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[brousseau6933]

Official Bios - F9i

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Ah! Didn’t see this one... Thanks for the info.

I had to make screenshots of BIOS settings as a new BIOS can’t import settings from an old one.

Anything new in this one, apart the CVE fix mentioned?

Thanks,

Patrice

 

[jfgosselin]

The OpenCore EFI in this guide has the following requirements:

• CFG-Lock must be disabled.
  • The best way is by installing BIOS F9g
  • See Quick Reference spoiler for download link
• Catalina is preferred.
• If using Mojave, we need to disable:
  • SSDT-USBW.aml
  • USBWakeFixup.kext

I'm BIOS F9i, so I guess I don't need to disable the CFG-Lock ? And Catalina 10.15.6.

 

[CaseySJ]

I'm BIOS F9i, so I guess I don't need to disable the CFG-Lock ? And Catalina 10.15.6.

In BIOS F9i, CFG-Lock is locked by default so it's necessary to manually go to BIOS Setup --> Boot, and unlock that parameter.

 

[CaseySJ]

I got the ghost plug. It doesn't seem to work that well. I only have one monitor. Are there any bios settings that I should make?

We're rapidly running out of options. Only things left to try are:

• BIOS --> Thunderbolt --> Thunderbolt Boot Support --> Boot Once
• BIOS --> CSM Support --> Enabled
• Enable Platform ID 0x3E9B0007 (just to experiment with because this setting can cause applications to crash and Safari to misbehave)
• Flash the firmware

The more extreme options are:

• Use a second monitor at the same time. The second monitor should be a standard non-Thunderbolt monitor.
• Replace the Thunderbolt monitor with a standard, non-Thunderbolt monitor.

 

[jfgosselin]

In BIOS F9i, CFG-Lock is locked by default so it's necessary to manually go to BIOS Setup --> Boot, and unlock that parameter.

Indeed , it was enabled but everything is working with baughmann's EFI even when it's enabled. I gain more stability when CFG-Lock is disabled ?

Update: I was able to fix my Bluetooth issue after adding your SSDT-DESIGNARE-Z390-NO-CNVW.aml and SSDT-UIAC-DESIGNARE-Z390-V7.aml.

Thanks

 

[CaseySJ]

Indeed , it was enabled but everything is working with baughmann's EFI even when it's enabled. I gain more stability when CFG-Lock is disabled ?

You gain the following:

• Native NVRAM support
• Native CPU power management

Baughmann’s EFI most likely enables the first two checkboxes in the Kernel section of OpenCore Configurator. Those checkboxes allow the system to boot with CFG-Lock enabled, but at the expense of CPU power management and native NVRAM.

 

[phrfpeixoto]

As @roastable mentioned, it's best to isolate variables whenever troubleshooting. In this case:

• Press F12 at BIOS Splash Screen to boot Windows directly, hence bypassing OpenCore.
• Then check if Windows can sleep and wake.
• If system cannot wake, then the problem is due to something in Windows itself.

@CaseySJ @roastable I tried both boot options on my F12 menu that mentioned Windows boot loader, but I still get the same issue. =/
Do you guys have Windows installed? Does that happen at all? Did you tweak EFI/Bios settings?

 

[jfgosselin]

You gain the following:

• Native NVRAM support
• Native CPU power management

Baughmann’s EFI most likely enables the first two checkboxes in the Kernel section of OpenCore Configurator. Those checkboxes allow the system to boot with CFG-Lock enabled, but at the expense of CPU power management and native NVRAM.

Thanks ! Now I have your EFI running. The CFG-Lock disabled was the issue , the first time I read the guide (too quickly as always) I thought you meant that with BIOS F9g, F9h or above we had nothing to do . I went directly to Post #24,234 and I didn't realize it was an option in the Bios.

 

[jdlux]

I posted a while back in here, and got great help (thanks Casey et al!) with regard to audio dropouts with apollo x twin...when using a daw I'm pretty solid now after following usb2/3 guidelines as long as I use a high buffer, but with any streaming apps-spotify, qobuz, tidal etc., or rekordbox playing files off a thumb drive, I get dropouts once every few minutes or more.

When I play audio in finder, it's worse-a song will play for about a minute, then silence (while playing), until I click before or after the cursor, then plays for a bit, then silence repeat...

when I record or play at a low buffer 256 (not really low for this machine I guess is it?) with few plugins I get dropouts often.

I haven't updated any mobo/graphics etc. firmware other than keeping catalina up to date. I don't have a windows boot drive and don't know how otherwise or if it's recommended.

Any ideas what to do now? I have hardline dsl as wifi seemed to contribute to dropouts and bluetooth always off

opening apps/windows or switching browser tabs triggers dropouts but they happen anyway also. Any help appreciated!

 

[jiffyslot]

I posted a while back in here, and got great help (thanks Casey et al!) with regard to audio dropouts with apollo x twin...when using a daw I'm pretty solid now after following usb2/3 guidelines as long as I use a high buffer, but with any streaming apps-spotify, qobuz, tidal etc., or rekordbox playing files off a thumb drive, I get dropouts once every few minutes or more.

When I play audio in finder, it's worse-a song will play for about a minute, then silence (while playing), until I click before or after the cursor, then plays for a bit, then silence repeat...

when I record or play at a low buffer 256 (not really low for this machine I guess is it?) with few plugins I get dropouts often.

I haven't updated any mobo/graphics etc. firmware other than keeping catalina up to date. I don't have a windows boot drive and don't know how otherwise or if it's recommended.

Any ideas what to do now? I have hardline dsl as wifi seemed to contribute to dropouts and bluetooth always off

opening apps/windows or switching browser tabs triggers dropouts but they happen anyway also. Any help appreciated!

Hi. Please check your System Preference Settings< Sound and Security & Privacy settings. Also check the Audio MIDI Setup App settings.