X299 - Open Core support

[djlild7hina]

That TB Driver package you sent me the link for is the same driver package that I’ve been trying to install and windows on my machine. But I think I figured out part of what’s going on that’s a problem. It’s not completing the installation of the TB driver on my windows side. It didn’t stay on the screen long enough the first few times that I ran it for me to be able to read it but I’ve made a video and a freeze-frame the video to see this error (see the screenshot below). Any ideas how to fix that?

Not sure.. I would google that error. Run as admin?

 

[patrickfogle]

Not sure.. I would google that error. Run as admin?

I was able to download a TB Control Center copy from the Microsoft Store. It worked and showed the TB2 Lacie RAID attached to the Windows side. The USB-C plugged in did not show up on the TB Control center, just the TB drive, and the most recent driver showed to be installed in my system on the TB Control Center, so I am fairly certain the driver is installed now on the windows side.

On the MacOS Side, there are no added drivers or controllers on the PCI list in System Information. Screenshot below.

USB-C Drives mount up on the MacOS Side, but not the TB2 drives.

A copy of my IOReg is attached below.

Lastly, something weird is going on with my config.plist file. When I boot back up, I lost all of my SMBios data. I was using OC Configurator before you said do not use it...but I cannot find how to update the config.plist with kext and ssdt entries without the OC Configurator. Canyon do that in Clover Configurator? Maybe that is the problem? The SSDT and the KEXTS are not entered into the config.plist file properly? Blank SMBios shown below (when I know I have filled it in 3-4 times in the last 3 hours....)?!?

 

[djlild7hina]

I was able to download a TB Control Center copy from the Microsoft Store. It worked and showed the TB2 Lacie RAID attached to the Windows side. The USB-C plugged in did not show up on the TB Control center, just the TB drive, and the most recent driver showed to be installed in my system on the TB Control Center, so I am fairly certain the driver is installed now on the windows side.

On the MacOS Side, there are no added drivers or controllers on the PCI list in System Information. Screenshot below.

USB-C Drives mount up on the MacOS Side, but not the TB2 drives.

A copy of my IOReg is attached below.

Lastly, something weird is going on with my config.plist file. When I boot back up, I lost all of my SMBios data. I was using OC Configurator before you said do not use it...but I cannot find how to update the config.plist with kext and ssdt entries without the OC Configurator. Canyon do that in Clover Configurator? Maybe that is the problem? The SSDT and the KEXTS are not entered into the config.plist file properly? Blank SMBios shown below (when I know I have filled it in 3-4 times in the last 3 hours....)?!?

No, clover configurator is not compatible with OpenCore. Use Xcode, PlistEdit Pro, or ProperTree

GitHub - corpnewt/ProperTree: Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python.

Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python. - GitHub - corpnewt/ProperTree: Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python.

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Please use the base-efi folder and start over in case something got corrupted.

 

[DrMacabre]

Again it's 15 per chipset. only the intel chipset has above 15 ports, the asmedia ones are fine. There are two Asmedia on the Sage (One USB C + one USB A) on the back, and the internal USB C front connector.

USB 3 ports count as 2 (one USB 2 and one USB 3)

So that leaves you with the intel:
4 USB 2 on back
6 USB 3 on back
1 USB 3 Front panel connector

So the total is 20. I believe this is the mapping for the Sage but I'm not sure since I dont have that board anymore.

USB Port Mapping:
BackPanel
4 USB 2.0 Ports (Left to Right)
HS12
HS11
HS10
HS09

2 USB 3.0 Ports
First row (Left to Right)
HS08/SS08
HS07/SS07

2 USB 3.0 Ports
Second row (Left to Right)
HS06/SS06
HS05/SS05

2 USB 3.0 Ports
Third row (Left to Right)
HS06/SS06
HS05/SS05

Front Panel
2 USB 3.0 Ports (Left to Right)
HS01/SS01
HS02/SS02

The attached kext should work with the marked out ones disabled. If you are using iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS follow the instructions here to rename the model.

X299 - Open Core support

Does the same thing happen with USBInjectAll kext and XhciPortLimit set to enabled in the config.plist? What does your USB kext mapping look like yes, totally. i don't use usb kext as the instructions suggested to use either the generated SSDT or the kext but it looks like this. I used...

www.tonymacx86.com

Make sure USBInjectAll.kext is disabled and XhciPortLimit is disabled.

Thanks, i already tried the attached kext with no success but i took a closer look at it and redid mine. I think it's working now, i got rid of the 3.1 ports to make it simple. I wasn't that far but i think my dock is acting weird depending of which port it is plugged in. I'll get something else to hook up my external drives in the future.

 

[joeblough]

i've searched the thread a little and there's a lot to digest here, but i wanted to ask if it makes sense to try with an ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe II using this guide/github repository.

my goal is to build my last hack (given the ARM transition) and i want to get the highest performance i can under 10.14 (since i want to keep 32b support). my understanding is that this means 9th gen CPUs and X299 motherboards. i didn't realize until today that these boards are somewhat difficult to hack (though thanks to @djlild7hina it has gotten a lot easier.)

originally i was going to go with the gigabyte designare but that seems like it might be a mistake.

 

[djlild7hina]

i've searched the thread a little and there's a lot to digest here, but i wanted to ask if it makes sense to try with an ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe II using this guide/github repository.

my goal is to build my last hack (given the ARM transition) and i want to get the highest performance i can under 10.14 (since i want to keep 32b support). my understanding is that this means 9th gen CPUs and X299 motherboards. i didn't realize until today that these boards are somewhat difficult to hack (though thanks to @djlild7hina it has gotten a lot easier.)

originally i was going to go with the gigabyte designare but that seems like it might be a mistake.

The new X299 Designare 10G? or Z390/Z40? It looks like the X299 Designare 10G is compatible but from the other thread looks like there's a lot of BIOS issues and I feel there are a lot more ASUS X299 users than Gigabyte.

7000,9000, and 10000 X Series chips should be compatible since they are pretty much the same thing. Just make sure you use iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS since MacPro7,1 isn't compatible with 10.14.

The Dortania OpenCore guide and the Base EFI in post one should get you started.
It's pretty much:
1. If on latest BIOS, patch
2. Create a usb install disk
3. Follow Base EFI Configuration outlined in my github and edit config.plist with either ProperTree, XCode or PlistEdit Pro.
4. Copy EFI to usb disk
5. Install macOS
6. Once installed, create USB kext (Highly recommended).

EDIT: I believe the Aquantia 5G ethernet on the X299 Deluxe II will not work with macOS since there are no drivers.

 

[joeblough]

The new X299 Designare 10G? or Z390/Z40? It looks like the X299 Designare 10G is compatible but from the other thread looks like there's a lot of BIOS issues and I feel there are a lot more ASUS X299 users than Gigabyte.

7000,9000, and 10000 X Series chips should be compatible since they are pretty much the same thing. Just make sure you use iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS since MacPro7,1 isn't compatible with 10.14.

The Dortania OpenCore guide and the Base EFI in post one should get you started.
It's pretty much:
1. If on latest BIOS, patch
2. Create a usb install disk
3. Follow Base EFI Configuration outlined in my github and edit config.plist with either ProperTree, XCode or PlistEdit Pro.
4. Copy EFI to usb disk
5. Install macOS
6. Once installed, create USB kext (Highly recommended).

i don't think i was looking at the designare 10G - it was the designare x299 EX. my last 3 hacks have had gigabyte motherboards so i'm probably just biased. honestly i should do whatever causes the least pain, and if that's ASUS then i'm good with that.

earlier today i was reading the KGP x299 10.13 guide and started to freak out. in the past both chameleon and clover always gave me trouble, but it sounds like OC is a lot more straightforward with this chipset. in the last 2 weeks i've built 2 hacks on OC. so i have a little experience with OpenCore now. hopefully this won't be too bad, but i am glad i found this thread!!

 

[patrickfogle]

No, clover configurator is not compatible with OpenCore. Use Xcode, PlistEdit Pro, or ProperTree

GitHub - corpnewt/ProperTree: Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python.

Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python. - GitHub - corpnewt/ProperTree: Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python.

github.com

.

Please use the base-efi folder and start over in case something got corrupted.

OK, I rebuilt the EFI with the BASE-EFI Folder and used ProperTree to do the editing. Thanks for setting me straight on that!

Everything has booted up up great, except that unfortunately I still have no Thunderbolt functionality in MacOS. Thunderbolt functions fine in Windows as far as I can see (Thunderbolt Control Center shows the drives when they are plugged in). Any Ideas? My EFI and my IOReg are attached.

 

[PhantomHelix]

Thanks @djlild7hina for sending me here from the other thread

I am having trouble though...

I followed your guide and when booting from the OpenCore usb stick I can boot to the installer but it stops after the 21st line on the screen and will just stay that way for hours

As you suggested I removed the Windows Drive, actually all drives except the one i want to put macOS on as well as removed the Nvidia card and placed the Vega64 in slot 1

My Bios has the built in msr lock and and is version 604, i did not do the patch because i wasn't sure if that patcher worked on my bios, otherwise i made all of your bios settings changes

obviously i can not give you an IOreg

EDIT: sorry i uploaded just config not whole efi folder, fixed now

 

[djlild7hina]

Thanks @djlild7hina for sending me here from the other thread

I am having trouble though...

I followed your guide and when booting from the OpenCore usb stick I can boot to the installer but it stops after the 21st line on the screen and will just stay that way for hours

As you suggested I removed the Windows Drive, actually all drives except the one i want to put macOS on as well as removed the Nvidia card and placed the Vega64 in slot 1

My Bios has the built in msr lock and and is version 604, i did not do the patch because i wasn't sure if that patcher worked on my bios, otherwise i made all of your bios settings changes

obviously i can not give you an IOreg

EDIT: sorry i uploaded just config not whole efi folder, fixed now

Is MSR lock off? If so and it’s not booting most likely you’ll need to patch it.
Or you can try
If option isn't available in BIOS, turn on AppleCpuPmCfgLock and AppleXcpmCfgLock in config.plist under Kernel-Quirks.

I looked at your EFI and it looks like you changed some of the order of the SSDTs and kexts. Not sure what else you edited so I attached the base efi again. Just make sure to change the platform info with your serial info again. I would get a new serial since you uploaded yours already.