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[gandem]

@CaseySJ,
Was there any significant difference in the GC-Titan Ridge V2 firmware versus V1? Just curious. I'm just wondering if there is any real difference between V1 and V2.

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ,
Was there any significant difference in the GC-Titan Ridge V2 firmware versus V1? Just curious. I'm just wondering if there is any real difference between V1 and V2.

My V1 shipped with NVM43, but V2 ships with NVM50. Do you think NVM50 is performing better than previous versions?

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi @CaseySJ,

I've got an update. With Darkwake=0 set as a boot argument within Clover, and with WiFi on, the Hackintosh wakes a lot less frequently at around every 3 to 4 hours (before, without Darkwake = 0, it was exactly every hour). However, as my logs show, instead of it being a Darkwake from Normal Sleep, it is now a Wake from Normal sleep. The reason is the same, they both had the reason as /Network using AC. So from my understanding, with Darkwake=0, the PC actually fully wakes up now due to the same /Network reason code, rather than a Darkwake.

However, where it gets interesting is the entry directly below the Wake either says 2020-07-13 07:29:32 +0100 WakeDetails DriverReason:PXSX - DriverDetails: DriverReason:WiFi.ScanOffload when Darkwake=0 IS active, OR, DriverReason:WiFi.ScanOffload-Previous authentication no longer valid when Darkwake=0 WASN'T active. From Googling around, I can't really figure out what these both are. Any ideas?

I've uploaded my log file below (please note that the Darkwake=0 change went in from midnight on 13th July, and I left the PC sleeping all night). Do you mind taking a look at the log? And should I be trying the remaining fixes from the Sleep Aid, such as the TCPKeepAlive=0, as when using sudo pmset -g log | grep Maintenance, I can see a few references to mDNS responder, and TCPkeepalive (I've attached the log output for the above Maintenance command too)

Thank you!

Disabling darkwake seems like a step in the wrong direction -- now the monitor wakes up as well, which we don't want in the middle of the night.

The reason I created the Sleep Aid was to encourage people to troubleshoot their systems using the various suggestions listed there. It is difficult to suggest any specific course of action. The information in the log is not always helpful and often too cryptic.

So please keep trying various suggestions in the Sleep Aid. If nothing seems to work, try a fresh installation on a spare disk for testing purposes.

And if truly nothing works over long periods of sleep time, just turn off the machine when you go to sleep. That is the most environmentally friendly solution anyway...

 

[hamzab]

Disabling darkwake seems like a step in the wrong direction -- now the monitor wakes up as well, which we don't want in the middle of the night.

The reason I created the Sleep Aid was to encourage people to troubleshoot their systems using the various suggestions listed there. It is difficult to suggest any specific course of action. The information in the log is not always helpful and often too cryptic.

So please keep trying various suggestions in the Sleep Aid. If nothing seems to work, try a fresh installation on a spare disk for testing purposes.

And if truly nothing works over long periods of sleep time, just turn off the machine when you go to sleep. That is the most environmentally friendly solution anyway...

Thanks Casey. I'm going to try different combinations of the SleepAid. I've just done the TCPKeepAlive=0 command, and will leave it sleeping overnight. If that works. I will then set Darkwake back to it's normal setting (do you mind me asking what that is btw?) to see if just the TCPKeepAlive=0 helps solve it, and if it doesn't, I'll put Darkwake back to 0.

Of course, once I'm done, I'll post a small report on my findings in the hope that it helps others too!

Thanks!

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi Casey, When I plug in my USB I don't see the EFI partition anymore. I only see it when I originally create the bootable USB on the initial setup. Attached is the screenshot of what I see currently. Sorry I'm a No0b

Should I create a new bootable disk USB?
Thanks for your help!

The EFI partition has to be manually mounted. We can do that from Clover Configurator itself as shown. Under Efi Partitions you will see all available EFI partition. Hopefully there will be only one entry, but if you see multiple entries, be sure to select the one corresponding to the USB flash disk. The Media Name can used to identify the right disk.

 

[CaseySJ]

Thanks Casey. I'm going to try different combinations of the SleepAid. I've just done the TCPKeepAlive=0 command, and will leave it sleeping overnight. If that works. I will then set Darkwake back to it's normal setting (do you mind me asking what that is btw?) to see if just the TCPKeepAlive=0 helps solve it, and if it doesn't, I'll put Darkwake back to 0.

Of course, once I'm done, I'll post a small report on my findings in the hope that it helps others too!

Thanks!

Sure. Please have a look at Posts 8 and 10 for an explanation of DarkWake flags (post #8) and sample usage (post #10):

IMPORTANT Darkwake=0 Flag can break auto-sleep in 10.8.1!

Did your system used to auto-sleep in Lion and Mountain Lion but stopped in 10.8.1? I did not find this out another user posted on the forum but I thought it might be effecting others? Most of us have the darkwake=0 flag in our boot lists yes? Well my system does not auto-sleeep with this...

www.tonymacx86.com

Also have a look at this explanation of WiFi.ScanOffload. This is excerpted from Catalina 10.15.3 source code (open source) located here.

 

[CaseySJ]

@hamzab

Managed to find Dark Wake flags in the Catalina 10.15.3 source code:

Location:

IOPMrootDomain.cpp

opensource.apple.com

Line: 458

 

[Bobby22]

Hello @Bobby22

I understand your concern, but nearly every product has problems. If you look at Amazon reviews for almost anything, you will find some complaints.

I have 6 of the Fenvi FV-T919s and not a single one of them has ever caused any problem. So my track record with the Fenvi is a perfect 6 for 6 on the following boards:

• Gigabyte Designare Z390 #1
• Gigabyte Designare Z390 #2
• Gigabyte Z490 Vision D #3
• Asus X99 Deluxe II #4
• ASRock Creator #5
• ASRock Taichi #6

How can I tell people not to buy this card?

We should, however, make sure that the product is sold by Fenvi because there can be some counterfeit cards. Here's what I mean:

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In your case I would suggest:

• Returning the Fenvi
• Trying a different brand -- just search your favorite online retailer for either BCM94360CS or BCM94360CD

@CaseySJ , @gandem , @juseon123 ,

Thank you all for answering.
My first one was not sold by Fenvi. But the second one and brand new one (the latest one not working) is sold by Fenvi.
Its weird that the Wifi-Card refuse to power-on, but after 4-6H or if you plug/unplug after a POST (while PC is on), it will work for the session (at least until you shut it down).
Any Idea about Modifying ERP ?
Anyway, I've ordered the Fenvi HB1200/1200M and will try it out.
Anything to change into SSDT/pslit with this new card ?

Thank you

 

[oreoapple]

I've used 4 Fenvi T919 (all from Amazon) and 5 generic brand 94360CS2. Here are my experiences:
1. All Fenvi cards work without any problem - three on gigabyte, one on Asus.
2. Generic brand (from eBay, for $35-40) varies: it seems for some reason they change the hardware version, from ver2.3 to 2.4, 2.5; I found 2.3 to be the most reliable. I had one card that doesn't have Bluetooth working in macOS. But, when I install Windows 10 and install the Windows driver, it works in Windows 10.

So, as CaseySJ mentioned, all kinds of issues can happen to every product: to Apple it may be 5ppm. But, to other manufactures, it could be 50 or 500. At the end of the day, we are only spending a fraction of what Apple ask for and get the same or better performance. I think we can expect a little more variation in terms of the overall quality and consistency.

@CaseySJ , @phrfpeixoto ,
It seems like a LOT of customers having trouble with This Fenvi T919 and Gigabyte Motherboards.
If you google it, you see there are just many problem with this WIFI card.
Moreover, I have to make you remember that I built the exact same Hardware on my friend's computer. So Problem on PSU, motherboard, or Ram seems unlikely possible.
I have to add, that I bought a brand new Fenvi-T919 card thinking mine was corrupted. This did not solved the problem.
I removed every part of the computer. (Graphic Card), setup to only one RAM, switched up everything.
The problem only happens when this WIFI-card is connected.
I Tried every PCIE slot and every PCIx16 slot, did not work.

So
https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B07VCCZS54
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...07VCCZS54#R122CX26G3KG78&tag=tonymacx86com-20

Those are just some comments out of there with several people having the same problem.

Some are talking about "Toggling ERP and the dummy power load", some others are talking about "reconfigure my internal usb extension mapping and the pcie slots.".
Some just advice going to the Fenvi HB1200/1200M, which works better.

You should stop advising for now using this Fenvi-t919 with this motherboard until a fix is found.
What would you advice me to do/change in BIOS settings ?

Thank you for your help

 

[brousseau6933]

My V1 shipped with NVM43, but V2 ships with NVM50. Do you think NVM50 is performing better than previous versions?

Little bit OT, sorry: the inbuilt TB Designare has NVM43, isn’t it?

Thanks,

Patrice