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egroys said:
Just updated to 10.14.6
Easy update, so far so good!

It's worth noting, as many probably know, Clover 5018 doesn't have Aptiomemoryfix and no longer uses Driversuefi-64 folder and instead, just puts the drivers into a UEFI folder under the Drivers folder.

This worried me at first, but I replaced everything and added OsxAptioFix3Drv, did a test boot, and with success updated the OS. Everything seems to be working fine here.
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egroys, would you post exactly how you updated to Clover 5018? I just can't seem to get the procedure correct for a clover update. Everytime I try it doesn't work and I have to go back to my saved EFI.

Thanks
 
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BluewaterVA said:
egroys, would you post exactly how you updated to Clover 5018? I just can't seem to get the procedure correct for a clover update. Everytime I try it doesn't work and I have to go back to my saved EFI.

Thanks
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Yes - I kept my EFI folder open in Finder to watch exactly what Clover changed. When I installed clover, I selected the items in the screenshot below that corresponded to what I already had, and exchanged of the original AptioMemFix for OsxAptioFix3Drv and HFSPlus for VBoxHfs. I then cleared the remaining things from the drivers64UEFI folder - I think it was just HFSPLus and AptioMemFix that were left. I had copied my original EFi folder to my desktop just in case but did not end up needing it and everything went smoothly!

Edit: I should note that I make a functional clone that I test before any update.
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Lucius said:
Done! Guys, just do the same : ask to unlock MSR 0xE2 for next BIOS release of the Dominus Extreme.

By the way, someone here claims to do it on any Asus BIOS: https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307396-asus-unlocked-updated-bios-repository/
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So I received another email from Asus (below) they are obviously avoiding my question about getting an updated bios with MSR OxE2 unlocked...
Hello ..
Thank you for your response to ASUS Product Support, my name is John T. and I do hope you are having a great day.
Our goal is to provide you with the best possible experience with our products and reaching a resolution for your issue is our priority. I assure you that it is important to us that your issue gets resolved and we will continue to work diligently to do so.
We received an update from our GTSD team about this issue. They said that MSR 0xE2 is locked on this model, please use X299 models.
Please let me know if you encounter problems along the way and I will be glad to provide assistance. Thank you for choosing ASUS.
Please make note of your case number for future reference: N190785323

Regards,
John Erick T.

I saw that post about unlocking Asus board. Does not work ..I downloaded the Bios for the Dominus extreme, downloaded the UEFITool created by Coderush. Bios is not recognized...cannot patch it.
You can maybe use the Xcpm patch created Pike / PMHeart but it needs to be updated regularly...with almost every os update..too many factors IMO.

Never give up, Never surrender :p
 
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Ok I think either the 9980XE or Prime Deluxe II is cooked.

I cannot for the life of me add more than 64GB of RAM (any speed) without the following issues:

1) Many erros in memtest
2) Geekbench wont show results
3) Geekbench will force reboot of system
4) Any slight OC of CPU forget about it with this much RAM.

Even on all stock settings the following RAM doesn't work:
128GB (8x16GB) GSKILL TRIDENT Z RGB 3600MHz (B-Die)...
128GB (8x16GB) GSKILL TRIDENT Z RGB 3200MHz
128GB (8x16GB) Crucial Ballistix 3000Mhz

So I am going to contact ASUS and see what the hell is going on with this board or if this is a BIOS issue because all these RAM modules are certified (I know QVL doesn't mean much, but even GSKILL told me 3200MHz is not that much of a burden the memory controller of the 9980XE).

Maybe its a 9980XE problem, I don't know. This is bad. What's the point of advertised 128GB RAM support?
 
Ellybz said:
So I received another email from Asus (below) they are obviously avoiding my question about getting an updated bios with MSR OxE2 unlocked...
Hello ..
Thank you for your response to ASUS Product Support, my name is John T. and I do hope you are having a great day.
Our goal is to provide you with the best possible experience with our products and reaching a resolution for your issue is our priority. I assure you that it is important to us that your issue gets resolved and we will continue to work diligently to do so.
We received an update from our GTSD team about this issue. They said that MSR 0xE2 is locked on this model, please use X299 models.
Please let me know if you encounter problems along the way and I will be glad to provide assistance. Thank you for choosing ASUS.
Please make note of your case number for future reference: N190785323

Regards,
John Erick T.

I saw that post about unlocking Asus board. Does not work ..I downloaded the Bios for the Dominus extreme, downloaded the UEFITool created by Coderush. Bios is not recognized...cannot patch it.
You can maybe use the Xcpm patch created Pike / PMHeart but it needs to be updated regularly...with almost every os update..too many factors IMO.

Never give up, Never surrender :p
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It looks like only values in static XCPM arrays need to be patched. They should not change often. Coderush showed the code for 0xE2 lock on a Gigabyte board here, https://pikeralpha.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/new-gigabyte-motherboard-are-msr0x2e-locked/ . Good luck GUID hunting.

This is where Dominus extreme BIOS 0601 locks 0xE2

seg000:0000000001AF3D5B xor edi, edi
seg000:0000000001AF3D5D mov [rsp+24h+var_14], edi
seg000:0000000001AF3D61 test byte ptr [rsi], 1
seg000:0000000001AF3D64 mov [rsp+24h+var_10], edi
seg000:0000000001AF3D68 jz short loc_1AF3DC9
seg000:0000000001AF3D6A mov ecx, 0E2h
seg000:0000000001AF3D6F rdmsr
seg000:0000000001AF3D71 mov ecx, eax
seg000:0000000001AF3D73 mov ebx, 8000h
seg000:0000000001AF3D78 and ecx, ebx
seg000:0000000001AF3D7A or ecx, edi
seg000:0000000001AF3D7C jnz short loc_1AF3D97
seg000:0000000001AF3D7E or eax, ebx
seg000:0000000001AF3D80 mov [rsp+24h+var_10], edx
seg000:0000000001AF3D84 mov [rsp+24h+var_14], eax
seg000:0000000001AF3D88 mov edx, [rsp+24h+var_10]
seg000:0000000001AF3D8C mov eax, [rsp+24h+var_14]
seg000:0000000001AF3D90 mov ecx, 0E2h
seg000:0000000001AF3D95 wrmsr
 
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egroys said:
Yes - I kept my EFI folder open in Finder to watch exactly what Clover changed. When I installed clover, I selected the items in the screenshot below that corresponded to what I already had, and exchanged of the original AptioMemFix for OsxAptioFix3Drv and HFSPlus for VBoxHfs. I then cleared the remaining things from the drivers64UEFI folder - I think it was just HFSPLus and AptioMemFix that were left. I had copied my original EFi folder to my desktop just in case but did not end up needing it and everything went smoothly!

Edit: I should note that I make a functional clone that I test before any update.
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Thanks for the info egroys. I finally got 5018 installed on Mojave and Catalina.
I have not changed out the osxaptiofix yet, I will give that a try today. I deleted the drivers64UEFI folder after it was empty. Systems are running perfectly.
 
Is anyone enjoying the Sage/10G and has 128GB RAM (running minimum at 3200) with no issues?

Am thinking of going from Prime Deluxe II to Sage/10G because of memory issues with Prime Deluxe II
 
izo1 said:
Is anyone enjoying the Sage/10G and has 128GB RAM (running minimum at 3200) with no issues?

Am thinking of going from Prime Deluxe II to Sage/10G because of memory issues with Prime Deluxe II
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Actually, I am running Corsair DDR4 3200MHz with 120GB RAM without any issue.


Speed: 3200 MHz
Manufacturer: Corsair
Part Number: CM4X16GC3200C16K2
 
applemacosxGOD said:
Actually, I am running Corsair DDR4 3200MHz with 120GB RAM without any issue.

Speed: 3200 MHz
Manufacturer: Corsair
Part Number: CM4X16GC3200C16K2
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Ah yes, but you're on 9920X. There's something with this platform that has issues with 18c CPUs...or it may be a bad board (bad slots? etc) or CPU (bad memory controller) on my end.

I'm in talks with ASUS right now trying to figure this out since I'm on the 3rd 128GB kit and none of them seem to work.

I guess I have no luck :(

I'm currently forced to run 128GB @ 2600MHz C14. At least it's stable day to day, but there's still a ton of errors in memtest.
 
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