Gigabyte B550 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + AMD Ryzen 7 3700X + AMD RX 5600 XT

[NCMacGuy]

Also note that in Monterey Ethernet is not working for me.

As a workaround for Ethernet not being active with the Monterey beta, I found that an old CableCreation USB-C hub I had on the shelf plugged into a Thunderbolt port provided Ethernet.

Not an elegant solution!

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi all, maybe you can help...
I'd like to build a dual boot PC/hack using a Ryzen 5 5600X and a B550 ITX board. Can you advice of a good working B550 ITX board?
Thanks all for your help.

Hello @zzmadd,

Installing macOS on an AMD Ryzen system is not too difficult, but it is a little more complicated than an Intel system. Are you aware of the following?

• AMD-OSX kernel patches for AMD Ryzen systems? And how to install them into your config.plist?
• AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement kext (GitHub --> trulyspinach)?
• Only use VirtualSMC.kext, but not the other kexts supplied with VirtualSMC
• Mapping USB ports when there are 3 USB controllers?
  • In some cases it may not be necessary to map USB ports, but this will vary from system to system.
  • At first you can try enabling XhciPortLimit kernel quirk and not using any USB port map.
  • Check if sleep/wake works. If it does not work, then USB port map will most likely be necessary.

 

[Vorshim92]

hi @CaseySJ ! I'm still trying to buy the b550 Vision D but for now I'm with an Asrock x570m pro4 and I like it so much but unfortunately I need more PCI port so I will change it for sure, also for the TB Built-in. I'm writing you because I intend to flash the modded firmware from your repo on my GC-alpine ridge rev2.0.. Can you suggest me a controller CH34A1 from the Amazon.it market? Or if you know one in particular?

p.s. Can I send my EFI with DSDT and everything to check why with this configuration I have hotplug and everything working except for the shutdown. DTPG makes hotplug working but breaks the shutdown function, I have to force it with the powerbutton. (this without flashing the modded firmware on my GC-ALPINE2.0)
here the efi in case you want to take a look

Hello @zzmadd,

Installing macOS on an AMD Ryzen system is not too difficult, but it is a little more complicated than an Intel system. Are you aware of the following?

• AMD-OSX kernel patches for AMD Ryzen systems? And how to install them into your config.plist?
• AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement kext (GitHub --> trulyspinach)?
• Only use VirtualSMC.kext, but not the other kexts supplied with VirtualSMC
• Mapping USB ports when there are 3 USB controllers?
  • In some cases it may not be necessary to map USB ports, but this will vary from system to system.
  • At first you can try enabling XhciPortLimit kernel quirk and not using any USB port map.
  • Check if sleep/wake works. If it does not work, then USB port map will most likely be necessary.

 

[Ploddles]

@Vorshim92
For shutdown problems on AMD we generally have to disable Wake on Lan in the BIOS.

 

[Vorshim92]

@Vorshim92
For shutdown problems on AMD we generally have to disable Wake on Lan in the BIOS.

Already disabled. Thanks

 

[Ploddles]

Already disabled. Thanks

In that case try disabling ERP in BIOS as well.

 

[CaseySJ]

... but for now I'm with an Asrock x570m pro4 ...

ASRock's AMD AM4 motherboards have absolutely terrible BIOS implementation! They should be avoided. I struggled for a long time to fix all kinds of little problems on these boards...

Regarding CH341a programmers, please search Amazon for "ch341a 3.3v". Then simply post links to two or three candidates and I can check them out for you.

 

[Vorshim92]

ASRock's AMD AM4 motherboards have absolutely terrible BIOS implementation! They should be avoided. I struggled for a long time to fix all kinds of little problems on these boards...

Regarding CH341a programmers, please search Amazon for "ch341a 3.3v". Then simply post links to two or three candidates and I can check them out for you.

So I absolutely need b550 thanks
Here some links


1# Amazon

2# Amazon

 

[CaseySJ]

So I absolutely need b550 thanks
Here some links


1# Amazon

2# Amazon

Please use this one:

DollaTek CH341A Adattatore da USB a UART/IIC/SPI/Ttl/ISP Adattatore Parallelo EPP/Mem : Amazon.it: Elettronica

Compra DollaTek CH341A Adattatore da USB a UART/IIC/SPI/Ttl/ISP Adattatore Parallelo EPP/Mem. SPEDIZIONE GRATUITA su ordini idonei

www.amazon.it

 

[CaseySJ]

** OpenCore 0.7.2 EFI for B550 Vision D / ASRock X570 Taichi **
Supports Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey
Please do not quote this post in its entirely. Use a link instead.

For BIOS F10

Update to OpenCore 0.7.2 using HackinDROM App


** NOTE **
Please use HackinDROM 1.5.0 or newer! And select AMD CPU Total Cores as shown below.
Catalina Users: Please see "Post-Update Procedure" below.

To make changes to OpenCore config.plist, please ensure that OpenCore Configurator is set to either 0.7.2 Development Version or 0.7.2 Release Version​

This update includes:

1. OpenCore 0.7.2
2. VirtualSMC 1.2.6
3. AppleALC 1.6.3
4. Lilu 1.5.5
5. WhateverGreen 1.5.2
6. AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement 0.7
7. SMCAMDProcessor 1.0

READ ME CAREFULLY:

This EFI folder contains the latest AMD-OSX kernel patches. These patches support Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey. However, the patches must be tailored to the number of CPU cores (not total thread count). This means that 6-core, 8-core, 12-core, and 16-core CPUs need to use their own slightly modified kernel patches.

Fortunately I have already created 4 separate config.plist files as shown:

Simply choose the config file corresponding to your AMD Ryzen processor and rename that file to config.plist. Then open that file in OpenCore Configurator and copy your PlatformInfo credentials into DataHub as shown:

Reminder:

• Radeon VII users must disable boot argument agdpmod=pikera. Vega users may need to do the same.

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Post-Update Procedure: Catalina users only.

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For manual update purposes, the ZIP file is attached below.

Updates:

• 2 Aug 2021: First version
• 3 Aug 2021: Changed APFS Min Date/Version to "ANY" or "-1"