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    GA-z270 ultra gaming i5 7600k IGPU, SMBIOS problem

    I wish someone else using the sky lake 7600k could help us here. On Mojave, same problem... using 18,3 bios setting causes screen flickering. Using 18,1 is way under the specs of the cpu and has stuttering issues and system sluggishness. 18,3 performance is as expected but is unusable due to...
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    hdmi audio h270N/i3 7100 hd 630

    I have the same board (H270n-wifi) - I also couldn't get the HDMI audio out to work until using the Audio_cloverAHDMI-130_V0.6.command script, with the audio value port set to 2 in clover.... and it worked!! only the outer HDMI port has Audio out.... if anyone knows why the second HDMI port...
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    Sierra boots 80 percent of time? zero with slash other times?

    Screenshot attached. Error as follows... any feedback greatly appreciated! - (boots Sierra 80 percent of time, fails with error below about 20percent of the time with prohibit sign) Osxaptiofix2Drv: starting overrides for system\Library\coreservices\boot.efi Using reloc block: no, hibernate...
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    Sierra boots 80 percent of time? zero with slash other times?

    Done... can i still ask this question without a repost????
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    Sierra boots 80 percent of time? zero with slash other times?

    Something weird with my MacoS Sierra install and clover/ EFI ... 80 percent of the time , at startup the clover boot loader will show the apple logo and boot fine. the other 20 percent of the time I immediately get the zero with the slash through it (Prohibit sign) and if fails to load. I am...
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    Allow From Anywhere (Disable Gatekeeper checks) in macOS Sierra

    *In my opinion only* ....If you take notice of the last few changes to the Mac operating system, you will realize Apple has been gradually shifting away from power users over the last few years. It seems Apple cares mostly about IOS users and basic ("Simple") users now for the most part and is...
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    Upgrade Strategy; z97 platform to z170 worth it?

    I currently have a fully working system under El-Capitan using the previously popular Gigabyte z97m-D3h motherboard (socket 1150 build) My question is; Would it be a good future proofing measure to upgrade my motherboard and CPU to the latest Z170 socket 1150? I want to upgrade to MacOS...
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    El capitan USB issues - possible fix.

    Ok - So... I will admit Im a newbie at modifying a DSDT, but I figured out how to edit my DSDT using MaciASL and fix my sleep/wake issue. If there are any others here like me having trouble... When you add the HTTP source as instructed in the first post, it populates with a list of...
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    El capitan USB issues - possible fix.

    Just wanted to report back that i was now able to successfully compile my SSDT-XOSI. I have tested USB3 devices and it now works, by following instructions in this thread... Thanks Matt/RehabMan and everyone else whom has contributed to this thread. My motherboard is Z97m-D3H ... Edit...
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    El capitan USB issues - possible fix.

    Thanks RehabMan..Here is the log file attachment from failed compile. Greatly appreciate everything you do to help us all. ** EDIT- I was able to compile successfully using tip from weberio's post, noting fix to the code on page 20 of this thread.
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    El capitan USB issues - possible fix.

    when using MaciASL (with compiler option set to ACPI 5.0) and saving as ACPI Machine language Binary, I keep getting a compiler error on line 7. Stumped. Any ideas? code 6126 syntax error, unexpected PARSEOP_METHOD EXPECTING '{' and premature end of file It simple copy and paste , but the...
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    El capitan USB issues - possible fix.

    Thanks.. unfortunately, its still Not working for me on my GA-Z97-d3h. Still only see USB 2 devices connected.
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    El capitan USB issues - possible fix.

    I have the same motherboard as mentioned by Matt in his original post here. If i could kindly ask, Can someone clarify this below step in his directions? His comment: "Then you need the patch for _OSI -> XOSI from the BRIX config.plist: https://github.com/RehabMan/Gigabyte-BRIX-s-DSDT-Patch...
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    Yosemite update

    Abn0rmal, Thanks for this terminal command- Running 10.10.5 on GA-z97m-dh3 and my system kept prompting me to install the thunderbolt firmware update1.2 and even after applying the update 3 times, the prompt to update would not disappear, until after running the terminal command to block it...
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    Any successful upgrade on a Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI build?

    As far as the intel driver, what worked for me is the following: Go to multi beast, under network choose intel, and the diver i used was the version 2.14(not in front of my pc at the moment) i used the older version of the driver- the newer ones didn't work for me- worth a shot to try
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