pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[pastrychef]

Which of these drivers are mandatory for the USB installer, because I tried with all of these I got a blank screen...when I only used APFSDriverloader, HFSplus and virtual SMC I got to the clover boot loader menu at least....

None of those drivers should cause a black screen.

The only ones that are not essential are AppleGenericInput, AppleUISupport and VirtualSmc.

 

[grugattony]

New USB installer did the trick. Post install ?... add 18.3 SMBIOS to EFI Clover r5120 Z370G (Catalina) v2 plist with serial - adjust other folder with the right and latest kexts - remove devices entries in the plist (there are still some in this one ?) - remove Z390 sub folders in OEM ? - Remove patched SSDT-EC-USBX in ACPI ? then...

Up and running, so far only wi-fi does not work....thankfully yours

 

[pastrychef]

New USB installer did the trick. Post install ?... add 18.3 SMBIOS to EFI Clover r5120 Z370G (Catalina) v2 plist with serial - adjust other folder with the right and latest kexts - remove devices entries in the plist (there are still some in this one ?) - remove Z390 sub folders in OEM ? - Remove patched SSDT-EC-USBX in ACPI ? then...

Up and running, so far only wi-fi does not work....thankfully yours

All the kexts should already be latest release versions.
You shouldn't need to remove SSDT-USBX.
You can delete the Z390 sub folder.
The only device property in config.plist is for audio. There's a very high likelihood that it's the same path as your Z270.

This really shows how similar Z270 and Z370 are. Z370 shares more in common with Z270 than with B360 or Z390.

 

[grugattony]

All the kexts should already be latest release versions. = They were not
You shouldn't need to remove SSDT-USBX. = ok i'l leave it in
You can delete the Z390 sub folder. = thanks will do that
The only device property in config.plist is for audio. There's a very high likelihood that it's the same path as your Z270. = cool

This really shows how similar Z270 and Z370 are. Z370 shares more in common with Z270 than with B360 or Z390.

= nice to learn

-I did manage to to get my Atheros wifi card to work
But would likely share my work tomorrow cause I'm still unsure about certain things (it's 2h30 am here and I need to work early)

 

[pastrychef]

macOS 10.15.6 Supplimental Update running fine. Took 2 reboots and ~20 minutes.

 

[snoopy69]

macOS 10.15.6 update went well, for now everything runs smoothly.

 

[pastrychef]

In case anyone is wondering, yes, it works...

Tested with OpenCore 0.6.0. Clean install from USB flash drive created with createinstallmedia.

 

[pastrychef]

If any of you are looking to upgrade...

Link:https://www.microcenter.com/product...ake-36ghz-eight-core-lga-1151-boxed-processor

 

[tedyun]

Good ol’ Microcenter...
I wonder how that place stays in business in the age of Amazon, Newegg etc. Out here in the west, Fry’s was the king ... until online retail. Now they are a-hurtin’...

 

[pastrychef]

Good ol’ Microcenter...
I wonder how that place stays in business in the age of Amazon, Newegg etc. Out here in the west, Fry’s was the king ... until online retail. Now they are a-hurtin’...

Yeah. MicroCenter sometimes has some amazing deals. I ran out there this morning to score one of these 9900Ks. It doesn't come in the AD&D dice style case but all I'm interested in is the CPU.

Yeah, I've only been to Fry's once. Made it a point to go check them out when I was in San Diego. It was awesome!!