[Success] PYNTy-Mac i7 8700 - Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI - 16GB RAM - Sapphire RX 580 - Mojave 10.14.3

[Kenop]

I have read the whole thread and there are a few attempts to get wifi & BT working. Anyone with a working system for the ITX version of this board? I will try to get it working on the back side m2 slot since I am using a dGPU.

I have bought two wifi cards: DW1560 and BCM94360CS2.

Ordered adapter from China: BCM94360CS2 BCM943224PCIEBT2 Wireless Card to NGFF M.2 Key A/E Adapter

Ordered cables, MHFA to RP-SMA to connect to the card.

I was expecting a card in the adapter in m2 slot would be enough but apperantly I need an additional adapter?

This motherboard is really testing my patience, really happy with the performance and stability, but I regret trusting the buyers guide on this site since it's really complicated to get wifi working. Should have bought Asrock Phantom Gaming or Asus Z390 ITX.

 

[Gaboto]

After trying a couple of EFI´s finally had a simple installation, stable and fast boot Mojave with Pynty´s EFI and Markoskz Post. One of the keys to install was stop trying with the HDMI Out and change to one DisplayPort Out from the RX580 GPU with a DP to HDMI cable.

Just a few comments:
-- I really like to have some BlueTooth USB Dongle but on the other side I have one real Apple MacBookPro 15" and Bluetooth always gave me problems, fails to connect iPhones, can´t see devices...so I don´t know if it´s really worth it.
-- With 15€ WIFI USB TPLink T2U Plus (2,4G+5G WIFI DUAL) works perfectly after installing the TPLink official Mac Driver and reboot. I have my Hackintosh 10 mts far + 1 solid wall between my Modem-150Mb/s Fiber and the speedest gave me: 210Mb/s Download-180Mb/s Upload !
-- I have also one external Sandisk Extreme Dual SSD Disk Raid (Max Speed 800MB/s) with native USB-C/USB-C interface and another cable USB-C to USB3. Blackmagic Speed Test gave me in different USB ports:
WRITE - READ
USB3 = 380MB/s - 430 MB/s
USB3_1 = 707MB/s - 826 MB/s
USB-C = 606MB/s - 860 MB/s
Thanks everybody !

 

[MogwaiMac]

Followed guide in post #1...so using Clover.
Gigabyte Z390 Auros Pro WiFi
i7 9700
32GB RAM
RX 580 Sapphire
BIOS: F11

Booting up I get the screen attached. I've tried onboard HDMI no RX 580 installed, and DP to DP with RX 580.

Used EFI from #1 post and copied "working config.plist" from later post.
Attached EFI folder
Attempting Catalina fresh install.

Anyone done a clean install of Catalina yet on this board? Maybe that's my issue that I am not using Mojave?
I guess I could try Mojave and therefore I'd be following the guide correctly.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[esafeddie]

Followed guide in post #1...so using Clover.
Gigabyte Z390 Auros Pro WiFi
i7 9700
32GB RAM
RX 580 Sapphire
BIOS: F11

Booting up I get the screen attached. I've tried onboard HDMI no RX 580 installed, and DP to DP with RX 580.

Used EFI from #1 post and copied "working config.plist" from later post.
Attached EFI folder
Attempting Catalina fresh install.

Anyone done a clean install of Catalina yet on this board? Maybe that's my issue that I am not using Mojave?
I guess I could try Mojave and therefore I'd be following the guide correctly.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks!

Update your BIOS to the latest version which I Think is either 12c or 12d, best check on Gigabytes official site and I will attempt to have your system running as smooth as possible.

 

[MogwaiMac]

Update your BIOS to the latest version which I Think is either 12c or 12d, best check on Gigabytes official site and I will attempt to have your system running as smooth as possible.

Just finished updating to BIOS F12c.

The screenshots of the verbose log is attempting to boot from the macOS Catalina Install.
I have not even installed macOS yet...

I'm ok with the USB mapping that has been done on this specific posts build.
Thanks for your help!

 

[MogwaiMac]

Just finished updating to BIOS F12c.

The screenshots of the verbose log is attempting to boot from the macOS Catalina Install.
I have not even installed macOS yet...

I'm ok with the USB mapping that has been done on this specific posts build.
Thanks for your help!

Creating a Mojave install now - will try with Mojave first, but would really like Catalina fresh install.

 

[esafeddie]

Creating a Mojave install now - will try with Mojave first, but would really like Catalina fresh install.

What is stopping you from doing a fresh install of Catalina?

 

[MogwaiMac]

What is stopping you from doing a fresh install of Catalina?

Whatever is in the verbose log I posted 2 pictures of earlier. I understand some of this stuff, but not enough to know what's going on...black screen, ++++++++ signs and wont boot to installer.

 

[esafeddie]

Whatever is in the verbose log I posted 2 pictures of earlier. I understand some of this stuff, but not enough to know what's going on...black screen, ++++++++ signs and wont boot to installer.

Try plugging into a different USB port.

 

[MogwaiMac]

Try plugging into a different USB port.

Tried every single USB port, same message. Trying a different jump drive. Older sandisk, now installing fresh with UniBeast to a new USB flash drive and will try again.

Created a clean vanilla UniBeast install on a newer flash drive. Had to do inject ATI and USB ownership, but it booted ok and am installing Catalina now...so far so good. Will try again with the copied EFI from the post, and see if that's messing it up or not next...

Ok - confirmed. UniBeast vanilla install, can install macOS just fine. If I copy the EFI in this post, for Catalina, it won't boot the installer correctly, which it is a guide for Mojave not Catalina so....go figure right?
- creating a Mojave installer to see if that works, which is then following the guide correctly

markoskz have you done a clean install of Catalina on this build yet? If so can you update with EFI for that?