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Stork's MyHero Build: ASUS ROG Z170 MAXIMUS VIII HERO - i7-6700K - GTX 980

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Hey there, I built a Hack following Storks guide and was very happy with it.
6700k, Asus Gaming VIII, and then updated to Vega64 and bought two 4K Monitors.

I updated to Catalina using OpenCore 0.61 and the installation was quite easy. Everything works except Sidecar (only shows black screen on iPad) and Hardware-Decoding on Graphics-Card.

The problem with Sidecar seems to be the case because i can't activate the IGPU in the BIOS.

After fiddling around a while another problem struck (even when I went back to the installation-EFI). Now I can only start Catalina with one monitor attached, or else it goes to one black screen and the other monitor switches off. This issue does noch occur after sleeping.

But else I can recommend the switch to OpenCore. It is very easy and well-documented.
 
Seems like my two issues are related:
iGPU is not starting because of higher Ram-Clock in XMP-Profile (will try if that works)
and
Starting with two monitor setup is only working when iGPU is disabled.
 
I don't get the iGPU to work. Even when i lower the RAM frequency and get rid of the XMP-Profile. Can anybody share some light in this issue please? Has someone the same motherboard and got SideCar working?
 
PatrickTsch said:
I don't get the iGPU to work. Even when i lower the RAM frequency and get rid of the XMP-Profile. Can anybody share some light in this issue please? Has someone the same motherboard and got SideCar working?
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Do you mean the iGPU doesn't work at all? Or do you mean that "HD 530" is not showing up in System Report? My iGPU is working fine, with no config.plist alterations specifically pertaining to it. Rendering and exporting in FCPX is working great on my system with the same specs. But "HD 530" is nowhere to be seen in System Report, which I don't understand. I've tried to fix this by adding various platform-id variables in config, but no luck. Maybe I haven't tried the right one yet, but if this is merely a cosmetic issue, I'm fine leaving it the way it is.
 
Build 1
Z390 AORUS ULTRA |  i9 9900K |  Radeon Other
@Stork - hey fella. I'm always coming back to this guide! Thanks so much again.

I can't seem to find a way to search a specific thread, so may I ask if you know if anyone got Thunderbolt working with this build? I have the Asus EX3 PCI card waiting here. I'm assuming I'd need to boot into Windows and install the drivers before installing the card and booting into OSX (Mojave)?
 
GFX - Haswell
GA-Z97X-UD5H |  i7 4790K |  GeForce GTX 770
Audio - Skylake
Maximus VIII Hero |  i7 6700K |  RX 580 Pulse 8GB
Yoga said:
I can't seem to find a way to search a specific thread, so may I ask if you know if anyone got Thunderbolt working with this build? I have the Asus EX3 PCI card waiting here. I'm assuming I'd need to boot into Windows and install the drivers before installing the card and booting into OSX (Mojave)?
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Nope, don't know anybody that has Thunderbolt working on this motherboard with the Asus EX3 PCI card. I tried but didn't have any luck.

Yes, you'll need to boot into Windows to install drivers/firmware.

These threads/posts might be of some help to you:


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Success with Asus ThunderboltEX 3 and Z370 and UAD Apollo

Guide is defunct. Updating shortly. Until then check out the actual build here. [Success] ASUS Prime Z370-A+i7-8700 Pro Audio Build
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[SUCCESS] i7-7700K - Asus Z270-A PRIME - Asus ThunderboltEX 3

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Skylake ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 Testing

Hi, which version of OS X are you running? Does the TB-EX3 work out of the box? Or do we need thunderbolt kext from previous version of mac? Thank You
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[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

After experiencing issues with TB3 after upgrading from 10.14.6 --> Catalina, I reverted back to 10.14.6. Thunderbolt 3 is working, but no hot swap. Just to confirm, in the supplied `Post-Install Files.zip`, in the `Copy-to-ACPI-patched` folder there is the ACPI script named...
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Good luck. Let us know how you fair.
 
Stork said:
Nope, don't know anybody that has Thunderbolt working on this motherboard with the Asus EX3 PCI card. I tried but didn't have any luck.

Yes, you'll need to boot into Windows to install drivers/firmware.

Good luck. Let us know how you fair.
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I got it working in W10 (TB drivers could see two ports), and I could boot into OSX with no issues, however due to using 2x UAD PCIe Octo cards and a PCIe Wifi adapter (along with GFX card), I wouldn't be able to use a UAD Apollo interface.

They need x4, and when you use x4 in the correct slot for TBEX-3, it disables the slots I need for said cards.

So close, and yet so far. Thanks very much for the reply!
 
GFX - Haswell
GA-Z97X-UD5H |  i7 4790K |  GeForce GTX 770
Audio - Skylake
Maximus VIII Hero |  i7 6700K |  RX 580 Pulse 8GB
Quick migration guide to OpenCore :

Wifi card I was waiting for :
Broadcom BCM943602CDP
https://www.osxwifi.com/product/pc-...-11-a-b-g-n-ac-bluetooth-4-2-limited-edition/

Considering that you must follow the official documentation, here is my guide to migrate to OpenCore 0.6.2 (Update to 0.6.3 at the end) starting with a working setup.

Follow the guide to have detailed steps.

Best practice before starting : read all this guide *AND* https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/

To get rid of all kexts changes, the better way, at least for me, is to
  • Get a clean vanilla install
  • Import users and applications with the migration utility but /!\ not import settings /!\
Discrete graphic cards I am using :
Target -> OpenCore 0.6.2 and Catalina 10.15.7 (Update to 0.6.3 at the end)

OpenCore Install Guide
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/

Complete OpenCore documentation
https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/blob/master/Docs/Configuration.pdf

Download OpenCore 0.6.2 Release
https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/releases

Download and Install PoperTree plist editor
https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree

Download and Install MountEFI
https://github.com/corpnewt/MountEFI

Disk Utility : Erase an USB drive and format it to « macOS Extended (HFS+) » with a « GUID partition map » to have an EFI volume on the drive.

Name used in following command is « OC_CAT »

In « Terminal », run createinstallmedia command like this :

« Terminal » : « sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/OC_CAT »

MountEFI : mount the EFI partition of the USB install drive created named « Install macOS Catalina »

Finder : copy the structure of the X64 folder of the OpenCore 0.6.2 download to the EFI partition

Finder : EFI/OC/Drivers : remove everything unless « OpenRuntime.efi »

Finder : EFI/OC/Tools : remove everything unless « OpenShell.efi »

Finder : EFI/OC/Drivers : add « HfsPlus.efi » https://github.com/acidanthera/OcBinaryData/blob/master/Drivers/HfsPlus.efi

Finder : EFI/OC/Kexts : add
Finder : EFI/OC/ACPI : add
Finder : copy OpenCore Docs/Sample.plist to EFI/OC/ and rename it « config.plist »

ProperTree : Open the EFI/OC/config.plist

ProperTree : perform a « Clean Snaphot » Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + R (or menu entry) and point to your EFI/OC folder

ProperTree : edit config.plit according ton Skylake settings https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/skylake.html

Comments :

DeviceProperties : AAPL,ig-platform-id : set to 01001219 if you have a dedicated GPU like a RX 580
  • NVRAM : Add : 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82 : prev-lang:kbd : 656E2D55 533A30
    Sets lang to (en-US:0)

  • PlatformInfo : Generic : Copy paste your MLB, ROM and serial or create new data with GenSMBIOS https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS
Verify your config.plit against the Sanity Checker https://opencore.slowgeek.com/

You should be able to boot from your USB Drive. Press F8 key on BIOS boot sequence to chose your USB drive, install Catalina.

You can import users and applications with the migration utility but don’t import settings.

OpenCanopy GUI guide for entries picker :
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/cosmetic/gui.html

USB Mapping :
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/usb/
Set bluetooth to internal !

Update :
OpenCore 0.6.2 to 0.6.3
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/universal/update.html

Take your Installer USB drive or make a new one following previous instructions.

Copy your EFI to the USB EFI partition.

Open the USB config.plit with PopperTree and ad « -v » to NVRAM […] « boot-args » to boot on verbose mode.

Update your kexts : you can verify kexts to update with Hackingtool for example.

You should be able to boot from your USB Drive. Press F8 key on BIOS boot sequence to chose your USB drive.

Replace your those files on your USB EFI with the ones you donwloaded :
  • EFI/BOOT/BOOTx64.efi
  • EFI/OC/OpenCore.efi
  • EFI/OC/Drivers/OpenRuntime
Do the same with other files on your EFI/OC/Drivers like OpenCanopy.efi

Compare your config.plist to that of the new Sample.plist and apply changes.

Verify your config.plit against the Sanity Checker https://opencore.slowgeek.com/

Done.

If you can book, copy the EFI to your boot drive.

Open the config.plit with PopperTree and remove « -v » to NVRAM […] « boot-args » to not boot on verbose mode.
 
Just updated to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 without problem.
 
Been a while since I checked in. I haven't had my hack running since Sierra but just resurrected it with Catalina using Open Core. I've been experimenting with Open Core because I getting ready to build a Ryzen hack. I was amazed with being able to use Windows to download and build the Catalina installer.
When I get the Ryzen build done I'll post the build.
 
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