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Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

Hey, super quick one that I'm sure you can just give me a direct answer for

Purchasing a Hackintosh system Video and Photo based workflows, rendering, etc.
Components with be i9 (9th or 10th gen based on answer) 64GB CL15 RAM, Sapphire RX 5700 XT Special.

Should I get the Z490 or the Z390 board?

I am undecided on what will be more bullet proof, but I love the RGB control the Z490 has and the two F USB headers means my Broadcom adapter will not require a Y splitter in the Z390.

Chasing a 'do this' 'this is why' kinda objective answer.

Cheers guys!
 
Hey, super quick one that i'm sure you can just give me a direct answer for

Purchasing a Hackintosh system Video and Photo based workflows, rendering ect ect
Components with be na i9 (9th or 10th gen based on answer) 64gb cl15 ram, shappire rx 5700 XT special

Should i get the Z490 or the Z390 board?

I am undecided on what will be more bullet proof, but i love the RGB control the z490 has and the two F usb headers means my broadcom adapter will not require a Y splitter in the Z390

Chasing a 'do this' 'this is why' kinda objective answer

cheers guys!

Just go Z490 mate - the support is getting better for the new platform on an almost daily basis and you will be future proofing yourself too.

Also, the pricing difference (at least in the UK) is fairly minimal between the two platforms.

I run my hackintosh for professional audio work and its working great. I run a busy recording studio on old blightey working with clients at every level of success/fame so the stakes are fairly high in my business. This Z490 kills it every time.

Best,

Tom
 
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Just go Z490 mate - the support is getting better for the new platform on an almost daily basis and you will be future proofing yourself too.

Also, the pricing difference (at least in the UK) is fairly minimal between the two platforms.

I run my hackintosh for professional audio work and its working great. I run a busy recording studio on old blightey working with clients at every level of success/fame so the stakes are fairly high in my business. This Z490 kills it every time.

Best,

Tom
That's the type of reply I needed, thanks heaps mate

Glad to see its working well for you!
 
lol @ first world problems. Will report back...
Edit: disabling the controller, the boot time (i.e., from power button press to the opencore screen) goes from 20+ seconds to 4 seconds...

Although I've yet to try this, is it possible to use Apple's bootcamp drivers to allow the flashed thunderbolt controller to work in Windows? Thunderbolt in Windows works just fine on a real Mac in bootcamp...
Does the delay occur only when Thunderbolt devices are connected?

Thunderbolt should work in Windows if we first boot into macOS then warm boot into Windows. Bootcamp drivers may not work, but there might be another solution involving a change to the Thunderbolt SSDT. I'll work on it over the next day or two.
Attached ZIP contains two experimental Thunderbolt SSDTs for the Z490 Vision D. The file names are:
  • SSDT-TBOLT3-RP05-PORT7-DESIGNARE-Z390-WIN-AND-MAC-V1.aml
  • SSDT-TBOLT3-RP05-PORT7-DESIGNARE-Z390-WIN-AND-MAC-V2.aml
Please try each one in turn, as follows:
  • Add the two SSDTs to config.plist using OpenCore Configurator.
  • Enable only one of them at a time (with the Enabledcheckbox).
    • In the screenshot below we can see 3 different Thunderbolt SSDTs, but only one of them is enabled.
Screen Shot 2020-07-08 at 12.35.29 PM.png

How to Test:
  • ColdBoot into Windows
    • Shutdown the system and flip power switch on PSU to OFF for 10 seconds (capacitors must discharge).
    • Then flip it back on and boot into Windows.
    • Do Thunderbolt devices connect and work?
  • WarmBoot into Windows
    • Boot into MacOS first and check if Thunderbolt devices connect and work
    • Then reboot and choose Windows from the OpenCore Picker
    • Do Thunderbolt devices connect and work?
 

Attachments

  • Vision-D-Experimental-TB3-SSDTs.zip
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Howdy folks...just putting my Vision D build together with my son this evening, and all the hardware is together and booting successfully. A key question before I start installing operating systems...should I upgrade from F2 to F5 BIOS to match @CaseySJ's original post, or is it safe to update to the F6a BIOS that was posted on 22 June 2020? I've seen two references to that BIOS version in this thread...so I'm a tad nervous about going straight to that version.

Screen Shot 2020-07-08 at 11.13.04 PM.png


For what it's worth, I don't have RGB DDR, and frankly could care less about LEDs on my motherboard... :)

Appreciate any recommendations on the stability of this BIOS. Thanks!
 
Howdy folks...just putting my Vision D build together with my son this evening, and all the hardware is together and booting successfully. A key question before I start installing operating systems...should I upgrade from F2 to F5 BIOS to match @CaseySJ's original post, or is it safe to update to the F6a BIOS that was posted on 22 June 2020? I've seen two references to that BIOS version in this thread...so I'm a tad nervous about going straight to that version.

View attachment 479691

For what it's worth, I don't have RGB DDR, and frankly could care less about LEDs on my motherboard... :)

Appreciate any recommendations on the stability of this BIOS. Thanks!
I have recently updated from F2 to F5a it fixed my DRM issue with Netflix and Apple TV, is that the US site for gigabyte? I'm only seeing F4 and F5a available
 
I have recently updated from F2 to F5a it fixed my DRM issue with Netflix and Apple TV, is that the US site for gigabyte? I'm only seeing F4 and F5a available

it's the VISION G and not the VISION D on his screenshot. I was confused as well.

It's interesting though that F4 is listed for the VISION D again and it has a more current date than the F5a...
 
Howdy folks...just putting my Vision D build together with my son this evening, and all the hardware is together and booting successfully. A key question before I start installing operating systems...should I upgrade from F2 to F5 BIOS to match @CaseySJ's original post, or is it safe to update to the F6a BIOS that was posted on 22 June 2020? I've seen two references to that BIOS version in this thread...so I'm a tad nervous about going straight to that version.

View attachment 479691

For what it's worth, I don't have RGB DDR, and frankly could care less about LEDs on my motherboard... :)

Appreciate any recommendations on the stability of this BIOS. Thanks!

Hi Mickelsn,

I'm on a Vision G with latest F6a BIOS and it seemed to fix a few things for me.

I also went straight from the original factory BIOS to F6a without any hiccups.

You'll probably want to grab my EFI as Casey's guide is for the Vision D (although mine is just a slightly modified version of Casey's).

I uploaded it a few posts of mine ago so if you search my username on here you should be able to find it!

Best,

Tom
 
Attached ZIP contains two experimental Thunderbolt SSDTs for the Z490 Vision D. The file names are:
  • SSDT-TBOLT3-RP05-PORT7-DESIGNARE-Z390-WIN-AND-MAC-V1.aml
  • SSDT-TBOLT3-RP05-PORT7-DESIGNARE-Z390-WIN-AND-MAC-V2.aml
Please try each one in turn, as follows:
  • Add the two SSDTs to config.plist using OpenCore Configurator.
  • Enable only one of them at a time (with the Enabledcheckbox).
    • In the screenshot below we can see 3 different Thunderbolt SSDTs, but only one of them is enabled.
View attachment 479664
How to Test:
  • ColdBoot into Windows
    • Shutdown the system and flip power switch on PSU to OFF for 10 seconds (capacitors must discharge).
    • Then flip it back on and boot into Windows.
    • Do Thunderbolt devices connect and work?
  • WarmBoot into Windows
    • Boot into MacOS first and check if Thunderbolt devices connect and work
    • Then reboot and choose Windows from the OpenCore Picker
    • Do Thunderbolt devices connect and work?
Hi @CaseySJ, still testing, but wanted to report back. Both appear to work well in macOS Catalina. Hotplug, sleep work etc. Hotplug of thunderbolt devices work, but not hotplug of USB3 devices. Upon hotplugging a USB-C Samsung T5 drive, it comes on, but doesn't load. This is true of all 3 .AML files (original plus two experimental). However, with original, and experimental2 aml files, USB3 devices load if connected to thunderbolt controller on cold boot.

But with both experimental .AML files, Thunderbolt does not work in windows for me, whether from cold boot or warm boot on Bios 5a on the flashed Vision D NVM 50 TB firmware. I haven't tried modifying DROM with either .AML file. The original z490-TB3 aml as per post #1 (with modified DROM) works in windows with warm boot only.

Curiously, when I boot into windows on warm boot, a message pops up saying a thunderbolt controller has experienced an error, and firmware needs to be updated before devices can connect. On warm boot, the thunderbolt device is clearly connected, but it doesn't start, and in Device Manager, there's a symbol on the attached device that it's experienced an error.

One thing you didn't specify, and I haven't tested is, when picking Windows OS at boot time, am i to pick it from Opencore, or from Vision D's F12 OS picker? I've been using the Opencore picker.

Finally one caveat: in post 869 you mentioned the following:
Comment: disable \_GPE.TINI (Zero, RPS0, RPT0, Zero)
Find: FF5C2E5F 47504554 494E4900 52505330 52505430 00
Replace : FFA3A3A3 A3A3A3A3 A3A3A3A3 A3A3A3A3 A3A3A3A3 A3

I haven't disabled this ACPI patch in my testing. Should it matter?
 
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Just go Z490 mate - the support is getting better for the new platform on an almost daily basis and you will be future proofing yourself too.

Also, the pricing difference (at least in the UK) is fairly minimal between the two platforms.

I run my hackintosh for professional audio work and its working great. I run a busy recording studio on old blightey working with clients at every level of success/fame so the stakes are fairly high in my business. This Z490 kills it every time.

Best,

Tom


Can the Z490 boards run Mojave or only Catalina+?
 
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