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

[brousseau6933]

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 no 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)

The Designare is definitely dead so…? As an Hackintosh I mean.

 

[Chevron]

I have recently replaced a faulty power supply, and I am back up and running. Before I replaced the power supply BIOS was not accessible, so I did a CMOS reset when troubleshooting.

However, a fan, I assume the GPU is going full guns and is loud from start-up and never lets up even after booting into the Mac OS. I have no fan temp monitoring in Macs Fan Control either. Looks like only CPU fan being reported.

I updated OpenCore using HackinDROM to the latest version, and checked that all Kexts are installed correctly but still loud fans.

 

[zipb]

The Designare is definitely dead so…? As an Hackintosh I mean.

I don't know. I came to the conclusion, just as @etorix, that I could better spend my time on finishing my new hack first, and then see if I can salvage my Z390.

It looks like broken hardware, but Windows boots quickly and works fine. Weird.

I will try to install macOS again at some point.

 

[brousseau6933]

I don't know. I came to the conclusion, just as @etorix, that I could better spend my time on finishing my new hack first, and then see if I can salvage my Z390.

It looks like broken hardware, but Windows boots quickly and works fine. Weird.

I will try to install macOS again at some point.

Hey, it’s a tool and the most important thing is that you have one working! Still really weird though…

Mine is running like a clockwork (Mojave) since 2020 and it satisfies my needs as an hobbyist (I work as an elementary school music teacher, not producer or pro musician…). Looks your job needs a working DAW so…

 

[memomemonline]

@CaseySJ I want to TIMEMACHINE my Hackintosh (OpenCore) and move it to a MacBook Pro. Should I exclude the system/library/extensions and macOS/library/extensions folders from the TM?
Is there something else I should do? Thanks in advance

 

[brousseau6933]

@CaseySJ I want to TIMEMACHINE my Hackintosh (OpenCore) and move it to a MacBook Pro. Should I exclude the system/library/extensions and macOS/library/extensions folders from the TM?
Is there something else I should do? Thanks in advance

I am not @CaseySJ but do not remove /System/Library/Extensions. As for third party kexts in /Library/Extensions , unless you won’t use the same devices, keep them. Depending on the MacOS version, I would instead clean install and migrate.

I did it before, Carbon Copy Cloner directly from my Hackintosh to an Intel MBP (is yours a new MBP BTW?) but I had exactly the same devices connected… In my case, it was quite easy as they were Mojave machines and the kernel cache rebuild is a breeze. Not so much starting at Big Sur…

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ I want to TIMEMACHINE my Hackintosh (OpenCore) and move it to a MacBook Pro. Should I exclude the system/library/extensions and macOS/library/extensions folders from the TM?
Is there something else I should do? Thanks in advance

It’s okay to include everything. If you’re migrating to an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, use Migration Assistant during the macOS setup wizard (the welcome screen wizard) to transfer applications and data. Migration Assistant will not transfer /System/Library/Extensions but it will transfer /Library/Extensions. These can be removed later.

However, depending on how old the Hackintosh version of macOS is (whether it was freshly installed within the last couple of years or whether it was upgraded in-place year after year after year) it may be better not to migrate. Instead, one de-license everything on the old system and reinstall the apps from scratch on the new system.

Then we can manually copy all our documents to the new system. This can be done by installing the old NVMe SSD into a cheap USB 3.0 enclosure and connecting it directly to the new MacBook Pro, then dragging-and-dropping all files across. Keep the old MVMe intact for a couple of months at least to ensure that everything of value has been transferred.

 

[gainmedialab]

I am having issues with iPhone tethering to my Hack. When I connect the iPhone via USB, the phone is recognised and connected in the Network preferences, the service is active and the IP address is displayed, but no data is being transferred. The same thing happens with Personal Hotspot - the WiFi connects to the phone, but no data is transferred. When I connect the same phone on my Macbook Air (running same version of OS on both computers), data transfer works fine. Anyone else had the same issue? Running Big Sur 11.7.4 and iOS 16.2 (iPhone 13).

 

[CaseySJ]

I am having issues with iPhone tethering to my Hack. When I connect the iPhone via USB, the phone is recognised and connected in the Network preferences, the service is active and the IP address is displayed, but no data is being transferred. The same thing happens with Personal Hotspot - the WiFi connects to the phone, but no data is transferred. When I connect the same phone on my Macbook Air (running same version of OS on both computers), data transfer works fine. Anyone else had the same issue? Running Big Sur 11.7.4 and iOS 16.2 (iPhone 13).

Some questions:

• Are you using a Broadcom WiFi/BT card such as Fenvi FV-T919, or the on-board Intel WiFi/BT?
• The SSID of your iPhone hotspot appears in macOS, and you can connect to that SSID?
• If a password is required, does the password prompt appear?
• Once WiFi connection from Hackintosh to iPhone is established, then no data transfer takes place? Are you using a web browser, for example, to check if data transfer is occurring?

Personal Hotspot (through WiFi) has worked well for me.

 

[memomemonline]

It’s okay to include everything. If you’re migrating to an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, use Migration Assistant during the macOS setup wizard (the welcome screen wizard) to transfer applications and data. Migration Assistant will not transfer /System/Library/Extensions but it will transfer /Library/Extensions. These can be removed later.

However, depending on how old the Hackintosh version of macOS is (whether it was freshly installed within the last couple of years or whether it was upgraded in-place year after year after year) it may be better not to migrate. Instead, one de-license everything on the old system and reinstall the apps from scratch on the new system.

Then we can manually copy all our documents to the new system. This can be done by installing the old NVMe SSD into a cheap USB 3.0 enclosure and connecting it directly to the new MacBook Pro, then dragging-and-dropping all files across. Keep the old MVMe intact for a couple of months at least to ensure that everything of value has been transferred.

Hi @CaseySJ, my Hackintosh was made in 2020 with this build before with Clover and then moved to OpenCore.
I am still on Catalina and will "migrate: to a 2019 Macbook Pro (Catalina) with similar characteristics to my actual build, only as a clone computer.
For this reason, I can't de-license everything on the old system and reinstall the apps from scratch on the new system.
I need to have the same stuff on both computers because I make music, and the laptop would be only used when I travel or go to others' studios.
You said, "it may be better not to migrate."

1. So, I wonder what the risk is.

Instead, If I understand correctly, your first sentence said, "Migration Assistant during the macOS setup wizard (the welcome screen wizard) to transfer applications and data. Migration Assistant will not transfer /System/Library/Extensions but will transfer /Library/Extensions. These can be removed later."

2. So, which of those extensions should I remove?
3. Should I avoid those /Library/Extensions during the TIMEMACHINE?

I hope this can help you understand the situation better
Cheers