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

[rtw]

Have you tried resetting NVRAM?

I tested the 0.6.5 version yesterday after physically removing my Fenvi FV-T919, and Intel Bluetooth module activated and worked right away.

Yes I did. I'm just going skip this build for now since 6.4 is stable enough for me. The only minor issue is sleep. It automatically goes to sleep but only suspend the monitor and not the computer. The computer sleep or hibernate only if I manually activate sleep from the Apple logo on the upper left corner, other that this build is pretty solid.

BTW. Bios is still f5. Do you think there is a benefit if I upgrade to F20a?

 

[CaseySJ]

Can I ask why you removed the fenvi fv-t919, I just bought one.

That was only for testing the Intel CNVi module. The Fenvi has since been reinstalled.

 

[CaseySJ]

Yes pulling the display port cable and reconnecting seems to work. At least this time...
No easy way to power cycle the monitor other than yanking the power cord.

Both of these options can work, just have to pull the desk out, and the computer to do them. Wish I could figure out the underlying issue here though...

If you are booting Windows through OpenCore Picker, try booting Windows directly by pressing F12 at the Gigabyte splash screen and selecting the Windows disk from the BIOS boot menu. Then reboot to OpenCore Picker and select macOS. Does the screen glitch still occur?

 

[CaseySJ]

Yes I did. I'm just going skip this build for now since 6.4 is stable enough for me.

It would be good for you to compare the config.plist from both 0.6.4 and 0.6.5 side by side in OpenCore Configurator, and make a list of the differences.

The only minor issue is sleep. It automatically goes to sleep but only suspend the monitor and not the computer. The computer sleep or hibernate only if I manually activate sleep from the Apple logo on the upper left corner, other that this build is pretty solid.

In System Preferences --> Energy Saver, the first checkbox is Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off. Is this checked on or off? It should be off.

BTW. Bios is still f5. Do you think there is a benefit if I upgrade to F20a?

I would not recommend upgrading the BIOS at this time.

 

[rtw]

It would be good for you to compare the config.plist from both 0.6.4 and 0.6.5 side by side in OpenCore Configurator, and make a list of the differences.

I already compared both config.sys and can't find any differences at all but I will try again.

In System Preferences --> Energy Saver, the first checkbox is Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off. Is this checked on or off? It should be off.

It's off

I would not recommend upgrading the BIOS at this time.

Thank you.

 

[dsingh]

Hi guys,

I was looking at the WhateverGreen code and wanted to know more about the GuC or Apple Firmware which is loaded with iGPU, when passing the option igfxfw=2. This loads the firmware and makes it behave like a real Mac.
Without this option, when I play very high bitrate video in VLC, jellyfish-400-mbps-4k-uhd-hevc-10bit.mkv (which can be downloaded here: jell.yfish.us), it stutters, and I was taking a close look at dGPU and iGPU performance in Intel Power Gadget and Activity Monitor GPU window. I found that if I don't load the Apple Firmware, the iGPU freq touches the max and dGPU freq doesn't at all, it stays around 5-10%. Because of this reason, that video cripples the iGPU, and it starts to skip frames a lot. Now, I was wonder how is it possible, with such a powerful hardware, it shouldn't happen. So, when I passed igfxfw=2, I looked at the kernel logs, which can be seen below, and confirmed that Apple Firmware is loaded, it changed from "Graphics accelerator is using scheduler: Host Preemptive" mode, to ""Graphics accelerator is using scheduler: Apple Firmware".
It looks like when Apple Firmware is used, macOS has better idea of internals of iGPU and it can decide that only iGPU is not capable enough and kicks the dGPU. Which is what I see in the activity monitor gpu window, it reaches at least 30-40% easily when playing video and comes to 2-5% when it ends.

You guys can also try that. Look for "Graphics accelerator is using scheduler:" or "Begin Gfx firmware load process" in kernel logs. And also "accelDidLoadGuC", in second command, if not found it wasn't loaded.
You would also need a very high bitrate video which completely chokes the iGPU. Only then you can see that dGPU is in effect. Moreover, it turns out that, since Comet Lake (10900K) is just Coffee Lake refresh, we don't quite need the Coffee Lake platform-id. Comet Lake platform-id just works fine, which is 0x9BC5 or 0x95C8 (if 10500K). You can confirm it from ark.intel.
I tested both the platform-id and and saw they behave exactly the same. In fact, in code, they are basically same, as they fall under same category, so the GuC will behave exactly the same.
Moreover, I tested iMovie with it, and time a 4K render, and it continued to work with both of the platform-ids.

Kernel Logs:

dsingh@Ds-Mac ~ % log show --last=boot|grep -i AppleIntelKBLGraphics
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763066+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Ring Size: 32 KB
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763067+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Ring Size: 32 KB
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763085+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics Scheduler Preemption Enabled!
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763086+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics Scheduler Preemption Enabled!
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763087+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Setting preemptionDelayIntervalUS to 400 microseconds
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763089+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Setting preemptionDelayIntervalUS to 400 microseconds
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763090+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Setting preemptionTimerIntervalUS to 2000 microseconds
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763091+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Setting preemptionTimerIntervalUS to 2000 microseconds
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763092+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Will NOT fallback to host-side scheduling if graphics firmware fails to load
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763093+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Will NOT fallback to host-side scheduling if graphics firmware fails to load
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763094+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Tail Coalescing Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763095+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Tail Coalescing Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763096+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Page Fault Handling Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763097+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Page Fault Handling Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763097+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Single Channel Index Disabled
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763098+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Single Channel Index Disabled
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763099+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Channel Wait For Complete Disabled
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763100+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler Channel Wait For Complete Disabled
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763101+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler: Process CSB using HWS.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763102+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler: Process CSB using HWS.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763103+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler: PM notify enabled
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763104+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Scheduler: PM notify enabled
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763110+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Selected Apple Firmware Scheduler
2021-01-10 10:31:59.763112+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Selected Apple Firmware Scheduler
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765739+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics Address: PPGTT, Separate Address Space
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765741+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics Address: PPGTT, Separate Address Space
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765742+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] MultiForceWake Enabled: Using 3D Driver
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765743+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] MultiForceWake Enabled: Using 3D Driver
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765743+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Render Compression Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765744+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Render Compression Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765745+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Render Compression for IOSurface is Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.765746+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Render Compression for IOSurface is Enabled.
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771285+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Begin Gfx firmware load process
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771287+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Begin Gfx firmware load process
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771287+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    ForceWake Multithread = 0x30002
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771289+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    ForceWake Multithread = 0x30002
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771290+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    CONFIG0 (0xD00)       = 0x8000000e
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771291+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    CONFIG0 (0xD00)       = 0x8000000e
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771292+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    GT_THREAD_STATUS      = 0x400b0000
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771293+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    GT_THREAD_STATUS      = 0x400b0000
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771294+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    Doing retry #0
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771295+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU]    Doing retry #0
2021-01-10 10:31:59.805250+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics Firmware Version: 2.18.2.0
2021-01-10 10:31:59.805252+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics Firmware Version: 2.18.2.0
2021-01-10 10:31:59.807983+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics accelerator is using scheduler: Apple Firmware
2021-01-10 10:31:59.807985+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelKBLGraphics) [IGPU] Graphics accelerator is using scheduler: Apple Firmware
2021-01-10 10:32:00.980775+0000 0x6f6      Default     0x0                  99     0    kernelmanagerd: Received kext load notification: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelKBLGraphics

dsingh@Ds-Mac ~ % log show --last=boot|grep -i AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer                       
2021-01-10 10:31:59.196808+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) Entry to probe function
2021-01-10 10:31:59.196811+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) PlatformID found: 9bc50003
2021-01-10 10:31:59.196864+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] In FB driver start
2021-01-10 10:31:59.197269+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][ERROR  ] Boot pipe could not be found
2021-01-10 10:31:59.262539+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][INFO   ] initForPM - fGPUIsAwake init to 1
2021-01-10 10:31:59.262774+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps
2021-01-10 10:31:59.657711+0000 0x6ec      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps
2021-01-10 10:31:59.657717+0000 0x6ec      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps
2021-01-10 10:31:59.657718+0000 0x6ec      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get port caps
2021-01-10 10:31:59.771202+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][INFO   ] accelWillLoadGuC: initializing...
2021-01-10 10:31:59.805253+0000 0x661      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][INFO   ] accelDidLoadGuC
2021-01-10 10:32:00.980705+0000 0x6f6      Default     0x0                  99     0    kernelmanagerd: Received kext load notification: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer
2021-01-10 10:32:02.089336+0000 0x34f      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps
2021-01-10 10:32:02.096087+0000 0x34f      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps
2021-01-10 10:32:02.100125+0000 0x34f      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps
2021-01-10 10:32:02.104280+0000 0x34f      Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleIntelCFLGraphicsFramebuffer) [IGFB][LOG  ][DISPLAY   ] [AGDC] Get GPU caps

 

[hughythomas]

Hey guys,

Tried to update to 0.6.5 from mostly working 0.6.4 on Vision G (latest BIOS) and once I'm into Big Sur 11.1 it seems to be running better!

I do however have "OCS: No scheme for DeduplicateBootOrder at 0 index, context <Quirks>! message on boot now before Opencore bootloader pops up.

It also takes longer to load the bootler than on 0.6.4 but I'm assuming this related to the above.

Any bright ideas?

Thanks, Tom

 

[CaseySJ]

Hey guys,

Tried to update to 0.6.5 from mostly working 0.6.4 on Vision G (latest BIOS) and once I'm into Big Sur 11.1 it seems to be running better!

I do however have "OCS: No scheme for DeduplicateBootOrder at 0 index, context <Quirks>! message on boot now before Opencore bootloader pops up.

It also takes longer to load the bootler than on 0.6.4 but I'm assuming this related to the above.

Any bright ideas?

Thanks, Tom

To fix the Deduplicate message, simply run OpenCore Configurator (latest version) and set its preferences to 0.6.5 Release Version. Then open config.plist and save the file. That should remove Deduplicate and bring the file up to 0.6.5 standard.

Long boot time might be due to AudioDxe.efi being enabled in UEFI --> Drivers. On some motherboards this driver can add a few extra seconds to boot time. However, this driver is responsible for generating the Macintosh boot chime that has made a comeback in Big Sur.

 

[taconugget]

If you are booting Windows through OpenCore Picker, try booting Windows directly by pressing F12 at the Gigabyte splash screen and selecting the Windows disk from the BIOS boot menu. Then reboot to OpenCore Picker and select macOS. Does the screen glitch still occur?

I was booting through OpenCore so I gave this a shot. Unfortunately the same thing happens even when booting from Windows via F12. I also tried to update the bios to F7C. Was on F6 before this. No Love...

 

[CaseySJ]

I was booting through OpenCore so I gave this a shot. Unfortunately the same thing happens even when booting from Windows via F12. I also tried to update the bios to F7C. Was on F6 before this. No Love...

But if you shutdown from Windows (instead of rebooting) and then power on the system and boot macOS, does the display appear correctly?