Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

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Issue 1: Headphone level mic input. I have some Sennheiser HD6XX with an integrated mic cable. I used a splitter to connect to the front panel https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073ZDDTH2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

• Using the Audio Midi setup utility, I was able to get minimal mic audio only after jacking the gain up to max. quality was not good and then seemed to fail during an online webEx session.
• My solution was to simply use the USB mic without issue
• Is there a Mac utility similar to the Realtek HD Audio configurator for Windows? Ideally I'd like to set the gain and configure the front panel plug to work as an integrated mic/headphone jack, rather than having to use a splitter. used this utility on my daughter's rig I recently built (Windows, for gaming), and it worked perfectly.

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Are you certain the HD6XX has a microphone? It has a TRRS connector (tip, ring, ring, sleeve) which is for balanced/unbalanced audio, but not for microphone.

P.S. Nice setup! Love that case.

 

[Jahwerx]

Are you certain the HD6XX has a microphone? It has a TRRS connector (tip, ring, ring, sleeve) which is for balanced/unbalanced audio, but not for microphone.

P.S. Nice setup! Love that case.

I use the headset on my MBP all the time It *definitely* has a mic built into the cable, and the buttons function perfectly as well (vol up, vol down, play/pause) (Again, on the MBP).

I don't use the cable that it shipped with. It appears the product is no longer available, but this is a screen grab of the cable:

The case is *AMAZEBALLS QUIET* - even during the build, with the case panels off, I would strain to hear the fans. Now that it's sealed up and tucked away, it's like it doesn't exist.

 

[Jahwerx]

I did another test on the back panel as well. Same deal, same quality - with the gain cranked to 30db, I can do an audio recording in Quicktime, but it's REALLY shoddy. The USB mic: perfectly clear.

 

[sweetphreak]

This is what happens

It generates the file Install macOs Catalina, so I move it to applications and then run the sudo command from terminal and after some time I get this second screenshot:

 

[CaseySJ]

I did another test on the back panel as well. Same deal, same quality - with the gain cranked to 30db, I can do an audio recording in Quicktime, but it's REALLY shoddy. The USB mic: perfectly clear.

Changing audio layout ID can have some effect on this. We’re using Layout 11, but try both 16 and 7. It’s set in Boot Arguments using the “alcid” parameter. Be sure to Reset NVRAM from the OpenCore Picker Menu after making the change.

 

[stranger2904]

Changing audio layout ID can have some effect on this. We’re using Layout 11, but try both 16 and 7. It’s set in Boot Arguments using the “alcid” parameter. Be sure to Reset NVRAM from the OpenCore Picker Menu after making the change.

CaseySJ, should I try changing audio layout to get 5.1 working ?

 

[TijuanaKez]

Anyone else tested NVMe speeds in the 3rd slot that shares with PCIe x4? I can't afford to loose any SATA ports right now, and PCIx4 should do 4000MB/s so I figured that should be plenty.

I do have a PCI card in that slot, and according to the manual it should reduce to PCIe x2 speed in that case which would be 1969.2 MB/s according to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express.

But Blackmagic Disk Speed test on reporting 1500MB/s which is a whole gigabyte per second less than the Sabrent Rocket's rated speeds. Does that sound right?

 

[joevt]

Anyone else tested NVMe speeds in the 3rd slot that shares with PCIe x4? I can't afford to loose any SATA ports right now, and PCIx4 should do 4000MB/s so I figured that should be plenty.

I do have a PCI card in that slot, and according to the manual it should reduce to PCIe x2 speed in that case which would be 1969.2 MB/s according to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express.

But Blackmagic Disk Speed test on reporting 1500MB/s which is a whole gigabyte per second less than the Sabrent Rocket's rated speeds. Does that sound right?

1969.2 MB/s includes overhead for PCIe protocol. Not all of it can be used for actual data. Therefore, 1500 MB/s is reasonable.

 

[Cuddy63]

New iMac20,2 has been added to Everymac.
Seems to be it's already supported in latest os version

Pre-Installed MacOS:

X 10.15.6

Has someone tried to setup as iMac20,2?

 

[TijuanaKez]

1969.2 MB/s includes overhead for PCIe protocol. Not all of it can be used for actual data. Therefore, 1500 MB/s is reasonable.

Ok I figured it might be something like that. Sounds like this slot might be better for a cheaper slower variety then.