Glasgood's macOS Mojave [SUCCESS][GUIDE] for Aorus Z390 Pro

[panosru]

@AudioGodoh! Thanks for noticing it! I'm setting it to 3k mhz as my memory hardware is, but it shows me 2133 :/ (I guess we are talking about the same thing here..)

 

 

[AudioGod]

Just now, panosru said:

@AudioGodoh! Thanks for noticing it! I'm setting it to 3k mhz as my memory hardware is, but it shows me 2133 :/ (I guess we are talking about the same thing here..)

 

 

 

Correct, don’t set it manually though, use the XMP Profile and you should be good.

[tasc]

@panosru My i7 shows as i9 as well, I'm pretty sure that is just cosmetic.

 

Also, I think you will need those additional VirtualSmc sensors in order to get temp/speed readings. If you download the latest version here:

 

https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC/releases

 

You'll see some additional kexts you can use: SMCProcessor.kext, SMCSuperIO.kext, ...

 

If that doesn't work, then there is an efi module in the drivers folder you can add as well: VirtualSmc.efi

 

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, tasc said:

@panosru My i7 shows as i9 as well, I'm pretty sure that is just cosmetic.

 

Also, I think you will need those additional VirtualSmc sensors in order to get temp/speed readings. If you download the latest version here:

 

https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC/releases

 

You'll see some additional kexts you can use: SMCProcessor.kext, SMCSuperIO.kext, ...

 

If that doesn't work, then there is an efi module in the drivers folder you can add as well: VirtualSmc.efi

 

Yep your right buddy that will sort it and you can change the cpu info in clover in a few seconds but I can’t remember the correct code  for the 8700k, I’m sure @larabee could tell you

 

is is it working well for you now?

[panosru]

@tasc oh! Thanks for that info! I downloaded the latest release and put the additional kexts and efi file  I will reboot soon to check

 

@AudioGod I switched to profile and it shows 3kMHz now! Thanks! glasgood has it disabled in the first post so I followed the same path.

 

The internal graphics is something I'm not using yet, so since when I enable it I'm unable to boot, then I'll leave it disabled, I think it does not play any role since I have my Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB Pulse on, for which I'm not sure which frame buffer to use

 

[larabee]

@AudioGod This EFI is unstable with BIOS lower than F9. Just tested that out to make sure. F9 is the minimum compatible bios. 

 

Everything is working normally. I've tested on both of my machine , one is running F9, one is F10. Both pass all of my tests with flying colors (Final cut pro, lux mark, unigine heaven 9 hours loop) rock solid for now. Sleep, wake shutdown is ok with 500 cycles test. 

My 8700K and Vega 56 is recognized correctly, radeon VII works as it should. Temperature within normal range. 

 

[AudioGod]

11 minutes ago, larabee said:

@AudioGod This EFI is unstable with BIOS lower than F9. Just tested that out to make sure. F9 is the minimum compatible bios. 

 

Everything is working normally. I've tested on both of my machine , one is running F9, one is F10. Both pass all of my tests with flying colors (Final cut pro, lux mark, unigine heaven 9 hours loop) rock solid for now. Sleep, wake shutdown is ok with 500 cycles test. 

My 8700K and Vega 56 is recognized correctly, radeon VII works as it should. Temperature within normal range. 

 

 

You the man brother, You can’t get much more tested then that. Well done and thank you

why do you think it’s reporting the wrong cpu for @tasc then?

 

Im sure that’s the first time I’ve heard you say that a efi has passed the 500 cycle test. That’s awesome if it is...lol

 

 

11 minutes ago, panosru said:

@tasc oh! Thanks for that info! I downloaded the latest release and put the additional kexts and efi file  I will reboot soon to check

 

@AudioGod I switched to profile and it shows 3kMHz now! Thanks! glasgood has it disabled in the first post so I followed the same path.

 

The internal graphics is something I'm not using yet, so since when I enable it I'm unable to boot, then I'll leave it disabled, I think it does not play any role since I have my Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB Pulse on, for which I'm not sure which frame buffer to use

 

 

,@panosru RX 580 = Orinoco and don’t use all the extra kexts for virtualSMC only SMCProcessor.kext and SMCSuperIO.kext, 

 

Edited August 16, 2019 by AudioGod

[larabee]

5 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

You the man brother, You can’t get much more tested then that. Well done and thank you

why do you think it’s reporting the wrong cpu for @tasc then?

I have no idea why, properly because of the 9700k series then. I don't have the 9700 series to test it out so, I assume it's just cosmetic. 

To get it correctly, you have to fill in the CPU type in clover 

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, larabee said:

I have no idea why, properly because of the 9700k series then. I don't have the 9700 series to test it out so, I assume it's just cosmetic. 

To get it correctly, you have to fill in the CPU type in clover 

 

That makes sense as I was assuming it was a 8700k lol duh me haha

[panosru]

@AudioGod Thanks! I though that the frame buffer also has to do with the manufacturer that’s why I mentioned that mine is from Sapphire.

 

now I'm trying to find the proper CPU type for my 9700k

 

[larabee]

19 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

Im sure that’s the first time I’ve heard you say that a efi has passed the 500 cycle test. That’s awesome if it is...lol

 

 

,@panosru RX 580 = Orinoco and don’t use all the extra kexts for virtualSMC only SMCProcessor.kext and SMCSuperIO.kext, 

 

 

@AudioGod Yeah Glasgood EFI failed the test with ATI frame buffer error. This one only gets 3 / 500, so I marked it as passed. My poor components has gone through almost 2k power cycle for now, lolz.

about GPU monitoring, I don't use any Kext at all, I use a script: 

 

while sleep 1; do clear;ioreg -l |grep \"PerformanceStatistics\" | cut -d '{' -f 2 | tr '|' ',' | tr -d '}' | tr ',' '\n'|grep 'Temp\|Fan\|Clock'; done

 

Not sure why we need to install kext to monitor GPU temperature... 

[AudioGod]

1 minute ago, larabee said:

 

@AudioGod Yeah Glasgood EFI failed the test with ATI frame buffer error. This one only gets 3 / 500, so I marked it as passed. My poor components has gone through almost 2k power cycle for now, lolz.

about GPU monitoring, I don't use any Kext at all, I use a script: 

 

while sleep 1; do clear;ioreg -l |grep \"PerformanceStatistics\" | cut -d '{' -f 2 | tr '|' ',' | tr -d '}' | tr ',' '\n'|grep 'Temp\|Fan\|Clock'; done

 

Not sure why we need to install kext to monitor GPU temperature... 

 

I’m with you there I don’t use any extras too and I’m good too go.

[larabee]

2 minutes ago, AudioGod said:

 

I’m with you there I don’t use any extras too and I’m good too go.

I just need to check maximum temperature on my hack during summer and assume that's the maximum temperature ever haha. 

I can wrap up all of my tests here. I'm asking other people to test it too, make sure we have enough data points  

[panosru]

@larabee I have that shell command on my alias, but it is convenient to have the info in the menu bar as well

 

I will try 0x0705 as a cpu type

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, panosru said:

@larabee I have that shell command on my alias, but it is convenient to have the info in the menu bar as well

 

I will try 0x0705 as a cpu type

 

So your all sorted out now and no longer freezing?

and don’t worry about it displaying your 9700k wrong if the cpu type doesn’t work for you, it won’t change your life or your performance in anyway shape or form. Just Enjoy

[larabee]

4 minutes ago, panosru said:

@larabee I have that shell command on my alias, but it is convenient to have the info in the menu bar as well

 

I will try 0x0705 as a cpu type

 

Yeah let me know if that works. I  remember that is the type of core i7...

 

[panosru]

@AudioGod So far I had no freezes, I'm still testing it, I believe I will have some more results during the weekend. My freezes are completely random, I may work on a graphic application (Photoshop, After Effects etc.) and get a Freeze, or I might programming or doing some devops stuff via ssh and get a freeze, at first I though it was related to graphically intensive process since I used to render a lot, but lately I noticed it has nothing to do with it and it is completely random... I'll keep an eye on it. The send kind of freeze is when I leave my computer unattended for a few hours, when I return back it is frozen. I tried to disable both display sleep and screensaver, no matter what, it still was frozen when I returned so I will look in to that tomorrow too since it is more consistent.

 

 

@larabee seems that it is! It is not showing 9700k (I'm not sure if it was supposed to show, I have to turn on my MacBook and check there, I'll do it tomorrow), but at least is showing the CPU properly now

 

 

Before frame buffer:

 

after frame buffer (just the result, the rest is the same):

 

@tasc unfortunately even though I added the additional kexts and efi, iStats Menu still are not able to detect GPU temp :/ 

 

 

Thank you all guys!

[AudioGod]

3 minutes ago, panosru said:

@AudioGod So far I had no freezes, I'm still testing it, I believe I will have some more results during the weekend. My freezes are completely random, I may work on a graphic application (Photoshop, After Effects etc.) and get a Freeze, or I might programming or doing some devops stuff via ssh and get a freeze, at first I though it was related to graphically intensive process since I used to render a lot, but lately I noticed it has nothing to do with it and it is completely random... I'll keep an eye on it. The send kind of freeze is when I leave my computer unattended for a few hours, when I return back it is frozen. I tried to disable both display sleep and screensaver, no matter what, it still was frozen when I returned so I will look in to that tomorrow too since it is more consistent.

 

 

@larabee seems that it is! It is not showing 9700k (I'm not sure if it was supposed to show, I have to turn on my MacBook and check there, I'll do it tomorrow), but at least is showing the CPU properly now

 

 

Before frame buffer:

 

after frame buffer (just the result, the rest is the same):

 

@tasc unfortunately even though I added the additional kexts and efi, iStats Menu still are not able to detect GPU temp :/ 

 

 

Thank you all guys!

 

There’s one bios change for you to make that might help with the gpu and that is  -  

BIOS → CSM Support → Disabled

 

Me and @larabee both have a Sapphire Pulse Vega 56 and that is one setting that helps it work properly but don’t do anything unless it freezes again first.  

 

 

[panosru]

@AudioGodthanks a lot for the whole support! I really appreciate it!

 

I will first do my normal daily routine with your efi to make sure everything is working as expected. So far I can say that is running smoothly and the only minor issue I have is not having the temperature of gpu from istats menu which I'm not considering it as a problem. 

 

Tomorrow I will test for freezes and I will let you know how it went, normally there isn't any day that pass without at least one freeze. 

 

Cheers! 

Edited August 17, 2019 by panosru
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[larabee]

2 hours ago, panosru said:

@AudioGodthanks a lot for the whole support! I really appreciate it!

 

I will first do my normal daily routine with your efi to make sure everything is working as expected. So far I can say that is running smoothly and the only minor issue I have is not having the temperature of gpu from istats menu which I'm not considering it as a problem. 

 

Tomorrow I will test for freezes and I will let you know how it went, normally there isn't any day that pass without at least one freeze. 

 

Cheers! 

 

Make sure you take note which applications you’re running when the freeze happen. 

I have not have any problem so far running a mix of adobe suite and final cut pro. In the past, most of my freezes are from audio application (logic pro, and others) running through usb 2 bus. 

[panosru]

@larabee yes, I do that already, at first I thought it was related to apps that use gpu heavily, but then it was happening even without those apps being running, so I have no clue, I will monitor it now. 

[ainsleyclark]

Hi there,

 

First of all thank you for the guide, it was the smoothest install I have done to date.

 

I have used USBPorts Fix, and all ports are recognised, USB thumb drives are working, but my 2TB WD external hard drives are not being picked up.

USBInjectAll works, but the system is a lot slower to boot.

 

Any ideas?

 

Z390 Aorus Pro with i9 9700k.

 

Many thanks.

[glasgood]

 

17/07/2019

 

Reverted back to the non DSDT EFI folder within guide as an EFI fit for all, it seems that a DSDT extracted from one specific setup does not greatly transfer to majority of Aorus Pro Z390 configs

with different memory, graphics cards, BIOS configuration. 

 

 

 

 

 

For those looking for DSDT fix it's best to extract your own ACPI files and source your own patched DSDT @MaLd0n can possible assist with DSDT Patch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[texem]

afaik the DSDT table is static from BIOS but SSDT is dynamic. So there might be different DSDT's for different BIOS versions. To find out, some guys here can use BIOS F10 , extract with F4 in Clover boot and then compare . Wondering if we get different aml's 

 

 

[ainsleyclark]

Thanks for your reply @glasgood

 

I have attached my EFI folder, with extracted ACPI.

 

Im also experiencing some very slight bluetooth lag on mouse Apple Magic Mouse, I'm using a BCM943602CS and confirmed its not WIFI interference. 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

EFI.zip