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

[AudioGod]

Just now, Ralle said:

Last time I checked I had big problems with Komplete 11 and with Ozone 9 also waves was a problem. Didn't install any vsts jet, because I just installed Catalina today. I will install them when I have vacation in January. Does Logic Pro X already work?

I’m using both buddy with logic x, Cubase and wavelab. Fully functional 

[Ralle]

Just now, AudioGod said:

I’m using both buddy with logic x, Cubase and wavelab. Fully functional 

Great news   I will install as soon as I have time. Have some work to do first... 

[AudioGod]

4 minutes ago, Ralle said:

Great news   I will install as soon as I have time. Have some work to do first... 

 

Here you go,

Ozone and Kontakt via Komplete in Logic. You can't get more conclusive then that 

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by AudioGod

[Ralle]

[Yayiin]

Sorry, I hope this is my last question xD

 

But I can't boot my Windows partition because doesn't appear in clover, neither in my boot options in my BIOS. It is weird because when I remove the MB battery, all the boot options appears, but then, disappear xD

 

I tried to add in config.plist > GUI > Custom Entries my windows ssd, but nothing changed.

 

Again... any solutions? :(

[AudioGod]

1 hour ago, microsoftFTW said:

Sorry, I hope this is my last question xD

 

But I can't boot my Windows partition because doesn't appear in clover, neither in my boot options in my BIOS. It is weird because when I remove the MB battery, all the boot options appears, but then, disappear xD

 

I tried to add in config.plist > GUI > Custom Entries my windows ssd, but nothing changed.

 

Again... any solutions?

did you boot windows as a non UEFI install?

you can find out by enabling CSM Support and if it reappears then that’s the problem and personally if that is the case then I would consider a fresh install of windows or converting it to a UEFI Partition.

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-convert-mbr-disk-gpt-move-bios-uefi-windows-10

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by AudioGod

[pkdesign]

Wow. Just wow.  I have been patiently waiting for a configuration that would allow me to continue using the iMac19,1 SMBios. Call me stubborn, but since the specs of my system are most closely matched to the that model, I wanted to use it. After all, that is why I bought the components I did.

 

Thank YOU @AudioGod for your latest release. It works (almost) perfectly for my set-up. It also has the benefit of finally allowing me to get rid of the OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi driver. Nothing, and I mean nothing, worked for me except that along with EmuVariableUefi.efi. So far my system is up and running well since I switched over on Saturday.

 

So far, the only thing that I see wrong is that the PCI device list shows my ADATA SX8200 Pro as a Samsung. This was showing up correctly with my older EFI:

 

I was overclocking my system before and will have to go back to OCing once I give this a chance to see how well it works. I also want to try to get sleep working with my Corsair h115i Pro.

 

Thank you again hackintosh community!

[WizeMan]

2 hours ago, AudioGod said:

...Infact I personally use 1,1 on my own system as I do not like having my igpu enabled at all but 19,1 is the correct smbios to b using.  

 Do you happen to have 1,1 EFI with OcQuirks  & FwRuntimeServices but for RX 580 setup? 

Edited December 29, 2019 by WizeMan

[AudioGod]

35 minutes ago, WizeMan said:

 Do you happen to have 1,1 EFI with OcQuirks? 

Just change the smbios in the clover config buddy and put new details. No other changes other then disable igpu in bios. 
 

 

35 minutes ago, pkdesign said:

Wow. Just wow.  I have been patiently waiting for a configuration that would allow me to continue using the iMac19,1 SMBios. Call me stubborn, but since the specs of my system are most closely matched to the that model, I wanted to use it. After all, that is why I bought the components I did.

 

Thank YOU @AudioGod for your latest release. It works (almost) perfectly for my set-up. It also has the benefit of finally allowing me to get rid of the OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi driver. Nothing, and I mean nothing, worked for me except that along with EmuVariableUefi.efi. So far my system is up and running well since I switched over on Saturday.

 

So far, the only thing that I see wrong is that the PCI device list shows my ADATA SX8200 Pro as a Samsung. This was showing up correctly with my older EFI:

 

I was overclocking my system before and will have to go back to OCing once I give this a chance to see how well it works. I also want to try to get sleep working with my Corsair h115i Pro.

 

Thank you again hackintosh community!

You need not worry about the pci device name being wrong as it’s purely aesthetic and has no effect or bearing on the system. 
just enjoy buddy 

 

best thing to do with the h115i is disconnect the usb connection from the motherboard as it does nothing what so ever in macOS and even in windows it’s only used to monitor stats and control it via icue

Edited December 29, 2019 by AudioGod

[WizeMan]

10 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Just change the smbios in the clover config buddy and put new details. No other changes other then disable igpu in bios. 

Awesome. Will do. But I have a question though, not to doubt you of course but I’m just trying to learn along:

 

Since the headless setup on the iMac19,1 EFI is based on the DSDT, won’t that be a conflict when I change the SMBIOS and turn off the IGPU? Nothing needs to be changed on the DSDT?

 

Again, I understand your time is valuable and not for answering probably stupid questions, but hey, this brotha is trying to learn :))

Edited December 29, 2019 by WizeMan

[AudioGod]

13 minutes ago, WizeMan said:

Awesome. Will do. But I have a question though, not to doubt you of course but I’m just trying to learn along:

 

Since the headless setup on the iMac19,1 EFI is based on the DSDT, won’t that be a conflict when I change the SMBIOS and turn off the IGPU? Nothing needs to be changed on the DSDT?

 

Again, I understand your time is valuable and not for answering probably stupid questions, but hey, this brotha is trying to learn :))

no it will not use it as it’s disabled in the bios.

its how I have always used my dsdt personally (1,1 with igpu disabled) and the dsdt is created from my build. The dsdt just gives the correct tables and device names etc etc but its not written in stone otherwise if it was then only people with my exact setup could use my EFIs 

Edited December 29, 2019 by AudioGod

[Bpars]

Wish I'd found this thread sooner - thanks for the amazing and ongoing effort, AudioGod!

 

I have a Z390 Aorus Ultra - not Pro like you - plus a 9900k and RX560. What would I need to do differently to use your build guide and EFI files with my Mobo? Different DSDT file specific to my Mobo? 

 

I had used a different guide and everything mostly works except for shutdown/reboot/sleep just freeze/crash the system with a kernel panic, which worries me that other things might be wrong, so I'm thinking to re-do the whole install with your guide.

Edited December 29, 2019 by Bpars

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, Bpars said:

Wish I'd found this thread sooner - thanks for the amazing and ongoing effort, AudioGod!

 

I have a Z390 Aorus Ultra - not Pro like you - plus a 9900k and RX560. What would I need to do differently to use your build guide and EFI files with my Mobo? Different DSDT file specific to my Mobo? 

 

I used a different guide and everything kinda works except for shutdown/reboot/sleep just freeze/crash with a kernel panic, so I'm thinking to re-do the whole install with your guide once I know what to change for my Aorus Ultra Mobo.

Thank you buddy,

the Z390 Ultra isn’t a million miles apart from the pro but it does have differences so really the best thing you can do is ask MaLD0n to create you a DSDT specially for your board. 
just follow the link below and put in a request with him and he will get back to you when he can.

 

 

To Create Your Own Patched DSDT Message @MaLd0n using the link bellow

https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1131 

(If you want a perfect setup then getting your own patched DSDT made would be the best thing to do, Mine will work perfectly fine but different hardware no matter how small a change it is can tend to have some sort of effect on the DSDT and your setup)

[tasc]

22 hours ago, AudioGod said:

 

also smbios 1,1 does work perfectly fine as well as 19,1. Infact I personally use 1,1 on my own system as I do not like having my igpu enabled at all but 19,1 is the correct smbios to b using.  

 

Here are some interesting notes on iMacPro1,1 vs iMac19,1. The one thing that caught my attention was around power management and CPU frequency scaling (doesn't seem to be natively supported on iMacPro for coffee lake):

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/dwbncg/sidecar_and_smbios_imac191_vs_imacpro11/

 

[AudioGod]

8 minutes ago, tasc said:

 

Here are some interesting notes on iMacPro1,1 vs iMac19,1. The one thing that caught my attention was around power management and CPU frequency scaling (doesn't seem to be natively supported on iMacPro for coffee lake):

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/dwbncg/sidecar_and_smbios_imac191_vs_imacpro11/

 

That’s true to a degree about that scaling but it’s only the lower end and not upper so really who cares?

honestly it doesn’t effect power draw bud.
it also a reason why when asked I always say 19,1 is the correct smbios to use.

Edited December 30, 2019 by AudioGod

[Yayiin]

22 hours ago, AudioGod said:

did you boot windows as a non UEFI install?

you can find out by enabling CSM Support and if it reappears then that’s the problem and personally if that is the case then I would consider a fresh install of windows or converting it to a UEFI Partition.

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-convert-mbr-disk-gpt-move-bios-uefi-windows-10

 

 

Definitely, I dont really have luck xD

 

I format old windows drive to make a new Windows installation.. I try with multiple image (.iso) of windows 10. All of them say "A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard Disk driver...." I don't have more options to try xD

 

I did a usb boot from Catalina, using UNetbootin way and terminal way. Booting this usb with clover and without clover (f12)

 

What thing I am missing?

[AudioGod]

Just now, microsoftFTW said:

 

Definitely, I dont really have luck xD

 

I format old windows drive to make a new Windows installation.. I try with multiple image (.iso) of windows 10. All of them say "A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard Disk driver...." I don't have more options to try xD

 

I did a usb boot from Catalina, using UNetbootin way and terminal way. Booting this usb with clover and without clover (f12)

 

What thing I am missing?

To reboot windows disconnect the macOS ssd from the system while your installing windows.

do it with CSM mode disabled.

that should work for you.

let me know

[AudioGod]

@microsoftFTW Make sure you delete all the partitions on your windows drive and start from a black disk so it can create a UEFI partition correctly.

[Yayiin]

No luck... 

I will still trying things

 

 

Thanks! 

[pkdesign]

Quick question. I see you mentioned "I have the Efi set up for full native USB with no port limits at all with the pro."

 

Does this mean I do not need to use the custom USBPorts.kext I created? I have the Wifi version of the board so not exact. And I assume you always need the port limit patches?

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, pkdesign said:

Quick question. I see you mentioned "I have the Efi set up for full native USB with no port limits at all with the pro."

 

Does this mean I do not need to use the custom USBPorts.kext I created? I have the Wifi version of the board so not exact. And I assume you always need the port limit patches?

No don’t add a usb kext. It’s not needed or any other kext or Efi. Only what I have already in there is all your going to need.

the ssdt and dsdt are what give you native usb support. The WiFi USB port used on your board is already disabled via the dsdt, plus you can disable it in bios F11

Edited December 30, 2019 by AudioGod

[Tiem]

I have the wifi model as well. The USB port ordering will be off using this guide. Also, for some strange reason I can’t get Logi’s G HUB to see my mouse so something is def off with the USB assignments in the Pro’s DSDT.

 

Everything will work but that wifi card on the board does mess things up.

 

Ideally I’d love to get a proper DSDT for the wifi model. Alternatively I’ve debated pulling the wifi card but not sure that will make any difference when it comes to port number and order.

 

The files included in this guide will work for the wifi model but there will be irregularities, so just FYI.

[AudioGod]

26 minutes ago, Tiem said:

I have the wifi model as well. The USB port ordering will be off using this guide. Also, for some strange reason I can’t get Logi’s G HUB to see my mouse so something is def off with the USB assignments in the Pro’s DSDT.

 

Everything will work but that wifi card on the board does mess things up.

 

Ideally I’d love to get a proper DSDT for the wifi model. Alternatively I’ve debated pulling the wifi card but not sure that will make any difference when it comes to port number and order.

 

The files included in this guide will work for the wifi model but there will be irregularities, so just FYI.

That’s incorrect buddy, USB port ordering is the same and USB port HS14 is reserved for WiFi on the board and that’s it. HS14 on the none WiFi pro is not used. That’s the only difference in the port ordering (none at all) 

We have checked out the dsdt for the WiFi model and there’s no difference. It’s disabled as standard on my current dsdt and you can also disable it in the bios now and that’s that buddy. 
 

I doubt it’s the usb ssdt that off and more likely the hub not playing nicely with your hack or MacOS. I’ve got 2 usb hubs coming off my hack. 1 via 2.0 and 1 via usb c and I encountered 2 hubs that wouldn’t play nicely for the usb c one and got lucky on my third attempt. 
 

a few people have resolved there usb hub issues by dropping the ram speed down to 2133 (turn off XMP) and it tends to resolve it. My way was to find one that just worked...lol

Edited December 30, 2019 by AudioGod

[Tiem]

Yeah I did disable wifi in the bios because why not. Don’t need it at all.

 

All my research has shown pretty much what you’ve also discovered, that the Pro and Pro wifi are pretty identical. I mean Gigabyte doesn’t actually have a manual for the Pro. They only provide the model with wifi.

 

But Hackintool shows that the port ordering is off. If you look at Glasgood’s guide he posted the physical mapping of the ports. Most of my devices when plugged in don’t match.

 

I don’t have any USB hubs attached and I actually removed the connectors from the board for the ports on my case. I only plug in using the I/O plate on the MB. I was actually considering only mapping those and removing everything else as I don’t need them to make it as close to a real Mac as possible. Gotta learn DSDT stuff tho

 

I’ve also been meaning to ask, the patches applied in Clover like SKL+ fix (is that for nvram memory allocation or something else?) and HDAS to HDEF I have most of those disabled. I think I only left one. System boots and runs just fine. Are they there for older versions of macOS (I’m on the latest Cat beta)

[AudioGod]

6 minutes ago, Tiem said:

Yeah I did disable wifi in the bios because why not. Don’t need it at all.

 

All my research has shown pretty much what you’ve also discovered, that the Pro and Pro wifi are pretty identical. I mean Gigabyte doesn’t actually have a manual for the Pro. They only provide the model with wifi.

 

But Hackintool shows that the port ordering is off. If you look at Glasgood’s guide he posted the physical mapping of the ports. Most of my devices when plugged in don’t match.

 

I don’t have any USB hubs attached and I actually removed the connectors from the board for the ports on my case. I only plug in using the I/O plate on the MB. I was actually considering only mapping those and removing everything else as I don’t need them to make it as close to a real Mac as possible. Gotta learn DSDT stuff tho

 

I’ve also been meaning to ask, the patches applied in Clover like SKL+ fix (is that for nvram memory allocation or something else?) and HDAS to HDEF I have most of those disabled. I think I only left one. System boots and runs just fine. Are they there for older versions of macOS (I’m on the latest Cat beta)

That’s because the way the ports work on my dsdt and ssdt makes the, all work in any way and Hackintool will show madness but on the flip side go into the logs and your see that it’s all perfect.

if you want a deeper explanation on the usb patching then ask MaLD0n as he created it.  
 

the way my EFI is created is perfect as is and any changes other then adding your info is wrong and incorrect but totally up to you. If you used my EFI in vanilla form you would see that everything works as it should do. I get it though as I like to tinker too but your reading way too into it to the point that your making big mistakes buddy but again it’s your hack and up to you, 

Edited December 30, 2019 by AudioGod