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

[AudioGod]

@lygi All ports are working normally over here, I just double checked.

did you reset your nvram before booting into the new EFI?

also are you using the new 0.6.3 EFI?

[lygi]

2 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

@lygi All ports are working normally over here, I just double checked.

did you reset your nvram before booting into the new EFI?

also are you using the new 0.6.3 EFI?

NVRAM reset, and just downloaded 0.6.3 (before I used Clover), also 11L with your default profile.

Everything booted without a single issue, but still having 15 active ports for some reason 

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, lygi said:

NVRAM reset, and just downloaded 0.6.3 (before I used Clover), also 11L with your default profile.

Everything booted without a single issue, but still having 15 active ports for some reason 

I didn’t really understand what you just meant then tbh sorry.  
 

If you put Xhciportlimit=no do you get back the ports that don’t work?

[lygi]

Just now, AudioGod said:

I didn’t really understand what you just meant then tbh sorry.  
 

If you put Xhciportlimit=no do you get back the ports that don’t work?

Ok once again:
First bios has been updated to 11L

then loaded yiur default profile for 11L
before I used Clover, so I'm sure I have OC 0.6.3 installed

NVAM has been reset - during the first boot

 

Let me change it to NO and will let you know

Should I have more than 15 ports active in Hackingtool2?

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, lygi said:

Ok once again:
First bios has been updated to 11L

then loaded yiur default profile for 11L
before I used Clover, so I'm sure I have OC 0.6.3 installed

NVAM has been reset - during the first boot

 

Let me change it to NO and will let you know

Should I have more than 15 ports active in Hackingtool2?

Set to No you will only have 15 active ports. (All ports open but usb 2 only on the hub, internal, front case ports and the 2 usb 3 ports just below the usb 2 hub)

 

@lygi Have you got leftovers of clover still in your system like RCscripts or anything like that cos if you do that will cause you a whole heap of troubles when using OpenCore.

Edited November 3, 2020 by AudioGod

[lygi]

20 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Set to No you will only have 15 active ports. (All ports open but usb 2 only on the hub, internal, front case ports and the 2 usb 3 ports just below the usb 2 hub)

Looks like NO or YES makes no difference . Both options don't make my red ports + usb-c active :/
Also just tested 0.6.3 1.1 with IGPU Disable - the same story.

Edited November 3, 2020 by lygi

[AudioGod]

1 hour ago, lygi said:

Looks like NO or YES makes no difference . Both options don't make my red ports + usb-c active :/
Also just tested 0.6.3 1.1 with IGPU Disable - the same story.

 

I can't reproduce your problem over here I'm afraid bud.

everything is working as it should be on my build and I have asked a few other users of the EFI and both of them have all ports open and zero issues like yours so I'm abit lost to why its happening to you.

 

If you stick the EFI on a install flash drive that's usb 3 and stick it in the port that's not working and then restart the system and f12 into the install does that work?

Edited November 3, 2020 by AudioGod

[Locked Down]

1 hour ago, lygi said:

Looks like NO or YES makes no difference . Both options don't make my red ports + usb-c active :/
Also just tested 0.6.3 1.1 with IGPU Disable - the same story.

 

Have you actually tested them or only looked in Hackintool? If only Hackintool, did you select the 'broom' icon at the bottom of the section and then the refresh (2 semi circles) icon next to it?

 

If you have the port limit set to Yes, have you removed/disabled the USBMap.kext?

[lygi]

1 hour ago, AudioGod said:

 

I can't reproduce your problem over here I'm afraid bud.

everything is working as it should be on my build and I have asked a few other users of the EFI and both of them have all ports open and zero issues like yours so I'm abit lost to why its happening to you.

 

If you stick the EFI on a install flash drive that's usb 3 and stick it in the port that's not working and then restart the system and f12 into the install does that work?

I am able to boot my system from a USB stick plugged to red port - system boots up correctly - but when it's fully loaded - I don't have access to this stick anymore. It is not visible in the system. But the system is running perfectly. Weird stuff!

1 hour ago, Locked Down said:

 

Have you actually tested them or only looked in Hackintool? If only Hackintool, did you select the 'broom' icon at the bottom of the section and then the refresh (2 semi circles) icon next to it?

 

tested with USB stick and USB C device - not only visually 

1 hour ago, Locked Down said:

 

If you have the port limit set to Yes, have you removed/disabled the USBMap.kext?

 

nope - haven't removed anything - just followed the manual. Should I remove this kext?

[AudioGod]

1 hour ago, lygi said:

I am able to boot my system from a USB stick plugged to red port - system boots up correctly - but when it's fully loaded - I don't have access to this stick anymore. It is not visible in the system. But the system is running perfectly. Weird stuff!

If it’s working off the usb stick but not once booted into the os then that tells you that the problem is with the instal of Catalina and nothing to do with the EFI.

you could try repairing your permissions and rebuilding via hackintool.

 

1 hour ago, lygi said:

nope - haven't removed anything - just followed the manual. Should I remove this kext?

 

Dont remove the usb kext to enable the quirk, this is true for amd systems but not for Intel, the way I’ve done it you leave the kext in place and the quirk will just map over it. 
 

I have spoken to various devs about this and I beleave the OC online guide has a reference on it too now. 

Edited November 3, 2020 by AudioGod

[Benjamin Franklin]

@lygi Three things to check:

1) Here’s a guide on cleaning up Clover’s residue:

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/clover-conversion/

 

2) Also if copying Audiogod’s latest EFI folder to your EFI partition, make sure you REPLACE the old folder and NOT merge the new with the old.

 

3) Plus, as Audiogod instructed, don’t use your old config.plist but just copy the values of your serial number, MLB and SUUID (and depending on your setup, the ROM value).

[lygi]

2 hours ago, Benjamin Franklin said:

@lygi Three things to check:

1) Here’s a guide on cleaning up Clover’s residue:

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/clover-conversion/

Will do it now!

2 hours ago, Benjamin Franklin said:

 

2) Also if copying Audiogod’s latest EFI folder to your EFI partition, make sure you REPLACE the old folder and NOT merge the new with the old.

 

Old deleted and copied new EFi folder. haven't replaced anything

2 hours ago, Benjamin Franklin said:

 

3) Plus, as Audiogod instructed, don’t use your old config.plist but just copy the values of your serial number, MLB and SUUID (and depending on your setup, the ROM value).

 

Did this that way. Only copied my old serial number

 

 

 

 

[lygi]

Ok guys, much appreciate your time and help. I decided to go with a fresh Beta Big Sur, and... everything is working out of the box.

My old Catalina was probably f**ed, 

 

Now all ports are active

 

Good job with OC and Big Sur - installation without a single issue!

[AudioGod]

33 minutes ago, lygi said:

Ok guys, much appreciate your time and help. I decided to go with a fresh Beta Big Sur, and... everything is working out of the box.

My old Catalina was probably f**ed, 

 

Now all ports are active

 

Good job with OC and Big Sur - installation without a single issue!

Awesome, Good for you buddy.

Enjoy  

[lygi]

some issues with login to  iMessage only - but working on it 

EDIT: 

I used serial for 19.1 on 1.1 EFI - rolled back to 19.1 and iMessage is working now yay!

Edited November 4, 2020 by lygi

[AudioGod]

19 minutes ago, lygi said:

some issues with login to  iMessage only - but working on it 

EDIT: 

I used serial for 19.1 on 1.1 EFI - rolled back to 19.1 and iMessage is working now yay!

[lygi]

 

ok - after a few hours of playing with Big Sur and Open All USB - got a strange behavior, 

First of all - all ports ARE open, but red ports + type c don't recognize devices like switcher (Black Magic) or my Wacom tablet.

USB drive works fine, but when you swap the drive a few times between ports, it stops working. It IS recognized, but when you want to browse it, is spinning wheel. Same with file transfer. it is thinking for a minute or two, and after that is starts copy files (but way slower than the first 'plug' after the restart.

 

This only happens on red + type c ports.

 

Also, my external devices different than USB stick never work, even after a restart.

Gonna install fresh catalina on my second drive and check is it the same


Raport from the battlefield:

 

Fresh Catalina

 

Lets talk only about Red USB + type C

 

Now all ports are open.

 

Printer USB 2.0: Doesn't work

Tablet Wacom Intuos Pro model 2019 (USBC) - not working

USB stick USB 2.0 - not working

USB stick type C - working

USB stick USB 3.0 - working

Changing stick 3.0 between ports - working every time

Blackmagic Atem mini Pro type C - not working

USB C portbale monitor - not working

USB 3 SD card reader with SD card inside - working

 

Conclusion: 

unlocked ports are working for USB3.0/Type C data only.

 

Today also tested this huge USB-C hub with HDMI network etc. Applies as above - everything which worked without hub working with the hub. Everything built in the hub (like HDMI out, network card, sd/tf card reader) doesn't work.

Edited November 5, 2020 by lygi

[Locked Down]

New update to Catalina published today (19H15) runs fine, no problems for me.

[AudioGod]

@lygi I have a Dac on a usb 3.0 port,  2 midi keyboard, a drum machine and 2 other controllers all coming off a usb3 hub, a type c hub fully loaded with usb c (3.0) hard drives, a keyboard and mouse in the usb 2 hub plus I filled up all the other spare ports with a DVD Burner and USB keys of various types and everything works.

I then removed the port limit and moved stuff all around so usb 2 was on usb 3 and still everything works.

I have no idea what’s going on with you over there fella, it’s a bit of a baffle to me and I’ve been thinking about it trying to come up with a theory and I got nothing so far but one single question.

Is your Z390 Master the original one or the updated version?

If its the updated version then that could explain it and the mapping must differ somehow but I really do have huge doubts that they would change something like that for a refreshed model of the same board.

As for the hub with hdmi, network etc etc, You sure that not a hub for thunderbolt for a Mac?

USB-C is not Thunderbolt

Edited November 6, 2020 by AudioGod

[Benjamin Franklin]

With this new setting I experience that my DAC (a dragonfly black that's on the front USB3 port of my case) quits after a while.

If I pull it out and put it back in again it starts working. I guess that there's something weird going on with the power.

[AudioGod]

1 hour ago, Benjamin Franklin said:

With this new setting I experience that my DAC (a dragonfly black that's on the front USB3 port of my case) quits after a while.

If I pull it out and put it back in again it starts working. I guess that there's something weird going on with the power.

Interesting, I can’t get mine to fail at all.

did you prefer usb the way I used to have it then?

you can revert it very easily if you want to?

[Benjamin Franklin]

6 hours ago, AudioGod said:

Interesting, I can’t get mine to fail at all.

did you prefer usb the way I used to have it then?

you can revert it very easily if you want to?

I have it with the 15 port limitation, so that shouldn’t be it.

could it be something not related to the aorus but with the dac, like too low volume so that the dac shuts off automatically (i need to have it really low in volume or my ear drums pop)?

[Benjamin Franklin]

6 hours ago, AudioGod said:

Interesting, I can’t get mine to fail at all.

did you prefer usb the way I used to have it then?

you can revert it very easily if you want to?

I have it with the 15 port limitation, so that shouldn’t be it.

could it be something not related to the aorus but with the dac, like too low volume so that the dac shuts off automatically (i need to have it really low in volume or my ear drums pop)?

[AudioGod]

@Benjamin Franklin @lygi  Ok this is interesting, Give the latest beta bios a try, it has USB fixes for stability. 
You don’t need a profile just use my bios settings on page one.

Z390 Master Bios Firmware F11m

http://www.mediafire.com/file/9l6rjcbe6kmgzqp/Z390AORUSMASTER.F11m/file 

Let me know if it helps in any form? (I have my doubts but heyhoe you never know) 

If anybody gives it a try then same thing man, fill me in?

Edited November 7, 2020 by AudioGod

[Matgen84]

Hi @AudioGod

According to overclock.net forum, in addition to the USB fix, Z390 Master Bios Firmware F11m restores the missing "Core Current Limit(Amps)", "CPU Vcore/VAXG Protection", "CPU Core PLL Overvoltage(+mv)" settings and fixes the broken "Turbo Per Core Limit Control" setting. It also updates the microcode to DE.

I try ASAP 

Edited November 8, 2020 by Matgen84