ASRock Z390 Extreme4 Mojave with added Thunderbolt3 AIC R2.0

[Bart Rap]

Ahh yes my mistake; I meant a z390 designare... correct. Do you think if I change the motherboard that I can still leave my Mojave ssd with all the music apps and plugins installed ? It would really save me a lot of time ...

I have found a Designare z390 on offer in my area; am going to collect it tommorow ?; Work to to Daniel hahaha; Will keep you posted!

Obrigado, Bart

 

 

Edited December 15, 2020 by Bart Rap

[MaLd0n]

K

let me know

[Bart Rap]

Hi again; YES I have the board here at home now; Gigabyte Z390 Designare ver 1.0! Now first I have to work some days abroad again and then after that I will swap the board. Do you think we can make it work with my existing Mojave partition that I used with the ASRock board ? I have made image copies and time capsule backups as well just in case it goes wrong.... I will first install everything on a separate ssd to have a clean set and get all kext and dsdt's aligned. When everything works I will try to write the working new EFI folder to the old Mojave ssd with all the installed applications...

The 'updated' system will consist of the following parts;

- Designare Z390 ver1.0 motherboard

-i7 9700K proc

- 64 GB ddr4 ram 

- msi rx580 video

- 2x samsung m.2 ssd

- fire wire adapter(texas instr controller for compatibility macos)

- tp link wifi compatible (also compatible)

- UAD octo core card

- (later on) a UAD Apollo interface connected to the thunderbolt port

 

Can't wait to start to explore! But first some days of work

 

Have a nice evening ?

 

 

[MaLd0n]

k

we can use same system  let me know

[Bart Rap]

Hi Daniel ! Am back from work and I managed tonight to replace my ASRock z390 Extreme4 motherboard with the Gigabyte Designare Z390 ver 1.0. It has bios version F7.

Guess what ? I was so happy to see that after resetting the bios and some small adaptions my system just booted all the way up to the desktop; very happy to see that I can continue to work with all my apps and plugins !!! Great stuff!

So; hereby you find a IOReg file and the 'send-me' file ccreated with the new designare board; can you please create the dsdt for my system ? Is there anything else I need to do ?

Thanks again and I keep you posted, Bart

PS I do not have my thunderbolt 3 UAD Apollo device in yet, so I can not yet test the Thunderbolt functionality. Have a great weekend !

 

Send me Barts-iMac.zip Bart’s iMac IOReg.zip

[MaLd0n]

send me this efi folder

we can change smbios/serials?

[Bart Rap]

Hi; I think if the smbios and/or serials change probably a lot of apps will not work anymore; what do you think ? Ok; I attached the EFI folder that I a using now; had to delete the themes folder otherwise the file would be too big...

Think I have to reward you a Christmas donation soon ?!!

EFI.zip

[MaLd0n]

test it, reboot and extract one sendme

EFI.zip

 

bios config

1- Go to M.I.T./Advanced Frequency Settings tab

Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) - Profile 1

2- Go to BIOS tab

CSM Support - Disabled

3- Go to Peripherals/Thunderbolt Configuration tab

Security Level - No Security

Thunderbolt USB Support - Enabled

GPIO3 Force Pwr - Enabled

4- Go to Chipset tab

Internal Graphics - Enable

 

[Bart Rap]

Hi Daniel; I just did as you said; I used  your EFI, but then it gets stuck at the screenshot ending with a firewire message. I had to put back my previous EFI file, but that now makes me stuck at the second screenshot (couldn't allocate runtime area).

 

Should I put the bios back into using the RX580 instead of the internal graphics ?

 

Cheers, Bart

 

 

 

screen dumps.zip EFI.zip

[MaLd0n]

CSM disable?

reset nvram with f11 key in boot screen?

[Bart Rap]

csm is definately disabled

ok i will try your EFI folder again;I have disabled the thunderbolt in the bios and also internal graphics= disabled; then i could boot again without getting the 'could not allocate....' crash.

Here are the results Daniel; I removed the firewire card to see if that would help. Just also to confirm my setup; a designare z390 board rev 1.0 with BIOS F9i. My processor is an intel i7 (not i9) 9700K; Graphics board is an MSI RX 580 Gaming X.

I have made a preboot log file, some screenshote, a IOReg file and new send-me files based on the boot with your EFI folder.

 

Thanks again ?

Bart’s iMac IOReg.zip Send me Barts-iMac.zip latest screenshots.zip preboot.log.zip

Edited December 20, 2020 by Bart Rap

[MaLd0n]

the problem is: this efi folder is not good. we need update it.

extract tables with f4 key in clover boot screen, files generated in clover/acpi/origin, send me these files

 

[Bart Rap]

Hi Good morning; Ok I have done as you said; I started up with your EFI; at the clover boot screen I pressed F4; I send you the files from clover/acpi/origin now and a latest 'send-me' file and IOReg...

Bart’s iMac IOReg.zip origin.zip Send me Barts-iMac.zip

[MaLd0n]

Archive.zip

u can use ur folder, just use acpi and kexts files

reboot and save one ioreg

[Bart Rap]

Hi Daniel; Thanks. So I will use the current EFI folder and will replace the acpi and kext files in it with the ones you have sent me now; will be right back with the results

Making progression Daniel! System boots; I guess there is some pollution in the EFI files because mixed EFI's are now used -- But the system boots fine now. Still, I have not enabled the Thunderbolt interface yet in the bios; will try that in a bit. The thunderbolt was actually enabled in the bios; Good; although it doesnt show in the Mojave system overview; but that is normal I think you said right ? Here is a IOReg copy that you requested; just to be sure I will also add a fresh 'send-me' file.

 

 

Send me Barts-iMac.zip Bart’s iMac IOReg.zip

Edited December 20, 2020 by Bart Rap

[Bart Rap]

Hi Daniel; Tomorrow I will get the UAD Arrow Thunderbolt 3 device so I can hook it up. One thing that occurs to me in the current setting, is that the front side usb, only the usb 2.0 senses usb sticks. the 3.0/3.1 is not detected. I have installed a Big Sur Olarila version on a seperate ssd (Works perfect!). On that ssd all usb ports are recognized; you think you can fix it on the Mojave one ?

 

Thanks !

 

 

[MaLd0n]

send me ur full efi folder

[Bart Rap]

I tried to send you my EFI folder but it is 22 MB in size; I get a messsage I am limited to 19.53 MB....

 

PS I notice that the onboard audio device is also not available....

 

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by Bart Rap

[MaLd0n]

up in google drive or other service

[Bart Rap]

Ok; does this work for you ?

 

https://bartdisk.myftp.org:5001/sharing/bqcFp5s5d

 

 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Bart Rap