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

[AudioGod]

6 hours ago, larabee said:

@AudioGod @glasgood

I turn on,  wait a few minutes for system to stable, then sleep. My LED are on for the next 1 mins, then all turns off except for Network Light sometimes turns on for network access (powernap) 

Then I hit the power on button, system turns on instantly. The wake is really fast, like faster than anything I've had before. 

Then I turn off the system. LEDs turn off normally.

However, the issue appear is when I hit the power button to turn it on, it takes 4 attempts to turn on my machine. I thought my power button is broken so I just short the motherboard pins just in case, takes 3-4 times to make it on again after the procedure. 

 

 

@larabee if you go into your bios and turn off ERP then the system will power up better but some pins stay live on the 24pin after power down. CEC 2019 enabled seems to help and stops the power staying live but the leds seen to lose power when they fancy it but you shouldn't need to enable cec 2019, that's a big no no according to my boss at work.

Edited August 4, 2019 by AudioGod

[AudioGod]

3 hours ago, glasgood said:

 

 

@AudioGod, Spot on  enabling ces2019 and everything working perfect on my Hack. LED's now go off.

 

 

 

I'm not sure that having cec 2019 enabled is advisable for day to day use bud as nothing on the intel side is using the cec2019 power saving standard or so my boss says anyway (yes I'm working on a sunday) boohoo for me...lol... but I'm also with the universes second most nerdy person in the world after Roman (Der8auer) so when my boss says somthing is a big no I tend to listen to him.

[AudioGod]

3 hours ago, glasgood said:

 

@larabee

 

Here is DSDT that will allow wake from keyboard ==> DSDT.aml if you have any problems with auto wake then revert back to previous DSDT.

 

 

 

@glasgood hes referring to same issue that I'm having. @larabee has erp enabled so the system will no longer power on without 3 or 4  attempts when shutting down after waking from sleep.

Edited August 4, 2019 by AudioGod

[glasgood]

Just now, AudioGod said:

 

I'm not sure that having cec 2019 enabled is advisable for day to day use bud as nothing on the intel side is using the cec2019 power saving standard or so my boss says anyway (yes I'm working on a sunday) boohoo for me...lol... but I'm also with the universes second most nerdy person in the world after Roman (Der8auer) so when my boss says somthing is a big no I tend to listen to him.

 

Thanks for info on ces . I never use sleep, and rarely leave computer unattended for few hours.  I always completely shutdown my hack and power off when finished. I'm still testing ces 2019 at the moment, not sure yet if having ces 2019 enabled will effect performance for the work that I do with my Aorus Pro Z390. 

 

 

[AudioGod]

2 minutes ago, glasgood said:

 

Thanks for info on ces . I never use sleep, and rarely leave computer unattended for few hours.  I always completely shutdown my hack and power off when finished. I'm still testing ces 2019 at the moment, not sure yet if having ces 2019 enabled will effect performance for the work that I do with my Aorus Pro Z390. 

 

 

 

It's a power saving mode/standard so To see if its effecting the system run a bench test of your choice and check the total power consumption while testing then turn it off and run the same test and see if the total consumption rises. If it does then the system is being power throttled when its enabled. 

[glasgood]

Just now, AudioGod said:

 

It's a power saving mode/standard so To see if its effecting the system run a bench test of your choice and check the total power consumption while testing then turn it off and run the same test and see if the total consumption rises. If it does then the system is being power throttled when its enabled. 

 

In Aorus Pro Z390 handbook, CEC 2019 Ready. I'm wondering if ready means that specific components need to be compliant with CEC 2019 standard. Will run bench marks as soon as I have downloaded GTA V from steam, download is huge . I'm expecting that CEC will prioritise power requests for heavy workloads required by GPU / CPU as required. 

Edited August 4, 2019 by glasgood

[AudioGod]

48 minutes ago, glasgood said:

 

In Aorus Pro Z390 handbook, CEC 2019 Ready. I'm wondering if ready means that specific components need to compliant with CEC 2019 standard. Will run bench marks as soon as I have downloaded GTA V from steam, download is huge . I'm expecting that CEC will prioritise powerrequests for heavy workloads required by GPU / CPU as required. 

 

Correct they have to be compliant by conforming to the power standards and thats why when its enabled a few settings in the bios grey out and auto enable to line up with the cec2019 standard. AMD Ryzen gen 2 onwards use it apparently.

 

@glasgood when you make your DSDT does it use your bios settings as part of the compile? If so then please please please could you do something for me and @larabee if its no hassle and as a test compile one more DSDT exactly the same as your original one but with ERP enabled in the bios and send it me and and @larabee to test?

Edited August 4, 2019 by AudioGod

[erikmay]

11 hours ago, erikmay said:

I tried everything you said and followed your guide again: still no success. Everytime it just shows 3min left. 

Is the i5 9600k the problem? Is your tutorial only working for the i7 8700k?

 

I have attached the log of the Installer a second before the reboot as requested.

@glasgood Do you have any idea what keyword I can search for? I dont want a whole solution from you, just any keyword or smth.

[glasgood]

1 minute ago, erikmay said:

@glasgood Do you have any idea what keyword I can search for? I dont want a whole solution from you, just any keyword or smth.

 

 

Recreate your USB Installer, and use this ==> EFI ensure BIOS stetting are as per guide. I can confirm that EFI is good for install as I tested it a few days ago. When formatting disk for macOS use APFS.

[hackinbot]

15 hours ago, glasgood said:

 

I can confirm 3 display ports and HDMI working, I dont have DVI cable to test other port. ( Gigabyte RX 580 8GB )

 

The Sapphire cards have a 2 dp, 2 HDMI, 1 dvi layout. There's a few threads online with the same problem I'm experiencing - but different motherboards/chipsets. I'm hoping to find someone with the same motherboard and port layout to compare configs.  

[gino8080]

2 hours ago, glasgood said:

ensure BIOS stetting are as per guide.

I can confirm that using great @glasgood guide I successfully installed my PERFECT Mojave Machine!! 

 

Just be sure to follow BIOS SCREENSHOTS and compare with your settings , because only after following the screenshots and using a usb2 port I was able to complete the whole process.

 

I can't thanks enough @glasgood for his help! I did a perfect build in less than 2 days!!

 

THANK YOU!

[erikmay]

2 hours ago, glasgood said:

 

 

Recreate your USB Installer, and use this ==> EFI ensure BIOS stetting are as per guide. I can confirm that EFI is good for install as I tested it a few days ago. When formatting disk for macOS use APFS.

@glasgood @gino8080

Okay, I just tried again. Same issue as always.

 

What I just realized: Could the Wifi Card be the Problem? I havent installed mine yet (the same you are using) because its still shipping.

Probably the lack of the Wifi is the problem.

And also my i7 8700k is on its way.

 

I hope I can build a golden hackintosh too, when those components arrive.

 

[gino8080]

2 minutes ago, erikmay said:

Could the Wifi Card be the Problem?

 

I doubt could be the Wifi Card, because me neither had that card (just ordered should arrive tomorrow)

At the moment (and during the installation) I had a wifi pci  (not supported by mojave)

 

 

Anyway you should remove any device not needed during the first installation,

 

also be sure to use a digital video port , like HDMI

and just in case you can try using the intergrated GPU just for the installation

 

[glasgood]

@AudioGod

 

Updated guide to go with ERp enabled. Initially the thought of having to press power button twice to start computer was off putting. But my understanding now is:

 

1. Turn switch on at wall AC outlet, Initially the  Computer Power Button needs to be pressed twice to power on. First press of power button briefly powers up computer then it immediately turns off, then second press of power button boots computer up normal.
2. When shutting down computer and not disconnecting computer from AC mains outlet (not touching AC mains on /off button ) , thereafter consecutive cold boots will only require one press of the power button. 

So this i guess is normal,  ERp enabled when shutting down computer all led's go off including the network led on wifi card. In shutdown mode all led's off and there is a tiny amount power. Whereas, with ERp disabled computer shuts down led's turn off except the wifi card.

 

 

 

 

 

[larabee]

4 hours ago, AudioGod said:

 

Correct they have to be compliant by conforming to the power standards and thats why when its enabled a few settings in the bios grey out and auto enable to line up with the cec2019 standard. AMD Ryzen gen 2 onwards use it apparently.

 

@glasgood when you make your DSDT does it use your bios settings as part of the compile? If so then please please please could you do something for me and @larabee if its no hassle and as a test compile one more DSDT exactly the same as your original one but with ERP enabled in the bios and send it me and and @larabee to test?

 

I think DSDT is complied after booting, that means bios setting will affect it. It’s a good idea that we double check our bios settings again, 

At this moment, I’m very happy with my hack as I rarely put  it to sleep. It’s stable enough with the injection and the voltage is not that high. 

I disabled all of power saving features on my pc because that doesn’t play well with overclocking. With cec, I’ve seen some rare occasions of power throttle but it should not affect your performance that much. The only thing I see from it is the turboboost performance , turning it on means shorter and lower turboboost. 

 

[AudioGod]

@glasgood I tried to revert my EFI back to my old one and it will no longer boot using it. Doni need to clear anything out to make it work again?

I've tried two old versions of my own and your vega56 ssdt and all of them fail the second I try to start macos now.

As soon as I put the new one with the dsdt back it springs back to life. How strange

1 hour ago, glasgood said:

@AudioGod

 

Updated guide to go with ERp enabled. Initially the thought of having to press power button twice to start computer was off putting. But my understanding now is:

 

1. Turn switch on at wall AC outlet, Initially the  Computer Power Button needs to be pressed twice to power on. First press of power button briefly powers up computer then it immediately turns off, then second press of power button boots computer up normal.
2. When shutting down computer and not disconnecting computer from AC mains outlet (not touching AC mains on /off button ) , thereafter consecutive cold boots will only require one press of the power button. 

So this i guess is normal,  ERp enabled when shutting down computer all led's go off including the network led on wifi card. In shutdown mode all led's off and there is a tiny amount power. Whereas, with ERp disabled computer shuts down led's turn off except the wifi card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What happens when you try a cold boot after wake from sleep with erp enabled buddy?

That was the cause of the major freak outs I got.

 

I'm also wondering if redoing the dsdt with erp enabled would fix it all?

Edited August 4, 2019 by AudioGod

[tasc]

57 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

@glasgood I tried to revert my EFI back to my old one and it will no longer boot using it. Doni need to clear anything out to make it work again?

 

@AudioGod I had the same problem when I rolled back. I had to clear CMOS with jumper to get it back.

[glasgood]

1 hour ago, AudioGod said:

@glasgood I tried to revert my EFI back to my old one and it will no longer boot using it. Doni need to clear anything out to make it work again?

I've tried two old versions of my own and your vega56 ssdt and all of them fail the second I try to start macos now.

As soon as I put the new one with the dsdt back it springs back to life. How strange

 

What happens when you try a cold boot after wake from sleep with erp enabled buddy?

That was the cause of the major freak outs I got.

 

I'm also wondering if redoing the dsdt with erp enabled would fix it all?

 

Previously before using DSDT when my BIOS reset, I was unable to boot from my known good EFI. I reflashed the BIOS twice, using the two bios flash option. The longer flash option first and then the quick. I was then able to boot from my EFI. 

 

I think the cumulation of bios changes, alterations in bios firmware memory mapping over time is responsible for the BIOS reset and not solely the  DSDT, just down to luck that your BIOS reset with the DSDT EFI.  That's myself you and larabee with BIOS resets at different times using different memory drivers and EFI configs.  Cold boot from sleep resumes as normal. Extracting another DSDT and repatching won't make any difference, ERp and others settings in bios are stored as variables and not hard set in DSDT. 

 

Edited August 4, 2019 by glasgood

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, tasc said:

 

@AudioGod I had the same problem when I rolled back. I had to clear CMOS with jumper to get it back.

 

That makes total sense, Thanks buddy.

[AudioGod]

@tasc @glasgood @larabee

Pulling the battery from the board and disconnecting the power cable and leaving it for 5mins then putting it back together and reloading my bios settings has made a massive improvement. I wont say its sorted everything else just yet but its looking good. Give me a few hours of messing to be sure

 

Update - I've put my system to sleep and then woke it and shut it down and started it back up with pauses inbetween everything 10 times in a row and not once has it done anything wrong. It's now perfect again with all my normal settings and erp enabled. 

 

 

@glasgood It might be a good idea to advise and add the steps needed to clear the bios like I did in your guide so anybody that's used various EFI's before using your godlike EFI doesnt run into the same problems or panics.

 

Disconnect all power and remove the bios battery and leave for 5 or 10 mins to be sure and then put the battery back and load the settings from your guide and to also make sure they are using bios F10

Edited August 4, 2019 by AudioGod

[D3v1L]

4 hours ago, hackinbot said:

 

The Sapphire cards have a 2 dp, 2 HDMI, 1 dvi layout. There's a few threads online with the same problem I'm experiencing - but different motherboards/chipsets. I'm hoping to find someone with the same motherboard and port layout to compare configs.  

 

Definitely... I will try now.

I'm on Sapphire RX580 8gb Nitro+

BUT

on slot 1 I've flash sapphire special edition (blue version) and on slot 2, the limited ed. (Gray version) ...but...think this 2 bios, only modify clock...so...

Nitro+ work in all ports!!!

 

DP 1 work

DP 2 work

HDMI 1 work

HDMI 2 work

DVI-D work

 

All working GOOD

(from start pc to up and running osx Catalina) ...I think Mojave it's ok too

 

btw...

i will try cec2019... uhm...if I set it to enable...they shutdown all my beautiful rgb led ...so...no more fps  

So... "f" cec and go rgb ahahahahhahaha lol

btw...only one thing...sometimes, sleep don't work...sometimes yes...a big trouble for me 'cause I prefer sleep to shutdown... (maybe only my personal issue lol)

 

btw...all ok for now...with hw in signature.

 

 

18 hours ago, erikmay said:

I tried everything you said and followed your guide again: still no success. Everytime it just shows 3min left. 

Is the i5 9600k the problem? Is your tutorial only working for the i7 8700k?

 

I have attached the log of the Installer a second before the reboot as requested.

 

 

I've i5 9600K me too...and it work... 

(mine is oc to 4,9ghz...but I think is not important...)

 

Edited August 4, 2019 by ilcondannato

[tasc]

31 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

@tasc @glasgood @larabee

Pulling the battery from the board and disconnecting the power cable and leaving it for 5mins then putting it back together and reloading my bios settings has made a massive improvement. I wont say its sorted everything else just yet but its looking good. Give me a few hours of messing to be sure

 

Update - I've put my system to sleep and then woke it and shut it down and started it back up with pauses inbetween everything 10 times in a row and not once has it done anything wrong. It's now perfect again with all my normal settings and erp enabled. 

 

Good to hear @AudioGod, so does this mean you are back on the DSDT EFI again? If so, I may make another run at it. I haven't had erp enabled on my build, so not sure if that is playing into anything.

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, tasc said:

 

Good to hear @AudioGod, so does this mean you are back on the DSDT EFI again? If so, I may make another run at it. I haven't had erp enabled on my build, so not sure if that is playing into anything.

 

@tasc Yes buddy I'm using the new EFI with the dsdt and it's now working perfectly  im still messing with it but I'm past the point of doubting it's not rock solid again and it's been a good few days of frustration for me so I'm super happy now..yay lol

Make sure when you pull the battery that you are disconnected from all power and do leave the battery out for at least 5 mins as yesterday I tried the same thing but only waited a minute before putting the battery back and it didn't work so it wasn't long enough.

[tasc]

14 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

 

@tasc Yes buddy I'm using the new EFI with the dsdt and it's now working perfectly  im still messing with it but I'm past the point of doubting it's not rock solid again and it's been a good few days of frustration for me so I'm super happy now..yay lol

Make sure when you pull the battery that you are disconnected from all power and do leave the battery out for at least 5 mins as yesterday I tried the same thing but only waited a minute before putting the battery back and it didn't work so it wasn't long enough.

 

Nice, I'm gearing up for another try. What is the consensus on the BIOS power management at this point? Is below still correct? I've been running with Platform Power Management enabled, ErP disabled, RC6 disabled. Are you leaving Platform Power Mgmt enabled? 

 

• Power → Platform Power Management → Disabled ( Change to enabled after macOS is installed )

• Power → CEC 2019 Ready → Disabled 

• Power → ErP → Enabled  

• Power → RC6 (Render Standby) → Disabled

[AudioGod]

11 minutes ago, tasc said:

 

Nice, I'm gearing up for another try. What is the consensus on the BIOS power management at this point? Is below still correct? I've been running with Platform Power Management enabled, ErP disabled, RC6 disabled. Are you leaving Platform Power Mgmt enabled? 

 

• Power → Platform Power Management → Disabled ( Change to enabled after macOS is installed )

• Power → CEC 2019 Ready → Disabled 

• Power → ErP → Enabled  

• Power → RC6 (Render Standby) → Disabled

 

Looks good, I have platform power enabled myself