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

CaseySJ said:

No problem. Although the previous files should still be okay (worst case we can flash the original one back at any time), I've modified the latest firmware. Attached Zip contains two versions MOD1 and MOD2.

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• E23 to XE23
• _INI to XINI

CaseySJ said:

Do you have other Bluetooth HIDs (HID = human interface devices)? Apple Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard, unfortunately, lose most of their magic on Hackintosh. We recommend Logitech wireless mice and keyboards that use the Logitech Unifying receiver. These devices work in BIOS, in OpenCore Picker, and of course in MacOS, Linux, Windows, everything under the sun.

Pressing Shift-Option while clicking the Bluetooth icon in menu bar will reveal an extended window as shown below.

• Under Devices you will see blue icons for connected peripherals and gray icons for paired, but disconnected peripherals.
• For each connected device you will see RSSI that stands for Received Signal Strength Indicator, which is a measure of the strength of the signal received by the connected device...

The Designare Z390 comes with an outboard antenna with two coaxial connectors. If RSSI is low, disconnect the bottom two antennas from your Fenvi and attach the outboard antenna in their place. Then move the outboard antenna in various positions to see if RSSI changes.

You can also try Factory reset all connected Apple devices and Reset the Bluetooth module.

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Inqnuam said:

Download HackinDROM.app
1. Take screenshot of this window
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2. Mount your EFI partition,
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Click on Archive icon to create an archive of your EFI partition into your Desktop.
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Post (1) Screenshot and the archive (2)

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passmore said:

You are amazing, thank you.

Unfortunately, it is not good news. I've tried flashing both files, MOD1 and MOD2. In both instances my Thunderbolt doesn't work at all, no matter how many warm boots I do. I've checked IOREG, and it has just disappeared completely, nothing under RP05 anymore.

To confirm - I am using the SSDTs you provided in the folder with the first two firmware files, i.e., SSDT-TB3HP-GA-X170Z-UD5-TH.aml and SSDT-DTPG.aml.
I have also disabled the two ACPI edits you gave me, i.e.:

• E23 to XE23
• _INI to XINI

While I had the machine open, I removed my PCIe firewire card - that doesn't change the port for Thunderbolt somehow does it?

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CaseySJ said:

The one from HackinDROM is the right one, but it needs to be adapted to the PCI root path of your motherboard. If you post SSDT-TbtOnPCH-Designare-X299-EX.aml, I'll modify the HackinDROM version for your motherboard.

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gabevf said:

Thanks @CaseySJ

Attaching the .aml requested.

I'll test it out and get back with updates & results

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• Disable this in ACPI: SSDT-TbtOnPCH-Designare-X299-EX.aml
• Disable this in ACPI --> Patch: _E23 to XE23
• Disable this in ACPI --> Patch: _INI to XINI

• Copy SSDT-TB3-Designare-X299-EX.aml to OC/ACPI folder
• Add reference for SSDT-TB3-Designare-X299-EX.aml in ACPI section of config.plist
• Also confirm that SSDT-DTPG.aml is still active

CaseySJ said:

The Root Port is RP05, so the changes were quite simple. Please try the attached SSDT, but disable the following:

• Disable this in ACPI: SSDT-TbtOnPCH-Designare-X299-EX.aml
• Disable this in ACPI --> Patch: _E23 to XE23
• Disable this in ACPI --> Patch: _INI to XINI

Then:

• Copy SSDT-TB3-Designare-X299-EX.aml to OC/ACPI folder
• Add reference for SSDT-TB3-Designare-X299-EX.aml in ACPI section of config.plist
• Also confirm that SSDT-DTPG.aml is still active

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CaseySJ said:

Please try the attached MOD2 in combination with the same two SSDTs from previous reply. Also ensure that all any Thunderbolt SSDT is disabled.

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