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

Hello Casey,
Thank you for your work !
I have the same hardware and config as you and trying to use intel Wifi. But have continuously connection drop, both with kexts ver. 1.3 and 2.0
Could you take a look on my config (attached), may be I missed something ? Or it is an issue with driver ?
Regards, Kirill
Hello @kirs-ua,

Which version of macOS are you running? In Big Sur we can use SecureBootModel “default” or “disabled”. In earlier versions we need to use “default”.

Beyond this, however, the connection dropping problem is an issue with the driver and/or the connection to the WiFi router. Also, if the WiFi signal strength at the computer is relatively weak, the connection may drop with higher frequency.
 
Hi @CaseySJ, Friends... everything is fine with my setup... but my mind is sleeping, so let me ask this silly question:

Am on Catalina 10.15.7 since I built my hackintosh - can I apply security update from apple or not (there is a security update for 10.15.7 and keeps asking me to update'? If not, is that 'No' answer applies to all security related updates from apple. Does that window and selection looks right to you (see attached), those 2 unchecked shall remain unchecked? or let me know the preferred way.

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Different people have different preferences regarding whether to allow automatic updates. Your choices mean updates will be checked and downloaded but not automatically installed (except the apps). If this is what you intend then it is fine.

Personally I disable automatic updates completely (by unchecking "Automatic keep my Mac up to date"). I always wait for the standalone updates for Mojave and Catalina to apply myself at a time of my choosing. This allows me to watch whether these updates cause significant problems after their release.
 
I always recommend installing the latest Apple security updates! But we should also make a full bootable backup before applying any macOS update. On a Hackintosh, anything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible moment.
But NOT immediately, that is my preference. I always disable automatic updates fully and wait for the standalone updates for Mojave and Catalina to apply them myself at a time of my choosing. I can watch if these updates cause significant problems before applying them. (And don't tell me they don't cause problems. Just ask SoftRAID users when they install Big Sur 11.2 on M1 Macs previously.)

Also, I always clone Mojave / Catalina to a spare disk and use that disk to install any updates using a spare system (for now it is a system based on Z270 / 7700K). After the updates are successfully installed I will then clone the updated systems back to my active systems. That way I can be certain the updates are working first without risking a failure that can affect my active systems.

It is also because Apple refuses to provide standalone updates for Big Sur (e.g. for an update from 11.3.1 or any older version to 11.4, without using Software Update) and the difficulties of cloning the Big Sur system (and Apple has said that cloning of MacOS system files will not be supported in the future, according to the author of Carbon Copy Cloner), that I have decided that I won't touch Big Sur in its current state, and if Apple doesn't change, then Catalina is the end of the MacOS road for me.
 

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Hello @kirs-ua,

Which version of macOS are you running? In Big Sur we can use SecureBootModel “default” or “disabled”. In earlier versions we need to use “default”.

Beyond this, however, the connection dropping problem is an issue with the driver and/or the connection to the WiFi router. Also, if the WiFi signal strength at the computer is relatively weak, the connection may drop with higher frequency.
Thank you for replay, I'm under 11.4 with SecureBootModel set to “default”. My router in 3m away, when I boot under Linux no problems at all. So will wait for next releases of driver :(
 
There aren’t any prevalent problems with the i225-V. When you say it doesn’t work, what is the evidence or symptom? For example, please post a screenshot of “System Information —> Ethernet”. Also confirm that the Ethernet port is enabled in BIOS.
Hi @CaseySJ Currently, this is what I see. But the odd thing is, sometimes it shows the card in system profile and sometimes it says there is no card. I can confirm a working ethernet cable is connected.
 

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Hi @CaseySJ Currently, this is what I see. But the odd thing is, sometimes it shows the card in system profile and sometimes it says there is no card. I can confirm a working ethernet cable is connected.
Please try the following in Terminal:
Bash:
cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
sudo rm NetworkInterfaces.plist
Then reboot. Don't worry -- the NetworkInterfaces file will be rebuilt automatically on reboot. Then check Ethernet port connection.
 
Hey Guys,

Sorry if this has been already discussed, I’m catching up with the forum.

It looks like perhaps Apple has improved the driver a bit and now Intel I225 is now being picked up automatically. If I remember correctly it doesn’t used to be case without using Fake PCI kext to attach the PCI ID to the driver. I never used Fake PCI kext because one port was sufficient for me which was Intel Mausi one. Now I see both even without Fake PCI kext. Now I can move on to 225 one and remove Intel Mausi kext, which I have tested and I225 is still being picked up without using any Ethernet related kexts at all. I like lesser Kexts which makes the system more vanilla.

Is this the case? Or am I missing something, in case anything else has been changed in AMLs. Can you guys want to test it?
 
Hey Guys,

Sorry if this has been already discussed, I’m catching up with the forum.

It looks like perhaps Apple has improved the driver a bit and now Intel I225 is now being picked up automatically. If I remember correctly it doesn’t used to be case without using Fake PCI kext to attach the PCI ID to the driver. I never used Fake PCI kext because one port was sufficient for me which was Intel Mausi one. Now I see both even without Fake PCI kext. Now I can move on to 225 one and remove Intel Mausi kext, which I have tested and I225 is still being picked up without using any Ethernet related kexts at all. I like lesser Kexts which makes the system more vanilla.

Is this the case? Or am I missing something, in case anything else has been changed in AMLs. Can you guys want to test it?
Unfortunately Big Sur does not yet attach the correct driver to our i225-V Ethernet port. It still attaches the 1GbE driver instead of the 2.5GbE driver. With FakePCIID disabled, do you see this?
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is version f5 absolutely necessary? downgrading from f7c to f5 has caused me nothing but issues, can't even get my gigabyte boot logo to show through my GPU, system only displays after entering windows OS.
 
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