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

Come to think of it, the last thing I did before shutdown(when all was well) was a Ventura install on a separate SSD...

Could this have botched MacOS on my NVME? But why can't I boot from the Ventura SSD either?
 
I put the Monterey NVME from my Z390 in my Z690. Boot from the Z690 EFI. Now I see 2 Montereys. Hm. Which is which? Let's try this one... Bam, booted to Monterey via my Z390 NVME with all my stuff. Ran Disk Utility. No problems found. So I can easily boot from the Z390 boot NVME using my Z690, and nothing seems out of order.

The only thing I can think of: the Vega 56 has 2 little switches. Does it make a difference how these are configured? I may have inadvertently changed these.

Still, why can't I just boot with iGPU with the Vega out of the equation on the Z390?

Must be a BIOS problem or setting.
 
I can boot Windows just fine.
That, against the rest of the symptoms, is the most puzzling…
So the computer as a whole is not defective—at at least not completely. (Edge condition on a RAM module? It may take days running Memtest with various combinations to pinpoint the culprit.)
The NVMe holding Monterey could be damaged, or some system file installed on it. But then you should be able to boot macOS from another drive. :banghead:
I suppose you have already tried putting back the set of RAM modules as they were.

Can you boot Monterey from this NVMe drive, or Ventura from the (SATA?) SSD, on your new Z690 build, using an appropriate EFI on a USB stick? (Best not to mess with these drives and changing EFIs…)

It may be that working on making the Z690 your new daily driver is the quickest way to be back in business.
 
I put the Monterey NVME from my Z390 in my Z690. Boot from the Z690 EFI. Now I see 2 Montereys. Hm. Which is which? Let's try this one... Bam, booted to Monterey via my Z390 NVME with all my stuff. Ran Disk Utility. No problems found. So I can easily boot from the Z390 boot NVME using my Z690, and nothing seems out of order.
Good. I'd say: Keep the drive in place and make the Z690 your daily driver.
Diagnose the Z390 in your spare time after the migration is complete.

The only thing I can think of: the Vega 56 has 2 little switches. Does it make a difference how these are configured?
It should, but results with the iGPU on Z390 show that this not the issue.

Must be a BIOS problem or setting.
I cannot think of a BIOS issue which would crash macOS in a land of colourful pixels.
This looks more like a hardware issue to me.
 
Hi, I need help to install Ventura. I have BigSur running with no problems. I tried the updater but it failed. Now I'm trying to install it from scratch. So,

1) I've created an USB installer with terminal command
2) I've created an opencore EFI with HackinDROM app
3) I've copied EFI to USB EFI
4) Restart with USB

When GUI was shown, I tryed to install macOS ventura:

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But my main disk was not shown in the list of options! Just the installer USB (blocked) and two SATA HDs.

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Then, I tried Disk utility, to format the main disk, but the main disk does not appear in the disks list either:

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The main disk is this NVMe Sabrent (amazon link)

What could be the problem? Thank you very much for the help.
 
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I put the Monterey NVME from my Z390 in my Z690. Boot from the Z690 EFI. Now I see 2 Montereys. Hm. Which is which? Let's try this one... Bam, booted to Monterey via my Z390 NVME with all my stuff. Ran Disk Utility. No problems found. So I can easily boot from the Z390 boot NVME using my Z690, and nothing seems out of order.

The only thing I can think of: the Vega 56 has 2 little switches. Does it make a difference how these are configured? I may have inadvertently changed these.

Still, why can't I just boot with iGPU with the Vega out of the equation on the Z390?

Must be a BIOS problem or setting.
I do not think the vBIOS switches could impact unless you bought it used and it was in a mining rig (modded vBIOS).
 
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The Z690 works. Unfortunately, TB stuff doesn't work on boot but has to be replugged. Still have mds storms whenever I boot.

I have redone most of my copy protection stuff, but I am sure this will take another 2 weeks before everything is dialed in.

I have opened a couple of projects in Logic, Cubase and Bitwig. This basically works. I haven't opened any big sessions.

Lightroom & Photoshop work, have not done any heavy duty editing yet.

To do: Vega 56 (using my old RX480 for now)
Wifi/BT. The card will probably not fit do to the enormous size of my Noctua D15.

Better adapt USB to my personal situation(I have lots of USB peripherals)

Maybe change PSU & fans. Something is noisy when the system is stressed.

Positive: Migration Assistant copied 3.000.000 files/1 TB in 25 minutes...(NVME to NVME)
 
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