How to Fix Asus Z370 Prime A Big Sur 11.4 with Thunderbolt

How to Fix Asus Z370 Prime A Big Sur 11.4 with Thunderbolt

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

• Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
• Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

1. Boot with -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 to identify the exact kernel panic.
2. Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
3. Ensure your EFI matches the Dortania guide specifications for your CPU generation.

Verification

• Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

• Happy new year to everyone. Hope everybody is doing great.
  
  Just upgrade successfully my Asus Z370 Prime A from Mojave to Big Sur 11.4
  
  This machine has Protools 2021.12 with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. I do Radio Imaging all my plugins are working great.
  
  
  This is a 32gb ram, i7 3.7 (8700K), Asus Thunderbolt EX Alpine Ridge, Intel HD630and a 32” LG Monitor. All my usb are working and the usb-c in the thunderbolt card too. Doesn’t have any TB device to test with.​
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