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On 12/24/2020 at 1:29 PM, AudioGod said:

Lastly the thread EFI’s are perfect so once a new version of OpenCore is released you can update to it very easily yourselves and use a sanity checker to make sure all your changes are right.

 

Im not disappearing and the thread is still here and there’s one more EFI update to come from me yet,

 

It’s been a roller coaster of a year hasn’t it people?

Stay safe and stay happy, have a lovely Christmas (as much as you can do) and next year things will hopefully get better for us all.

 

Merry Christmas

AG :) 

 

Moving forward from AG's next, and final, update to OC 0.6.5, if you want to update your own config.plist then you can use THIS tool to list changes that you need to make to your config file. You just drag your current config file and the new sample.plist file when asked at the appropriate place in the running terminal window. The tool will then list any new fields you need to add or remove or change in your config. Very simple to use and it makes sure you don't miss anything.

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Thanks for your help with this build AudioGod.  Having almost the same build it made the switch easy peasy and still runs fine. Keeping it on Mojave though.

 

edit: thanks to ALL who helped to answer our questions.

 

 

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So the other week I got totally sick of the crappy range that my native WiFi / Bluetooth card was giving., it wasn’t to bad but it wasn’t great so I went onto good old Amazon and ordered a replacement antenna and oh my word what a difference it makes.

Before range was limited to a few metres and super directional so if I was say on my couch using the hack via my 75inch Samsung QLED sickness I would find my Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, Xbox controller and AirPod pros would be choppy and yucky but now with the replacement antenna setup so you can’t see it but it’s about 2 meters up from the floor I now can not make the Bluetooth signal fail. I can even go into other rooms in my house and everything still works perfectly. Best Bluetooth and WiFi connection I’ve seen in my house ever. I can’t recommend replacing the cheap crappy aerials that they supply with a pcie adaptor or the fenvi range enough, infact I would say it should be replaced as standard. (that’s how big the difference is)

 

This is the one to get, I’m sure there are others that work just as well but this one is tried tested and working way beyond what I expected.

 

Eightwood External Wifi Antenna 2.4G / 5.8G Dual Frequency Magnetic Base 6dBi with RP-SMA Adapter Extension Cable 2m Compatible for Wifi Camera Wifi Card WLAN PCI Cards Wirelesse Wifi Router Bluetooth
by RFSolution
Learn more: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078X55HSD/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6dh7FbX4VAVGK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

For under £20 Sterling you seriously can’t go wrong guys. :thumbsup_anim:

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@AudioGod It's a good solution for my Fenvi. How to go from 4 antennas (3 for wifi, 1 for bluetooth) for Fenvi  to 2 antennas, that is the question. The external antennas, that's the choice Asus made with my PCE-AC68: better signal. :)

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Hi B I take it you're talking about the Intel WIFI/BT card - I am still using the Apple Card in my rig, would love to free up that slot on the board.

No I’m talking about any WiFi/BT card be in internal Intel or one pulled out of a Apple Rig. 
 

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@AudioGod It's a good solution for my Fenvi. How to go from 4 antennas (3 for wifi, 1 for bluetooth) for Fenvi  to 2 antennas, that is the question. The external antennas, that's the choice Asus made with my PCE-AC68: better signal. :)

You need one with more antennas if it’s something like a T919 say. There’s plenty to choose from out there. I recommend the one I have simply because its tried and tested for over a week and I’m blown away by its performance but yes it’s for a dual antenna setup only.

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You need one with more antennas if it’s something like a T919 say. There’s plenty to choose from out there. I recommend the one I have simply because its tried and tested for over a week and I’m blown away by its performance but yes it’s for a dual antenna setup only.

 

@AudioGod This is not my question. I am sure this Eightwood dual antenna is excellent. To connect it to the Fenvi, I have to use only 2 RP-Sma connectors. That's it !
Does the Eightwood support bluetooth. This is my other question.

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@AudioGod This is not my question. I am sure this Eightwood dual antenna is excellent. To connect it to the Fenvi, I have to use only 2 RP-Sma connectors. That's it !
Does the Eightwood support bluetooth. This is my other question.


Yes totally, Bluetooth is the reason for me getting it tbh. I don’t use WiFi at all as I’m wired wherever I can be. I’ve never had range like I do now, I live in a basement flat and the walls are solid brick and about a metre thick with no partitions and my signal is getting from one end of the house to the other. (I put my AirPod pros on and walked out of my front door and up a flight of stairs before I got break up. (About 30metres maybe more and a good few brick walls)

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Moving forward from AG's next, and final, update to OC 0.6.5, if you want to update your own config.plist then you can use THIS tool to list changes that you need to make to your config file. You just drag your current config file and the new sample.plist file when asked at the appropriate place in the running terminal window. The tool will then list any new fields you need to add or remove or change in your config. Very simple to use and it makes sure you don't miss anything.

If it's stable, can you share your config.plist (just like AG did, with removal of the serial and mobo numbers of course)?

 

Cheers!

 

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If it's stable, can you share your config.plist (just like AG did, with removal of the serial and mobo numbers of course)?

 

Cheers!

 

 

I will post OC 065 when it releases don’t worry pal. 

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I will post OC 065 when it releases don’t worry pal. 

 

OC 0.6.5 has now been released. I use the internal Bluetooth and Wifi and a few other mods to my config.plist (quad booting Catalina, Big Sur, Windows and Linux Mint) so mine isn't applicable to most on here.

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OC 0.6.5 has now been released. I use the internal Bluetooth and Wifi and a few other mods to my config.plist (quad booting Catalina, Big Sur, Windows and Linux Mint) so mine isn't applicable to most on here.

No worries pal, I’ve got it all setup and ready to post. I will do so in the next few hours. 

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@Locked Down Are you using the Intel internal card or did you swap it out? 
if your using the Intel drivers then are they not driving you abit mad?

I got them working as best as they can do on a few different boards now and it works but it’s covered with issues, I tried to put up with it and all its silly quirks but in the end I gave up on it for now. Too slow, very unforgiving if your flicking around from OS to OS and not everything that should work via Bluetooth does work. My wireless MX Master 2 mouse will not connect via it no mater what I do or try including clean boots and different systems. 
Oh and I can’t stand the fact the kext package is so huge in size...what the hell is that all about? :hysterical:

 

P.s I hope you had a good xmas and new year :)

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@Locked Down Are you using the Intel internal card or did you swap it out? 
if your using the Intel drivers then are they not driving you abit mad?

I got them working as best as they can do on a few different boards now and it works but it’s covered with issues, I tried to put up with it and all its like silly quirks but in the end I gave up on it for now. Too slow, very unforgiving if your flicking around from OS to OS and not everything that should work via Bluetooth does work. My wireless MX Master 2 wires less mouse will not connect via it no mater what I do or try including clean boots and different systems. 
Oh and I can’t stand the fact the kext package is so huge in size...what the hell is that all about? :hysterical:

 

P.s I hope you had a good x,as and new year :)

 

I have wired lan for internet etc and just use the bluetooth and wifi combo for unlocking with Apple Watch. Just for that it isn't really necessary to purchase another card. They may be cheapish but no point really in my case and I use wired mouse and keyboard.

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I have wired lan for internet etc and just use the bluetooth and wifi combo for unlocking with Apple Watch. Just for that it isn't really necessary to purchase another card. They may be cheapish but no point really in my case and I use wired mouse and keyboard.


Yeah that was my theory too but my wireless mouse refusing to connect to it was the point where I got frustrated and gave up...lol

im wired too but have a lot of Bluetooth devices. It’s a shame really cos I would prefer to use it then not. 
oh well.

In fairness the drivers have come along way compared to how they used to be, maybe one day they will nail it. (Fingers crossed)

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OpenCore 0.6.5 EFI Update (Big Sur Ready), 4th January 2021 

(Use With Bios Revision F11L or Newer) 

 

The EFIs and DSDTs have now been updated to the my latest versions.

Changes made include,

AppleALC 1.5.6,

WhateverGreen 1.4.6,

IntelMausi 1.0.5,

OpenCore Updated to Revision 0.6.5 (Big Sur 11.1 Ready),

OpenCanopy is Enabled as Standard,

New OpenCanopy Icons

Plus other minor tweaks and changes to all of the configs.

 

OpenCore EFI Update v0.6.5 - 04/01/2021

OC 065 19,1 Z390 Master EFI 040121.zip - OpenCore v0.6.5, SMBios iMac19,1

OC 065 020121 1,1 Z390 Master 040121.zip - OpenCore v0.6.5, SMBios iMacPro1,1 (IGPU Disabled)


PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO RESET YOUR NVRAM BEFORE BOOTING INTO THE NEW EFI FOR THE FIRST TIME, 

 

Note - If your not using a 5700 XT or any other Navi GPU then remove agdpmod=pikera from the boot arguments.

Note 2 - Do not try to carry across your old OpenCore Config.plist to the new EFI as to many changes have occurred in 0.6.0. Use the new Config.plist instead.

 

For OpenCore Using PlistEdit Pro add your details by modifying the following 

453128831_Screenshot2020-01-16at19_25_01.thumb.png.7a9beac3ccc0096941fc4a0ec07b8248.png

 

PLEASE NOTE - These EFIs are setup to be used with your msr Unlocked so make sure you use the correct bios settings listed below or use the F11L Unlocked Profile I have provided.

 

Additional Downloads

Z390AORUSMASTER.F11l.zip  - Aorus Z390 Master Bios Firmware F11L

PlistEdit Pro.zip - PlistEdit Pro (use to edit OpenCore)


PLEASE NOTE - MSR Unlock is now baked into the BIOS as a setting so you no longer need my bios profile to unlock your MSR.

 

BIOS SETTINGS (Bios Revision F11L)

 

• Enter BIOS -> Press Delete -> Enter Setup

• Save & Exit -> Load Optimized Defaults

• Boot -> CFG Lock -> Disabled

• Boot -> Windows 8/10 Features -> Win 8/10 WHQL

• Boot -> CSM Support -> Disabled (Can be set to Enabled if need be but try to have it set to Disabled first)

• Favourites -> Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) -> Profile1

• Favourites -> VT-d -> Disabled (Can be set to Enabled or Disabled, Your choice)

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Internal Display Output -> PCIe 1 Slot

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Internal Graphics -> Enabled (Disabled If Using SMBios 1,1)

• Settings -> IO Ports -> DVMT Pre-Allocated -> 64M

• Settings -> IO Ports -> DVMT Total GFX0-Allocated -> 256M

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Aperture Size -> 256MB
• Settings -> IO Ports -> Wifi -> Disabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Audio Controller -> Enabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Above 4G Decoding -> Enabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Super IO Configuration -> Serial Port -> Disabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> USB Configuration -> Legacy USB Support -> Auto

• Settings -> IO Ports -> USB Configuration -> XHCI Hands-off -> Enabled

• Settings -> Miscellaneous -> Software Guard Extensions (SGX) -> Disabled

• Settings -> Platform Power -> Platform Power Management -> Enabled

• Settings -> Platform Power -> ErP -> Enabled

• Settings -> Platform Power -> RC6(Render Standby) -> Enabled

• Save & Exit → Save & Exit Setup

 

F11L BIOS Profile With MSR Unlocked & All The Correct Settings Dialled in for you - The Easy Way 

I have made this bios profile for you all to use that will unlock CFG on your motherboard making it play alot more friendly with the NVRam.

It also has all the bios settings listed on this guide pre done and saved onto the profile.



Default F11L.zip - Use with Bios Revision F11L ONLY

 

1 - Download the profile and save it to a USB Key

2 - Go into the bios,

3 - Load the profile, 

4 - Save and exit

5 - Go straight back into the bios and save your bios to a new profile and name it Default CFG Unlocked or something like that.

6 - Save the changes and then restart and your done, your motherboard will now be CFG (MSR) Unlocked and all the correct settings will be dialled in for you.

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Anyone else experiencing random Safari crashes since the latest update?

Not over here but If your using 19.1 then you might want to set `SecureBootModel` to `Disabled`

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Not over here but If your using 19.1 then you might want to set `SecureBootModel` to `Disabled`

I am using 19,1. 

I have a i59600K with a RX570, do you recommend switching to 1,1?

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I am using 19,1. 

I have a i59600K with a RX570, do you recommend switching to 1,1?

No not really buddy, just try doing the above and see if it helps you?

ive not had any reports of safari crashing though.

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New version of Opencore, 0.6.6, has been released with new VirtualSMC, Lilu, Whatevergreen & AppleALC.

 

Quite big major changes in this one, so be sure to check the documentation before attempting to upgrade this time.

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SUPRISE!!!! As Release 0.6.6 has made so many changes in this revision I thought I would post an updated EFI for you all so here it is. ;)

 

OpenCore 0.6.6 EFI Update (Big Sur 11.2 Ready), 3rd February 2021

(Use With Bios Revision F11L or Newer) 

 

The EFIs and DSDTs have now been updated to the my latest versions.

Changes made include,

  • Lilu 1.5.1
  • AppleALC 1.5.7,
  • WhateverGreen 1.4.7,
  • VirtualSMC 1.2.0
  • OpenCore Updated to Revision 0.6.6 (Big Sur 11.2 Ready),
  • New OpenCanopy Icons
  • OpenCanopy is Enabled as Standard,
  • New OpenCanopy Icons
  • Plus other minor tweaks and changes to all of the configs.

 

OpenCore EFI Update v0.6.6 - 03/02/2021

OC 066 1,1 Z390 Master EFI 020221 .zip  - OpenCore v0.6.6, SMBios iMacPro1,1 (IGPU Disabled)

OC 066 19,1 Z390 Master EFI 020221.zip - OpenCore v0.6.6, SMBios iMac19,1

 

IMPORTANT - OPENCORE HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE BOOTSTRAP WORKS SO YOU WILL NEED TO RESELECT YOUR BIG SUR DISK (F12 DISK SELECT OR FROM WITHIN THE BIOS) AND THEN RESET YOUR NVRAM BEFORE BOOTING INTO THE NEW EFI FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS VITAL.

 

Note - If your not using a 5700 XT or any other Navi GPU then remove agdpmod=pikera from the boot arguments.

Note 2 - Do not try to carry across your old OpenCore Config.plist to the new EFI as to many changes have occurred in 0.6.0. Use the new Config.plist instead.

 

For OpenCore Using PlistEdit Pro add your details by modifying the following 

453128831_Screenshot2020-01-16at19_25_01.thumb.png.7a9beac3ccc0096941fc4a0ec07b8248.png

 

PLEASE NOTE - These EFIs are setup to be used with your msr Unlocked so make sure you use the correct bios settings listed below or use the F11L Unlocked Profile I have provided.

 

Additional Downloads

Z390AORUSMASTER.F11l.zip  - Aorus Z390 Master Bios Firmware F11L

PlistEdit Pro.zip - PlistEdit Pro (use to edit OpenCore)


PLEASE NOTE - MSR Unlock is now baked into the BIOS as a setting so you no longer need my bios profile to unlock your MSR.

 

BIOS SETTINGS (Bios Revision F11L)

 

• Enter BIOS -> Press Delete -> Enter Setup

• Save & Exit -> Load Optimized Defaults

• Boot -> CFG Lock -> Disabled

• Boot -> Windows 8/10 Features -> Win 8/10 WHQL

• Boot -> CSM Support -> Disabled (Can be set to Enabled if need be but try to have it set to Disabled first)

• Favourites -> Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) -> Profile1

• Favourites -> VT-d -> Disabled (Can be set to Enabled or Disabled, Your choice)

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Internal Display Output -> PCIe 1 Slot

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Internal Graphics -> Enabled (Disabled If Using SMBios 1,1)

• Settings -> IO Ports -> DVMT Pre-Allocated -> 64M

• Settings -> IO Ports -> DVMT Total GFX0-Allocated -> 256M

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Aperture Size -> 256MB
• Settings -> IO Ports -> Wifi -> Disabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Audio Controller -> Enabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Above 4G Decoding -> Enabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> Super IO Configuration -> Serial Port -> Disabled

• Settings -> IO Ports -> USB Configuration -> Legacy USB Support -> Auto

• Settings -> IO Ports -> USB Configuration -> XHCI Hands-off -> Enabled

• Settings -> Miscellaneous -> Software Guard Extensions (SGX) -> Disabled

• Settings -> Platform Power -> Platform Power Management -> Enabled

• Settings -> Platform Power -> ErP -> Enabled

• Settings -> Platform Power -> RC6(Render Standby) -> Enabled

• Save & Exit → Save & Exit Setup

 

F11L BIOS Profile With MSR Unlocked & All The Correct Settings Dialled in for you - The Easy Way 

I have made this bios profile for you all to use that will unlock CFG on your motherboard making it play alot more friendly with the NVRam.

It also has all the bios settings listed on this guide pre done and saved onto the profile.



Default F11L.zip - Use with Bios Revision F11L ONLY

 

1 - Download the profile and save it to a USB Key

2 - Go into the bios,

3 - Load the profile, 

4 - Save and exit

5 - Go straight back into the bios and save your bios to a new profile and name it Default CFG Unlocked or something like that.

6 - Save the changes and then restart and your done, your motherboard will now be CFG (MSR) Unlocked and all the correct settings will be dialled in for you.

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Nice one B - You just couldn't walk away could yah bro? :thumbsup_anim:

I felt bad to leave it on 0.6.5 when 0.6.6 was such a major update.

There will come a time where OC becomes to different for me to safely continue rolling out the EFIs for the pro and master without a ton of testing. I do what I can when I can. LOCKDOWN BOREDOM!

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Hey B that's my excuse!!!! - Nice one though Bro, they will be a lot of happy campers that you came through once again. :thumbsup_anim: 

Couldn't have said it better! Thanks B!! 

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