pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[pastrychef]

That’s understandable, that’s what I thought as well.

I had the pleasure of testing a iMac Pro for a few days and noticed that when having a Ethernet cable connected to the 10Gbe port, the iMac Pro would keep waking up from sleep every few minutes, ultimately making the machine very warm to touch.

After setting the network order in network preferences so my 10Gbe card in my hack is first with the i219v second and then wifi 3rd, my hackintosh keeps waking up from sleep every few minutes. I am certain this is a bug as this is exactly what is happening on the real iMac Pro, with disconnecting the Ethernet cable to the 10Gbe card the only solution to stop these constant wakes.

EDIT: I’m still doing some testing regarding which interface and what is causing the wakes.

What is your network "Service Order", do you have all 3 adapters connected at once?

Do you experience the same bug with your 10Gbe card?

I noticed the same thing with my GC-AQC107 when it was connected to my 10GBase-T switch. As a workaround, instead of connecting it to the switch, I connected it directly to my NAS and it not longer had the instant wakes. Initially, I thought that the instant wakes were due to my cheap 10GBase-T switch...

Since the release of macOS 10.13.4, I swapped out the GC-AQC107 for an Intel X540-T2 because the patch to get the AQC107 working with 10.13.4 hadn't been released yet. The X540-T2 doesn't suffer from this instant wake issue when connected to the switch. Since the X540-T2 has been working flawlessly, I haven't bothered to put the AQC107 back in. Also, I noticed that the X540-T2 is a bit faster than the AQC107 maxing out at about 1000MB/s vs about 800MB/s according to Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.

All along, I had the i219v first in the service order, 10GBase-T second, and Wi-Fi last. I only changed the order about 3 weeks ago to have 10GBase-T first, i219v second, and Wi-Fi last. From my testing, service order didn't have any affect on the instant wake. I only changed it because I use an app called AutoMounter to mount shares from my NAS and having 10GBase-T first allows it to use that connection.

 

[TheOfficialGypsy]

I noticed the same thing with my GC-AQC107 when it was connected to my 10GBase-T switch. As a workaround, instead of connecting it to the switch, I connected it directly to my NAS and it not longer had the instant wakes. Initially, I thought that the instant wakes were due to my cheap 10GBase-T switch...

Since the release of macOS 10.13.4, I swapped out the GC-AQC107 for an Intel X540-T2 because the patch to get the AQC107 working with 10.13.4 hadn't been released yet. The X540-T2 doesn't suffer from this instant wake issue when connected to the switch. Since the X540-T2 has been working flawlessly, I haven't bothered to put the AQC107 back in. Also, I noticed that the X540-T2 is a bit faster than the AQC107 maxing out at about 1000MB/s vs about 800MB/s according to Blackmagic Disk Speed Test.

All along, I had the i219v first in the service order, 10GBase-T second, and Wi-Fi last. I only changed the order about 3 weeks ago to have 10GBase-T first, i219v second, and Wi-Fi last. From my testing, service order didn't have any affect on the instant wake. I only changed it because I use an app called AutoMounter to mount shares from my NAS and having 10GBase-T first allows it to use that connection.

As odd as it sounds I no longer have that issue, I deleted all the network interfaces and then added them again and no more wakes, well at least for the past hour or so. Glad I'm not the only one experiencing that issue, hopefully this issue gets resolved in the final 10.13.5.

 

[pastrychef]

As odd as it sounds I no longer have that issue, I deleted all the network interfaces and then added them again and no more wakes, well at least for the past hour or so. Glad I'm not the only one experiencing that issue, hopefully this issue gets resolved in the final 10.13.5.

Yes, I also thought I was the only one experiencing the issue. Lol That's why I thought it was my cheap switch.

 

[pastrychef]

Just don't take it on a flight with you. "Looks like a bomb in there to me." All those wires and electronic parts will put the security people on high alert.

Update: He got past TSA without a strip search!!!

 

[TheOfficialGypsy]

Alright so I found a random bug, when I disconnect the ethernet cables from ethernet cards and only use the "BCM94360CD" wifi card with "Wake for network access" enabled, after sleep the wifi speeds are terrible.
If I disable "Wake for network access" the wifi card doesn't experience slow wifi speeds on wake. I also noticed that with WOL disabled my hack can be unlocked by my Apple Watch, which would never happen with WOL enabled.

I currently have the BCM94360CD card in the first PCIE x1 slot with my ROG AREION 10G card in the last PCIE x4 slot.
Will test if changing PCI slots does anything

Does anyone else experience this issue?

 

[pastrychef]

Alright so I found a random bug, when I disconnect the ethernet cables from ethernet cards and only use the "BCM94360CD" wifi card with "Wake for network access" enabled, after sleep the wifi speeds are terrible.
If I disable "Wake for network access" the wifi card doesn't experience slow wifi speeds on wake. I also noticed that with WOL disabled my hack can be unlocked by my Apple Watch, which would never happen with WOL enabled.

I currently have the BCM94360CD card in the first PCIE x1 slot with my ROG AREION 10G card in the last PCIE x4 slot.
Will test if changing PCI slots does anything

Does anyone else experience this issue?

• Wi-Fi connected to 802.11ac
• Wake for network access enabled
• All ethernet cables disconnected
• I don't own an Apple Watch to test unlock
• Results below are from accessing my NAS and speedtest.net

Before sleep:


After wake:




The more reports that I get, the more convinced I am that using Wi-Fi/Bluetooth with motherboards that have built-in M.2 slots for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth yields better results.

 

[AndyC]

I originally posted a question over in Stork's thread but haven't had a response. I'm using the Maximus Hero X board which is obviously pretty similar to the mATX board in this thread, and having issues with the speed on the USB 3.1 ports. The setup is pretty much identical to that listed here, and also using iMac 18,3 for the SMBIOS.
Bottom line, whether I connect to the Type A or Type C USB 3.1 ports, it's showing (and performing) at USB 2 speeds. Despite searching all the threads, all USB fixes seem to be for the USB 3 chip, and I have mine nicely mapped out with an SSDT.

Here's a link to the other post #128 where I show my IORegistryExplorer entry and also the About this Mac USB entry.
I'm curious to know if @pastrychef has full speed USB 3.1 working and what the USB settings for the above two mentioned screenshots show.

This is probably my 10th Hack build over the years, and I haven't experienced this issue on Gigabyte boards using Thunderbolt chips. Thanks for any help.

 

[TheOfficialGypsy]

Ahh your internet speeds are amazing, wish we had them in Australia

For now I'm using my old DW1560 in the built in M.2 slot, I have it working with "airportbrcmfixup", "BrcmPatchRAM2" and "BrcmFirmwareData". The airportbrcmfixup disables WOL just for that wifi card so no more slow wifi on wake.

In the meantime I will order your "Apple proprietary interface to NGFF adapter" you linked so I can use my BCM943602 card in the M.2 slot.

Wonder why my BCM94360CD does not like WOL, it looks like a genuine card which is connected to the PCIe slot, surely it should work fine...

 

[pastrychef]

I originally posted a question over in Stork's thread but haven't had a response. I'm using the Maximus Hero X board which is obviously pretty similar to the mATX board in this thread, and having issues with the speed on the USB 3.1 ports. The setup is pretty much identical to that listed here, and also using iMac 18,3 for the SMBIOS.
Bottom line, whether I connect to the Type A or Type C USB 3.1 ports, it's showing (and performing) at USB 2 speeds. Despite searching all the threads, all USB fixes seem to be for the USB 3 chip, and I have mine nicely mapped out with an SSDT.

Here's a link to the other post #128 where I show my IORegistryExplorer entry and also the About this Mac USB entry.
I'm curious to know if @pastrychef has full speed USB 3.1 working and what the USB settings for the above two mentioned screenshots show.

This is probably my 10th Hack build over the years, and I haven't experienced this issue on Gigabyte boards using Thunderbolt chips. Thanks for any help.

I don't have any true USB 3.1 gen 2 devices, but I have tested USB 3.1 gen 1 devices with the USB 3.1 gen 2 ports. There's a clear and noticeable improvement when using the gen 2 ports. You can see my test results here.

Edit:
As far as I know, all Z370 motherboard use ASM3142 chipset for USB 3.1 gen 2. macOS has built-in support for this chipset so nothing extra needs to be done to get them working. Also, since USB 3.1 gen 2 is on an entirely separate chipset, SSDT for USBInjectAll.kext does not affect it.

 

[pastrychef]

Ahh your internet speeds are amazing, wish we had them in Australia

For now I'm using my old DW1560 in the built in M.2 slot, I have it working with "airportbrcmfixup", "BrcmPatchRAM2" and "BrcmFirmwareData". The airportbrcmfixup disables WOL just for that wifi card so no more slow wifi on wake.

In the meantime I will order your "Apple proprietary interface to NGFF adapter" you linked so I can use my BCM943602 card in the M.2 slot.

Wonder why my BCM94360CD does not like WOL, it looks like a genuine card which is connected to the PCIe slot, surely it should work fine...

Yes, I'm very lucky that my neighborhood is wired for these internet speeds. It's expensive, but I love it.

I use a DW1560 in my laptop and it works well. But I haven't done as extensive testing as I have with my desktop.

I would have thought that the BCM94360CD in a PCI-e slot would work equally as well too. Perhaps there's a BIOS setting that can affect PCI-e slot behavior after sleep...

I think that you can use your BCM93460CD with the M.2 adaptor, assuming you have a way to route the extra antennas...