The everything works Asus Z390-I Gaming * i7-8700K * SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX Vega 64 Build

[pastrychef]

Thank you for sharing these links.
Frankly, I have already bumped it during my previous search.

But it got me very confused back then as he specifically talking about the GB board and there is no clear explanation on the NVRAM definition.

The solution that I see more and more is the one I've already mentioned:

NVRAM fix

There is a new SSDT to fix non-native NVRAM. It is listed for Opencore but should work in Clover as well. Previous Clover fixes must be removed first. It’s available here: https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/blob/master/Docs/AcpiSamples/SSDT-PMC.dsl

www.tonymacx86.com

But again, for the reasons I can't understand yet it is not working for me.

I wonder how other people with the same board were able to configure NVRAM option.

Cheers,
Ziv

Z390 is Z390. The method to get NVRAM working is the same.

1. Make sure MSR is unlocked.
2. Install SSDT-PMC.
3. Enable slide=0 boot argument. (may not be needed for all motherboards.

Please see post #4 of my Z390 build thread. Link is below in my signature.

 

[ziv.greenberg]

Hello @pastrychef,
Thank you for your reply and willingness to help.

As per your suggestion, I've started from post #4 to verify if I have locked MSR, from there it points me to post #2:

0x676A3 One Of: CFG Lock, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0x72B, VarStore: 0x1, QuestionId: 0x225, Size: 1, Min: 0x0, Max 0x1, Step: 0x0 {05 91 AE 03 AF 03 25 02 01 00 2B 07 10 10 00 01 00}
0x676B4 One Of Option: Disabled, Value (8 bit): 0x0 (default) {09 07 04 00 30 00 00}
0x676BB One Of Option: Enabled, Value (8 bit): 0x1 {09 07 03 00 00 00 01}

After I've got the above outcome, now it points me to post #1.

Sorry, but this is where it gets confused, it says the following: "<-This step is ONLY for the Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming!! If using other motherboard, please see post #4."

Is it mean that I have MSR locked?
And in order to unlock my Asus Z390-I board, I need to execute the following code "setup_var_3 0x72B 0x0" in to EFI Shell?

I appreciate your help.

Cheers,
Ziv

 

[pastrychef]

Is it mean that I have MSR locked?
And in order to unlock my Asus Z390-I board, I need to execute the following code "setup_var_3 0x72B 0x0" in to EFI Shell?

Correct.

 

[ziv.greenberg]

Correct.

Ok, I did that and got the approval that it successfully obtained the "Setup" variable.
And also I have copied the SSDT-PMC.aml into my ACPI>patched folder.

Unfortunately, it didn't work for me either:

 

[pastrychef]

Ok, I did that and got the approval that it successfully obtained the "Setup" variable.
And also I have copied the SSDT-PMC.aml into my ACPI>patched folder.

Unfortunately, it didn't work for me either:
View attachment 451262

Please post your EFI folder.

 

[ziv.greenberg]

Please post your EFI folder.

Please, find it attached.

 

[pastrychef]

Please, find it attached.

Please try this one.

 

[ziv.greenberg]

Please try this one.

It worked, thank you so much for your help!
Please, out of curiosity, what was the initial problem?

 

[pastrychef]

It worked, thank you so much for your help!
Please, out of curiosity, what was the initial problem?

I basically just took your config.plist and dropped it in to my EFI folder.

I made a few tiny changes to your config.plist, but nothing major.

 

[pastrychef]

It worked, thank you so much for your help!
Please, out of curiosity, what was the initial problem?

Oh!! I made one mistake... I forgot to put back USBInjectAll.kext for you. Please put it back in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/...