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

I have a Z370 board with i7 8700. Brand new.
That system has turbo and all core frequency tops out @4.3Ghz.
I'm using SMBIOS 18,3. I have a Radeon RX 580 8GB Nitro.
The system just works perfect.

Now...
I've updated to 10.14.5 and without modifying the bios or anything
the system now tops out at 3.2Ghz. it's wayy slower.
Am I missing anything? Are there new options that have to be modifies in 10.14.5 to make it run as before?

Thanks!

The only thing that you should need to do is enable "PluginType" in config.plist.
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Nothing else should affect CPU frequencies.

Try entering the following in Terminal and see how your CPU runs:
Code:
yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null &
 
Holy Moly! I did MAKE a mistake.
I made a typo mistake while updating to 10.14.5. I modified the short term power limit in the BIOS, and accidentally wrote 10W instead of 120W.

:D :D My bad!!
Sorry for the confusion!
 
One thing is different though.
With SMBIOS 19,2 the USB SSDT is not loaded.
I think the XHC controller is no longer recognised as with SMBIOS 18,3.
In your distro folder you have the SATA-200-series-unsupported.kext
Does that solve the issue? No, that doesn't solve the issue.
Basically the SSDT is bypassed with SMBIOS 19,2.
 
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One thing is different though.
With SMBIOS 19,2 the USB SSDT is not loaded.
I think the XHC controller is no longer recognised as with SMBIOS 18,3.
In your distro folder you have the SATA-200-series-unsupported.kext
Does that solve the issue? No, that doesn't solve the issue.
Basically the SSDT is bypassed with SMBIOS 19,2.

That should not happen. Which method did you use for USB 15 port limit fix?
 
Hi, thanks!

I'm using USBInjectAll.kext with a SSDT, as per @RehabMan guide.
If I reboot with SMBIOS 18,3 it works perfectly.
If I reboot with SMBIOS 19,2 it doesn't work.
I've done tons of those SSDTs.
 
I forgot about RehabMan method :/ but what i know using hackintool... there is a line u need to modify to use the same USB SSDT & Kext when u change the SMBIOS... for exemple this line in the kext plist. So maybe u need to do the same thing with rehabman method...
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Hi, thanks!

I'm using USBInjectAll.kext with a SSDT, as per @RehabMan guide.
If I reboot with SMBIOS 18,3 it works perfectly.
If I reboot with SMBIOS 19,2 it doesn't work.
I've done tons of those SSDTs.

Just saw Juhne's post. I never had that in my .aml file, but please give it a try.
 
I forgot about RehabMan method :/ but what i know using hackintool... there is a line u need to modify to use the same USB SSDT & Kext when u change the SMBIOS... for exemple this line in the kext plist. So maybe u need to do the same thing with rehabman method... View attachment 409860
Hi Juhne, thanks for you reply, really appreciated.

No, with @RehabMan SSDT you don't change anything.
The SSDT refers to a specific controller, in this case XHC SSDT-UIAC-USB-8086_a2af
Usually if you switch from one SMBIOS to the next you have to change nothing with this method given that you pick the right controller type at the very beginning.

Even though I applied the 10.14.5 USB patches and the controller is the a2af port HS13 and HS14 are gone as well as the USR1 and USR2.
Bluetooth happens to be in the HS13 so with SMBIOS 19,2 that is gone.
Strange.
 
Hi Juhne, thanks for you reply, really appreciated.

No, with @RehabMan SSDT you don't change anything.
The SSDT refers to a specific controller, in this case XHC SSDT-UIAC-USB-8086_a2af
Usually if you switch from one SMBIOS to the next you have to change nothing with this method given that you pick the right controller type at the very beginning.

Even though I applied the 10.14.5 USB patches and the controller is the a2af port HS13 and HS14 are gone as well as the USR1 and USR2.
Bluetooth happens to be in the HS13 so with SMBIOS 19,2 that is gone.
Strange.

Just to confirm I'm understanding correctly...
  • You applied the USB 15 port limit KextsToPatches.
  • Have USBInjectAll.kext installed.
  • SSDT removed.
And, still, HS13, HS14, USR1, and USR2 are missing???
 
yes correct!
is the 10.14.5 patch in 4 KextsToPatches entries?

 
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