Did I fail with my hardware choices with Gigabyte Z690 or can SSDTTime come to the rescue?

[LindaH]

Hi all!
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this and I hope nobody gets annoyed if it isn't, but I'm looking for some help with my hackintosh build.

This isn't my first one but the first I ran into a situation I feel like I'm way over my head.

I got a Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite DDR4 ATX Motherboard and a i5-14600K.

I found a few premade OC configs in GitHub for the exact same motherboard (the DDR4 version), while not the same CPU, very similar ones.

So I thought this may be relatively easy to do and I got everything running Ubuntu first, to make sure the hardware was ok and then modified the pre-made OC files.

But no luck, I always get stuck on the boot on what I believe are DSDT related errors.

 

Oh, and I have agdpmod=pikera set and a RX 6600 from my old machine (where it worked great on my old hackintosh setup)

 

I don't know what else to test or do and I would really appreciate if someone could even point me to some direction to continue.

I've been trying to solve this since December 😞

 

1. I tested multiple premade guides and configurations:

https://github.com/crashworldtk/BASE-EFI-INTEL-DESKTOP-11THGEN-ROCKET-LAKE

https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/EFI-GIGABYTE-Z690-AORUS-ELITE-AX-12900K-RX6900XT

https://github.com/uranium81/hackintosh-intel-11th-gen

https://github.com/tarbaII/OpenCore-Install-Guide/blob/alderlake/config.plist/alder-lake.md

2. I tested those premade ones with the exact same OS versions.

3. I tested modifying those configurations and upgrading them to the latest OC, then the latest KEXT

4. I booted into Ubuntu Linux SSDTTime following the SSDTs: The easy way guide and then tried booting with that

 

 

 

What should files or configs etc should I post?

[verdazil]

31 minutes ago, eSaF said:

If the Gigabyte Z690 is anything like their Z590 (another pig of a board to setup as a Hackintosh), then the BIOS setup is as equally important.

Without a doubt. However, the necessary BIOS settings are quite simple, few in number and well described in the documentation. We assume that the author of the question did everything correctly.

[LindaH]

Thank you everybody so much for the help! 🥰

 

20 hours ago, meg2014 said:

Current BIOS version on your board is? 

 

The latest one F29: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z690-AORUS-ELITE-DDR4-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios

I had to update it before I could even boot to get the support for my CPU. Is it even possible to go back to an old one anymore? 😱😱

Thanks for the links, one thing I noticed is that my BIOS has no option to disable thunderbolt or configure it whatsoever. Not sure if relevant but it was mentioned that in some board it was removed in a BIOS update.

 

20 hours ago, meg2014 said:

Here's a user with similar hardware (but I think he's on Monterey although he might have upgraded by now): https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/gigabyte-z690-elite-ax-d4-i9-12900k-amd-rx-6600-xt.318584/

 

I took this as the starting point. I wanted to test Sonoma first because the last time I tested these, I saw no difference. I can't even get to the installer...

I then updated to OC 1.0, updated all the kexts, disabled the bluetooth and wifi (my board doesn't have them), generated some platform info for testing and tried booting.

But I'm still getting the same ACPI Exceptions as before. I think these are the relevant ones? I've seen these before over and over again no matter what I try 😔

ACPI Exception: RE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20160930/psobject-310)
ACP| Error: Method parse/execution failed I\_SB.PC00.RP09.PXSX] (Node ffffff9036ef1f10), AE_NOT_FOUND (20160930/psparse-632)
ACPI Warning: \_GPE: Missing expected return value (20160930/nsrepair-311)
ACPI Error: I_SB
_PCO0.RP04.PXSX.WIST] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20160930/psargs-463)

 

 

11 hours ago, verdazil said:

If high performance is critical for video editing or expensive calculations, I can agree with this choice of computer hardware.

 

How on earth did you guess this correctly? 🙂‍↕️ I'm video and photo editing a lot, or at least I would be if the machine worked

 

11 hours ago, verdazil said:

I assume that your problem is in the wrong config.plist settings. First of all, pay attention to the quirks settings in the Booter and Kernel sections. For example, you can look at my settings.

config.plist.zip 7.34 kB · 2 downloads

 

Thank you so much for this @verdazil! I copied all the quirks from here except DisableLinkeditJettison as validation would complain because I had lilu as well.

But this had no change to the same ACPI Exceptions.

 

I attached the last EFI I was testing with (removed kexts and other large files), as well as the lshw and lspci from the Ubuntu side. And the SSDTime results I got when trying to generate my own inside Ubuntu using the CLI.

 

If this is indeed some ACPI thing that needs some SSDT tweaking, are there any good tutorials on getting started in that? I don't even know where to start to debug this as those errors don't seem very clear 🫨

 

9 hours ago, eSaF said:

If the Gigabyte Z690 is anything like their Z590 (another pig of a board to setup as a Hackintosh), then the BIOS setup is as equally important.

Personally, I can definitely testify to that.

 

Other than that, I tried to follow this tutorial religiously https://chriswayg.gitbook.io/opencore-visual-beginners-guide/advanced-topics/bios-settings-explained and checked multiple times. Maybe I should still try again, reset everything, and document every setting I change?

Is this a good tutorial to follow?

 

SSDTime results.zip lshw.txt lspci.txt efi.zip

[MaLd0n]

Use this EFI folder anf remove unnused LAN kext and genarate ur USB  remap

EFI LindaH.zip

-Bios/UEFI in full default settings
-Last Bios/UEFI Version
-Delete old EFI folder and paste new. Don't use merge files
-Don't use Drag and Drop into EFI partition. Use Copy/Paste instead
-Reset NVRAM one time - with OpenCore use entry "Reset Nvram" / with Clover use F11 key on boot screen

[LindaH]

30 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

Use this EFI folder anf remove unnused LAN kext and genarate ur USB  remap

EFI LindaH.zip

-Bios/UEFI in full default settings
-Last Bios/UEFI Version
-Delete old EFI folder and paste new. Don't use merge files
-Don't use Drag and Drop into EFI partition. Use Copy/Paste instead
-Reset NVRAM one time - with OpenCore use entry "Reset Nvram" / with Clover use F11 key on boot screen

 

OMG! Oj, vad grymt! 🎉

I just tested this without any modifications and it booted for the first time ever!

I don't know what was the root cause but I don't even know what to say, thank you soooooo much ❣️

Now I just feel a bit stupid doubting myself all these months and not asking help sooner, I'm so happy that such nice people exist in this world.

 

I'm also glad it wasn't an issue with my BIOS settings but rather just something I missed in the OC or SSDT. I'll start studying the file to figure out what it was.

 

 

Thanks again, this made my week!

[MaLd0n]

 

43 minutes ago, LindaH said:

OMG! Oj, vad grymt! 🎉

 

Just enjoy, @LindaH

10 minutes ago, verdazil said:

The OpenCore manual says: "DisableIoMapper quirk enabled, or VT-d disabled in firmware settings if present, or ACPI DMAR table deleted."

Serie 500+ u don't need edit DMAR, just enable this option on bios/uefi or not. This is mandatory for thunderbolt or aquantia 10g lan, if u don't have u can ignore.

[MaLd0n]

Go go go my friend!

[LindaH]

Thanks again everyone for helping out, I was even able to take my old installation from my old machine and everything just worked OOB, even filevault! 🤩

 

I still wanted to understand where I went wrong because this is really a really fascinating world with endless directions to follow and learn.
I spend the whole evening reading up and trying to figure out, and if I understood it correctly, my issue was the USB controller being defined for PXSX in the DSDT as _SB.PC00.* when I made it with SSDTime?

I disassembled the AML (btw, OEM ID of LindaH 😍) and it has none of this in the Scope (\_SB.PC00) but only the generic USB injecting (I'm going to map the USB next).

When comparing the AML files, It is wild how little definitions were actually needed VS what the generator did.

 

 

btw, it is really hard to find any good websites with info on this stuff and what all these names and acronyms mean

[Slice]

The site is acpica.org but don't expect to find explanation about names in YOUR dsdt. You need somehow programming skill to rule what is what.

Anyway, why you still don't have a signature?

[MaLd0n]

On 5/21/2024 at 4:16 AM, LindaH said:

Thanks again everyone for helping out

Use this and done.

EFI LindaH Final.zip

Don't need change or add nothing, just enjoy!

[neonflx]

I have the same mobo and CPU and this helped get it going , appreciate the help!!! @MaLd0n Thank You!!!!

[MaLd0n]

1 hour ago, neonflx said:

I have the same mobo and CPU and this helped get it going , appreciate the help!!! @MaLd0n Thank You!!!!

Here we go update for Ventura, Sonoma or Sequoia

EFI Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite.zip

Enjoy!

[neonflx]

Having a strange issue, I'm able to install sonoma and there are no issues during installation, after installation is completed I booted into the OS and was able to complete the initial setup however the system rebooted itself and every time I tried to login the sytem reboots itself after a few seconds.

FYI same hardware I been running sonoma for months, but decided to do a clean install,   here is my system info: Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4, i9-12900k, Radeon Rx 580, Fenvi FV-T919, Intel X540-T2

I was able to take a picture of the message then the system rebooted itself every time

 

 

after may tries I removed the Intel X540-T2 nic and disable IGPU and no longer experience the reboots,

how can I get the x540 working? I think I used smalltree or appleigb kext last time but not sure

I would also like to get the Fenvi working but not a priority

here is the error

 

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2761
\cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
{\*\expandedcolortbl;;}
\margl1440\margr1440\vieww28640\viewh15660\viewkind0
\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0

\f0\fs24 \cf0 panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80180d836e): nvme: "3rd party NVMe controller. Loss of MMIO space. Write. fBuiltIn=1 MODEL=Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus FW=RKT4P1.2 CSTS=0xffffffff US[1]=0x0 US[0]=0x272 VID=0x1987 DID=0x5018 CRITICAL_WARNING=0x0.\\n" @IONVMeController.cpp:6149\
Panicked task 0xffffff8b935529d8: 287 threads: pid 0: kernel_task\
Backtrace (CPU 0), panicked thread: 0xffffff8b9382cb30, Frame : Return Address\
0xfffffff065453a80 : 0xffffff80160253b1 \
0xfffffff065453ad0 : 0xffffff801618ac80 \
0xfffffff065453b10 : 0xffffff801617a34c \
0xfffffff065453b90 : 0xffffff8015fbe971 \
0xfffffff065453bb0 : 0xffffff801602569d \
0xfffffff065453ca0 : 0xffffff8016024d43 \
0xfffffff065453d00 : 0xffffff80167daffb \
0xfffffff065453df0 : 0xffffff80180d836e \
0xfffffff065453e20 : 0xffffff80167158dc \
0xfffffff065453e70 : 0xffffff80167157f6 \
0xfffffff065453ea0 : 0xffffff8016080ab8 \
0xfffffff065453ee0 : 0xffffff8016081b48 \
0xfffffff065453fa0 : 0xffffff8015fbe19e \
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:\
         com.apple.iokit.IONVMeFamily(2.1)[6D413BEB-B513-3003-BDC9-FB59470D9FE7]@0xffffff80180d1000->0xffffff80180fbfff\
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity(1.0.5)[32EB6C1D-092C-34E5-9445-C84D15E83C9E]@0xffffff801769a000->0xffffff80176d1fff\
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[8C69C22C-E037-3FA0-96EF-11FF35FA1DCD]@0xffffff8018366000->0xffffff8018397fff\
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[8476E632-A5DB-34EC-A637-30C25D8C1767]@0xffffff80183a8000->0xffffff80183aafff\
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(2.1)[1EEEAAAA-95C2-3606-8488-591BE79DB5B4]@0xffffff801849c000->0xffffff80184b2fff\
\
Process name corresponding to current thread (0xffffff8b9382cb30): kernel_task\
Boot args: alcid=12 watchdog=0 agdpmod=pikera npci=0x3000 -wegnoigpu -ctrsmt \
\
Mac OS version:\
23E224\
\
Kernel version:\
Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Fri Mar 15 00:11:05 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.101.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64\
Kernel UUID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\
roots installed: 0\
KernelCache slide: 0x0000000015c00000\
KernelCache base:  0xffffff8015e00000\
Kernel slide:      0x0000000015ce4000\
Kernel text base:  0xffffff8015ee4000\
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8015d00000\
System model name: MacPro7,1 (Mac-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)\
System shutdown begun: NO\
Panic diags file available: YES (0x0)\
Hibernation exit count: 0\
\
System uptime in nanoseconds: 76034755141\
Last Sleep:           absolute           base_tsc          base_nano\
  Uptime  : 0x00000011b40659bb\
  Sleep   : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000\
  Wake    : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000f5c410c0c 0x0000000000000000\
Compressor Info: 0% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 0% of segments limit (OK) with 0 swapfiles and OK swap space\
Zone info:\
  Zone map: 0xffffff805ae1d000 - 0xffffffa05ae1d000\
  . PGZ   : 0xffffff805ae1d000 - 0xffffff8062e1e000\
  . VM    : 0xffffff8062e1e000 - 0xffffff852e7b7000\
  . RO    : 0xffffff852e7b7000 - 0xffffff86c7aea000\
  . GEN0  : 0xffffff86c7aea000 - 0xffffff8b93483000\
  . GEN1  : 0xffffff8b93483000 - 0xffffff905ee1c000\
  . GEN2  : 0xffffff905ee1c000 - 0xffffff952a7b5000\
  . GEN3  : 0xffffff952a7b5000 - 0xffffff99f614f000\
  . DATA  : 0xffffff99f614f000 - 0xffffffa05ae1d000\
  Metadata: 0xffffffa07f5b1000 - 0xffffffa09f5b1000\
  Bitmaps : 0xffffffa09f5b1000 - 0xffffffa0ab5b1000\
  Extra   : 0 - 0\
\
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}

 

Edited July 11, 2024 by neonflx

[MaLd0n]

5 hours ago, neonflx said:

Having a strange issue

What NVME do u have?

Use this EFI folder and check if x540 work with Mieze kext EFI Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite 02.zip

[neonflx]

Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus NVME

[MaLd0n]

3 minutes ago, neonflx said:

Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus NVME

Use bios/uefi in full default settings with last version and enable "Intel Default" option

[neonflx]

tried the 02.zip file, it gets to the screen where I can select what to boot and it freezes, doesn't reboot but keyboard/mouse does not work, can't select anything

 

[MaLd0n]

This issue is fixed! 

[neonflx]

Thanks everything is working nicely.