade, but it's always safer to physically remove it ahead of time.

Yes I know that. I'm just wondering if anyone with this setup has done a Windows 10-11 upgrade as well as running the latest macOS and if I will experiencing any issue, also if there is a step-by-step guide, I'm still on 10.15 macOS.

 

[CaseySJ]

Yes I know that. I'm just wondering if anyone with this setup has done a Windows 10-11 upgrade as well as running the latest macOS and if I will experiencing any issue, also if there is a step-by-step guide, I'm still on 10.15 macOS.

Because this is a macOS website, I do not provide any guides for Windows other than how to prevent Windows from interfering with macOS.

 

[shdwkeeper]

Because this is a macOS website, I do not provide any guides for Windows other than how to prevent Windows from interfering with macOS.

Totally understand, I guess I wasn't asking how to install it, just if anyone has issues after trying all of this. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[CaseySJ]

Totally understand, I guess I wasn't asking how to install it, just if anyone has issues after trying all of this. Sorry for the confusion.

On the Gigabyte B550 Vision D (AMD Ryzen Processor), I was indeed able to install Windows 11, but I did so on a separate SSD. Windows 11 simply merged its boot loader into the already-existent Windows 10 EFI boot folder. This means:

• On AMD motherboards we enable fTPM, but on Intel motherboards we enable PTT.
• Windows 10 SSD has its own EFI partition and hence its own boot loader
• Windows 10 and 11 do not interfere with OpenCore, which is located in the EFI partition of macOS NVMe SSD
• OpenCore shows boot options for macOS and Windows, but not separate options for macOS, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
• This is due to the manner in which Windows 11 merges it boot loader into the pre-existing Windows boot loader.
• When we select Windows from OpenCore, we immediately see a Microsoft boot selector where we can choose between Windows 10 and Windows 11.
• However, if you simply upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11, then you will have a simpler, one-step boot process.

I described my experience here:

Gigabyte B550 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + AMD Ryzen 7 3700X + AMD RX 5600 XT

Right, thats what i thought! :)

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[shdwkeeper]

On the Gigabyte B550 Vision D (AMD Ryzen Processor), I was indeed able to install Windows 11, but I did so on a separate SSD. Windows 11 simply merged its boot loader into the already-existent Windows 10 EFI boot folder. This means:

• On AMD motherboards we enable fTPM, but on Intel motherboards we enable PTT.
• Windows 10 SSD has its own EFI partition and hence its own boot loader
• Windows 10 and 11 do not interfere with OpenCore, which is located in the EFI partition of macOS NVMe SSD
• OpenCore shows boot options for macOS and Windows, but not separate options for macOS, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
• This is due to the manner in which Windows 11 merges it boot loader into the pre-existing Windows boot loader.
• When we select Windows from OpenCore, we immediately see a Microsoft boot selector where we can choose between Windows 10 and Windows 11.
• However, if you simply upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11, then you will have a simpler, one-step boot process.

I described my experience here:

Gigabyte B550 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + AMD Ryzen 7 3700X + AMD RX 5600 XT

Right, thats what i thought! :)

www.tonymacx86.com

Good to know info here. Thanks. Have you had a chance to try this on the Designare MB?

 

[NCMacGuy]

@shdwkeeper

It sounds like you are looking for somebody who has done the Win10 to Win11 upgrade on the Designare to respond.

I have done it successfully, and it doesn't require special instructions. I suggest you should be using OC 0.7.5. I have macOS, both Monterey and Big Sur, on one internal SSD, and I had Windows 10 on another internal SSD. I did not remove the macOS SSD to update Windows. If you want to be super-safe you might want to.

Running Win10 "Update Windows" I was notified Win11 was available and my Designare was compatible (with the appropriate BIOS settings.) One can run the update right there if one wants to. I actually created a WIn11 installer because I had other computers to update. I started Win10 and ran the Wind11 installer from within Win10. I just let it run and eventually Win11 was installed and running with all my prior apps still there. Win11 is still available as a startup option in the OC Picker.

MacOS and Win11 are now running fine on my Designare on separate SSDs.

It worked fine for me. I will not guarantee that it will work fine for you -- but it should. Make sure you have all the appropriate backups for disaster recovery!