- Joined
- Oct 13, 2011
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- Motherboard
- Asus ROG Z270 Maximus IX Hero
- CPU
- i7-7700K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hi again! Sorry to post back in this thread, but after a weekend of hammering away at it, my build is complete, and I'm nearing the end of the initial setup. I've followed all of the instructions in @Stork's Hero build guide, and all of yours here, @JCMunsonII. I can't thank you both enough for making my first build much easier than it could have been!
There were a few head scratching moments of WTF am I doing wrong, but with mercifully quick realisations to correct my errors!
No doubt I installed some kexts that I didn't need to (like the emulated NVRAM mobo one - not sure whether or not I needed this for the Maximus IX), and no doubt I've bodged some of it, but it seems to be working!
I had a couple of questions though if I may?
1) I ran the power management script, and the SSDT was put in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED - do I need to do anything else? AppleIntelInfo.kext had this max states line at the end of my output:
CPU P-States [ (8) 13 14 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 45 ]
I assume that's OK. Is it right, though, that in the Energy Saver preferences pane I don't have the usual 'Computer Sleep' slider though? I just have a 'Display Sleep' slider with a 'Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off' checkbox underneath. I don't have that on my Mac mini - no cause for alarm though? There seems to be no discernible difference in fan speeds when powered up either - should there be? Admittedly I've done nothing so far to put the computer under load. Just seems louder than I'd like.
1a) Related to the above, potentially, in my BIOS setup, I was unable to change the CPU Fan settings. Well, I could, but I could not apply them (other fans I could) - did you have that issue?
2) USB 15 port limit SSDT: I've done the port investigation (I'm curious, which did you turn off?!) and am ready to create my SSDT. Would you mind sharing yours with me please? I will build my own, but it would be really useful for me to learn by comparing it with yours?
I'm sure there will be more questions, but that's it for now, and thanks again.
There were a few head scratching moments of WTF am I doing wrong, but with mercifully quick realisations to correct my errors!
No doubt I installed some kexts that I didn't need to (like the emulated NVRAM mobo one - not sure whether or not I needed this for the Maximus IX), and no doubt I've bodged some of it, but it seems to be working!
I had a couple of questions though if I may?
1) I ran the power management script, and the SSDT was put in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED - do I need to do anything else? AppleIntelInfo.kext had this max states line at the end of my output:
CPU P-States [ (8) 13 14 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 45 ]
I assume that's OK. Is it right, though, that in the Energy Saver preferences pane I don't have the usual 'Computer Sleep' slider though? I just have a 'Display Sleep' slider with a 'Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off' checkbox underneath. I don't have that on my Mac mini - no cause for alarm though? There seems to be no discernible difference in fan speeds when powered up either - should there be? Admittedly I've done nothing so far to put the computer under load. Just seems louder than I'd like.
1a) Related to the above, potentially, in my BIOS setup, I was unable to change the CPU Fan settings. Well, I could, but I could not apply them (other fans I could) - did you have that issue?
2) USB 15 port limit SSDT: I've done the port investigation (I'm curious, which did you turn off?!) and am ready to create my SSDT. Would you mind sharing yours with me please? I will build my own, but it would be really useful for me to learn by comparing it with yours?
I'm sure there will be more questions, but that's it for now, and thanks again.