MSI H270 GAMING M3

MSI H270 GAMING M3

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H270 MSI GAMING M3 + I5 7600 + Thunderbolt 3 GC Titan Ridge ?

EFI H270 MSI GAMING M3 +I5 7600 with OpenCore 0.6.6 bootloader

MSI H270 GAMING M3

Computer Spec:

Component Brank
CPU Intel i5-7600
iGPU Intel® Graphics HD 630 (HEADLESS PATCH)
dGpu Sapphire pulse RX 580 8 GB
Audio Realtek ALC1220
Ram 32 GB Corsair Vengeance
Wifi + Bluetooth Fenvi t919
Lan Killer™ E2500 Gigabit LAN
Thunderbolt 3 GC Titan Ridge V2 NVM33 ELIAS64FR MOD
NVMe Samsung 970 evo plus 1TB ( MacOS)
SSD Sata Kingston SSD 1TB (Windows)
SSD Sata Kingston a400 2 TB (shared storage)
SmBios iMac 18,3
BootLoader OpenCore 0.6.6
macOS Big Sur 11.1

MSI H270 GAMING M3

See the IOREG

What works and What doesn’t or WIP:

  •  CFG Unlock
  •  Intel Graphics HD iGPU (use for task only)
  •  ALC1220 All jack activate
  •  ALC1220 Combo jack external
  •  All USB 3.1 Ports (ASM2142 controller)
  •  Sleep / Wake
  •  Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  •  Controller SATA III
  •  Controller NVME PciE Gen3x4
  •  All Sensors CPU, IGPU, GPU, NVME, SATA, FAN
  •  Apple VTD
  •  NVRAM
  •  Recovery (macOS) boot from OpenCore
  •  Windows 10 boot from OpenCore
  •  Thunderbolt 3 GC Titan Ridge V2
  •  Thunderbolt Hotplug for GC Titan Ridge
  •  USB C Hotplug For GC Titan Ridge

Peripherals & Benchmarks

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This is the speed test of Samsung 970 Evo Plus mounted in a SABRENT enclosure

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This is the speed test of internal Samsung 970 Evo Plus MSI H270 GAMING M3 MSI H270 GAMING M3 MSI H270 GAMING M3

BIOS

BIOS VERSION E7A62IMS.270 BUILD DATE 07/03/2018

Disable cfg lock

To disable cfg lock use the provided kit.

In the folder is provided a dump of BIOS E7A62IMS.270 version for references.

THANKS TO LORYS89 for the hints, BIOS dump and the kit

Declare tools in config.plist

Reboot the system, when you are at Opencore run modGRUBShell.efi

Type setup_var 0x526 to interrogate, the result is Offset 0x526 is: 0x01 this mean that the cfg lock is enabled

Then type setup_var 0x526 0x00 to write, the result is Offset 0x526 is: 0x01 setting offset 0x526 to 0x00 this mean that the cfg lock is disabled

Type EXIT to return to Opencore Bootloader, Reset nvram and use VerifyMsrE2.efi to check if the cfg lock is disabled.

BIOS SETTINGS

XMP [OFF]

SETTINGS\ADVANCED

PCI Subsystem Settings

PEG0 – Max Link Speed [Auto]

PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clock]

Above 4g memory/Crypto Currency [Disabled]

ACPI Settings

Power LED [Blinking]

Integrated Peripherals

Onboard LAN Controller [Enabled]

LAN Option ROM [Disabled]

Network stacks [Disabled]

SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]

M.2/Optane Genie [Disabled]

SATA 1|6 Hot Plug [Disabled]

HD Audio Controller [Enabled]

HPET [Enabled]

Intel Serial I/O [Disabled]

Integrated Graphics Configuration

I use an headless patch for iGPU just for Apple continuity services

Initiate Graphics Adapter [PEG]

Integrated Graphics Share Memory [128M]

IGD Multi-Monitor [Enabled]

USB Configuration

USB Controller [Enabled]

XHCI Hand-off [Enabled]

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

Super IO Configuration\ (COM) Port 0 configuration

Serial(COM) Port0 [Enabled]

Serial(COM) Port0 Settings [Auto]

Power Management Setup

ErP Ready [Disabled]

Restore after AC Power Loss [Power off]

System Power Fault Protection [Disabled]

Windows OS Configuration

Windows 8.1/10 WHQL Support [Disabled]

Windows 7 Installation [Disabled]

MSI Fastboot [Disabled]

Fast Boot [Disabled]

Wake Up Event Setup

Setup Wake Up Configuration [Bios]

Resume By RTC Alarm [Disabled]

Resume By PCI-E Device [Disabled]

Resume By USB device [Enabled]

Resume From S3/S4/S5 by PS/2 mouse [Disabled]

Resume From S3/S4/S5 by PS/2 keyboard [Disabled]

Special Config

  • Usb port mapping performed
  • Add ASMEDIA 2142 controller Kext
  • SSDT-Hack Essential patch
  • SSDT for GC Titan Ridge V2
  • Drom flash for GC Titan Ridge V2

GC Titan Ridge Flash

Follow this GUIDE to flash the bios provided here

Although the DROM is for DESIGNARE Z390 it works on the GC TITAN RIDGE V2.0 REFERENCE

Connect pin 3 and pin 5 of jumper for Hot Swap capability

Connect pin 3 and pin 5 of the THB_C Header Cable provided for hotplug function. Here some reference.

MSI H270 GAMING M3

When connected the jumper from pin 3 to pin 5 should look like this.

MSI H270 GAMING M3

Connect this other end of the THB_C Header to the card into the J1 Header port of the card.

Alternate approaches suggested by community:

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