EFI Z490 Vision G OC 0.8.9 v2.0

Changelog

2023-02-14: iGPU Tweaks

• Updated OpenCore to 0.8.9 Nightly
• Updated Drivers and Kexts
• Tested successfully with macOS 10.15.7 to 13.2.1
• CONFIG
  • DeviceProperties:
    • Added igfxfw to Intel UHD 630 headless framebuffer. Forces Apple's Graphics Unit Control (GuC) firmware → Slightly improves iGPU performance.
  • NVRAM
    • Deleted unnecessary boot-args
    • Added revblock pci parameter → Prevents PCI and RAM configuration notifications when using MacPro7,1 SMBIOS. Enable RestrictEvents kext to make it work.
    • Added revblock sbvmm → Enables boar-id skip. Required for getting System Updates after installing NVIDIA drivers with OCLP. More details here
  • Tools
    • Deleted ToggleSipEntry.efi → useless since it doesn't fully disable SIP, which is necessary when applying Root Patches to the system with OCLP to re-install NVIDIA drivers.

NOTES

• Check ReadMe.md for instructions and getting the Intel® I225-V Ethernet Controller working on macOS Monterey/Ventura.

EFI Z490 Vision G OC 0.8.9 v1.0

Changelog

2023-01-04: New Year, same…

• Updated OpenCore to 0.8.9 Nightly
• Updated Drivers and Kexts
• Tested successfully with macOS 10.15.7 to 13.2
• CONFIG
  • Kernel/Patch
    • Deleted all the Kernel patches for enabling the board-id VMM SB model → Can be enabled by RestrictEvents.kext and NVRAM variable sbvmm allowing OTA updates for unsupported models on macOS 11.3 or newer. Only needed on systems with Kepler Cards running macOS 12 or newer. The Booter Patches are still required though, to enable the board-id skip.

NOTES

• Check ReadMe.md for instructions and getting the Intel® I225-V Ethernet Controller working on macOS Monterey/Ventura.

EFI Z490 Vision G OC 0.8.8 v1.0

Changelog

2022-12-08

• Updated OpenCore to 0.8.8 Nightly
• Updated Drivers and Kexts
• Tested successfully with macOS 10.15.7 to 13.1
• CONFIG
  • Populated MmmioWhitelist after analyzing bootlog (See guide for more details)
  • Deleted Misc/Serial/Custom → unnecessary

NOTES

• Check ReadMe.md for instructions and getting the Intel® I225-V Ethernet Controller working on macOS Monterey and newer.