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- Jan 27, 2017
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3
- CPU
- i7 6700k
- Graphics
- MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 8G & Intel HD
I've been running the hackintosh with NVMe and windows 10 dual boot for +-2 weeks now without problems!
Unfortunately I've hit another "problem". At the moment I have 2 SSD's connected, 1 m.2 NVMe SSD (OSX) and 1 SATA SSD (windows10). Last week I wanted to put my 2 sata HDD's from my windows PC in the hackintosh (no OS on those HDD's, just data). And noticed that only 2/6 sata ports are working (port 4&5). I've tested all 3 drives, and they all work as long as they are in one of those ports. The problem is, I have 3 SATA drives to connect (and maybe more in the future) and only 2 working ports.
I found some topics that stated that sometimes SATA ports get disabled when using a specific M2 port, so I went in the manual of the motherboard and came across these tables (image attached). My M2 drive is in port: M2D_32G and only port 4&5 are working, so according to the manual my M2 SSD is an PCIe x4 SSD.
It also shows, when an PCIe x4 SSD is connected to the M2A_32G port all SATA ports will still work. However.. when creating the
SSDT-NVMe-Pcc.aml file I entered the ACPI path to the drive in port M2D_32G, so plugging it into the A port and booting will probably fail I guess.
My question is, is there and easy fix for this problem without having to reinstall OSX? And is there a difference in the ports? Less r/w speeds or something?
I also have windows running on a separate SSD, so I could connect the M2 SSD to the M2A_32G port, boot in windows and check the ACPI path for the M2A port. But I guess I can't edit the SSDT-NVMe-Pcc.aml file without booting into OSX. Or should I edit my .aml file of the installer USB, boot via USB and then replace the .aml file on the SSD efi/clover/acpi/patched ?
Unfortunately I've hit another "problem". At the moment I have 2 SSD's connected, 1 m.2 NVMe SSD (OSX) and 1 SATA SSD (windows10). Last week I wanted to put my 2 sata HDD's from my windows PC in the hackintosh (no OS on those HDD's, just data). And noticed that only 2/6 sata ports are working (port 4&5). I've tested all 3 drives, and they all work as long as they are in one of those ports. The problem is, I have 3 SATA drives to connect (and maybe more in the future) and only 2 working ports.
I found some topics that stated that sometimes SATA ports get disabled when using a specific M2 port, so I went in the manual of the motherboard and came across these tables (image attached). My M2 drive is in port: M2D_32G and only port 4&5 are working, so according to the manual my M2 SSD is an PCIe x4 SSD.
It also shows, when an PCIe x4 SSD is connected to the M2A_32G port all SATA ports will still work. However.. when creating the
SSDT-NVMe-Pcc.aml file I entered the ACPI path to the drive in port M2D_32G, so plugging it into the A port and booting will probably fail I guess.
My question is, is there and easy fix for this problem without having to reinstall OSX? And is there a difference in the ports? Less r/w speeds or something?
I also have windows running on a separate SSD, so I could connect the M2 SSD to the M2A_32G port, boot in windows and check the ACPI path for the M2A port. But I guess I can't edit the SSDT-NVMe-Pcc.aml file without booting into OSX. Or should I edit my .aml file of the installer USB, boot via USB and then replace the .aml file on the SSD efi/clover/acpi/patched ?