Testing Thread: Skylake Platform in OS X
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This kind of thing seems to happen with a lot of hardware. Audio seems to be configured but no output device in System Configuration / Sound. Ethernet shows in Sys Conf / Network but always shows red / cable disconnected. USB hubs and sometimes devices listed in System Information / USB but none of them work. There seems to be some bigger underlying issue causing a lot of devices to not work properly.
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You guys have a lot of work to do with Skylake and Multibeast 8, good luck
... By the way, why are they shipping Skylake support without the SATA drivers anyway?
... By the way, why are they shipping Skylake support without the SATA drivers anyway?
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haha funny RM, we are talking about hacks here not macs but anyhow, I been telling people to use a PCIe SATA card for over 2 weeks now maybe longer. 10.11.2 does not fix the SATA or USB issues, also NVMe PC SSDs do not work however using an Apple PCIe NVMe in a Apple to M.2 adapter does work and shows under NVMExpress.
BTW: noone has even said what chipset the new skylake iMac is using, all the teardowns skip this so how do we know its even Z170?
BTW: noone has even said what chipset the new skylake iMac is using, all the teardowns skip this so how do we know its even Z170?
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What was written was that the support wasn't there. Clearly it is as it works on the iMac. But something else is wrong preventing a wide variety of drivers from working on hacks. Current list: chipset audio, chipset SATA, chipset USB, PCIe USB3 cards known to work, and PCIe WiFi known to work.
Keep in mind Apple codes only for Apple products...
Easy to tell from ioreg. The device-ids are the same.
Isn't Z170 the only skylake chipset currently available? I ask because I'm not certain (not keeping up on it). But I am certain Intel is not creating special chipsets for Apple.
Note: The 100-series datasheet currently only lists Z170 under 100-series PCH SKUs.
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It works fine on the Apple iMac17,1, just not on hacks, even though they share the same hardware.
As I mention, there are a lot of devices that should work, but are not.
It points to some general problem, unknown as to the specifics at this time, that is affecting all such devices, including SATA.
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But then why should Apple make an update to improve Skylake support if it works fine on Apple devices?
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There are a few 100 series available :
Z170
H170
H110
B150
Similar to previous generations, the 'Z' one is the full fat overlcockable one. The 'H' ones are not meant for overclocking and cheaper, the 'B' variant I think is usually used for business class boards, meaning cheap, cheerful and typically few frills if any.
The H110 also restricts ram to 2 x physical slots.
I've not seen datasheets for them all yet though, so not sure about ID's.
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