are you saying i should compare the files in my EFI with a clean copy of the version of OC i'm using?
Yes, exactly. The various files supplied by Open Core are specific to the version of Open Core. For instance, if I have understood correctly, your ACPI files should always have originated from the particular Open Core package you downloaded, and not from somewhere else. This is also true for the drivers.
I also noted other strange (to me) settings, but I'm not qualified to comment on them, either. Probably due to your different motherboard from mine.
[Edit: Actually we both use Z390 even though different brands and mine is a Z390 I, so maybe not so different... I did notice some other stuff, so I'll mention it here.
1. You don't need the "#" WARNINGS in EFI/OC/config.plist; you can safely delete all of those.
2. a. config.plist/Booter/MmioWhitelist/0 and 1: you can safely delete both of those Dictionaries (but don't touch the MmioWhitelist Array line... it needs to stay).
b. MmioWhitelist/Patch/0: you can delete the "0" Dictionary. Leave the Patch Array line.
3. a. Device Properties/Add/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0): I agree with your argument 0300913E assuming you have a dedicated graphics card that does not drive a display. I do not recognize any of the following "Data" lines at all; I don't have any of them.
b. I have a second Dictionary that enables audio on my Z390 I mobo. It looks like this:
PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x3) | Dictionary | 1 key/value pairs, and a "child" that looks like this: layout-id | Data | 01000000
(That device property allows the removal of "alcid=1" from the boot arguments in the NVRAM area of config.plist.)
4. a. Kernel/Add/0 and 1: I don't know whether IntelMaui.kext requires Lilu, but if it does, I would recommend switching lines 0 and 1 so that Lilu is loaded first. All else looks okay.
b. I don't have Kernel/Add/2 (YMMV).
c. I don't have Kernel/Add/3 either, because I have my USB ports identified with USBPorts.kext.
d. I don't have Kernel/Add/7 or 8 (FYI).
5. Kernel/Block/0: Here I will say that if a Dictionary in the config.plist has "children" (like /0 here) that show Enabled | Boolean | "NO" then those "children" can be deleted. If they are not Enabled, they are not used, and there are a lot of them.
6. Kernel/Quirks: Here we diverge quite a bit. I'll list
mine where we are different:
AppleXcpmCfgLock - NO (Covered in my Gigabyte BIOS)
DisableIoMapper - NO (per OC Guide)
DisableRTCChecksum - NO (per OC Guide)
PanicNoKextDump - NO (I use Release, not Debug OC version)
PowerTimeoutKernelPanic - NO (same as above)
ThirdPartyDrives - YES (recommended for TRIM on my Samsung 970 NVMe SSDs)
XhciPortLimit - NO (My USB ports are set up per USBPorts.kext)
7. Misc/Boot: I notice you have chosen a few arguments that imply you want the optional "Open Core Beauty Treatment," or GUI. But your OC/Resources folder is empty, which disallows that option. If you want to fix that, you need to go to
this website and click on the green "Code" button. Click "Download ZIP" and replace your empty Resources folder with the downloaded Resources folder. Then try changing the following arguments in this section:
Hide Auxiliary - (your choice)
LauncherOption - Full
PickerMode - External
8. Misc/Debug: Differences: I have the first 3 items as "NO" and Debug/Target as "3," not "67." (Your choice.)
9. Misc/Security: We match except for SecureBootModel - I have Disabled as the argument. I have no idea what your "j137" is, sorry.
10. NVRAM/Add/3rd item down:
boot-args - blank for me (don't need any), you have a bunch.
csr-active-config - I have 00000000, you have FF070000 (SIP disabled)
prev-lang:kbd - I have | String | en-US:0
You have | Data | 0 bytes:
11. NVRAM/Delete/3rd item down/2:
I don't have an item 2, you have:
2 | String | csr-active-config
12. UEFI/Drivers: Here you need to add a "sibling" 2 | Dictionary | 4 key/value pairs
like /1 except: | Path | OpenCanopy.efi
and you need to grab the OpenCanopy.efi driver from your Open Core package "Drivers" and add it to your OC/Drivers folder. (That's assuming you do in fact want the "beauteous" Open Core GUI.)
13. UEFI/Output/Resolution: I have "Max," you have "2560x1440" which is probably right for you (don't know).
If this is "Too Long, Didn't Read," let me know and I could just upload my EFI folder for your amusement.]
