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

[dredhorse]

Tried the latest version of opencore, added my mac to the config.plist like document and I still have 3 issues in MacOS (Windows10 still fine):

 

1) Secure Boot doesnt' work

2) USB doesn't work

3) Second Monitor on the GPU doesn't work.

 

1) can be worked around by disabling the secure boot

2) with the quirks and probably my own usb config this might work, just wonder why it doesn't work out of the box

3) Also weird

 

Could it be because of me going from 1.1 to 19.1 on an Aorus Master and now switched to a Aorus Pro?

[panosru]

Is anyone here using apps that require SIP to be disabled? (for example AdGuard, Navicat and a few others?)

 

I wonder if there is a way in OpenCore to set SIP in such way that it won't disabled SIP completely so that the apps could work but also the systems update could also as it is kind of pain in the ass to enable SIP, reboot, run software update, then reboot, then disable sip and then reboot again...

 

In OpenCore website they state "Enabling CSR_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_ROOT and CSR_ALLOW_APPLE_INTERNAL are common options that can break OS updates for users", but I can't find a way to get a hex with all SIP flags disabled except the above, jus to try it and see if it works.

 

Thanks!

 

UPDATE:

 

It seems that setting csr-active-config from FF0F0000 to EF0F0000 worked just fine, so far my apps that require SIP disabled are working and Apple updates are also working.

 

Btw, SIP is a core OS mechanism that secures your OS and prevents malicious software; thus it is not recommended to disable it, proceed with caution and only when necessary.

 

UPDATE2:

 

Updated to 11.3.1 without any issue, thanks @AudioGod for the great EFI!

 

Edited May 8, 2021 by panosru
Solved.

[cabal2000]

Anyone else having USB power issues? But it's only happening to the front USB's of my Corsair Carbide Series 100R. 

12K Bios, 750 watt PS, GTX580 4 gig Gpu, 

 

[deeveedee]

@cabal2000 USB ports may have different current limits.  The message is not necessarily an error.  Check the power specs on your USB ports.  For example, my rig has a "high current" Type-A Gen-1 USB port intended for charging devices (designated by a lightning bolt printed below the port) that is rated at 1.5A.  My Type-C port is a USB 3.1 Gen-2 port that is rated at 3A.  Depending on the USB device's required charging current (e.g. some iPads have higher charging current requirements), if I plug the USB device into my Type-A port, I get the USB warning.  If I plug the device into the Type-C port (with a USB adapter), I don't get the warning.

[cabal2000]

1 hour ago, tonyx86 said:

@cabal2000 USB ports may have different current limits.  The message is not necessarily an error.  Check the power specs on your USB ports.  For example, my rig has a "high current" Type-A Gen-1 USB port intended for charging devices (designated by a lightning bolt printed below the port) that is rated at 1.5A.  My Type-C port is a USB 3.1 Gen-2 port that is rated at 3A.  Depending on the USB device's required charging current (e.g. some iPads have higher charging current requirements), if I plug the USB device into my Type-A port, I get the USB warning.  If I plug the device into the Type-C port (with a USB adapter), I don't get the warning.

 

Thanks for the reply. I am doing nothing special, plugging in normal usb2 and/or usb3 stick and I get the error. Should I maybe disable the red usb 3.1 ports?? Don't have any devices that would take advantage of it.

 

[deeveedee]

@cabal2000 If you're getting the message with a USB stick (which draws very little current), then the problem you describe is different from what I experienced and from what I described.  In your case, search for the message.  You'll find others who have experienced this problem (after not experiencing it before) and solved it by unplugging the PC for 5 minutes and then plugging it back in.  Sorry I don't have a confirmed solution for you.

[texem]

btw: with BigSur 11.3.1 some people are having issues with (some) USB ports.

Recreation of USBMap.kext can help. There is a nice python tool on GIT-Hub.

 

   

[cabal2000]

3 hours ago, texem said:

btw: with BigSur 11.3.1 some people are having issues with (some) USB ports.

Recreation of USBMap.kext can help. There is a nice python tool on GIT-Hub.

 

   

That's pretty much what happened to me. Was working until BigSur. It's been like it for awhile but now its really getting on my nerves. So I figured I start playing with it to figure out. Do you know of a good thread where they fixed it. I've been looking but there is just way to much info out there!!!

 

[panosru]

@texem thanks a ton! I also had an issue with my Cam Link 4k not being recognised for some reason when I directly connect it to any of my USB3 ports, but it worked through my USB3 hub... go figure... by plugging my devices to the places where I need them to be and rebuilding the USBMap.kext, worked like a charm!

 

This is my usb ports output from hackintool, I think everything seems to be ok

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by panosru

[cabal2000]

8 minutes ago, cabal2000 said:

That's pretty much what happened to me. Was working until BigSur. It's been like it for awhile but now its really getting on my nerves. So I figured I start playing with it to figure out. Do you know of a good thread where they fixed it. I've been looking but there is just way to much info out there!!!

 

This screen shot is telling me 2 very different things. It has a mind of its own 

[panosru]

@cabal2000 same is happening for me as well (I updated my previous post), but everything seems to be working fine.

 

UPDATE:

 

Also keep in mind that the devices USB 3 hubs that are plugged in USB3 are registered two times because a USB3 port is working both as a USB3 and as a USB2 port; thus you may see the same device USB 3 hub connected in USB3 and USB2 (like I have for example with 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub and 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub, it is the same device but is listed two times because of the above mentioned mechanism. 

 

Now, about what I just said, I'm almost confident that this is the case, but if someone with in-depth knowledge about it can verify it, then I would be sure about it  (just tested)

Edited May 9, 2021 by panosru
corrections

[cabal2000]

1 hour ago, panosru said:

@cabal2000 same is happening for me as well (I updated my previous post), but everything seems to be working fine.

 

UPDATE:

 

Also keep in mind that the devices plugged in USB3 are registered two times because a USB3 port is working both as a USB3 and as a USB2 port; thus you may see the same device connected in USB3 and USB2 (like I have for example with 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub and 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub, it is the same device but is listed two times because of the above mentioned mechanism. 

 

Now, about what I just said, I'm almost confident that this is the case, but if someone with in-depth knowledge about it can verify it, then I would be sure about it

 

I am really questioning my PS. Its a older 750w unit. New one on order. 

I have having issues with the front usb ports on the case. I just tried another from another case I had kicking around but still the same thing. It's the USB3 header on the board. 

Front ports are not working in Bios either. 

Edited May 9, 2021 by cabal2000

[deeveedee]

3 hours ago, panosru said:

Also keep in mind that the devices plugged in USB3 are registered two times because a USB3 port is working both as a USB3 and as a USB2 port; thus you may see the same device connected in USB3 and USB2 (like I have for example with 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub and 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub, it is the same device but is listed two times because of the above mentioned mechanism. 

Are you saying that when you plug a single USB device into a single USB port, that you see that single device appear on two logical ports?  That's a new one for me.  I've never seen a single USB device appear simultaneously on a logical USB2 and a logical USB3 port.  It's common for a single physical USB port to have multiple logical ports (e.g. a single physical USB port can be associated with one USB2 logical port and one USB3 logical port), but I've never seen a single USB device appear simultaneously on two different logical ports.  That is interresting.

[panosru]

@tonyx86 as I said, I'm almost certain that this is the case but I'm not 100% sure; thus, someone with higher expertise on the matter could clarify that, maybe I'm wrong.

 

I can see in my devices though that my USB hub(s) connected to a USB 3 port(s) is shown both as a USB 2.0 and 3.0 device.

 

Also, for what I'm 99% sure is that USB 3.0/1/2 ports count as two ports, one for 3.0/1/2 and one for 2.0, in contrast with USB 2.0 which counts as one.

[deeveedee]

3 minutes ago, panosru said:

Also, for what I'm 99% sure is that USB 3.0/1/2 ports count as two ports, one for 3.0/1/2 and one for 2.0, in contrast with USB 2.0 which counts as one.

Yes - you are correct.  Each logical USB2 and logical USB3 port counts as one of the 15.  Note that you can choose to "ignore" one of the logical ports to reduce your overall port count.  If you have a single USB 3 port, but you know you're only using the port for a USB2 keyboard, you can delete the logical USB3 port from your port map to make room for another logical port while remaining within your 15-port limit.

Edited May 9, 2021 by tonyx86

[panosru]

Those are both two USB 3 devices connected in USB 3 ports, they are listed both as USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, what confuses me though is why the connected devices are populated under USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0, I'll have to plug a USB 3.0 flash disk and do a speed test to make sure they work as USB 3 and not as USB 2.

 

[deeveedee]

Ah - I haven't played with hubs connected to ports.  If I understand your diagram, you've inserted a single hub into a single port and the hub appears as both a USB2 hub and a USB3 hub.  That does make sense.  I don't have a hub to test.

Edited May 9, 2021 by tonyx86

[panosru]

@tonyx86 that is correct indeed.

 

Ah I just realised that in my USB 3 hub I have also connected some USB 2 devices, they appear as USB 2 devices, which is normal. My USB 3 flash disk, when I connect it to my USB 3 Hub, it appears as a USB 3 device and I just checked the speeds with Blackmagic disk speed test and it most certainly works as a USB 3

 

 

[panosru]

Strange, it seems my two front USB ports are not working neither in 3.0 nor in 2.0 mode.

 

The front USB ports should be SS/HS 09/10, but I see that on HS09 in my case is populated with my USB 2 hub which is connected to one of HS13 ports.

 

UPDATE:

 

I couldn't figure out how to enable SS10 in the python script, I ended up generating a USBPorts kext from Hacking tool, then edit the info.plist from the contents of USBMap.kext that @AudioGod had provided me a while ago, I removed SS06 as I don't need it, and I added SS10 and now one of my two front USB ports acts as a USB 3 as well. I'm attaching my kext here just in case.

USBMap.kext.zip

Edited May 10, 2021 by panosru

[pkdesign]

Color me confused.  If you are using an AORUS Pro or Pro WiFi motherboard (if you are posting in this board you should be) @AudioGod has provided a perfectly working USBMap kext.

[Pieroman]

10 hours ago, pkdesign said:

a perfectly working USBMap kext

Of course it's working and @AudioGod has done a great job, but given the port limit some choices have been made. Depending on the chosen case there are a lot of front panel configurations that can't be covered by a single map (mine has a working USB3 port and a USB-C port that isn't active with the provided map for example).

[texem]

just try this kext .. front panel ports are all working here on a "Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C"

 

It's just a re-created ( 1,1 ) kext using the python tool . i reverted the port names ( HSxx and SSxx) to the old ones after kext gen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USBMap.kext.zip

[xtddd]

18 hours ago, texem said:

just try this kext .. front panel ports are all working here on a "Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C"

 

It's just a re-created ( 1,1 ) kext using the python tool . i reverted the port names ( HSxx and SSxx) to the old ones after kext gen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USBMap.kext.zip 2.39 kB · 7 downloads

this kext is for z390 aorus pro?

[AudioGod]

5 hours ago, xtddd said:

this kext is for z390 aorus pro?

He wouldn’t of posted on the Z390 Pro thread if it wasn’t brother….

[dredhorse]

On 5/14/2021 at 11:14 AM, eSaF said:

@pkdesign and @Pieroman - I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination but I think that the latest batch of BS updates has slightly altered how some USB ports are powered and as our Hacks come in many different configs even if the chipset is similar, we are finding a difference in previous good working USB map. Some members has found a temporary working solution by removing USB port limit. My situation consists of a once good working Wake/Sleep operation is now flaky, sometimes it works other times it wakes instantly but until a more permanent solution is found, I can't be arsed to {censored} around with it again .

@texem - Where have you been Bro, I missed the fire in the Forum  but hopefully now it's back! 

I agree, at the moment I'm struggling with getting to work USB at all, running the quirk atm and need to look into creating my own USB kext, I just wonder why.