[SUCCESS] blouse's "Hack Pro" :: i9-9900K + Z390 Aorus Pro + Vega 64 + TB3 + USB3 :: 100% working

[MESwan]

Managed to get iGPU consistently loaded into the memory map using iMac19,1 and a 5700XT as main display output.
Need to short the clear_CMOS motherboard pins (with power off) and reload the BIOS and immediately enable internal graphics and make the other hackintosh changes. This seems to reset the memmap on next boot and frees up enough block space to load the iGPU. DVMT settings are not visible until second boot but I did not attempt to change anything here.
Also upgraded the main BIOS to version 12d but that is probably incidental.
No slide settings are specified in my config.plist
Kudos to poster @CODYQX4 for the idea of clearing the CMOS to reset the memmap.

[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

The question I couldn't understand...what is the advantage of enabling the iGPU? If it works perfectly disabled in F8.

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From what I understand, removing all but one stick of RAM, allowing the training to one stick, then reinserting the rest will also clear your memmap. I haven't tested that yet, though.

 

[rankrotten]

From what I understand, removing all but one stick of RAM, allowing the training to one stick, then reinserting the rest will also clear your memmap. I haven't tested that yet, though.

That had no effect for me. Only the steps listed above freed enough memory to enable the iGPU

 

[simo241]

Hi! Do you know if I can use AMD Vega 64 to enable 10 bit color in Premier Pro or Photoshop? On line there is a lot of confusion. I have professional a monitor, and I just need 10 bit for Photoshop.

 

[rankrotten]

Hi! Do you know if I can use AMD Vega 64 to enable 10 bit color in Premier Pro or Photoshop? On line there is a lot of confusion. I have professional a monitor, and I just need 10 bit for Photoshop.

You might have better luck posting this in the Graphics sub forum.
For info my AMD 5700XT is listed as 30-Bit Colour (ARGB2101010) in system profiler the Vega 64 should be also.

 

[MESwan]

Hi! Do you know if I can use AMD Vega 64 to enable 10 bit color in Premier Pro or Photoshop? On line there is a lot of confusion. I have professional a monitor, and I just need 10 bit for Photoshop.

Your Vega should show up in SysInfo similar to this - the key to look for is the Framebuffer depth. 30-Bit Color is what you want.

Now, open PS. Select preferences -> Performance -> Advanced Settings under Graphics Processor Settings -> check the box labelled 30 Bit Display

Done.

 

[simo241]

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Your Vega should show up in SysInfo similar to this - the key to look for is the Framebuffer depth. 30-Bit Color is what you want.

Now, open PS. Select preferences -> Performance -> Advanced Settings under Graphics Processor Settings -> check the box labelled 30 Bit Display

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Done.

Thank you for your help. I know how to activate. At moment I have an RX 580 which is not supported for 10 bit. So I was just wondering if 10 bit was supported. But looking in to your config in Graphic look like is supported. On line there are different opinion, so I was not sure. My plan is to purchase a Sapphire Vega 64. I hope will not gave me problem during configuration / installation.

 

[MESwan]

Thank you for your help. I know how to activate. At moment I have an RX 580 which is not supported for 10 bit. So I was just wondering if 10 bit was supported. But looking in to your config in Graphic look like is supported. On line there are different opinion, so I was not sure. My plan is to purchase a Sapphire Vega 64. I hope will not gave me problem during configuration / installation.

I use the Sapphire Vega 64 reference model, if that helps.

 

[rankrotten]

Native NVRAM now using the same 0x5C1 parameters on our Z390 Aorus Pro motherboards - Firmware 12d tested and all ok.
Follow this guide for the Designare board as the CFG-Lock register values are the same

[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

Dear @CaseySJ , I believe there's a little mistake in your Native NVRAM guide. By default, MSR 0xE2 CFG Lock is 0x1 (it means it's locked, turned on). In order to unlock MSR we actually need to change it to 0x0 (lock is removed, turned off). So, when we confirm value change, we should see 0x0...

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[Troy.Blackburn]

Awesome Build Guide!

Yet I'm still having problems. I'm hoping someone can help quickly, I'm on kind of a time crunch! I'm in the Navy, my house is in Louisiana and I'm stationed in California. The Hackintosh at issue is used as a Home Server/Plex Media Server and I'm leaving to go back to California in a couple of days.

So here it goes, my hardware configuration is as follows:

Gigabyte Z390 Aorous Pro WiFi - BIOS ver F11
Intel i9-9900K (not OC'd)
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200MHz - 64GB (4x16GB)
Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 - 1TB x 2
Onboard Graphics

I'm running High Sierra because I'm also running macOS Server with services that were eliminated in the next version of macOS Server. May upgrade at a later time, but no time to mess with that now.

I can get the system to run; however, performance is very slow, it's especially noticeable when I use Launchpad, at which point you can watch the screen update, almost line by line.

I've tried too many permutations of Clover, Config.sys files, etc. I'm using Sys Def 18,2. I'm not sure about all the USB ports; however, Ethernet, WiFi & Bluetooth (Add on card), and Onboard Audio all work. The system is just SLOW.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Anyone running a similar system with onboard graphics that would be willing to share their EFI folder?

Thank You
Troy

 

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Navigate to (your flash drive EFI volume)/EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI/- Delete AptioMemoryFix-64.efi+ Download and Add OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi

Have you updated this machine to Catalina? And did you have any issues with this Kext?
I lost mDP from my GPU after the update. So went to update to Clover 5102 in an attempt to fix the problem, and have now run into a problem booting into my "test EFI" with the following error:


Someone in another thread is telling me to not use OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi. But every other user with a z390 Aoros I can find is using this kext. Including yourself, so I am interested to know if you have any advice?

UPDATE:
fixed the problem with this guide:

[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

Every little detail matters! Please see blue box. If we don't select the parent name of the destination disk (on left side of Disk Utility) then we won't get the three options shown in red box. Damn, I've formatted so many drives prior to the changes that I must have missed that. Sorry, been...

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Literally the only place I found an alternative to OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000 after hours of searching!
Audio and mDP fixed!