AudioGod's Aorus Z390 Master Patched DSDT EFI for Catalina Mini Guide and Discussion

[AudioGod]

5 minutes ago, kirkfletcher said:

Yeah I slipped haha, have edited now. Sorry :-(

 

 

Ok so boot into windows and then uninstall the Realtek drivers and restart back into windows and then let windows install its own default drivers for the internal card and your problems should be solved.

 

The Z390 Master has a separate DAC and macOS has no idea what it is but doesn't see it on a cold boot but if moving from windows to macOS the DAC stays enabled because of windows and stops sound working in macOS.

Removing the Realtek drivers stops the DAC from working altogether and it should solve the problem for you. 

 

Make sure you fully shutdown before booting into macOS again after the drivers have been changed.

Edited July 22, 2020 by AudioGod

[kirkfletcher]

5 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

 

Ok so boot into windows and then uninstall the Realtek drivers and restart back into windows and then let windows install its own default drivers for the internal card and your problems should be solved.

 

The Z390 Master has a separate DAC and macOS has no idea what it is but doesn't see it on a cold boot but if moving from windows to macOS the day stays enabled because of windows and stops sound working in macOS.

Removing the Realtak drivers stops the day from working altogether and it should solve the problem for you. 

 

 

Humm, I didn't install any audio drivers for windows so should have only the default drivers anyway. 

For clarity, I only just swapped the mobo today, was using a Z370P D3 with i3 8350k, today I swapped out with the Aorus master and the i9 9900k. I didn't do any resinstall of any of my OS's. Just ditched the EFI I was using and swapped out for yours (including changing the bios to f11c and using your profile)

 

Edited July 22, 2020 by kirkfletcher

[AudioGod]

Just now, kirkfletcher said:

 

 

Humm, I didn't install any audio drivers for windows so should have only the default drivers anyway. 

For clarity, I only just swapped the mobo today, was using a Z370P D3 with i3 8350k, today I swapped out with the Aorus master and the i9 9900k. I didn't do any resinstall of any of my OS's. Just ditched the EFI I was using and swapped out for yours (including changing the bios to f11c and using your profile)

 

 

Ah ok, That might be your problem in that case. You might need to do a reinstall in that case as the only problems with audio that I know of with the internal card his what I described above.

[kirkfletcher]

Also just noticed that USB3 drives don't seem to work, USB2 drives are fine. I think something is not quite right here.

Just now, AudioGod said:

 

Ah ok, That might be your problem in that case. You might need to do a reinstall in that case as the only problems with audio that I know of with the internal card his what I described above.

Yeah I'm starting to think that a reinstall is in order!

Also not sure if its related but I made a small tweak to the plist and used MacPro7,1 smbios instead of the two you defined in your guide.

 

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, kirkfletcher said:

Also just noticed that USB3 drives don't seem to work, USB2 drives are fine. I think something is not quite right here.

Yeah I'm starting to think that a reinstall is in order!

Also not sure if its related but I made a small tweak to the plist and used MacPro7,1 smbios instead of the two you defined in your guide.

 

yep big ops as the usb.kext is for 19,1 only. you need to edit it or make a new one for 7,1

I might have one already let me check.

give me a moment or 2

[kirkfletcher]

Just now, AudioGod said:

yep big ops as the usb.kext is for 19,1 only. you need to edit it or make a new one for 7,1

I might have one already let me check.

give me a moment or 2

Oh what a legend, thank you

[AudioGod]

@kirkfletcher Your in luck. 

Here you go try this  

 

SMBIOS 7,1 USBPorts.kext.zip

 

 

iMacPro 1,1 might be a better option for you than 7,1 bro. I have a ready made 1,1 OC EFI on page one.

 

OpenCore 059 Z390 Master 1,1 010620.zip - OpenCore v0.5.9, SMBios iMacPro1,1 (IGPU Disabled)

 

Edited July 22, 2020 by AudioGod

[kirkfletcher]

4 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

@kirkfletcher Your in luck. 

Here you go try this  

 

SMBIOS 7,1 USBPorts.kext.zip

 

 

iMacPro 1,1 might be a better option for you than 7,1 bro. I have a ready made 1,1 OC EFI on page one.

 

 

Just out of curiosity, why would 1,1 be better. I was kind of working off the assumption that as the 7,1 is a proper modular system with expandable pcie etc where as the 19,1 would be more akin to a laptop on steroids.

 

[AudioGod]

7 minutes ago, kirkfletcher said:

 

 

Just out of curiosity, why would 1,1 be better. I was kind of working off the assumption that as the 7,1 is a proper modular system with expandable pcie etc where as the 19,1 would be more akin to a laptop on steroids.

 

 

1,1 works better then 7,1 at this moment in time but in the future that may change.

19.1 is the most complete setup of the 3 as everything works including sidecar but 1,1 is my personal favourite.

refresh this page and check my last post to you as I have put up my 1,1 EFI for you to use instead.  

 

Sorry to answer your question your semi correct in your assumption but 7,1 is flaky and the pci slots page doesn't work at all and it has many problems. 19,1 is not like a laptop setup no, having the igpu enabled lets quick sync and sidecar work with no loss or gains in performance unless your using a Radeon VII and then the gpu gets held back by the igpu.

1,1 is silky smooth all the way but no sidecar and that's it. 

Edited July 22, 2020 by AudioGod

[kirkfletcher]

5 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

 

1,1 works better then 7,1 at this moment in time but in the future that may change.

19.1 is the most complete setup of the 3 as everything works including sidecar but 1,1 is my personal favourite.

refresh this page and check my last post to you as I have put up my 1,1 EFI for you to use instead.  

Ok thanks for that buddy, I did start with the 1,1 smbios, but will give it another go (and not change to 7,1). Cant thank you enough for your help. Really appreciate your time :-)

[kirkfletcher]

Just out of interest I tried the 7,1 usb kext first and it worked beautifully, even fixed the audio issues which I am guessing was something to do with the usb bus knocking out the integrated sound. Also added the macpro memory notification disabler to remove the memory warnings. Seems really stable so far. I’ll test for a few more days and if I notice anything odd I’ll try 19,1 or 1,1. Again thanks for all the help.

[AudioGod]

6 minutes ago, kirkfletcher said:

Just out of interest I tried the 7,1 usb kext first and it worked beautifully, even fixed the audio issues which I am guessing was something to do with the usb bus knocking out the integrated sound. Also added the macpro memory notification disabler to remove the memory warnings. Seems really stable so far. I’ll test for a few more days and if I notice anything odd I’ll try 19,1 or 1,1. Again thanks for all the help.

Good Stuff bud,

don’t get me wrong 7,1 works just fine but your notice the little things as the days go on. 1,1 acts exactly the same but with none of the quirks of 7,1 and that is why I advise 1,1 over it. 
 

1,1 scales the cpu frequency perfectly aswell where as 7,1 doesn’t go all the way down on idol with the frequency. 
 

TBH any of the 3 smbios will work well it’s just down to personal preference and how bad you have OCD really....

Edited July 22, 2020 by AudioGod

[kirkfletcher]

Just now, AudioGod said:

Good Stuff bud,

don’t get me wrong 7,1 works just fine but your notice the little things as the days go on. 1,1 acts exactly the same but with none of the quirks of 7,1 and that is why I advice 1,1 over it. 

 

ok noted, I’ll keep an eye out. Even the smallest things can bother me so I guess I’ll try 1,1 the second I notice anything. 

[kirkfletcher]

5 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Good Stuff bud,

don’t get me wrong 7,1 works just fine but your notice the little things as the days go on. 1,1 acts exactly the same but with none of the quirks of 7,1 and that is why I advise 1,1 over it. 
 

1,1 scales the cpu frequency perfectly aswell where as 7,1 doesn’t go all the way down on idol with the frequency. 

interesting point about the scaling, definitely food for thought on that point for sure. 

[kirkfletcher]

So after using the usb map for 7,1 and thinking everything was ok it turned out that there were still in fact issues. Turning volume up and down (using keys on mac keyboard) would cause any video to seriously lag (YouTube, video call etc). Screensaver would start really lagging when password prompt comes up, camera flickers like and rolls like an old school vhs (not all the time but a few seconds ever few mins) and just really doesn’t feel as responsive as my i3 did on a z370 mobo.  
 

so I took the plunge and did a fresh clean install of 10.15.6 using the 1,1 efi, long story short but issues were the same and even a little worse.

 

changed efi to the 19,1, a little better but issues still remain. Then tried the clover efi and video doesn’t lag as much when changing volume (I’d say 80% better) but still get camera glitches and general feeling of sluggishness.

 

something is definitely not right, coming from an i3 on a z370 to an i9 on z390 master shouldn’t feel more sluggish. (Same gpu, 5700 xt) 

 

anyone have any suggestions? I am at a complete loss here. By all means this should be an optimal setup using audiogods efi and having the exact same hardware.

 

(ps. Also using f11c and cfg unlock profile)

 

 

edit: FYI tested camera, video etc etc in linux and windows and all perform exactly as expected both with noticeable speed improvement over my old i3, Catalina feels like I’m using a core 2 duo hah (maybe not that bad but still not good and FULL of little niggles)

Edited July 23, 2020 by kirkfletcher

[AudioGod]

12 hours ago, kirkfletcher said:

So after using the usb map for 7,1 and thinking everything was ok it turned out that there were still in fact issues. Turning volume up and down (using keys on mac keyboard) would cause any video to seriously lag (YouTube, video call etc). Screensaver would start really lagging when password prompt comes up, camera flickers like and rolls like an old school vhs (not all the time but a few seconds ever few mins) and just really doesn’t feel as responsive as my i3 did on a z370 mobo.  
 

so I took the plunge and did a fresh clean install of 10.15.6 using the 1,1 efi, long story short but issues were the same and even a little worse.

 

changed efi to the 19,1, a little better but issues still remain. Then tried the clover efi and video doesn’t lag as much when changing volume (I’d say 80% better) but still get camera glitches and general feeling of sluggishness.

 

something is definitely not right, coming from an i3 on a z370 to an i9 on z390 master shouldn’t feel more sluggish. (Same gpu, 5700 xt) 

 

anyone have any suggestions? I am at a complete loss here. By all means this should be an optimal setup using audiogods efi and having the exact same hardware.

 

(ps. Also using f11c and cfg unlock profile)

 

 

edit: FYI tested camera, video etc etc in linux and windows and all perform exactly as expected both with noticeable speed improvement over my old i3, Catalina feels like I’m using a core 2 duo hah (maybe not that bad but still not good and FULL of little niggles)

Ousa, that’s not good my friend.

I just tried the same thing on my side and no such problem exists on my system.

Could you do me a favour please and try flashing the bios to F11e and use my profile for it and see if it’s cures the problem. It could be that pesky serial port at work again, using F11e and my profile for it disables that sucker.

Try it and let me know my bro.

 

Z390AORUSMASTER.zip - Bios F11e 

Default Blue.zip - F11e MSR unlocked profile and bios settings

 

 

Edited July 24, 2020 by AudioGod

[kirkfletcher]

2 hours ago, AudioGod said:

Ousa, that’s not good my friend.

I just tried the same thing on my side and no such problem exists on my system.

Could you do me a favour please and try flashing the bios to F11e and use my profile for it and see if it’s cures the problem. It could be that pesky serial port at work again, using F11e and my profile for it disables that sucker.

Try it and let me know my bro.

 

Z390AORUSMASTER.zip - Bios F11e 

Default Blue.zip - F11e MSR unlocked profile and bios settings

 

 

Legend!!! This worked a treat and a half! I must admit I did go down the road of getting a new bios to try, I found the f11j on tweaktown but seemed a little unstable (maybe incorrect settings, do you have a profile for this?) as it was a vendor specific one I could not flash f11e over it as it kept saying "oemid mismatch" (any ideas on this) so had to flick to the backup bios and flash f11e on that (that was at f10), loaded profile and all is now gravy! Deffo the serial port causing issues. 

 

Again you are such a legend to offer your help like yo have :-)
 

Edited July 24, 2020 by kirkfletcher

[AudioGod]

No f11jgk is very good and what I’m using myself right now but the problem with it is that it doesn’t work on all monitors and can cause a black screen so for this reason I don’t give it out or recommend it on the thread just yet but they will fix that problem soon enough and then it will be lovely jubbly.
The thing about F11jgk is it has MSR unlock baked into the bios as a option and also has fusion baked in there too. You can flash F11j back to F11e by using doing a usb flash instead of using the Built in qflash. 
 

As soon as you told me about that audio problem I knew it was that stupid serial port and that’s why I asked you to try it. People don’t seem to realise how problematic that port is to macOS.

 

Anyway I’m glad I could help you out buddy and awesome stuff that your 100% A ok now.

 

 

P.S I can knock you up a bios profile for F11jgk if you like boss, just let me know if you want it and il make it so for you?

 

Edited July 24, 2020 by AudioGod

[Matgen84]

4 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

No f11jgk is very good and what I’m using myself right now but the problem with it is that it doesn’t work on all monitors and can cause a black screen so for this reason I don’t give it out or recommend it on the thread just yet but they will fix that problem soon enough and then it will be lovely jubbly.
The thing about F11jgk is it has MSR unlock baked into the bios as a option and also has fusion baked in there too. You can flash F11j back to F11e by using doing a usb flash instead of using the Built in qflash. 
 

As soon as you told me about that audio problem I knew it was that stupid serial port and that’s why I asked you to try it. People don’t seem to realise how problematic that port is to macOS.

 

Thanks for this explanation about F11j GK  I don't use it. Can you explain rollback procedure via USB, please! 

[AudioGod]

Just now, Matgen84 said:

 

Thanks for this explanation about F11j GK  I don't use it. Can you explain rollback procedure via USB, please! 

F11j GK only seems to have problems with 5k monitors but all the others seem to work fine.

 

to roll it back just download gigabytes flash tool (I can’t remember it’s name but il send it to you when I’m next infront of my system) and do it that way. Same way you would flash a modded firmware to the bios.

[AudioGod]

@Matgen84 Have clover got its bootloader working with Big Sur yet?

[kirkfletcher]

27 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

No f11jgk is very good and what I’m using myself right now but the problem with it is that it doesn’t work on all monitors and can cause a black screen so for this reason I don’t give it out or recommend it on the thread just yet but they will fix that problem soon enough and then it will be lovely jubbly.
The thing about F11jgk is it has MSR unlock baked into the bios as a option and also has fusion baked in there too. You can flash F11j back to F11e by using doing a usb flash instead of using the Built in qflash. 
 

As soon as you told me about that audio problem I knew it was that stupid serial port and that’s why I asked you to try it. People don’t seem to realise how problematic that port is to macOS.

 

Anyway I’m glad I could help you out buddy and awesome stuff that your 100% A ok now.

 

 

P.S I can knock you up a bios profile for F11jgk if you like boss, just let me know if you want it and il make it so for you?

 

 

Yeah buddy! I'd love an f11jgk profile only if its not too much trouble, my system did seem to boot so monitors seem fine (2 x Samsung 4k U28E590) just need to get the bios setup correctly (which is what your profile will do). 

I would love if you could share :-) 

At least I have f11e on one bios and f11j on the other (gotta love the master for that)

Edited July 24, 2020 by kirkfletcher

[AudioGod]

2 minutes ago, kirkfletcher said:

 

Yeah buddy! I'd love an f11jgk profile only if its not too much trouble, my system did seem to boot so monitors seem fine (2 x Samsung 4k U28E590) just need to get the bios setup correctly (which is what your profile will do). 

I would love if you could share :-) 

Yep it works fine with that Samsung monitor, I have one myself and a HP 2k 144hz monitor as well.

no problem what so ever I shall knock that up for you in the next hour or two. 

Edited July 24, 2020 by AudioGod

[Matgen84]

15 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

F11j GK only seems to have problems with 5k monitors but all the others seem to work fine.

 

to roll it back just download gigabytes flash tool (I can’t remember it’s name but il send it to you when I’m next infront of my system) and do it that way. Same way you would flash a modded firmware to the bios.

 

Thanks  I don't update F11i to F11j GK for the moment. No real benefit for my config.

 

 

Just now, AudioGod said:

@Matgen84 Have clover got its bootloader working with Big Sur yet?

 

@AudioGod Clover is not yet ready for Big Sur  

[AudioGod]

Just now, Matgen84 said:

 

Thanks  I don't update F11i to F11j GK for the moment. No real benefit for my config.

 

 

 

@AudioGod Clover is not yet ready for Big Sur  

Well if it ain’t broke then don’t fix it so wise move bro.

 

im wondering if clover in it’s current form will ever work with big sur tbh, I think it needs a major rework to make it happen but we shall see. 

@kirkfletcher I’m making you a profile for F11j GK right now.

hang in there for 5 mins and it will be done for you. BRB