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

rob1980 · July 24, 2020

47 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Oh wow, sounds like it would be silly of me to not use 1,1... I also don't use sidecar.

Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this project!!!

It’s a lot more stable and mean a lot more stable, drm works with no shiki value, the igpu is disabled in the bios freeing up a massive load of space in the nvram so you get no boot failures on start up. All gpus bar the lower end Polaris preform better.

Only real downside to 1,1 is Sidecar does not work but I personally don’t use Sidecar anyway so it’s no biggie to me on that front.

AudioGod · July 24, 2020

34 minutes ago, Tiem said:

From my experience and based mostly on testing in FCPX, I have found performance to be the following: MP7,1 > iMP1,1 > iM19,1.

7,1 is the fastest and cleanest, especially when it comes to scrubbing. 1,1 is close but stutters more scrubbing. Both generate the same speed on export using x264. But both do not support Sidecar. 19,1 does but is the slowest of the bunch. And I mean noticeably slower. I run a skeleton system (don't even have SATA enabled) so YMMV. These are my own tests results. If you have a Polaris GPU you may not see this. All these tests were done using the equipment in my sig.

All true but 7,1 like 19,1 doesn’t scale the cpu properly where as 1,1 does. Also minimum lows is the worst Of the 3 under 7,1 but the only people that would effect is that tiny group of users that like to game on macOS.

Basically all 3 smbios have pros and cons and it’s down to the base user what one he prefers for there scenario. All good choices at the end of the day.

Tiem · July 25, 2020

1 hour ago, AudioGod said:

All true but 7,1 like 19,1 doesn’t scale the cpu properly where as 1,1 does.

Interesting. What can I use to test this?

Edit: Oop nm, Intel Power Gadget.

Edit 2: Preliminary, but nothing jumps out as abnormal.

Edited July 25, 2020 by Tiem

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

8 hours ago, Tiem said:

Interesting. What can I use to test this?

Edit: Oop nm, Intel Power Gadget.

Edit 2: Preliminary, but nothing jumps out as abnormal.

You can see it on your min frequency. It should be going down to 800mhz not 1.9ghz. Il update this post in abit with my cpu frequency from 1,1. I’m surprised your not seeing that when it’s jumping out on that graph (Missing states)

Dam your cpu is toasty with 37c ave on idol

Ignore my Max Freq as I'm overclocked. Compare your states using Hackintool and your see how many are missing compared to what your meant to have.

You can fix it for yourself by using CPU Friend my Friend (I'm not using anything like that though, that's just straight up from using 1,1)

It's not the biggest of deals tbh but correct is correct no?

Edited July 25, 2020 by AudioGod

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

16 minutes ago, eSaF said:

@AudioGod and @Tiem - Here is the examples from my cheapo i5 CPU. I thought I'd come to the party uninvited

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What smbios is that brother? 1,1?

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

1 hour ago, eSaF said:

This is it B - I changed it cause I couldn't get ATV+ and my movies to play only on iMac 1.1 pro

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I was asking cos your cpu is fully scaling with all the p states showing correctly.

thats the whole point of what we are debating. I’m on 1,1 aswell now as I’m sick of 19,1.... :hysterical:

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

5 minutes ago, eSaF said:

Actually I totally agree with you especially in my case, to my limited knowledge the speed stepping is spot on, when I had it as 19.1 it was all over the place and hardly idling so for me it was definitely a good change, but I am sure initially you advised me to change it but I stuck with it because I carried on using details from when I had the GA-Z87X-OC FORCE with an i7 CPU so the moral of the story is - I should listen to you more in future.

CPU Friend can fix it for 19,1 and 7,1 but tbh it’s not the biggest of deals. No more energy is used and not dropping right down or missing some of the states is not really a problem.

Edited July 25, 2020 by AudioGod

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

2 minutes ago, eSaF said:

Yea I hear you B but I tend to think right or wrong if the numbers are all over the place in Stepping, it aint working as should.

a lot of people when overclocking disable most the p and c states anyway that’s why I don’t consider it a biggie at all. OCD is OCD I guess lol

Seeing that you have a 9400F 19,1 was never the correct smbios for you to be using anyway. No igpu no 19,1

Edited July 25, 2020 by AudioGod

Tiem · July 25, 2020

5 hours ago, AudioGod said:

You can see it on your min frequency. It should be going down to 800mhz not 1.9ghz. Il update this post in abit with my cpu frequency from 1,1. I’m surprised your not seeing that when it’s jumping out on that graph (Missing states)

Dam your cpu is toasty with 37c ave on idol

Ignore my Max Freq as I'm overclocked. Compare your states using Hackintool and your see how many are missing compared to what your meant to have.

You can fix it for yourself by using CPU Friend my Friend (I'm not using anything like that though, that's just straight up from using 1,1)

It's not the biggest of deals tbh but correct is correct no?

No I’m missing a lot.

I’d prefer not to use CPUfriend. Even the guide says SMBIOS is the optimal way to fix it and I want to stay on 7,1.

I do want a perfect system, but tbh, for a desktop I don’t care that much. It would be nice to find out why 7,1 can’t assign the right states. Same goes for 19,1 given that the iMac actually has an i9 in it (the rest are all Xeons).

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

6 minutes ago, Tiem said:

No I’m missing a lot.

I’d prefer not to use CPUfriend. Even the guide says SMBIOS is the optimal way to fix it and I want to stay on 7,1.

I do want a perfect system, but tbh, for a desktop I don’t care that much. It would be nice to find out why 7,1 can’t assign the right states. Same goes for 19,1 given that the iMac actually has an i9 in it (the rest are all Xeons).

It’s CPU Friend or live with it buddy, that’s it if you want to stick on 7,1 I’m afraid.

as for why, MaLD0n says it’s a bug in the programming with a 8th and 9th gen CPU.

Edited July 25, 2020 by AudioGod

Tiem · July 25, 2020

I was definitely happier not knowing about this.

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

6 minutes ago, Tiem said:

I was definitely happier not knowing about this.

Sorry Bro. I really did not mean to rain on your parade, I just thought you would prefer to know then not. Apologies from me.

Tiem · July 25, 2020

Nah it's all good. I would rather know the truth than bury my head in the sand <3 Maybe I'll give 1,1 a try again. Would be nice to dump that memorykextdisabler too. 7,1 just runs soooo good. But nobody really uses it so it's hard to make improvements to it given my lack of knowledge with all this stuff.

Here are my current states for posterity:

CPU Ratio Info:
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Base Clock Frequency (BLCK)............. : 100 MHz
Maximum Efficiency Ratio/Frequency...... :  8 ( 800 MHz)
Maximum non-Turbo Ratio/Frequency....... : 36 (3600 MHz)
Maximum Turbo Ratio/Frequency........... : 49 (4900 MHz)
P-State ratio * 100 = Frequency in MHz
------------------------------------------
CPU P-States [ (20) 31 46 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 1 2 4 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 4 7 ]
CPU P-States [ (20) 25 31 46 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 4 6 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 4 6 7 ]
CPU P-States [ (20) 25 28 31 46 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 4 5 6 ]
CPU P-States [ (20) 25 28 31 46 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ]
CPU P-States [ (8) 20 25 28 31 46 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 20 25 28 31 (35) 46 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 20 25 28 (30) 31 35 46 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 20 25 28 30 31 35 46 (47) ]
CPU P-States [ 8 20 25 28 30 31 35 46 47 (48) ]

I picked up a real Broadcom and just waiting on my PCI adapter. So I do have other things to tinker with :thumbsup_anim: I can't wait to kick that stupid Fenvi to the curb. Biggest POS that "just works"

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

@Tiem @eSaF I don’t think I need to tell either of you how I feel about the Fenvi cards. I think most people on here know how much I can not stand that card :hysterical:

Be warned The 2CS can be a little troublesome with Catalina and sleep and you might have to use BrcmPatchRAM to resolve it.

The CS2 with the dual antenna is the most trouble free one of the bunch.

AudioGod · July 25, 2020

8 minutes ago, eSaF said:

Yes B - we all know.

I reckon I could make a better card Then any fenvi using clothes hangers, foil and some gaffa tape (McGuyver Style) :hysterical:

Edited July 25, 2020 by AudioGod

Tiem · July 25, 2020

2 hours ago, AudioGod said:

@Tiem @eSaF I don’t think I need to tell either of you how I feel about the Fenvi cards. I think most people on here know how much I can not stand that card

Be warned The 2CS can be a little troublesome with Catalina and sleep and you might have to use BrcmPatchRAM to resolve it.

The CS2 with the dual antenna is the most trouble free one of the bunch.

I couldn't find one of those, but the card cost $12, so even if I can't make it work, I'm not out much. *fingers crossed*

On the USB, I just re-mapped my ports and notice Hackintool sets a different provider class and adds a new entry IOPCIPrimaryMatch.

This is my current set up:

And this is the updated kext from Hackintool:

Do you happen to know why the change in provider class? Everything is working perfectly now. Also for the 7,1, I thought powersupply was supposed to be 5100, but Hackintool sets it to 4700.

Edited July 25, 2020 by Tiem

pkdesign · July 26, 2020

Well, I don't know what I'm looking at now! I don’t have nearly the same number of P States:

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CPU Ratio Info:
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Base Clock Frequency (BLCK)............. : 100 MHz
Maximum Efficiency Ratio/Frequency...... : 8 ( 800 MHz)
Maximum non-Turbo Ratio/Frequency....... : 36 (3600 MHz)
Maximum Turbo Ratio/Frequency........... : 50 (5000 MHz)

IGPU Info:
------------------------------------------
IGPU Current Frequency.................. : 0 MHz
IGPU Minimum Frequency.................. : 350 MHz
IGPU Maximum Non-Turbo Frequency........ : 350 MHz
IGPU Maximum Turbo Frequency............ : 1200 MHz
IGPU Maximum limit...................... : No Limit

P-State ratio * 100 = Frequency in MHz
------------------------------------------
CPU P-States [ (24) 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 4 5 6 7 13 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 1 2 5 8 11 12 ]
CPU P-States [ (24) 34 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 4 5 6 7 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 1 2 5 8 11 12 15 ]
CPU P-States [ (24) 33 34 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 4 5 6 7 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 1 2 5 8 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ (24) 33 34 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 5 8 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ 24 33 34 35 38 (50) ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ (13) 24 33 34 35 38 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

AudioGod · July 26, 2020

28 minutes ago, pkdesign said:

Well, I don't know what I'm looking at now! I don’t have nearly the same number of P States:

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CPU Ratio Info:
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Base Clock Frequency (BLCK)............. : 100 MHz
Maximum Efficiency Ratio/Frequency...... : 8 ( 800 MHz)
Maximum non-Turbo Ratio/Frequency....... : 36 (3600 MHz)
Maximum Turbo Ratio/Frequency........... : 50 (5000 MHz)

IGPU Info:
------------------------------------------
IGPU Current Frequency.................. : 0 MHz
IGPU Minimum Frequency.................. : 350 MHz
IGPU Maximum Non-Turbo Frequency........ : 350 MHz
IGPU Maximum Turbo Frequency............ : 1200 MHz
IGPU Maximum limit...................... : No Limit

P-State ratio * 100 = Frequency in MHz
------------------------------------------
CPU P-States [ (24) 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 4 5 6 7 13 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 1 2 5 8 11 12 ]
CPU P-States [ (24) 34 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 4 5 6 7 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 1 2 5 8 11 12 15 ]
CPU P-States [ (24) 33 34 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 4 5 6 7 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 1 2 5 8 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ (24) 33 34 35 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 5 8 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ 24 33 34 35 38 (50) ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ (13) 24 33 34 35 38 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

Read though my comments on the last page as I fully explained it already pal.

Edited July 26, 2020 by AudioGod

pkdesign · July 27, 2020

Okay got it.

Tried CPU Friend but it didn’t seem to do much. Oh well.

CPU Ratio Info:
------------------------------------------
Base Clock Frequency (BLCK)............. : 100 MHz
Maximum Efficiency Ratio/Frequency...... :  8 ( 800 MHz)
Maximum non-Turbo Ratio/Frequency....... : 36 (3600 MHz)
Maximum Turbo Ratio/Frequency........... : 50 (5000 MHz)

IGPU Info:
------------------------------------------
IGPU Current Frequency.................. :    0 MHz
IGPU Minimum Frequency.................. :  350 MHz
IGPU Maximum Non-Turbo Frequency........ :  350 MHz
IGPU Maximum Turbo Frequency............ : 1200 MHz
IGPU Maximum limit...................... : No Limit

P-State ratio * 100 = Frequency in MHz
------------------------------------------
CPU P-States [ (34) 46 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 2 3 5 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 3 5 8 9 ]
CPU P-States [ (8) 34 46 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 11 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 15 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 (24) 34 46 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 9 10 11 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 (13) 24 34 46 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 14 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 13 14 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 (13) 24 34 45 46 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 ]
CPU C6-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU C3-Cores [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]
CPU P-States [ 8 13 24 (34) 45 46 50 ] iGPU P-States [ ]

rob1980 · July 27, 2020

On 7/26/2020 at 9:37 AM, AudioGod said:

@Tiem @eSaF I don’t think I need to tell either of you how I feel about the Fenvi cards. I think most people on here know how much I can not stand that card

Be warned The 2CS can be a little troublesome with Catalina and sleep and you might have to use BrcmPatchRAM to resolve it.

The CS2 with the dual antenna is the most trouble free one of the bunch.

I've noticed that my Fenvi T919 is not as reliable as I'd hoped (bluetooth is ok...) I get a better/ more constant signal from my old iPhone 7.

Would the following be a better replacement?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dual-Band-BCM94360CS2-PCI-E-867Mbps-802-11AC-BT4-0-Wifi-PCI-Express-Adapter-Card/282961128646?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item41e1cc2cc6:g:1S8AAOSwvwRcOcFe&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACYBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%2Fn%2BzU5L90Z278x5ickk7PdDazAlGltMLJlUhrWsDwD5WGBlzxviqJ7kMy57rx%2FIMlI%2BfuD5H1x9in%2FF8HMkfSfUCSyyn3ketH9kemopqcpM%2BA27PiHlma8w7VYNN45R3OJ4IjEA%2Brl1LB4s5Ks9p9EzmiXwIN9gxg9f3aRcwKJPmdjvLnbfE8aLuqImIVCdqcqbWEh6HHaQYEVfjSglV2mhrCp%2BdaDieM9p6Gcp3Xzq%2Bdq7AmTt%2FxS5GgAIREC83Wk0oeg2dyrgWjz0wabRnwwzlGkrctHaNpf2%2FW9S8hV7%2FPYU7XkeYV6e7JzzaP%2FPihLtWFIT4MkZgvp0GJ%2BY0KPzjCIqibZHv5K91uVJvaHqCpGDYcMopxhUgmtRJygvUIW%2FAvaZUW9g%2FFRlYGDBlG%2BszyOHnAcOvN%2FjX5U%2FzMdWHUbpetLz9Rk56EytafJ%2BgGjS2xJYP0Hku1%2FtD9ks4a8byeW4YZHRqYf6ySKx8m2%2FZw4Amm9oFmvDU8j4F4KIfX4fiCVwM2PphJKc26nS2Je0E0LJlRKelGzNvQUro3JtZV6BTlwtywnolHsuR%2FZPrLeLCcb6xKmAYXHg8IWsljunQ9UyVajFmGpI1%2Fumn7X4lXwgo02cQgy0AqYWTdw1bl2Hn%2FzVKtWUa3pqDJTsrJxxva2g8UJqFGvfndrq7USuO8DD0Gs5EYTuB0vSEALBJEm4852lAv9jchcfz9HHV%2FhoOU2HU2TdAef04Z3WeygcLG0fxDj3liY%2BA9DeD1GPd6M8hAZ2wX8%2BA72IumHj|cksum%3A28296112864668a09d34207e42af8a307ecae40f204f|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524

Tiem · July 27, 2020

2 hours ago, rob1980 said:

I've noticed that my Fenvi T919 is not as reliable as I'd hoped (bluetooth is ok...) I get a better/ more constant signal from my old iPhone 7.

Would the following be a better replacement? {snip}

That's some URI.

No. Worse. I don't believe it's got a 100% genuine BCRM anymore than anyone selling 100% genuine PS2 memory cards. Grab the card and pull off the plate. I'd be shocked if it was legit. Moreover, that card is slow as molasses, nearly 10 years old now (from 2012 Macs).

Get yourself a real Broadcom from a real Mac. Then source a decent PCIe adapter. Stay away from already built units.

rob1980 · July 27, 2020

26 minutes ago, Tiem said:

That's some URI.

No. Worse. I don't believe it's got a 100% genuine BCRM anymore than anyone selling 100% genuine PS2 memory cards. Grab the card and pull off the plate. I'd be shocked if it was legit. Moreover, that card is slow as molasses, nearly 10 years old now (from 2012 Macs).

Get yourself a real Broadcom from a real Mac. Then source a decent PCIe adapter. Stay away from already built units.

OH my, sorry about the link, I hadn't noticed how ridiculous it was lol

Ok, So I'm looking for the latest version I can get from a mac then a PCIe adapter.. do I need an adapter with USB for the Bluetooth like the Fenvi?

Thanks for the help, its much appreciated.

AudioGod · July 27, 2020

@rob1980 this is a fantastic combo card ready togo out of the box if you can find one.

ABWB 802.11AC WI-FI With Bluetooth 4.0 PCI-Express (PCI-E) BCM94360CS2 Combo Card For Hackintosh (MAC OS X) Airport Computers, Supports Hands-off

They are getting harder and harder to come by though.

AudioGod · July 27, 2020

28 minutes ago, eSaF said:

Yea B They are like rocking horse poo at the moment

Ali Exoress is your best bet for one just watch out for the snide ones.

Edited July 27, 2020 by AudioGod

MorenoAv · July 27, 2020

I have one, in my Fenvi T-919 box... ...

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