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

[pastrychef]

Well, it is good that I didn't decide to replace it or put It to EFI folder lol.

May I ask you to take a look on the changes that these guys did, maybe it will be easy to implement them to your build?

Did you try making adjustments in Audio MIDI Setup? It's an app located in /Applications/Utilities/.


In the thread you linked to:
Post #1: Asking for help.
Post #2: Provides a modded version of AppleHDA which has most likely changed in more recent versions of macOS. Poster didn't specify which layout he edited.
Post #3: Confirming whatever was done to AppleHDA worked.
Post #4: No useful info.
Post #5: Unsuccessful attempt at creating SSDT for ALC269.

AppleHDA is Apple's audio driver. It changes with different versions of macOS. Modding it will can work but will probably require modding each time Apple makes changes.

AppleALC does all of this work for us.

 

[Mech314]

Tried all of it.
It works but just a bit quieter than in original macOS. Nevermind, I will use BT instead of cable, mic and sound via BT works great.

Anyway, thank you one more time and sorry for confusing you with my weird problems haha.

 

[helmi100]

An alternative for the mic problem discussed above would be a webcam with a built in microphone, such as Logitech C920 or C930. Both cameras are fully compatible with MacOS. I'm in posession of the C930.

 

[Mech314]

An alternative for the mic problem discussed above would be a webcam with a built in microphone, such as Logitech C920 or C930. Both cameras are fully compatible with MacOS. I'm in posession of the C930.

Well, I'm waiting C920 from eBay.
That's good that it is compatible, thanks!

 

[pastrychef]

An alternative for the mic problem discussed above would be a webcam with a built in microphone, such as Logitech C920 or C930. Both cameras are fully compatible with MacOS. I'm in posession of the C930.

Yes. I have a C920 myself.

USB audio adaptors can also be an alternative. Something like the following works and it's under a $1...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-1-Channe...&_nkw=usb+sound+card&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&rt=nc

Or, USB mics also work...

 

[improbable]

I'm trying to make my hackintosh work, and today's experiment was to download @pastrychef's EFI folders whole. Mine is a gigabyte board, 8700, and the problem is an Nvidia 1060 card.

With the r4.2b EFI, I can boot & ethernet works. But if I tick the "use Nvidia WEB drivers" (and install them) then, when I get to the login screen, it freezes after a few seconds, goes black, comes back, and repeats.

Nothing I do seems to let me get past this stage! I have exactly the same problem on an all-default Multi-beast created EFI, and the same when I add Lilu + WhateverGreen myself, and check these are loading:

kextstat | grep What
   17    1 0xffffff7f80c80000 0x15000    0x15000    as.vit9696.WhateverGreen (1.2.0) D0F5C2C3-46C6-3B02-9D3E-D1D5FD5F0E5A <16 12 7 5 4 3 2 1>

Am on 10.13.6 (17G65), BTW. But I also try things on a Sierra installation (on an HFS partition of the same 500 Samsung EVO860) in case this helps... but usually the same error there.

With the r3.5 EFI (from post #1) I can't boot up at all. I thought from some posts (I have not read them all, I'm sorry!) that this might be the recommendation here for Nvidia cards. (I understand you've moved on to AMD, but well I bought this one in the hope of being able to run CUDA, not the screen.) If I should be trying 3.5 not 4.1, are there any clues what I should check or change in order to boot from this?

 

[corint1]

I'm trying to make my hackintosh work, and today's experiment was to download @pastrychef's EFI folders whole. Mine is a gigabyte board, 8700, and the problem is an Nvidia 1060 card.

With the r4.2b EFI, I can boot & ethernet works. But if I tick the "use Nvidia WEB drivers" (and install them) then, when I get to the login screen, it freezes after a few seconds, goes black, comes back, and repeats.

Nothing I do seems to let me get past this stage! I have exactly the same problem on an all-default Multi-beast created EFI, and the same when I add Lilu + WhateverGreen myself, and check these are loading:

kextstat | grep What
   17    1 0xffffff7f80c80000 0x15000    0x15000    as.vit9696.WhateverGreen (1.2.0) D0F5C2C3-46C6-3B02-9D3E-D1D5FD5F0E5A <16 12 7 5 4 3 2 1>

Am on 10.13.6 (17G65), BTW. But I also try things on a Sierra installation (on an HFS partition of the same 500 Samsung EVO860) in case this helps... but usually the same error there.

With the r3.5 EFI (from post #1) I can't boot up at all. I thought from some posts (I have not read them all, I'm sorry!) that this might be the recommendation here for Nvidia cards. (I understand you've moved on to AMD, but well I bought this one in the hope of being able to run CUDA, not the screen.) If I should be trying 3.5 not 4.1, are there any clues what I should check or change in order to boot from this?

try this one ... its a little bit old but must working...if working you can update clover to last version

 

[improbable]

try this one ...

Thanks! But sadly almost exactly the same problem: I can boot with Nvidia Web drivers un-ticked (and in this case get 1024x768 for some reason) but when I load them, I get to the login screen but no further. (I can move the mouse but not click anything, and for a few seconds.)

For high sierra, that is. I couldn't boot at all on Sierra with this EFI -- with or without Nvidia it falls over & restarts.

I did not edit anything in config, e.g. serial numbers, just copied the entire folder in all cases.

On the command line it looks like Lilu + Whatevergreen are loading:

Last login: Thu Aug  9 13:11:45 on console
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep Lilu
   37    2 0xffffff7f8269f000 0x21000    0x21000    as.vit9696.Lilu (1.2.6) 324204F7-173A-3FBD-8640-D22236F8A070 <7 5 4 3 2 1>
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep What
   38    0 0xffffff7f826c0000 0x60000    0x60000    as.vit9696.WhateverGreen (1.2.1) C4770E6E-F14B-3A5C-9AE6-B45BF74A3FDA <37 12 7 5 4 3 2 1>
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep Nvid
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep NVD
   82    0 0xffffff7f80d59000 0x4000     0x4000     com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb (10.3.3) 4F3B6943-C73B-378C-9EA7-D36569B4B6D3 <12 4 3>
   83    0 0xffffff7f82689000 0x4000     0x4000     com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup (10.3.2) 7F5D85C5-F712-3348-B5F0-77D6EF95E071 <12 4 3>
wifi122:~ me$

However, in System Information the only unsigned kexts are RealtekRTL8111 and FakeSMC (possibly put there by multibeast, I forget). Lilu + Whatevergreen are not shown on this list.



I don't really understand kexts but is that a problem? Earlier I had them (and LiliFriend, and IntelMausiEthernet) in /Library/Extensions/ with e.g. "sudo chown -vR root:wheel /Library/Extensions/LiluFriend.kext" to give them correct ownership. They they showed up in System Information.

Display:

  Type:    GPU
  Bus:    PCIe
  Slot:    Slot-1
  PCIe Lane Width:    x4
  VRAM (Total):    8 MB
  VRAM (Dynamic, Max):   
  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x1b83
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  Kernel Extension Info:    No Kext Loaded
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1200 (WUXGA - Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array)
  UI Looks like:    1920 x 1200
  Framebuffer Depth:    24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No

 

[scottkendall]

I'm trying to make my hackintosh work, and today's experiment was to download @pastrychef

With the r3.5 EFI (from post #1) I can't boot up at all. I thought from some posts (I have not read them all, I'm sorry!) that this might be the recommendation here for Nvidia cards. (I understand you've moved on to AMD, but well I bought this one in the hope of being able to run CUDA, not the screen.) If I should be trying 3.5 not 4.1, are there any clues what I should check or change in order to boot from this?

When I used a 1080 I needed nv_disable1 also I used an OS that had a compatible web driver you might consider that. In addition if you open my config in clover you will see very little enabled or added it mostly blank other then the SMBIOS. Attached is my EFI that I use with my Gigabyte board however it does not have nvida drivers.

 

[corint1]

Thanks! But sadly almost exactly the same problem: I can boot with Nvidia Web drivers un-ticked (and in this case get 1024x768 for some reason) but when I load them, I get to the login screen but no further. (I can move the mouse but not click anything, and for a few seconds.)

For high sierra, that is. I couldn't boot at all on Sierra with this EFI -- with or without Nvidia it falls over & restarts.

I did not edit anything in config, e.g. serial numbers, just copied the entire folder in all cases.

On the command line it looks like Lilu + Whatevergreen are loading:

Last login: Thu Aug  9 13:11:45 on console
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep Lilu
   37    2 0xffffff7f8269f000 0x21000    0x21000    as.vit9696.Lilu (1.2.6) 324204F7-173A-3FBD-8640-D22236F8A070 <7 5 4 3 2 1>
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep What
   38    0 0xffffff7f826c0000 0x60000    0x60000    as.vit9696.WhateverGreen (1.2.1) C4770E6E-F14B-3A5C-9AE6-B45BF74A3FDA <37 12 7 5 4 3 2 1>
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep Nvid
wifi122:~ me$ kextstat | grep NVD
   82    0 0xffffff7f80d59000 0x4000     0x4000     com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb (10.3.3) 4F3B6943-C73B-378C-9EA7-D36569B4B6D3 <12 4 3>
   83    0 0xffffff7f82689000 0x4000     0x4000     com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup (10.3.2) 7F5D85C5-F712-3348-B5F0-77D6EF95E071 <12 4 3>
wifi122:~ me$

However, in System Information the only unsigned kexts are RealtekRTL8111 and FakeSMC (possibly put there by multibeast, I forget). Lilu + Whatevergreen are not shown on this list.

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I don't really understand kexts but is that a problem? Earlier I had them (and LiliFriend, and IntelMausiEthernet) in /Library/Extensions/ with e.g. "sudo chown -vR root:wheel /Library/Extensions/LiluFriend.kext" to give them correct ownership. They they showed up in System Information.

Display:

  Type:    GPU
  Bus:    PCIe
  Slot:    Slot-1
  PCIe Lane Width:    x4
  VRAM (Total):    8 MB
  VRAM (Dynamic, Max):  
  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x1b83
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  Kernel Extension Info:    No Kext Loaded
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1200 (WUXGA - Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array)
  UI Looks like:    1920 x 1200
  Framebuffer Depth:    24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No

you dont use my efi folder ...I dont have any whatevergreen kext ....