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

[mrnobdy9]

@CaseySJ if I could please trouble you with another question. would this card Asus Hyper m.2 work with with this build?

I bought the first pcie sata expansion card from the post on the first page, but it didnt work for me, and I'm thinking of buying an nvme pcie expansion card. if the Asus one that I mention above dose not work, do you know of any card that dose work?

 

[CaseySJ]

Ok, Thanks! Does this mean I can take the plunge and upgrade from Catalina to Monterey at this point then, running Clover 5142 and latests kexts?

Because I am no longer familiar with Clover, I cannot answer that question. As you can guess, I recommend OpenCore.

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ if I could please trouble you with another question. would this card Asus Hyper m.2 work with with this build?

I bought the first pcie sata expansion card from the post on the first page, but it didnt work for me, and I'm thinking of buying an nvme pcie expansion card. if the Asus one that I mention above dose not work, do you know of any card that dose work?

I would not recommend such cards on the Z390 Designare because:

• BIOS does not have a feature called "PCIe Bifurcation". This allows the lanes in a PCIe slot to be split into multiple 4-lane "virtual" slots.
• This Asus card accommodates up to 4 PCIe NVMe SSDs. Each NVMe SSD works best when it's given 4 PCIe lanes.
• In a x16 slot, all 4 NVMe SSDs can operate at full speed if the BIOS can bifurcate the slot into x4/x4/x4/x4.
• If not, then it's best to check the instructions or technical specs of the card to see how it deals with cases where fewer PCIe lanes are available, and cases where bifurcation is simply not available.

You can see that Asus makes this quite clear on their website:

 

[zgonda]

Ok, Thanks! Does this mean I can take the plunge and upgrade from Catalina to Monterey at this point then, running Clover 5142 and latests kexts?

If you use the config.plist (for SMBIOS iMacPro1,1) I had attached in a previous post and you updated Clover, drivers, kexts ... there should be no problem updating to Monterey. Anyway, if you put your EFI Clover 5142 in the EFI partition of a USB key (without touching your current EFI), you don't risk trying to boot on it. If something is wrong, I suggest you attach your EFI as an attachment so I can see if something is wrong. Otherwise, it is very simple, if necessary and ONLY if Resizeable BAR Support is activated in the BIOS, to add the Quirk in question using PLIST Editor for example. (But I just read that you already did...)

 

[Velemer]

Hello @Velemer,

Are you using a USB Bluetooth dongle? If so, what is the make/model?

Hi CaseySJ

Yes this is a USB Bluetooth dongle. LogiLink bt0015 Chipset: CSR BC8510. This dongle worked well with Big sure and previous operating systems.

 

[zgonda]

@Ponkass : if you are using an iMac19,1 SMBIOS, the HWTarget item located in the RTVariables section must not be entered (leave blank), this item must only be entered for SMBIOS corresponding to Macs "T2 chip" like iMacPro1,1 .... On the other hand it is necessary that the Extended Firmware Features and Extended Firmware Features Mask are informed.

Have you tried clear NVRAM with F11 at the Clover boot ?

PS : can you communicate your EFI file here?

 

[DJCodeMoney]

In other words, every single step should be double checked.

Indeed.

I did that and found my config.plist still had the default "** Enter SMBIOS Name (e.g. iMac19,1) **" in the DataHub tab (I swear I corrected that!). I corrected that (for real, this time) and triple checked the rest of the inputs. I successfully booted into OC and then into my Mojave drive.

Only one anomaly - I was on the final step of setting the boot order in BIOS to boot from my new OpenCore EFI partition. I did that, saved and booted. It booted into OC, but I couldn't select a drive (stuck on the first selection). I was reaching for my wired keyboard to see if that would work, and OC disappeared and Clover started up (There was no re-boot that I could tell). Then my old Clover drive selection appeared. So I selected a drive and it hung. After a reboot, all was well.

Thanks again for all the work you do to keep us all up & running!

 

[Ponkass]

Because I am no longer familiar with Clover, I cannot answer that question. As you can guess, I recommend OpenCore.

Ok, so I got stuck with Clover so took a look at OpenCore again. Stupid me had forgotten to put in the SMBIOS device name (iMac19,1). With that done, the complete install of Monterey went without any hickups. That was with my Vega 64 card in, however.

The next thing I've done is to take out the Vega card and put in my new 6900 XT. I can tell that hardware acceleration is not active as I get glitchy graphics with "inverted" colors and the wrong name for the GPU in "About this Mac". I've done some digging around the forum and also elsewhere, but to be sure I'm using the latest/best method to get it working I'm thinking I might as well ask here.

I have a Merc 319 card.

These are my current boot args:

keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=11 shikigva=80 igfxfw=2 -v agdpmod=pikera

What's the best current way to fix it?

Thanks!

 

[Ponkass]

Just to add a note: I have the XFX MERC 315 6900XT and it works flawlessly out of the box on 11.6.1 ... I've had an occasional red flash on window resizing but that's by far not a dealbreaker.

This is interesting as I have the exact same card, but I don't get hardware acceleration... I'm on Monterey though.

Correction: I’m on 319, you 315, my bad.

 

[SmackAttack]

IOS does not have a feature called "PCIe Bifurcation"

Bifurcate.... bifurcate... such a funny word. Like, "the price of that MacPro made me bifurcate all over myself!"