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[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

With the Designare Z390 you will get 2 TB3 ports, what if you add another TB3 AIC and jump pins 1 and 3, will this effectively give you 4 TB3 ports?
 
With the Designare Z390 you will get 2 TB3 ports, what if you add another TB3 AIC and jump pins 1 and 3, will this effectively give you 4 TB3 ports?
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Hi all, sorry another quick question.

If I open a folder with lots of photos (I'm talking around 15GB worth of photos), and if try and scroll through them (whilst clicking random ones to show a quick preview) quickly using my apple mouse, it often lags quite a bit (with the preview. I faintly remember recalling that we have to do some form of iGPU fix in order for preview to better display JPEGs, or is that a moot point now, or, is there something else I should be doing?

Thanks
This seems quite normal. Have you tried this on a real Mac?
 
Another question:

I have the Fenvi T919 wifi and a Corsair H115i cooler installed.

Both of them have a USB connection cable that fits into the USB internal MB (z379 Designare) connection.
But the MB only has one internal connection!

As the Bluetooth from Fenvi is mandatory, I didn't connect the Cooler USB. I had to choose one of them!.

I'm not sure if it's important, for example for my Sleep mode fans problem (fans not stopping when in Sleep mode).

Thank you
Fernando
 
Hello.
As I said earlier in this enormous post, I was successful in installingCatalina with that guide:


All is perfect, but I have two problems. Both of them I think are fully reported, but there are lot of solutions and I'm lost!

1. Sleep mode: Then I left the computer ON, for a long time (i.e. the whole night), at morning the fans are all ON.
Is there a way of entering in Sleep mode and switching OFF the fans?

2. In that situation, for recovering from Sleep, I have to press the computer "switch on" button for rebooting it. Keyboard and mouse don't respond.

3. When I force "Sleep mode" at the Apple system menu (apple logo), It goes to sleep but in less than a minute it restarts.

I can obviously switch off the computer every time instead of going to sleep, but what do you think solutions are?

Thank you for your help.
Fernando
Hello @Errabundo,

Please see the Sleep Aid here:
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Both of them have a USB connection cable that fits into the USB internal MB (z379 Designare) connection.
But the MB only has one internal connection!
...
Please see this item in Post #1:

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Because your 13” MacBook Pro produces the same result, but Windows does not, it means:
  • Monitor is okay
  • Video cable is okay
  • It’s a MacOS issue (not Hackintosh issue)
If you press and hold the Option key inside System Preferences —> Displays, do you get extra options such as Refresh rate, etc.?

No i dont get extra options for refresh rate.. But when i click the low resolution mode - then i get refresh rate options and i am def running on 60hz with the DP cable (with the HDMI cable its 30hz).

I am currently running Mojave 14.4.4 -- how can i upgrade to the latest Mojave? maybe that will help.. thanks..
 
No i dont get extra options for refresh rate.. But when i click the low resolution mode - then i get refresh rate options and i am def running on 60hz with the DP cable (with the HDMI cable its 30hz).

I am currently running Mojave 14.4.4 -- how can i upgrade to the latest Mojave? maybe that will help.. thanks..
Upgrading from 10.14.4 to 10.14.6 should be straightforward:
  • Make a full bootable backup of the Mojave SSD (trust me on this and do not proceed to next step until the backup is done).
  • Perform an in-place update from System Preferences --> Software Update. Every time the computer boots, be sure to check which disk volume is selected at the Clover Boot Menu.
    • If you see an entry that is labeled Boot macOS Install from ... then select that entry if it's not automatically selected.
    • After a couple of reboots, the Boot macOS Install entry will be gone, so choose the normal option to boot Mojave.
 
Hello @Errabundo,

Please see the Sleep Aid here:

Please see this item in Post #1:

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Thank you @CaseySJ.
I knew that post, but I'm not sure about my problem: Is it normal keeping fans active while sleeping?
Perhaps it's not an issue.

At the Sleep Aid post , It's not mentioned.

Thank you for the USB splitter!!
 
Thank you @CaseySJ.
I knew that post, but I'm not sure about my problem: Is it normal keeping fans active while sleeping?
Perhaps it's not an issue.

At the Sleep Aid post , It's not mentioned.

Thank you for the USB splitter!!
Fans should turn off. One of the steps in the Sleep Aid is the process of elimination, particularly with USB devices. Often we have to go through that process to determine what is interfering with sleep.

However, also try this:
  • Run Activity Monitor and sort the list by % CPU.
  • Is any process pegging one of the CPUs with 100% CPU utilization (or close to 100%)?
    • Feel free to post a screenshot.
 
  • Are you using a Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD?
  • Also try moving the Fenvi FV-HB1200 to a different slot. Remember to shutdown the computer and flip power switch on PSU to OFF when adding or removing devices on the motherboard.
  1. Im using the Samsung 970 SSD and not the plus. In the other build I used a different ssd and it works
  2. I tried putting the card into a different slot but I only powered the unit off but didn’t switch the PSU off so I’ll try that next.
 
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