Glasgood's macOS Mojave [SUCCESS][GUIDE] for Aorus Z390 Pro

[panosru]

@glasgood as I'm new to Hackintosh world, I'm not really sure how important the SMBIOS is, is it possible that my clover configuration may not be properly set? I'm reading in other forums that the SMBIOS, if is not set properly, may cause a variety of issues, including Bluetooth lagging.

 

My setup is:

Intel Core i7-9700K Box
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO motherboard LGA 1151 (Socket H4) Intel Z390 ATX (Z390 AORUS PRO REV.1.0)
G.Skill Sniper X Urban Camo 32GB DDR4-3000MHz (F4-3000C16D-32GSXWB)
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB Pulse (11265-05)
 

Could you please check my clover configuration, when and if you got some time? I believe that I have everything properly set, but I'm not very sure

 

Thanks in advance!

CLOVER.zip

[mfortuna]

52 minutes ago, glasgood said:

If CPU is i7-8700 or i7-8700K

 

Add:

device-id 923E0000 

 

Add:

AAPL,ig-platform-id 0300923E 

 

The i5-8400 is the same device ID (0x3E92), you can add it to the post

[glasgood]

31 minutes ago, mfortuna said:

@glasgood @larabee

 

I don't really understand the why but this is happening to me:

 

Tried the new EFI folder, FCPX boots OK, everything works. When rendering (made the test with H.264) it takes more than the double of time than my older EFI (attached below).

 

Also observed the booting with verbose and it took a while longer (don't know if that is because of first boot with the new EFI and kexts) and saw the lines in the picture attached.

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

I've been searching and found that this guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06QeN6KuRY&t=546s ), with iMac Pro SMBIOS made the AMD GPU work with quick sync and everything the iGPU usually does, achieving better export times. It has to do with a better GPU or maybe we can do this with our RX580-590?

 

Another question: Is it necessary to put in config.plist the GPU properties? If it's empty MacOS just recognizes it and shows it up in "About this Mac".

 

Thanks for reading!  

 

EFI mfortuna.zip

 

 

Try ==> EFI mfortuna.zip 

1 minute ago, mfortuna said:

 

The i5-8400 is the same device ID (0x3E92), you can add it to the post

 

Thats correct, i5-8400 has same ID

[glasgood]

29 minutes ago, panosru said:

@glasgood as I'm new to Hackintosh world, I'm not really sure how important the SMBIOS is, is it possible that my clover configuration may not be properly set? I'm reading in other forums that the SMBIOS, if is not set properly, may cause a variety of issues, including Bluetooth lagging.

 

My setup is:

Intel Core i7-9700K Box
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO motherboard LGA 1151 (Socket H4) Intel Z390 ATX (Z390 AORUS PRO REV.1.0)
G.Skill Sniper X Urban Camo 32GB DDR4-3000MHz (F4-3000C16D-32GSXWB)
Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB Pulse (11265-05)
 

Could you please check my clover configuration, when and if you got some time? I believe that I have everything properly set, but I'm not very sure

 

Thanks in advance!

CLOVER.zip

 

 

Hi,

 

I removed AirportBrcmFixup.kext as it is not needed with your WiFi card. Also removed Brcm flag from boot args. 

 

===>CLOVER.zip

 

[mfortuna]

21 minutes ago, glasgood said:

Try ==> EFI mfortuna.zip 

 

What changes did you make? The EFI I uploaded was the one that was working before I've updated to your newer EFI

[glasgood]

3 minutes ago, mfortuna said:

 

What changes did you make? The EFI I uploaded was the one that was working before I've updated to your newer EFI

 

Removed: 0x59128086  Kaby Lake spoof not needed.

[panosru]

@glasgood Thank you for your time! My issue is not resolved, i believe that I reached a dead end, well I guess we can't have it all working with Hackintosh, so I’ll live without Bluetooth it seems :/ 

[mfortuna]

7 minutes ago, glasgood said:

Removed: 0x59128086  Kaby Lake spoof not needed.

 

Oh, didn't spot that! Thanks!

 

So it's better for me to stay with this older EFI, rather than updating to your newer one?

[Madane]

3 hours ago, panosru said:

@glasgood It seems that when I screwed the card on the case, it somehow pushed the card a bit out with an angle without me noticing it, I just noticed it and re-installed it properly, now it is normally detected by the system.

 

The airdrop works fine but the lagging issue I had previous remains, unfortunately.. strange that from what I noticed it happens when I connect my BT keyboard, I have a Matias wireless aluminium keyboard, it works fine with my MacBook though, I guess Matias is not Hackintosh friendly after all... but even without the keyboard, the Bluetooth seems to be a bit laggy, I'm getting some disconnects here and there, and when I reboot the machine i have to reconnect my creative soundbar manually :/ 

 

Update:

It seems that it is not an issue with the keyboard, my mouse is also lagging and the sound from BT soundbar comes "laggy / broken" as well, so I guess it is a general BT issue with my setup which I'm unable to figure out, I re-installed the OS several times but the issue remains.

 

Hi! I also suffer from bluetooth lagging. After some research, I found out that there is an interference with the 2.4GHz signal when connecting to 2.4Ghz Wifi AP. You can try disabling your wifi or connect to 5GHz wifi AP and check if the bluetooth still lags, if that is the cause.

Edited May 29, 2019 by Madane

[glasgood]

Just now, mfortuna said:

 

Oh, didn't spot that! Thanks!

 

So it's better for me to stay with this older EFI, rather than updating to your newer one?

 

Only change in new EFI is updated Cloverand WhateverGreen.kext version 1.2.8 updated to 1.2.9. You can replace your WhateverGreen.kext version 1.2.8 with  WhateverGreen.kext.zip v 1.2.9 and delete NoVPAJpeg.kext as it is no longer needed with latest version of WhateverGreen.kext

 

 

 

[panosru]

4 minutes ago, Madane said:

 

Hi! I also suffer from bluetooth lagging. After some research, I found out that there is an interference with the 2.4GHz signal when connecting to 2.4Ghz Wifi AP. You can try disabling your wifi and check if the bluetooth still lags if that is the cause.

Hey! Thanks for the tip! I have turned all my WiFi to 5GHz (except neighbours of course haha)

Edited May 29, 2019 by panosru

[Olion]

Is it possible to use RGB Fusion 2.0 soft on MacOS? I want to change aorus z390 lightning colors.

[glasgood]

7 hours ago, Olion said:

Is it possible to use RGB Fusion 2.0 soft on MacOS? I want to change aorus z390 lightning colors.

 

Unfortunately no Fusion 2.0 software available for Mac yet.

[BSouza]

5 minutes ago, glasgood said:

 

Infelizmente nenhum software Fusion 2.0 disponível para Mac ainda.

the solution would be to use the fusion in a virtual machine with Windows?

[soniferous_fox]

Thanks very much for this guide, it's very similar to what I want to build and have been putting it off due to so many different guides and getting confused by it all, but this one has made my decision for me! 

 

I just wanted to double check something though. I am looking at using the Mini ITX version of this board (Z390 I Aurous Pro Wifi), so I assume I would have to edit / create my own SSDT configuration? Or would it be the same do you think? 

 

Thanks.

 

 

[glasgood]

1 hour ago, soniferous_fox said:

Thanks very much for this guide, it's very similar to what I want to build and have been putting it off due to so many different guides and getting confused by it all, but this one has made my decision for me! 

 

I just wanted to double check something though. I am looking at using the Mini ITX version of this board (Z390 I Aurous Pro Wifi), so I assume I would have to edit / create my own SSDT configuration? Or would it be the same do you think? 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

@soniferous_fox

 

You will have to create your own SSDT as the Z390 I Aorus Pro Wifi has different USB ports layout on backplate  of motherboard. Onboard Intel / Intel CNVi WIFII /Bluetooth will not work with macOS and you may have to disable HS14 for Bluetooth to function properly on the recommended BCM943602CS or BCM94331CD WiFi/Bluetooth Combo cards.

 

 

 

@soniferous_fox

 

Below are EFI's without SSDT and with ports limit patch.

 

PRE-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - RX580.zip

POST-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - RX580.zip

 

PRE-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - Intel UHD630.zip

POST-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - Intel UHD630.zip

 

 

 

Edited May 30, 2019 by glasgood

[mfortuna]

13 hours ago, BSouza said:

the solution would be to use the fusion in a virtual machine with Windows?

 

I don't think so. Virtual machines work thru our real machine. Since there are no drivers/connection to the LEDs of the motherboard (or any other component) in MacOS, the virtual machine won't see any of the LEDs.

 

The best alternative is (if you have dual boot with windows) to just pick the colors/configurations you like in windows and then just restart to Mac. That way it stays as configured. But if you try to use some configurations that need comunication with the software (the music mode, or the gaming) they won't work without windows.

[panosru]

@glasgood hello again! I just can't give up the BT issue I have, today almost all day I did troubleshooting, I asked a friend of mine with an iMac to come to my home so I could do proper testing and after further testing, I realised that the BT is has nothing to do with WiFi interference, I even asked my neighbour if he could turn off his router for an hour so I could do some testing, I turned everything off in house, all the bluetooth devices except my hackintosh, well, every BT device worked fine with the iMac and my MacBook Pro, but once it is connected to my hackintosh, it starts to lag as hell. I tried various keyboards, mouses, soundbar, all the same, so now I have to figure out, what exactly in my hackintosh may breaking the BT.

 

Three things that come to my mind:

 

1. bad SSDT configuration

2. bad SMBIOS configuration

3. Mojave issue? 

 

I tried for the SMBIOS to use Mac Mini, I guess without success, the SSDT part is something that I'm not sure how to do and I believe that I could break it and make it worse

 

But at least now I'm sure that the issue is with my hackintosh and not any WiFi interference or BT device...

 

Do you have any idea? Maybe another SSDT config? I'm using the clover config you provided me on your latest reply (re-attached here)

CLOVER.zip

[glasgood]

1 hour ago, panosru said:

@glasgood hello again! I just can't give up the BT issue I have, today almost all day I did troubleshooting, I asked a friend of mine with an iMac to come to my home so I could do proper testing and after further testing, I realised that the BT is has nothing to do with WiFi interference, I even asked my neighbour if he could turn off his router for an hour so I could do some testing, I turned everything off in house, all the bluetooth devices except my hackintosh, well, every BT device worked fine with the iMac and my MacBook Pro, but once it is connected to my hackintosh, it starts to lag as hell. I tried various keyboards, mouses, soundbar, all the same, so now I have to figure out, what exactly in my hackintosh may breaking the BT.

 

Three things that come to my mind:

 

1. bad SSDT configuration

2. bad SMBIOS configuration

3. Mojave issue? 

 

I tried for the SMBIOS to use Mac Mini, I guess without success, the SSDT part is something that I'm not sure how to do and I believe that I could break it and make it worse

 

But at least now I'm sure that the issue is with my hackintosh and not any WiFi interference or BT device...

 

Do you have any idea? Maybe another SSDT config? I'm using the clover config you provided me on your latest reply (re-attached here)

CLOVER.zip

 

@panosru

 

Looking through your past posts and I can't seem to confirm your motherboard, do you have the Aorus Z390 Pro or Aorus Z390 Pro WiFi ?  in the event motherboard is WiFi version, then i have excluded HS14 in Clover - Boot - Arguments

 

 

 

1. bad SSDT configuration ? ( removed SSDT and enabled ports limit patch in attached Clover folder below, see if problem remains. ) 

2. bad SMBIOS ( I doubt it, maybe not )

 

==> CLOVER.zip

 

Edited May 30, 2019 by glasgood

[panosru]

@glasgood thank you for your time!! I will test it once I get home!

 

I have the aorus pro without the WiFi 

[panosru]

@glasgood again, thank you for taking the time looking into my config, I replaced my clover with the one you provided, but the bluetooth behaves same as previous very laggy :'( :'( 

 

I have turned off all WiFi signals and also all bluetooth devices except the one I want to use and the lag is there

 

I don't know if there is an app that I could run diagnostics to get more info in order to find out what exactly is wrong with the system...

[BSouza]

10 hours ago, mfortuna said:

 

I don't think so. Virtual machines work thru our real machine. Since there are no drivers/connection to the LEDs of the motherboard (or any other component) in MacOS, the virtual machine won't see any of the LEDs.

 

The best alternative is (if you have dual boot with windows) to just pick the colors/configurations you like in windows and then just restart to Mac. That way it stays as configured. But if you try to use some configurations that need comunication with the software (the music mode, or the gaming) they won't work without windows.

 

I asked this because I have a hackintosh running today where I use a watercooler nzxt x42 and I can control the lighting perfectly with the Windows virtual machine, although I have windows installed on another SSD, sometimes the virtual machine is better to make small changes.

I also have a corsair k68 rgb keyboard, and I can change the lighting colors through corsair software via virtual machine with windows.

[glasgood]

6 hours ago, panosru said:

@glasgood again, thank you for taking the time looking into my config, I replaced my clover with the one you provided, but the bluetooth behaves same as previous very laggy :'( :'( 

 

I have turned off all WiFi signals and also all bluetooth devices except the one I want to use and the lag is there

 

I don't know if there is an app that I could run diagnostics to get more info in order to find out what exactly is wrong with the system...

 

@panosru

 

Do you have handoff enabled, if so try turning it off and see if problem persists.

 

 

[glasgood]

@panosru

 

Also worth disconnecting and reattaching antenna cables. You could also try switching position of antennae cables on the card, to rule out any faulty wire that is connected to card. 

 

 

 

Looking at the photo of your desktop setup your desktop hackintosh is a small distance away from your keyboard, did you try testing keyboard directly next to your hackintosh desktop computer? ( what happens if Hackintosh is placed on floor, under desk, directly below keyboard )

 

Possibly RF signal could be degraded on USB3.0 bus, hence the lag, if you have external USB storage remove it and test.  Did you try testing USB keyboard dongle( if applicable ) on a USB 2.0 port ? 

Do you have handoff enabled, if so try turning it off and see if problem persists.

 

Also noticed you are using a multi-monitor setup, I assume refresh rate has nothing to do with this, but can you test keyboard with hackintosh and one monitor and have all other devices turned off. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 31, 2019 by glasgood

[soniferous_fox]

On 5/30/2019 at 11:29 AM, glasgood said:

 

@soniferous_fox

 

You will have to create your own SSDT as the Z390 I Aorus Pro Wifi has different USB ports layout on backplate  of motherboard. Onboard Intel / Intel CNVi WIFII /Bluetooth will not work with macOS and you may have to disable HS14 for Bluetooth to function properly on the recommended BCM943602CS or BCM94331CD WiFi/Bluetooth Combo cards.

 

 

 

@soniferous_fox

 

Below are EFI's without SSDT and with ports limit patch.

 

PRE-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - RX580.zip

POST-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - RX580.zip

 

PRE-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - Intel UHD630.zip

POST-INSTALL Aorus X Z390 EFI - Intel UHD630.zip

 

 

 

 

Brilliant! Thanks so much for these. The port limit patch means you don't have to do the mapping, is that right?