Recent content by notthefirstryan

Yeah definitely agree. I installed the kext as instructed in the link and updated by boot args with "brcmfx-country=US" (and "-v" for now for good measure). Also changed Inject Kexts from Detect to Yes per that same linked guide. System Information no longer shows locale or country code at all...

Thank you for this recommendation. I will give this a shot today. Long term I think the seller just needs to exchange me with a model meant for this country rather than having to hack a workaround. I bought the item in the US from a US seller and they have many more in stock so I think a...

@NCMacGuy that is very cool! Now I am wondering if dual TB displays would work (one on each USBC port with an adapter). Theoretically the GPU should be able to push dual displays over the single DP cable. So I guess it boils down to how the motherboard routes that video to the USBC ports. If...

Just to clarify, all those screenshots are from the BCM4360CD I bought from eBay (it was pulled from an iMac). I did not post any screenshots of the Fenvi. The problem I have with the Fenvi (tested in both bottom two PCIe slots) is that it power cycles itself every few seconds. WiFi turns on...

Thank you very much for spotting this @UtterDisbelief. I was not aware of that at all, not even sure how to set that. I just ordered this card off eBay last week here in the states. Guess I need to see if there is a way to change this. This is probably very likely why it's only seeing my 2...

Found some Windows drivers for the card and no networks are seen from Windows either. So it would appear I either have a bad card or a bad adapter. Edit: After I added a PCIe power cable from my PSU to the PEG port on the motherboard I am able to see WiFi networks now. According to the...

Well went through all this and still, the system kept booting like normal. I am seriously scratching my head here. Now going to install my Broadcom BCM94360CD 802.11ac WiFi & BT 4.0 + PCIe adapter to replace the Fenvi card that was giving me issues. I installed the card into the adapter...

Oh man, what a sick twist of fate. I reassembled the entire system back in the case and I just booted five times in a row (into Windows) without issues from power off. The only thing that is different now is the GPU is mounted in the top-most PCIe slot. Previously the Noctura cooler when...

Thanks! Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO slated for Saturday delivery. On to the last two possible tests! Haha

Haha oh most definitely, one of the great perks of Amazon. I will be returning the i3 one way or another eventually but I don't mind floating the cost for testing for a bit lol. Either of you have any suggestions for an as similar as possible motherboard I can look for that maybe has delivery...

Yep I totally agree, just getting all the parts in any sort of window close together has been a challenge in itself as of late. I appreciate everyone's help. I've worked in IT my entire life, been building Hackintosh systems for probably a decade and have been building computers since the 9th...

Yeah that's a good point. It's one of the few parts not from Amazon (BestBuy/Google Shopping) so I don't have as long to return it. I just went ahead and ordered the cheapest LGA1151 CPU on Amazon for arrival this weekend to test with ($120 i3). Since the last post I have: Removed the...

Well @CaseySJ I ran four full passes of Memtest86 last night, no issues. I couldn't get the Mac memory tester you linked to install for whatever reason. That said, here is what I have tried at the moment: Removed Fenvi WiFi card Removed GPU Removed F_USB header Removed F_USB3 header Removed...

Good point @CaseySJ I will burn it on on Memtest overnight. FWIW I rolled back to F7_n BIOS today and same results.

@CaseySJ that was in fact what I was just doing. The first video below is a video I just took where we went Option 1 > Option 2 > Normal Boot (again it's total luck of the draw what outcome I am going to get on any power on attempt but I would say at least 9/10 times I will not get just a...