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

[Higgie]

The highlighted line indicates a GPU driver issue. PEG0 is Slot 1 where the GPU is installed. What is the make/model of the GPU?

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After checking my Power Management settings in Terminal with pmset -g, I noticed that standby, hibernatemode etc were set to 1. So I changed the relevant ones to 0 (sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 standby 0 autopoweroff 0) and put my computer to sleep last night. I woke up this morning to the sound of the fans spinning up but no monitor output (I should also note that I generated new serial numbers recently, and upon signing back into iCloud, I enabled Find My Mac - so I'm assuming the Darkwakes every two hours in the new sleep log are due to this). I was intrigued, so I left it to do its thing, and sure enough, after a little while the fans stopped spinning and the mobo lights went off again, and the machine was back to sleep. I waited a few mins then went to wake up the machine, and to my surprise I got a monitor signal! "Great, overnight sleep is finally working!" I thought. Only for the display to turn black again just as I started typing in my password, and it never came back on, so I had to restart the system by holding the case power button.

So the RX580 is definitely capable of waking from a long sleep, as I did have a monitor signal, if only for 3 or 4 seconds before the screen went black again. I did try power cycling the monitor, and unplugging and replugging it back into the GPU in case that helped, but unfortunately I had to just restart the computer again.

Here is the Sleep-log in full (including this morning's shenanigans)

 

[lightmanrt]

Hi all! I need help again. I am constantly having trouble with the Vision D. Often times it will not boot and gives 5 short beeps which according to Gigabyte is the the Real Time Clock. Is there anything in the EFI that might cause the RTC to not synchronize properly with macOS? The time in BIOS is off which I know is caused by the differences in the way Windows and macOS handle time but all my hack have had that. It is correct in macOS but wrong in Windows and BIOS. I appreciate any light you may able to give. this tread has some incredibly competent techies led by CaseySJ.

On another the note for which I have mentioned in previous posts, I am still having long delays in booting which I have not been able to fix. I am waiting for the RMA from Gigabyte.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi all! I need help again. I am constantly having trouble with the Vision D. Often times it will not boot and gives 5 short beeps which according to Gigabyte is the the Real Time Clock. Is there anything in the EFI that might cause the RTC to not synchronize properly with macOS? The time in BIOS is off which I know is caused by the differences in the way Windows and macOS handle time but all my hack have had that. It is correct in macOS but wrong in Windows and BIOS. I appreciate any light you may able to give. this tread has some incredibly competent techies led by CaseySJ.

On another the note for which I have mentioned in previous posts, I am still having long delays in booting which I have not been able to fix. I am waiting for the RMA from Gigabyte.

Perhaps the coin cell battery on the motherboard is weak. Have you tried replacing it?

 

[CaseySJ]

After checking my Power Management settings in Terminal with pmset -g, I noticed that standby, hibernatemode etc were set to 1. So I changed the relevant ones to 0 (sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 standby 0 autopoweroff 0) and put my computer to sleep last night. I woke up this morning to the sound of the fans spinning up but no monitor output (I should also note that I generated new serial numbers recently, and upon signing back into iCloud, I enabled Find My Mac - so I'm assuming the Darkwakes every two hours in the new sleep log are due to this). I was intrigued, so I left it to do its thing, and sure enough, after a little while the fans stopped spinning and the mobo lights went off again, and the machine was back to sleep. I waited a few mins then went to wake up the machine, and to my surprise I got a monitor signal! "Great, overnight sleep is finally working!" I thought. Only for the display to turn black again just as I started typing in my password, and it never came back on, so I had to restart the system by holding the case power button.

So the RX580 is definitely capable of waking from a long sleep, as I did have a monitor signal, if only for 3 or 4 seconds before the screen went black again. I did try power cycling the monitor, and unplugging and replugging it back into the GPU in case that helped, but unfortunately I had to just restart the computer again.

Here is the Sleep-log in full (including this morning's shenanigans)

Have you tried disabling both (a) Find my Mac and (b) tcpkeepalive?

 

[lightmanrt]

Perhaps the coin cell battery on the motherboard is weak. Have you tried replacing it?

I will replace the battery. I did see that the battery could be the problem but the motherboard is only 3 months old so I ignored the info.

 

[dehjomz]

WiFi 6E is coming. Intel’s next generation WiFi module is now on the market, the venerable Ax210 chipset, with 6 GHz support and Bluetooth 5.2. I suppose a variation of this chip will be embedded in the Rocket lake chipsets z590. Of course we still need a WiFi 6E router to take advantage of 6 GHz.

See: https://www.newegg.com/p/0XM-01CY-00033 See also tomshardware: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-launches-its-first-wi-fi-6e-capable-wireless-card

Hi @CaseySJ I’m wondering if we can replace the ax201 chip on the vision d with the new ax210 chip??

 

[mm2margaret]

Hi, CaseySJ!

So, I've decided to upgrade my Z370 to a Z490. I purchased a Z490 Vision D motherboard, and a 10850k to go with it.

But I'm just curious about whether to use iMac 19,1 def or a iMac 20,1 def with my new build, because I want to run Mojave for the time being. I know iMac 19,1 will, but I'm just wanting to try out iMac 20, 1. BUT, I do need Mojave to run on this new build.

Has anyone who used the iMac 20, 1 profile been able to run Mojave on it, to the best of your knowledge? I'm also considering using an iMac Pro 1,1 def, but I'm very much more interested in iMac 20,1.

 

[CaseySJ]

WiFi 6E is coming. Intel’s next generation WiFi module is now on the market, the venerable Ax210 chipset, with 6 GHz support and Bluetooth 5.2. I suppose a variation of this chip will be embedded in the Rocket lake chipsets z590. Of course we still need a WiFi 6E router to take advantage of 6 GHz.

See: https://www.newegg.com/p/0XM-01CY-00033 See also tomshardware: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-launches-its-first-wi-fi-6e-capable-wireless-card

Hi @CaseySJ I’m wondering if we can replace the ax201 chip on the vision d with the new ax210 chip??

Hello @dehjomz,

WiFi 6E is the same as WiFi 6, but it operates on the additional channels available in the 6 GHz band. Hence, WiFi 6E operates on 2.4GHz, 5.0GHz, and 6.0GHz.

It is very likely that AX210 will be compatible with the CNVi socket and Z490 chipset on the Vision D.

However, OpenIntelWireless drivers today don't support WiFi 5 or WiFi 6 so there's no benefit at this time for upgrading to WiFi 6E.

Additionally, we will need new or updated WiFi 6E routers.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi, CaseySJ!

So, I've decided to upgrade my Z370 to a Z490. I purchased a Z490 Vision D motherboard, and a 10850k to go with it.

But I'm just curious about whether to use iMac 19,1 def or a iMac 20,1 def with my new build, because I want to run Mojave for the time being. I know iMac 19,1 will, but I'm just wanting to try out iMac 20, 1. BUT, I do need Mojave to run on this new build.

Has anyone who used the iMac 20, 1 profile been able to run Mojave on it, to the best of your knowledge? I'm also considering using an iMac Pro 1,1 def, but I'm very much more interested in iMac 20,1.

Hello @mm2margaret,

Alas we have not been able to install Mojave on a Z490 system. Additionally, Mojave is not compatible with iMac20,1 or iMac20,2 because those systems shipped with Catalina. Hence, only Catalina and Big Sur support the 2020 iMacs.

I know this is not what you wanted to hear, but in the Troubleshooting / FAQ section, we have this:

 

[Higgie]

Have you tried disabling both (a) Find my Mac and (b) tcpkeepalive?

I haven’t tried either of those. My problem only happens when I put the computer to sleep for an extended period of time, making testing rather difficult. I’ll give those a go tonight, and see if the display wakes successfully in the morning.