[SUCCESS] ASUS Z270 ROG Maximus IX Hero - i7-7700K - 32GB RAM - Intel HD 630

[Stork]

I've been following this thread and @Stork MyHero build as well but I can't figure out what this rename is for, why should I do this?

To my knowledge, this is so that your SATA drive(s) will be properly recognized. This affects power management and sleep.

I think this might be indigenous to the IX HERO (Kaby Lake) rather than the VIII HERO (Skylake) motherboards. On MyHero system, sleep works without the mod, and I use a power management SSDT for my processor.

 

[JCMunsonII]

I think this might be indigenous to the IX HERO (Kaby Lake) rather than the VIII HERO (Skylake) motherboards. On MyHero system, sleep works without the mod, and I use a power management SSDT for my processor.

I'll have to do a little more digging then - I have a custom SSDT as well (RehabMan/Toleda's guide to Native Power Managment) and your comment has me wondering if I need the SAT0->SATA patch...

 

[JCMunsonII]

@Stork , see @VioletDragon 's post here.

Commentary?

 

[Stork]

@Stork , see @VioletDragon 's post here.

Commentary?

I'm not sure why the change from SAT0 to SATA has to be made to make sleep work. I don't use it on either of my Z100 ASUS motherboard based systems. It might have something to do with the NVMe M.2 SSD I'm using in the Gene build. MyHero uses a M.2 ACHI SSD, but it uses two SATA "ports", and it works just fine when sleeping and waking up. So, I'm going to have to ask around for more info.

 

[JCMunsonII]

I'm not sure why the change from SAT0 to SATA has to be made to make sleep work. I don't use it on either of my Z100 ASUS motherboard based systems. It might have something to do with the NVMe M.2 SSD I'm using in the Gene build. MyHero uses a M.2 ACHI SSD, but it uses two SATA "ports", and it works just fine when sleeping and waking up. So, I'm going to have to ask around for more info.

I look forward to your results.

 

[JCMunsonII]

@RehabMan released an updated USBInjectAll.kext that includes the 18-series sysdefs (at least). Go get it!

Thanks RehabMan!!!

 

[Gotham1]

Going attempt to build out your build.. Just one thing I'm stuck on- which video card to get. I do 2d and 3d motion graphics. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[JCMunsonII]

Going attempt to build out your build.. Just one thing I'm stuck on- which video card to get. I do 2d and 3d motion graphics. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks

Go for it!

I've got my processor overclocked to 5GHZ, and it is working well so far!

If budget is not a concern, I'd consider a Titan XP for that sort of use... Otherwise, step down from there...

 

[Gotham1]

5ghz! Nice! I've been waiting for a build like yours to come out for awhile so I can finally move up from my current rig. I'm looking at a gtx 1070 since the price is a bit more reasonable and may ultimately end up trying to put 2 into my machine. Glad to know your machine is doing well. I'll report back in a week or two (if not sooner with questions ).

 

[VioletDragon]

@Stork , see @VioletDragon 's post here.

Commentary?

The reason why Change SAT0 to SATA is because of ACPI edits. i.e On my Z77 Desktop i inject these Values to SATA also another reason is because on a genuine Mac's SATA comes under SATA not SAT0. Another reason on why i do it because OS X/macOS can talk to the hardware better.

Edits for Series 7.

Scope (\_SB.PCI0)
    {
        Scope (\_SB.PCI0.SATA)
        {
            Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)  // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
            {
                If (LEqual (Arg2, Zero))
                {
                    Return (Buffer (One)
                    {
                         0x03                                         
                    })
                }

                Return (Package (0x0C)
                {
                    "AAPL,slot-name",
                    "Built In",
                    "name",
                    "Intel AHCI Controller",
                    "model",
                    Buffer (0x2E)
                    {
                        "Intel 7 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller"
                    },

                    "device_type",
                    Buffer (0x10)
                    {
                        "AHCI Controller"
                    },

                    "device-id",
                    Buffer (0x05)
                    {
                         0x03, 0x1E, 0x00, 0x00                       
                    },

                    "compatible",
                    Buffer (0x0D)
                    {
                        "pci8086,1e02"
                    }
                })
            }
        }
    }
}

For Z97/H97 hardware its needed because Series 9 has no Support hence why it shows AHCI Controller as a Generic Controller. A little off-topic but i use these edits on my Server due to having Hotplug enabled in the BIOS because my Server thats running OS X Server has a hot swappable backplane.

Scope (\_SB.PCI0)
    {
        Scope (\_SB.PCI0.SATA)
        {
            Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)  // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
            {
                If (LEqual (Arg2, Zero))
                {
                    Return (Buffer (One)
                    {
                         0x03                                         
                    })
                }

                Return (Package (0x0C)
                {
                    "AAPL,slot-name",
                    "Built In",
                    "name",
                    "Intel AHCI Controller",
                    "model",
                    Buffer (0x2E)
                    {
                        "Intel 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller"
                    },

                    "device_type",
                    Buffer (0x10)
                    {
                        "AHCI Controller"
                    },

                    "device-id",
                    Buffer (0x05)
                    {
                         0x83, 0x8C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00                 
                    },

                    "compatible",
                    Buffer (0x0D)
                    {
                        "pci8086,8c83"
                    }
                })
            }
        }
    }
}