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

[pastrychef]

Thank you.

I am trying to get it to boot to install screen. It loads a pink Apple logo or with squares and then it goes black. If I remove cable and connect again, I got the image for a few seconds, and then it's gone. Any idea what could be?

Try another HDMI cable.

 

[iKikas]

Try another HDMI cable.

I already tried with HDMI and DisplayPort. Here is how it looks after install.

The pink with HDMI, and the other with DisplayPort.

 

[pastrychef]

I already tried with HDMI and DisplayPort. Here is how it looks after install.

The pink with HDMI, and the other with DisplayPort.

That's normal with IGPU at the beginning of the boot process. I believe it was improved with newer versions of WhateverGreen.

Where does it get stuck? Please post a picture of the verbose screen were it gets stuck.

 

[adenbeckitt]

After a few more tries, I'm sure it's not a (pure) USB issue. When the machine comes back from sleep, I can move the mouse cursor around for a few seconds, and then the whole machine freezes until reset (clock is stuck etc.). So it seems like something related to waking from sleep is different than before, given that it worked perfectly with 10.15.3 and the previous (pre-5107) EFI.

I'm not sure if you fixed this yet but I solved it by removing AppleALC. Pastry did it by removing WhaterverGreen.

So choose whichever option works best for your situation.

 

[iKikas]

That's normal with IGPU at the beginning of the boot process. I believe it was improved with newer versions of WhateverGreen.

Where does it get stuck? Please post a picture of the verbose screen were it gets stuck.

Going to check that

I'm not sure if you fixed this yet but I solved it by removing AppleALC. Pastry did it by removing WhaterverGreen.

So choose whichever option works best for your situation.

Thanks. Can you tell me the main differences of using one and another?

 

[adenbeckitt]

Thanks. Can you tell me the main differences of using one and another?

As I understand it...

Removing WhateverGreen, you'll lose a couple of the ports on your GPU. (Someone posted a possible patch to restore them but I don't know if it actually works)

Removing AppleALC, you'll lose onboard audio (3.5mm jack outputs & iGPU audio)

EDIT: To clarify, if you need audio from inbuilt components, you need AppleALC. If you are using a USB interface then that will work without AppleALC.

 

[Feartech]

As I understand it...

Removing WhateverGreen, you'll lose a couple of the ports on your GPU. (Someone posted a possible patch to restore them but I don't know if it actually works)

Removing AppleALC, you'll lose onboard audio (3.5mm jack outputs & iGPU audio)

AppleALC is needed for audio, don't remove it

 

[adenbeckitt]

AppleALC is needed for audio, don't remove it

Erm, I said it is needed for inbuilt audio... which is correct. I use a USB interface and as such do not require inbuilt audio.

Removing AppleALC means I can take advantage of WhateverGreen and not have panics after sleep.


It is perfectly acceptable to suggest both options, as both options solve the panic. It is up to the user to decide which route they want to take based on the side-effects of each option and how that works with their set up.

 

[iKikas]

I think the problem was related to my old EFI it was still there, so I completely clean the partitions and now I see the proper clover version loading but I am still stuck on install I can’t get it to the install screen, it stuck on this part (attachment).

do I need any special kext or flag?

 

[pastrychef]

I think the problem was related to my old EFI it was still there, so I completely clean the partitions and now I see the proper clover version loading but I am still stuck on install I can’t get it to the install screen, it stuck on this part (attachment).

do I need any special kext or flag?

Did you do a BIOS update? I think the last time I saw someone encounter this, he/she ended up downgrading BIOS.

Please try the following fix:

FIX for boot hangs after BIOS update (ACPI PATCH)

This is an ACPI Patch for the people who update to the last bios and can't boot. My board is the MSI B360A-Pro and has the latest bios 7B22v27. First add the patch (the blue line from the picture) to clover config, then apply the Bios update. To easily add the patch using terminal, read post #48

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