I have put together this simple little guide for anybody wanting to use a Patched DSDT EFI with the same configuration as me.

This﻿ is also a thread to discuss everything Z390 Master and try and help where we can and maybe make things a little better for you.



A huge massive thank you to @glasgood @MaLd0n @larabee These three guys have helped me and talked me so much and are as helpful as you could ever get, Without them I wouldn't have a perfect working build like I do or be putting up this Guide & Discussion Thread sharing the hard work and countless hours that we have all put in to this.





This EFI and Patched DSDT have been created to work with a Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master using bios revision F11c, 9900k with a 5700 XT but has also been tested and verified fully working with the following Hardware



CPU's

8600K, 8700, 8700K, 9400K, 9600K, 9700K, 9900K, 9900KS (All KF Models work but use SMBios iMacPro1,1 instead)



GPU's

RX 560, 570, 580, 590, Vega 56, Vega 64, Radion VII, RX 5500, 5500 XT, 5600, 5600 XT, 5700, 5700 XT

(If you have success with any different CPU or GPU's then please do let me know)





@glasgood Has kindly put together a new simple Catalina install guide so Just Follow He's Guide For a Perfect Install. (glasgood put the guide together for the Z390 Pro but the two boards are so alike that you can follow this guide with no problems at all using the Z390 Master)





HARDWARE USED

• Intel I9 9900k @5.2Ghz

• Gigabyte AORUS Z390 MASTER

• Sapphire Reference RX 5700 XT (connected to the monitor via the DisplayPort)

• Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 32GB @3600mhz (2 x 16GB)

• Corsair RM850x 80 Plus Gold Power Supply Unit

• EK Custom Liquid Cooling Loop

• Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe SSD macOS Catalina

• Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVMe SSD Windows 10 Pro﻿

• ABWB BCM94360CS2 802.11AC WI-FI With Bluetooth 4.0 PCI-Express (PCI-E)

• Lian Li PC-O11DW Dynamic ATX Case﻿















WORKING

• Sound

• Ethernet Port

• WiFi

• SSD Trim

• USB 3.0 & 2.0 (All ports Open Natively)

• AirDrop

• iCloud

• Hardware Acceleration

• iMessages

• Facetime

• Sleep & Wake

• Sleep and Shutdown via the Power Button

• Handoff

• Netflix on Safari browser

• Continuity

• Sidecar (only works using the iMac19,1 EFI and with your igpu Enabled)





EFI FOLDERS

please note - You must flash your Z390 MASTER bios to revision F11e or Higher to use any of these EFI's, The DSDT is not designed for any other Bios revision

Z390AORUSMASTER.zip - Aorus Z390 Master Bios Firmware F11e ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿



CLOVER & OPENCORE EFIs ﻿

Current EFIs Updated 04/08/2020





Clover EFI Update v5120 - 04/08/2020 - Use with Bios revision F11e or Higher Only or Replace with the older F11c/F10 DSDT if you don't want to update the bios﻿



EFI Clover VEGA Navi 030820.zip - Vega, Navi (5700, 5700XT etc), Radeon VII DSDT SMBios 19,1 EFI

EFI Clover Polaris NVIDIA 030820.zip - RX500﻿ Polari﻿s Series (RX590, 580, 570 etc) SMBios 19,1﻿ EFI﻿﻿



Please Note - I have now set KernelPM to No as standard so if you don’t have a unlocked﻿ MSR or not using my MSR Unlocked Bios Profile then go into the Clover Config.plist and set KernelPM to Yes or you won’t be able to boot up. An even better fix would be to unlock your MSR using my profile ﻿method.



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





O﻿penCore EFI Update v0.6.0 - 04/08/2020

Myself and @texem have now created a OpenCore EFI done the way the OpenCore Devs intended it to be made, There is no DSDT in use so you can use this EFI on any supported GPU and the SSDTs have been made so they will not be used in any other Operating System apart from MacOS.



OpenCore 060 Z390 Master 19,1 030820.zip - OpenCore v0.6.0, SMBios iMac19,1

OpenCore 060 Z390 Master 1,1 030820.zip - OpenCore v0.6.0, SMBios iMacPro1,1 (IGPU Disabl﻿ed)﻿



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 so please use the new Config.plist instead.





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



Using PlistEdit Pro add your details by modifying the following





PLEASE NOTE - These EFIs are setup to be used with your msr Unlocked so make sure you use the F11e Unlocked Profile but if for any reason you c﻿an not unlock MSR then just modify following in the OpenCore config.plist :

﻿﻿







C﻿FG Unlock (MSR) F11e BIOS Profile - The Easy Way ﻿

Highly recommended if your using a Vega 56/64, Radeon VII or Navi GPU﻿







To Create Your Own Patched DSDT Message @MaLd0n using the link bellow

https://www.olarila.com/forum/17-dsdt-patch-requests/

(If you want a perfect setup then getting your own patched DSDT made would be the best thing to do, Mine will work perfectly fine but different hardware no matter how small a change it is can tend to have some sort of effect on the DSDT and your setup)





If Your Not Using File Vault Then Please Disable Hibernate

disablehibernate.command





ADDITONAL DOWNLOADS

Z390AORUSMASTER.zip - Aorus Z390 Master Bios Firmware F11e

Clover

Clover Configurator

Kext Updater

RepairPermissions





OPTIONAL DOWNLOADS

BroadcomFix.zip (Use these kexts if your Broadcom bluetooth/Wifi isn't working properly)

Hackintool

IORegistryExplorer

Native Display Brightness with MonitorControl





BIOS SETTINGS (Bios Revision F11e)



• Enter BIOS → Press Delete → Enter Setup

• Save & Exit → Load Optimized Defaults



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

• 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 -> 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





SCREENSHOTS



































