- Joined
- Sep 11, 2019
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG STRIX z390-E Gaming
- CPU
- i9-9900K
- Graphics
- 5700 XT
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
EDIT: To anyone new, please see this link for the most recent information about the build configuration:
Hi folks. I've been watching @nch107's thread and noticed @pastrychef had chimed in with an updated EFI folder. With that, I set out to upgrade my mojave install with a 580 to catalina with a 5700xt. The long term plan was to dual boot windows and mac with a 2080ti for windows and the 5700xt for macos. I thought I'd be able to figure this one out, but I'm 8 hours into troubleshooting with no beneficial results. I'm aware of the whatevergreen.kext update and included it in my EFI folder - as well as doing an install through xcode and hackintool on the /lib/ext folder on OS drive itself. Neither option is giving me video when I switch the graphics off the iGPU and change the BIOS settings. However, by using @ModMike's iGPU EFI folder, I was able to boot and run the Catalina 10.15.1 installer via the iGPU. That means my boot drive is currently stuck at 10.15.1 with no way to booth via anything but iGPU EFI. As I mentioned, I downloaded the original EFI zip from nch107's thread here - https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-9900k-dual-gpu-amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt.285107/ - then added the 1.3.4 whatevergreen.kext to EFI > CLOVER > kexts > Other - as well as Lilu 1.3.8. Even with those changes, I can't seem to get the 5700xt working in the OS. It's always a blank screen halfway through the apple loading screen. I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong with the BIOS configuration at this point - it's running the latest BIOS from ASUS - released around 26 SEPT 19. I tried to use most of ModMike's BIOS settings, but some items don't line up - especially in the graphics settings. I've also included a zip of my updated EFI folder. Here's my hardware:
9700K
ASUS ROG STRIX z390-E
16GB G.SKILL 3200 DDR4
EVGA 1000W G3
PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Nvidia RTX 2080ti Founder's
Samsung 970 EVO - macOS drive
Corsair MP510 - windows drive (not currently installed)
MSI rx580 8GB armor (not currently installed, this was the original card - which also doesn't give video on 10.15.1 with my current settings)
Here's what I've tried in the BIOS:
XMP 1
VT-d, CFG-Lock, Secure Boot Mode - all disabled
Other OS selected
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Graphics Configuration > Primary Display > AUTO (Mike's guide says PEG, I don't have that - I have Auto, CPU, PCIE, SG. I've been going back and forth between CPU, AUTO, and PCIE as I don't know the "correct" setting for this. CPU or AUTO seems to work with the iGPU EFI folder.
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Graphics Configuration > DVMT Pre-Allocated > 128 (I've tried the default of 64 too)
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Graphics Configuration > RC6(Render Standby) > Disable (I've tried enabled too)
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Configuration > Above 4G Decoding > Enable (I've tried disabled too)
Advanced Items > USB Configuration > XHCI Hand Off > Enabled (I've tried disabled too)
I think that's about it. Would someone be willing to either fix my EFI or tell me what I'm doing wrong so I can do it? Thank you so much for your help!
[Solved] 10.15.1, updated kexts, pastrychef-verified EFI, 5700XT freezes in OS
I had to leave mine as iMacPro for it to keep the decoder supported - as soon as i switched to imac19,1 - which is my processor equivalent, it said decoder failed. Ok thanks.
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Hi folks. I've been watching @nch107's thread and noticed @pastrychef had chimed in with an updated EFI folder. With that, I set out to upgrade my mojave install with a 580 to catalina with a 5700xt. The long term plan was to dual boot windows and mac with a 2080ti for windows and the 5700xt for macos. I thought I'd be able to figure this one out, but I'm 8 hours into troubleshooting with no beneficial results. I'm aware of the whatevergreen.kext update and included it in my EFI folder - as well as doing an install through xcode and hackintool on the /lib/ext folder on OS drive itself. Neither option is giving me video when I switch the graphics off the iGPU and change the BIOS settings. However, by using @ModMike's iGPU EFI folder, I was able to boot and run the Catalina 10.15.1 installer via the iGPU. That means my boot drive is currently stuck at 10.15.1 with no way to booth via anything but iGPU EFI. As I mentioned, I downloaded the original EFI zip from nch107's thread here - https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-9900k-dual-gpu-amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt.285107/ - then added the 1.3.4 whatevergreen.kext to EFI > CLOVER > kexts > Other - as well as Lilu 1.3.8. Even with those changes, I can't seem to get the 5700xt working in the OS. It's always a blank screen halfway through the apple loading screen. I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong with the BIOS configuration at this point - it's running the latest BIOS from ASUS - released around 26 SEPT 19. I tried to use most of ModMike's BIOS settings, but some items don't line up - especially in the graphics settings. I've also included a zip of my updated EFI folder. Here's my hardware:
9700K
ASUS ROG STRIX z390-E
16GB G.SKILL 3200 DDR4
EVGA 1000W G3
PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Nvidia RTX 2080ti Founder's
Samsung 970 EVO - macOS drive
Corsair MP510 - windows drive (not currently installed)
MSI rx580 8GB armor (not currently installed, this was the original card - which also doesn't give video on 10.15.1 with my current settings)
Here's what I've tried in the BIOS:
XMP 1
VT-d, CFG-Lock, Secure Boot Mode - all disabled
Other OS selected
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Graphics Configuration > Primary Display > AUTO (Mike's guide says PEG, I don't have that - I have Auto, CPU, PCIE, SG. I've been going back and forth between CPU, AUTO, and PCIE as I don't know the "correct" setting for this. CPU or AUTO seems to work with the iGPU EFI folder.
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Graphics Configuration > DVMT Pre-Allocated > 128 (I've tried the default of 64 too)
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Graphics Configuration > RC6(Render Standby) > Disable (I've tried enabled too)
Advanced Items > System Agent (SA) Configuration > Above 4G Decoding > Enable (I've tried disabled too)
Advanced Items > USB Configuration > XHCI Hand Off > Enabled (I've tried disabled too)
I think that's about it. Would someone be willing to either fix my EFI or tell me what I'm doing wrong so I can do it? Thank you so much for your help!
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