[Success] b1's "Mac Mini Killer" with macOS Mojave: i7-8700 | Gigabyte Z370N | RX560 | 16GB RAM

[b166ar]

After a little deeper digging, I found out that the Z370N has two different ethernet controllers: 1 x Intel I211AT Gigabit Ethernet
and 1 x Intel I219V Gigabit Ethernet. See the table at https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/ryan-martin/gigabyte-z370n-wifi-motherboard-review/ and the second figure at https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8484/gigabyte-z370n-wifi-intel-z370-motherboard-review/index4.html.

It looks like IntelMausiEthernet.kext provides support for the I219V chip, but not for the I211AT one which appears to be an older one. I am still looking for the appropriate kext for the I211 chip, and I'll report back if I find one.

I can confirm, that the second LAN port (I211AT) works with SmallTree-Intel-211-AT-PCIe-GBE.kext. Will update my main post. Thanks!

 

[Rajkhand]

I can confirm, that the second LAN port (I211AT) works with SmallTree-Intel-211-AT-PCIe-GBE.kext. Will update my main post. Thanks!

It again failed. As said earlier my High Sierra works perfectly so have all the required Kexts are there, have taken a video of the verbose screen but cannot upload it as .mov file not allowed but the error was related to APFS, when updating clover Bootloader should I also include FileVault efi drivers? By the way it is clover 2.4 7400

 

[b166ar]

It again failed. As said earlier my High Sierra works perfectly so have all the required Kexts are there, have taken a video of the verbose screen but cannot upload it as .mov file not allowed but the error was related to APFS, when updating clover Bootloader should I also include FileVault efi drivers? By the way it is clover 2.4 7400

Probably you should add correct APFS driver.

You didn't make problem reporting files like I ask you before. I can't help you without this information.

 

[Rajkhand]

sorry was hopeful that the update will go through, will send you once I go home

 

[gogglefive]

Hi b166ar
Do you have problem with sleep? I use RX 560 from Sapphire, combined with i5 3570 and Mojave 10.14. My computer won't go sleep even the monitor already off. The CPU

 

[b166ar]

Hi b166ar
Do you have problem with sleep? I use RX 560 from Sapphire, combined with i5 3570 and Mojave 10.14. My computer won't go sleep even the monitor already off. The CPU

Yes, my sleep is working like a charm.

Sleep is very rarely depends on the GPU. It is more depend on proper USB injection and pmset settings.

 

[inarush]

I can confirm, that the second LAN port (I211AT) works with SmallTree-Intel-211-AT-PCIe-GBE.kext. Will update my main post. Thanks!

Thanks for the confirmation! I had the kext here with me but couldn't test it because I don't have any ethernet cable around...

 

[b166ar]

Removed «Orange icon» patch.

Added current BIOS settings backup:

• Disabled Wake on LAN;
• Manually overclocked RAM to 3600 MHz (16-19-19-38, DRAM Voltage 1.4V);
• Undervolt CPU: VCore=1,35V;
• Disable motherboard RGB;
• Set macOS UEFI partition first boot option.

https://github.com/b166ar/Mac-Mini-Killer

 

[Rajkhand]

attaching the debug file please advise step by step how to upgrade to Mojave

 

[slippyr4]

Any chance you could update your custom SSDT to include the front USB ports? I took a look at Rehabman's guide to create a custom one, but I found it to be quite advanced and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna screw something up on my system if I decide to follow it...

look at this DSL file and you can see which port is which; the ones commented out I have disabled for the 15 port limit, and the others work fine. You should be able to drop the aml file in the EFI/clover/ACPI/patched directory and you'll be away