AudioGod's Aorus Z390 Pro Patched DSDT Mini Guide and Discussion

[WizeMan]

5 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

 

Catalina Update 10.15.2

 

 

Hey everybody, Update away...Its totally fine to do so with no changes needed. 

Awesome news! Thanks for the update.

 

any status changes regarding DRM ?(Netflix on Safari, Apple TV+ etc?)

[AudioGod]

Just now, WizeMan said:

Awesome news! Thanks for the update.

 

any status changes regarding DRM ?(Netflix on Safari, Apple TV+ etc?)

good question, I use 1,1 and both work for me and always have, I’ve not had a chance to flip over to 19,1 to try that out yet but what I can tell you is my gigabyte 5700 XT is working a lot better now so I might at long last keep in there and drop the Vega56. 
 

[texem]

just updated successful . Still crashing with RX580 on Netflix.  (WEG 1.3.5 )

 

[Tiem]

10 hours ago, AudioGod said:

good question, I use 1,1 and both work for me and always have, I’ve not had a chance to flip over to 19,1 to try that out yet but what I can tell you is my gigabyte 5700 XT is working a lot better now so I might at long last keep in there and drop the Vega56. 
 

Are you seeing any resolution shifts between the Clover boot screen and the macOS login windows? Clover renders properly (4K) but when macOS loads the login, it renders in something like 800x600. Desktop scales, but abruptly to native 4K.

 

I have the same card (Sapphire tho) and cannot for the life of me figure out why it's occurring. Figured it might be because I have it set up as a 1,1 and I should enable the iGPU and use 19,1.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Tiem

[AudioGod]

2 hours ago, Tiem said:

Are you seeing any resolution shifts between the Clover boot screen and the macOS login windows? Clover renders properly (4K) but when macOS loads the login, it renders in something like 800x600. Desktop scales, but abruptly to native 4K.

 

I have the same card (Sapphire tho) and cannot for the life of me figure out why it's occurring. Figured it might be because I have it set up as a 1,1 and I should enable the iGPU and use 19,1.

I strictly only use 1,1 on my own build and have zero interest of having my igpu enabled. (I hate it)

With the 5700xt my resolution from my clover bootloader all the way up to full boot up is on 1440p on my dell and stays at 1440p and never moves. However I had a Samsung 28” 4K before the dell and I got all of the problems your describing plus add to that my clover bootloader was stuck at the 800x600 and this was while using my Vega56. It was so bad and annoying that I ended up switching to the dell and I haven’t looked back since.

Edited December 11, 2019 by AudioGod

[Blesh]

After updating to Catalina 10.15.2 my GPU got warming up, even it is not really in use. Also the fan speeds al little bit up.

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, Blesh said:

After updating to Catalina 10.15.2 my GPU got warming up, even it is not really in use. Also the fan speeds al little bit up.

sorry buddy I don’t understand, explain with more detail please?

[Blesh]

Just now, AudioGod said:

sorry buddy I don’t understand, explain with more detail please?

sorry about my english.

Today I updated to the latest macOS (10.15.2) and I don't know why, but this update solves the sleep problem on my computer. So everything works now. But I noticed that the fan of my GPU is spinning a little more up in idle. By touching on the backside where the hot air comes out of the GPU I feelt that GPU got much warmer, than it was before the update. 
My GPU is Radeon RX5700 XT

 

What could cause that problem?

[AudioGod]

31 minutes ago, Blesh said:

sorry about my english.

Today I updated to the latest macOS (10.15.2) and I don't know why, but this update solves the sleep problem on my computer. So everything works now. But I noticed that the fan of my GPU is spinning a little more up in idle. By touching on the backside where the hot air comes out of the GPU I feelt that GPU got much warmer, than it was before the update. 
My GPU is Radeon RX5700 XT

 

What could cause that problem?

update whatevergreen and Lilu kexts and see if that corrects it as I just checked my 5700xt and it’s not doing what yours is. 

[Blesh]

17 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

update whatevergreen and Lilu kexts and see if that corrects it as I just checked my 5700xt and it’s not doing what yours is. 

kext was already updated before

[WizeMan]

On 11/21/2019 at 5:34 PM, AudioGod said:

your thinking is spot on buddy so crack on and enjoy  

 

 

@WizeMan do this too

 

@larabee Has kindly made this bios profile for you all to use that will unlock CFG on your motherboard making it play alot more friendly with the NVRam.

It also has all the bios settings listed on this guide pre done and saved onto the profile.

 

MSR Unlocked

 

1 - Download the profile and save it to a USB Key

2 - Go into the bios,

3 - Load the profile, 

4 - Save and exit

5 - Go straight back into the bios and save your bios to a new profile and name it Default CFG Unlocked or something like that.

6 - Reset your Motherboard by removing the power cable and then remove the battery from the motherboard for a minute or two to clear out the bios fully.

7 - Go back into your bios and load back in the saved profile you made,

8 - Boot back into Catalina go into your clover config and under Kernal and Kext Patches Uncheck KernalPM 

9 - Save the changes and then restart and your done, your motherboard will now be CFG (MSR) Unlocked

 

    PLEASE NOTE - If you reset the bios or load bios defaults it will clear the Unlock making CFG Locked again. 

 

Hi! Just finished the process (I had to wait for a i9 replacement as the one came was defective). I have not done the unlock MSR yet as I saw when I load the profile that it enables my internal graphics.

 

I must tell the system works awesome with the iMacPro SMBIOS. One thing I notice is the system hang when I try to play a video in Netflix. Have I done something wrong or this is how it is now?

 

Also, is it right that HEVC is disabled and the graphics card is not shown on Video Proc ?

Edited December 11, 2019 by WizeMan

[AudioGod]

1 hour ago, WizeMan said:

 

Hi! Just finished the process (I had to wait for a i9 replacement as the one came was defective). I have not done the unlock MSR yet as I saw when I load the profile that it enables my internal graphics.

 

I must tell the system works awesome with the iMacPro SMBIOS. One thing I notice is the system hang when I try to play a video in Netflix. Have I done something wrong or this is how it is now?

 

Also, is it right that HEVC is disabled and the graphics card is not shown on Video Proc ?

Netflix via safari is broken at the moment and works with some Gpus and not others.

for now just use a different browser for Netflix until it’s fixed and keep your WEG and Lilu kexts up to date.

 

concerning the bios profile, load it back in and just disable the igpu before you save it and save and exist and done. 
 

In VideoProc They should both be green, this means your gpu hardware acceleration is not correct my friend.

Update too 10.15.2 as well 

Edited December 11, 2019 by AudioGod

[WizeMan]

54 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Netflix via safari is broken at the moment and works with some Gpus and not others.

for now just use a different browser for Netflix until it’s fixed and keep your WEG and Lilu kexts up to date.

 

concerning the bios profile, load it back in and just disable the igpu before you save it and save and exist and done. 
 

In VideoProc They should both be green, this means your gpu hardware acceleration is not correct my friend.

Update too 10.15.2 as well 

 

Thanks. Updated to 10.15.2, Lilu 1.4 WEG 1.3.5 but same. Initially it is green on videoproc but when I hit reload it turns red.

 

I haven't changed anything particular. BIOS settings right as you have on the first post.

 

I do not know if it matters but I have a game "Dead Light" which on quite high settings seems to be performing fine.

 

i9-9900K

Sapphire RX 580 Pulse

 

Edited December 11, 2019 by WizeMan

[AudioGod]

1 hour ago, WizeMan said:

 

Thanks. Updated to 10.15.2, Lilu 1.4 WEG 1.3.5 but same. Initially it is green on videoproc but when I hit reload it turns red.

 

I haven't changed anything particular. BIOS settings right as you have on the first post.

 

I do not know if it matters but I have a game "Dead Light" which on quite high settings seems to be performing fine.

 

i9-9900K

Sapphire RX 580 Pulse

 

sounds like a glitch to me,

check by trying Apple TV or geekbench gpu test and if it scores right your fine.

[WizeMan]

3 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

sounds like a glitch to me,

check by trying Apple TV or geekbench gpu test and if it scores right your fine.

 

Apple TV works (watching Apple TV+ show at least).

 

Geekbench Compute works and outputs this score:

[AudioGod]

2 minutes ago, WizeMan said:

 

Apple TV works (watching Apple TV+ show at least).

 

Geekbench Compute works and outputs this score:

Your absolutely golden by the look of it buddy. 

Edited December 11, 2019 by AudioGod

[WizeMan]

Just now, AudioGod said:

Your absolutely golden by the look of it to me buddy. 

 

Thank you! Now we play the waiting game for other DRM content :'(

 

By the way an observation I made is that using the iMac19,1 EFI gives higher CPU benchmark score on Geekbench. The iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS is way more stable so I am using that one, but just wrote that FYI.

[AudioGod]

Just now, WizeMan said:

 

Thank you! Now we play the waiting game for other DRM content :'(

 

By the way an observation I made is that using the iMac19,1 EFI gives higher CPU benchmark score on Geekbench. The iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS is way more stable so I am using that one, but just wrote that FYI.

If your using a rx590 or lower then yes having igpu enabled under 19,1 will score higher.

thats usually not the case though when using a vega 56 or higher. 

[WizeMan]

1 minute ago, AudioGod said:

If your using a rx590 or lower then yes having igpu enabled under 19,1 will score higher.

thats usually not the case though when using a vega 56 or higher. 

 

is Netflix etc working fine with you on Vega 56 with the iMac19,1 SMBIOS ?

[AudioGod]

Just now, WizeMan said:

 

is Netflix etc working fine with you on Vega 56 with the iMac19,1 SMBIOS ?

for me using my vega56 or 5700xt under 1,1 I have zero drm issues and never have.

however under 19,1 it’s broken but I can make it work again by using the boot argument shikigva=80

 

here’s a chart for all the correct boot arguments but unfortunately this does not include Polaris GPUs

https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/blob/master/Manual/FAQ.Chart.md

 

[WizeMan]

BTW I tried entering Netflix via Chrome and the system hanged, like it does when using Safari

[tasc]

5 hours ago, WizeMan said:

Also, is it right that HEVC is disabled and the graphics card is not shown on Video Proc ?

 

 

I just checked my HEVC, and it is unavailable as well. I'm pretty sure this was working at some point before on my same config, so not sure if 15.2 update changed it or not. Some people were able to fix this using an HevcEnabler.kext, but it didn't work for me.

 

@hungrywallet is your HEVC working over there on 19,1?

[WizeMan]

21 minutes ago, tasc said:

 

I just checked my HEVC, and it is unavailable as well. I'm pretty sure this was working at some point before on my same config, so not sure if 15.2 update changed it or not. Some people were able to fix this using an HevcEnabler.kext, but it didn't work for me.

 

@hungrywallet is your HEVC working over there on 19,1?

 

It was the same for me on 10.15.1, @tasc. HEVC unchecked (RED)

[texem]

it's simple and frustrating  :  10.15.2 Apple removed the HEVC support from AMD Polaris drivers.  Navi and Vega are still working .

[WizeMan]

PS Running MacX Video Converter and pressing the (i) button does not show anything. Just a bleeping sound, no window opens.