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

[AudioGod]

Just now, Neblogas said:

yeah, i just need to make a custom entry.

 

Thank you for your work!

[pkdesign]

3 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

probably because and it’s just a guess but one is a copy of the other.

i would stick to 1.0.2 if I was you. Don’t be fooled by a number being higher.

It’s a if it ain’t broken don’t fix it sort of deal.

I'd normally agree but the 2.5.0 version is directly from the developer page: https://github.com/Mieze/IntelMausiEthernet

 

But I do see on acidenthera github that 1.0.2 Merged changes from 2.5.0d14

Edited January 6, 2020 by pkdesign

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, pkdesign said:

I'd normally agree but the 2.5.0 version is directly from the developer page: https://github.com/Mieze/IntelMausiEthernet

I didn’t know it was from the same dev but my point is still exactly the same.

we will have to agree to disagree on this one pal.

[AudioGod]

@pkdesign I got it...I was half right.

IntelMausiEthernet.kext Is the original kext and IntelMausi.kext is a fork of it done by vit9696 (WEG, Lilu, oc) and more of a match for the kexts already used. 

I hope that clears it up for you now. 
 

https://github.com/acidanthera/IntelMausi

[pkdesign]

1 minute ago, AudioGod said:

@pkdesign I got it...I was half right.

IntelMausiEthernet.kext Is the original kext and IntelMausi.kext is a fork of it done by vit9696 (WEG, Lilu, oc) and more of a match for the kexts already used. 

I hope that clears it up for you now. 
 

https://github.com/acidanthera/IntelMausi

That is what I figured out as well. So I guess i will use 1.0.2 to be more in line with other kexts from that group.

[gabe.p]

@AudioGod yo where did the opencore variant go? was working great for me but Xcode fudged up my config.plist and need to redownload it

[AudioGod]

2 minutes ago, gabe.p said:

@AudioGod yo where did the opencore variant go? was working great for me but Xcode fudged up my config.plist and need to redownload it

It got pulled while we make changes to it and attempt to get a stable 19,1 version.

it will return soon, sorry about that.

[canstoptherokk]

On 1/5/2020 at 1:36 AM, Tiem said:

You can’t change hardware using old nvram variables. Even changing settings in the BIOS can cause problems with your install.

 

You also didn’t set up tour BIOS properly by the sounds of it. I would make a TM backup and use Migration Assistant to copy all your stuff over after doing a fresh install.

 

First reset your board. Pull the battery and unplug it from the AC. Wait a minute. Reboot and set up your BIOS as recommended. Note that if your IGPU is disabled and you enable it. You will have to save and reboot and go back into the BIOS to see settings like DVMT Total GFX0-Allocated. Also you have a wifi variant of the board. While they are nearly identical they still have different firmwares.

 

Then reinstall macOS. Grab the latest EFI for the Navi card and add a serial number, a uuid and your RT variables. That’s it.

 

Its honestly way faster than trying to hunt down any mistakes you’ve made.
 

PS: you always want to match your hardware as close to a real Mac as possible. Using 19,1 enables Sidecar. You will not get that working using the GPU in MacPro1,1.

Hi, and thanks again for getting back to me.

 

Well, this is my audio machine, and i would really like to avoid having to do a complete new install of MacOs, otherwise i'd have to install a shipload of audio plugins and libraries and a _LOT_ of other stuff.

To be honest, i'd even then rather stay at my rx 590 Nitro+ if that means i don't have to do a fresh install. (found out that the 5700 xt driver still has a lot of problems in windows, so its causing me grief over there, too).

 

Now i've put back in my RX 590 and even with that it doesn't work with the newest efi posted. it still just shows a blank, but active screen after boot.

 

i can't load the Bios profile that's on the first page of this thread, as my bios then says 'wrong model name', i'm assuming it's because of my 'Pro Wifi' board.

I was hoping that the efi would now work with my old card, as i still have trouble with getting my Steinberg UR44C Audio interface to work, now that i did all these changes. even with my old EFI it's now not even showing up as 'Steinberg' in the IORegistryExplorer XHC section as it did before.
(usb handoff is set to enabled in the bios)

 

Is there a updated list of all the changes that are supposed to be in the F11 Bios Config? maybe i missed something and can go over it once more.

 

[Sharkus]

4 hours ago, AudioGod said:

best thing you can do with the aio is disconnect it from the internal usb connection. 
macOS doesn’t use it and nor does the aio unless your in windows and running the software.

when I was using a h100i that exactly what I did. The patch isn’t great.

 

you can use hackintool to verify that your MSR unlocked but I can also tell you right now that you are unlocked because you wouldn’t be able to boot into macOS with kernelPM unchecked if you wasn’t. 

 

as for amazon prime, you just got to find the right shiki value for your card but I see you use a 5700 so it should be 80 in that case.

 

if you like I can take a look at your EFI for you if it differers from mine or you have made major changes to it?

 

Sorry yes 0x5C1 is the same as the Z390 Pro and Z390 Master boards.  

Only thing changed in EFI is adding the serial numbers and UUID in the config.plist, adding the aio patch, and turning off kernelPM. I’m running with the headless igpu.

 

I tried watching a previously purchased ITunes video in the AppleTV app and that worked fine, so it looks like at least one form of DRM is working.
 

I reset all safari settings to rule out something there but no good. I’m not too hosed if it is not working since this is a dual boot machine, but the completist in my wants everything to work. 

[Sharkus]

14 hours ago, AudioGod said:

you know what, that’s the exact opposite to my results using the same gpu...lolol

That now just shows me it’s the 5700xt and the rubbish OSX drivers.

im betting them results will sway if you keep doing them. 
I think that solves it but a few more 5700xt user results would be the icing on the cake. 
 

 

BTW, when I run the Geekbench Compute tests (Metal or OpenCL) the Intel Power Gadget does not show any GFX activity (i.e. GFX clock stays at 0), so everything is happening on the 5700.  On the other hand, when using Compressor to encode a video, the Intel GFX clock bumps up to 1.2 GHz.

 

512 MB Reserved Memory:

 

64 MB Reserved:

 

Any idea why Geekbench is detecting my Model as iMac19,1?   "About This Mac" says: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019).

 

Also, notice the "Maximum Frequency" is only 875 MHz.  It should be close to 2000.

 

Finally, here's the BIOS settings for the Aorus Z390 Elite model with the CFG Lock disabled in case anyone needs it.   MSR Unlocked

Edited January 6, 2020 by Sharkus
Adding benchmark results, adding "MSR Unlocked" for Elite

[AudioGod]

8 hours ago, canstoptherokk said:

Hi, and thanks again for getting back to me.

 

Well, this is my audio machine, and i would really like to avoid having to do a complete new install of MacOs, otherwise i'd have to install a shipload of audio plugins and libraries and a _LOT_ of other stuff.

To be honest, i'd even then rather stay at my rx 590 Nitro+ if that means i don't have to do a fresh install. (found out that the 5700 xt driver still has a lot of problems in windows, so its causing me grief over there, too).

 

Now i've put back in my RX 590 and even with that it doesn't work with the newest efi posted. it still just shows a blank, but active screen after boot.

 

i can't load the Bios profile that's on the first page of this thread, as my bios then says 'wrong model name', i'm assuming it's because of my 'Pro Wifi' board.

I was hoping that the efi would now work with my old card, as i still have trouble with getting my Steinberg UR44C Audio interface to work, now that i did all these changes. even with my old EFI it's now not even showing up as 'Steinberg' in the IORegistryExplorer XHC section as it did before.
(usb handoff is set to enabled in the bios)

 

Is there a updated list of all the changes that are supposed to be in the F11 Bios Config? maybe i missed something and can go over it once more.

 

send me a copy of the EFI in your system so I can see what’s going on for you mate?

 

6 hours ago, Sharkus said:

Only thing changed in EFI is adding the serial numbers and UUID in the config.plist, adding the aio patch, and turning off kernelPM. I’m running with the headless igpu.

 

I tried watching a previously purchased ITunes video in the AppleTV app and that worked fine, so it looks like at least one form of DRM is working.
 

I reset all safari settings to rule out something there but no good. I’m not too hosed if it is not working since this is a dual boot machine, but the completist in my wants everything to work. 

again you need to try different shiki values until you find the correct one.

there are universal DRM problems at the moment caused by Catalina and this is affecting real Mac users too. We call it DRMGATE here and there’s not a lot you can do about it at the moment tbh but also most people bar anybody using a Polaris gpu can get it too work. It’s not your fault or my fault or the EFIs fault  but it’s something that Apple and or WEG need to fix.

 

Use this chart to find the correct value.

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

 

I hope that clears it up for you buddy.

 

 

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[AudioGod]

 @Sharkus the igpu being dormant is correct, it will become active when using quick sync to aid with encoding etc etc so that correct.

About your frequency’s being off, my DSDTs are not designed for your board so like I told you right at the beginning the power tables are probably going to be wrong plus more,

really you should use the link on the main guide and put in a dsdt request with MaLD0n for your system and get a dsdt done right for your build.

geekbench should show the same info as about my Mac if it doesn't then check your info and make sure it’s all correct but also and not so likely it could be down to the mismatched DSDT too.
 

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)

 

 

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[benjiolino]

Hi everybody,

I'm running 19,1 iMac SMBIOS with iGPU enabled and I realised that Premiere Pro seams to be slower then before. At least I had the feeling when I did do Prores LT Proxies. Then I measured the time to export a 4k clip from my Sony A7R2 to 1280x720p prores LT and got following results:

 

iGPU active: 3 min 16 sec

Igpu disabled: 1 min 36 sec

 

That's almost 3 times faster with iGPU disabled. Did anyone of you try this? Or is it me? I would appreciate if somebody y could try this. I just ran the test with media encoder and iMac 19,1 and switch off/on igpu in Bios.

That would totally speak against using iGPU at all. Btw. the I9 9900k original iMac doesn't have an IGPU.

 

Best

Ben

[AudioGod]

11 minutes ago, benjiolino said:

Hi everybody,

I'm running 19,1 iMac SMBIOS with iGPU enabled and I realised that Premiere Pro seams to be slower then before. At least I had the feeling when I did do Prores LT Proxies. Then I measured the time to export a 4k clip from my Sony A7R2 to 1280x720p prores LT and got following results:

 

iGPU active: 3 min 16 sec

Igpu disabled: 1 min 36 sec

 

That's almost 3 times faster with iGPU disabled. Did anyone of you try this? Or is it me? I would appreciate if somebody y could try this. I just ran the test with media encoder and iMac 19,1 and switch off/on igpu in Bios.

That would totally speak against using iGPU at all. Btw. the I9 9900k original iMac doesn't have an IGPU.

 

Best

Ben

Sorry mate that’s incorrect the iMac 19,1 (9900k imac) does use a igpu headless and a amd gpu.

your results are better without an igpu because you have a Radeon VII so really it should go without saying that it will work better unaided.

the whole reason I’m using 19,1 with igpu enabled is because it’s how a real Mac is and how the setup is meant to be.

what you personally need to do is stick to smbios macpro 1,1 with igpu disabled.

this will work better for you and your setup.

when igpu is active it will use the igpu for quick sync, encoding etc etc and the amd gpu for everything else.

this is exactly how Apple intended it to be on a iMac 19,1.

i hope that clears things up for you.  

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[benjiolino]

4 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Sorry mate that’s incorrect the iMac 19,1 does use a igpu headless and a amd gpu.

your results are better without an igpu because you have a Radeon VII so really it should go without saying that it will work better unaided.

the whole reason I’m using 19,1 with igpu enabled is because it’s how a real Mac is and how the setup is meant to be.

what you personally need to do is stick to smbios macpro 1,1 with igpu disabled.

this will work better for you and your setup.

i hope that clears things up for you.

That's not true. The iMAC 9900k uses the i9-9900KF which doesn't have an Igpu. As far as I know they are using it because it runs cooler.

 

https://www.macobserver.com/analysis/intel-cpus-in-apples-2019-imacs-chart/

 

Linus also mentions it at min 3:30

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jvTm9Bj9rc

 

I get your point. So you mean the Igpu gets somehow in the way of the Radeon VII and slows down the whole process?

That's really strange. But I think you are right. I saw less usage from CPU and GPU with Igpu turned on.

Well I guess I just keep it off.

 

 

[AudioGod]

19 minutes ago, benjiolino said:

That's not true. The iMAC 9900k uses the i9-9900KF which doesn't have an Igpu. As far as I know they are using it because it runs cooler.

 

https://www.macobserver.com/analysis/intel-cpus-in-apples-2019-imacs-chart/

 

Linus also mentions it at min 3:30

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jvTm9Bj9rc

 

I get your point. So you mean the Igpu gets somehow in the way of the Radeon VII and slows down the whole process?

That's really strange. But I think you are right. I saw less usage from CPU and GPU with Igpu turned on.

Well I guess I just keep it off.

 

 

Mate your wrong about the iMac 19,1...look it up properly.

why do you think Sidecar works on 19,1?

I’m not gonna argue with you about it though but your welcome to speak to anybody on this website and they will tell you exactly the same thing that I have.

 

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i9-3.6-27-inch-aluminum-retina-5k-early-2019-specs.html

 

don’t just keep the igpu off switch smbios to macpro 1,1

 

Here you go, the proof is in the pudding right so here’s a real geekbench of a iMac 

 

is that a 9900k or 9900kf ?  
 

Linus isn’t always right you know buddy. 

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[benjiolino]

2 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Mate your wrong about the iMac 19,1...look it up properly.

why do you think Sidecar works on 19,1?

I’m not gonna argue with you about it though but your welcome to speak to anybody on this website and they will tell you exactly the same thing that I have.

 

Oh wow I'm sorry you are right. I just researched and you can find a lot of websites the claim it has the 9900KF but you find more that claim 9900k. I guess that's fake news then and Linus is wrong. Pahh. Thanks for your help.

 

[AudioGod]

Just now, benjiolino said:

Oh wow I'm sorry you are right. I just researched and you can find a lot of websites the claim it has the 9900KF but you find more that claim 9900k. I guess that's fake news then and Linus is wrong. Pahh. Thanks for your help.

 

I did a geekbench on a real iMac just to show you. 
no worries mate 

[Musician66]

I used the original EFI from thread 1 and had several problems with NVRAM problems couldn't allocate runtime area.
Today I used the latest EFI update 03/01/2020. 19.1 Aurus Z390 Pro RX Polaris EFI. It seems to run fine and rebooted during tests with sleep and chrome.

 

But sleep is not working and if it tries to sleep apparently the graphics card makes a repeating noise that is hard to hear.

Using iMac 19.1 profile.

 

How to get sleep working?

My setup:

Auros Z390 Pro (F11)

I7-9700K
Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX580
Samsung 970 EVO

All bios setting as advised.

10.15.2

Edited January 9, 2020 by Musician66
Solved Sleep problem by removing firewire card.

[fart pants]

Does anybody have any idea why Logitech GHUB is not fully detecting peripherals? My mouse model is showing but its "not connected", very strange.

[AudioGod]

23 minutes ago, fart pants said:

Does anybody have any idea why Logitech GHUB is not fully detecting peripherals? My mouse model is showing but its "not connected", very strange.

It’s a problem people have with a real Mac using that hub too and it’s always the mouse that’s the problem. Just put it on a it’s own usb Input and not via the hub.

 

30 minutes ago, Musician66 said:

I used the original EFI from thread 1 and had several problems with NVRAM problems couldn't allocate runtime area.
Today I used the latest EFI update 03/01/2020. 19.1 Aurus Z390 Pro RX Polaris EFI. It seems to run fine and rebooted during tests with sleep and chrome.

 

But sleep is not working and if it tries to sleep apparently the graphics card makes a repeating noise that is hard to hear.

Using iMac 19.1 profile.

 

How to get sleep working?

My setup:

Auros Z390 Pro (F11)

I7-9700K
Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX580
Samsung 970 EVO

All bios setting as advised.

10.15.2

are you using any sort of AIO in your build?

if so what one?

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[fart pants]

Done some more GPU testing with GeekBench 5

 

System setup is no Whatevergreen.kext with InjectIntel, non headless mode ie gpu 1 is intel 630 and gpu 2 is the Vega 56...

 

 

 

with this setup I'm able to test the intel 630 separately but alas freezes using the Metal bench test. OpenCL is fine.

 

with this setup Booting is faster, Final Cut Pro is more responsive and does not drop frames with HEVC very high bit videos (tested with HEVC 4K 1.5Gb 400mbps jelly fish vid) but look below...

 

System now Headless with Whatevergreen...

 

 

I kept on running the tests and this is the average score.

 

 

Now with this setup I Black screen at login and have to reconnect my thunderbolt 3 monitor, but as you can see bench marks are better in headless mode but Final cut takes a hit with HEVC. I will test some more...

[AudioGod]

7 minutes ago, fart pants said:

Done some more GPU testing with GeekBench 5

 

System setup is no Whatevergreen.kext with InjectIntel, non headless mode ie gpu 1 is intel 630 and gpu 2 is the Vega 56...

 

 

 

with this setup I'm able to test the intel 630 separately but alas freezes using the Metal bench test. OpenCL is fine.

 

with this setup Booting is faster, Final Cut Pro is more responsive and does not drop frames with HEVC very high bit videos (tested with HEVC 4K 1.5Gb 400mbps jelly fish vid) but look below...

 

System now Headless with Whatevergreen...

 

 

I kept on running the tests and this is the average score.

 

 

Now with this setup I Black screen at login and have to reconnect my thunderbolt 3 monitor, but as you can see bench marks are better in headless mode but Final cut takes a hit with HEVC. I will test some more...

there’s no need to tell us your results bro as we know all of this already and like I told you from the beginning having your igpu enabled fully and not in headless mode was wrong.

your gonna take a hit in performance when you do anything that kicks in the igpu as your vega will do it better on it’s own,

One  option for you would be to use smbios 1,1 with the igpu disabled so that way your vega would be fully in charge, only downside of 1,1 is your lose Sidecar but I don’t think that’s the biggest deal personally.

lastly geekbench is one bugged out program to use and take a baseline score from as the score moves around way to much to take seriously. 
I hope that all helps pal.  
on a side note, using Catalina without WEG works for sure with the vega or navi Gpus but you lose displayport output and performance in certain scenarios like playing Rocket League take a huge hit in things like the 1% lows. 

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[fart pants]

38 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

It’s a problem people have with a real Mac using that hub too and it’s always the mouse that’s the problem. Just put it on a it’s own usb Input and not via the hub.

 

Tried that bud but no joy... all ports on back io.

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, fart pants said:

 

Tried that bud but no joy... all ports on back io.

Sorry Bro I mean don’t plug the mouse into the hub and plug it into its own input in the back of your hack. Or do you mean your mouse won’t work no matter where you plug it into hub or no hub?

Edited January 6, 2020 by AudioGod