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

[CaseySJ]

@MacGeoDoc

This does seem to be a Thunderbolt firmware issue. Asus, for example, packages new Thunderbolt firmware into certain BIOS updates, which makes things more convenient. But these new firmware versions discontinue support for Thunderbolt 1 and 2 devices.

Apple may be unique in supporting both the latest and oldest versions of Thunderbolt.

 

[bravo030]

Hi all,

Unfortunately, I had to load my backup since the system would not work anymore because of a botched upgrade.

The good news is that the backup system is restored and running. The bad news is that I no longer can pick which OS I want my computer to boot with. I used to have at the Picker 2 icons, for macOS and for Windows. Now I have one for macOS but the icon where Windows was previously now reads NO NAME. When executed, I get a black screen instead of Windows.

How do I fix it and what is the best way to restore the Picker?

 

[bravo030]

Hi all,

Unfortunately, I had to load my backup since the system would not work anymore because of a botched upgrade.

The good news is that the backup system is restored and running. The bad news is that I no longer can pick which OS I want my computer to boot with. I used to have at the Picker 2 icons, for macOS and for Windows. Now I have one for macOS but the icon where Windows was previously now reads NO NAME. When executed, I get a black screen instead of Windows.

How do I fix it and what is the best way to restore the Picker?

No recommendations? @CaseySJ, perhaps you may help?

Thanks

 

[CaseySJ]

No recommendations? @CaseySJ, perhaps you may help?

Thanks

Simply boot macOS, mount EFI partition of the Mac drive, expand the EFI folder by one level (not all levels), and post a screenshot.

Then repeat for the Windows drive.

Based on what we see in the two screenshots we may be able to identify the problem.

 

[RentColours]

Looking into upgrading from my 5700 XT to 6800 XT or 6900 XT.
My current system is running macOS Catalina on a Golden Build following this exact guide with an i9-10900K. If I follow the guide to upgrade to Sonoma, should I be able to put a 6800 or 6900 into my system afterwards, and the new MacOS drivers will just run it fine?

 

[etorix]

@RentColours Yes. No change if you pick a regular 6800/6800 XT/6900 XT; 6900 XTXH or 6950 XT would require an extra spoofing step.

 

[RentColours]

@RentColours Yes. No change if you pick a regular 6800/6800 XT/6900 XT; 6900 XTXH or 6950 XT would require an extra spoofing step.

Sweet, thanks for heads up!

With the fakeid spoof, does macos utilise the difference between the xtx or 50 version, or does it run it as whatever stock is

My assumption is that the difference isnt worth the $ or the extra step

 

[maeluse]

Hi everyone,

I would have a very innocent question to all of you. I plan maybe to switch my 10700K to an 11th gen CPU. My BIOS version is old. I did not and never had to update it since it was recommended back then by @CaseySJ in his configuration guide. I would then need to update my BIOS.

Should I expect any misfortunes?... regarding the functioning of the thunderbolt ports for example? or is it all history with the latest version of OpenCore and it will work right away?

 

[Middleman]

Hi everyone,

I would have a very innocent question to all of you. I plan maybe to switch my 10700K to an 11th gen CPU. My BIOS version is old. I did not and never had to update it since it was recommended back then by @CaseySJ in his configuration guide. I would then need to update my BIOS.

Should I expect any misfortunes?... regarding the functioning of the thunderbolt ports for example? or is it all history with the latest version of OpenCore and it will work right away?

@maeluse,

If you are upgrading your CPU I have a guide for it here you can follow > https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...igabyte-vision-d-i9-11900k-amd-rx6600.317472/

Although my board here is a Z590 the OC files roughly work the same - the most important is establishing the CPUID spoofing to Comet Lake values under Kernel > Emulate and that you use AppleALC kext instead of AppleALCU as in my build. You will likely however need a separate DGPU like RX580 or RX6600 as the Intel 11th gen's IGPU won't work. You may indeed also have to update the BIOS. As for functionality, I haven't noticed anything too different - the Thunderbolt ports work as does everything else.

 

[etorix]

Should I expect any misfortunes?... regarding the functioning of the thunderbolt ports for example? or is it all history with the latest version of OpenCore and it will work right away?

You can upgrade effortlessly to an i9-10850K/10900K.
11th gen. is unsupported, so this would be (half of) a new hack: Spoof CPU; change to iMacPro1,1 or MacPro7,1 SMBIOS; update USB map accordingly. I doubt it is worth the hassle.