Asus Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi (Thunderbolt 4) + i7-12700K + AMD RX 6800 XT

I have just updated to 12.5. Previously, if I plug my EGPUs, I was getting instant freeze. With 12.5 it looks like it is somehow fixed, and I can boot with Thunderbolt cables plugged, too, without any freeze.

Sorry if i boot with egpu i am getting black screen sometimes. Please ignore my message.
I am going to wait and try to flash GC-Titan Ridge 2.0 (I hope i can )

FYI, it looks like there has been some progress made with Intel Bluetooth compatibility for Monterrey.


I've been running these new kexts in the thread and it seems to be working like it was on Big Sur.

faraway said:

FYI, it looks like there has been some progress made with Intel Bluetooth compatibility for Monterrey.

AX201 on Z690 Alder Lake not supported · Issue #369 · OpenIntelWireless/IntelBluetoothFirmware

TL; DR July 20, 2022 update: #369 (comment) July 2, 2022 update: Newer batches of AX201 share the same Bluetooth chip with AX210, we call it Gen3 Bluetooth for easier reference. Older batches (Gen2...

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I've been running these new kexts in the thread and it seems to be working like it was on Big Sur.

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Yes we know.

Please see NOTE 1A at the top of post 1.

CaseySJ said:

** Intel WiFi and Bluetooth Now Working in Monterey and Ventura **
Credit: @beelzebozo for pointing out the solution on GitHub​

Refer to post below for the juicy details!

Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT

As @Leesureone mentioned above, do you see this in BIOS? Settings → IOPorts → SATA Configuration SATA Mode → AHCI (default) ? Looks like this in the new BIOS, what version BIOS are you using?

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Caveats:
Various Continuity features of macOS do not work with Intel Bluetooth. Here is a list of what will not work:

• AirDrop
• Sidecar
• Universal Control
• Continuity Camera
  • Including extended version in Ventura that lets you use iPhone camera for video conferencing
• Continuity Markup and Sketch
• SMS and Phone
• Auto-Unlock
• Apple Pay

But these features will work:

• Handoff
• Continuity Clipboard

How to Configure:

• Ensure that Intel Bluetooth USB port is enabled (e.g. HS14 on Asus ProArt Z690-Creator, Gigabyte Z390 Designare, and some others).
• If Intel WiFi and Bluetooth have been disabled in BIOS, enable them in BIOS.
• If a Broadcom WiFi/BT card is installed, physically remove the card.
• I'm using AirportItlwm 2.2.0-Alpha from here and have manually renamed the files to:
  • AirportItlwm-Monterey.kext
  • AirportItlwm-Ventura.kext
• The latest Intel Bluetooth files are in the file Kexts.zip located here. Copy all of them to EFI/OC/Kexts folder. It's best to be on OpenCore 0.8.2 or later.
• Then have a look at these two screenshots:

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On Gigabyte Z390 Designare please do this as well:
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How does Intel WiFi work with macOS? Is 5G working well? Will be good if I can some day retire the Fenvi so I could use the PCIe slot for something else like NVMe storage.

dehjomz said:

How does Intel WiFi work with macOS?

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How does it work or how well does it work? It works quite well, but I haven't played out certain scenarios such as repeated wake-from-sleep. Keep in mind that most Continuity features are not supported with Intel WiFi/BT/.

dehjomz said:

Is 5G working well?

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Do you mean WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or WiFi 6 (802.11ax)? WiFi 6 is supposed to work (I think), but I've been unable to make it work so far. (I have a Linksys WiFi 6E mesh router.)

dehjomz said:

Will be good if I can some day retire the Fenvi so I could use the PCIe slot for something else like NVMe storage.

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One can always use a Broadcom BCM94360NG in place of the built-in Intel WiFi/BT M.2 module...

CaseySJ said:

How does it work or how well does it work? It works quite well, but I haven't played out certain scenarios such as repeated wake-from-sleep. Keep in mind that most Continuity features are not supported with Intel WiFi/BT/.


Do you mean WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or WiFi 6 (802.11ax)? WiFi 6 is supposed to work (I think), but I've been unable to make it work so far. (I have a Linksys WiFi 6E mesh router.)


One can always use a Broadcom BCM94360NG in place of the built-in Intel WiFi/BT M.2 module...

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I should’ve been more clear. My apologies.

I’m talking about the AX210 in AX mode in macOS, does it work? Or if AX mode isn’t working, does the Intel AX210 module work on the 5GHz spectrum in macOS, or is it restricted to 2.4 GHz?

The Intel AX performs in far superior manner to the Fenvi (from the location of my build relative to the router’s location… ideally I’d use a hard line LAN cable, but it’s not feasible from the location of the Z690 PC).

The Fenvi is disabled in Windows and Linux so for those operating systems I use the Intel AX210. Not only is the AX210’s received signal DBm better than the Fenvi by a few dBm, download speeds are about 300 Mbps better. From the same location. WiFi 6 performance is just much better than WiFi 5 in my radio environment. I have a lot of neighbors with routers… I use wifi explorer to choose a relatively empty channel but it is a DFS channel.

And I’m getting a WiFi 6E router (Asus AXE16000) to use the 6GHz spectrum @ 160 Hz channel bandwidth. I don’t want to deal with DFS in the 5 GHz spectrum any more. Sometimes my existing router hops to a different 5 GHz channel because of detected radar.

For my other WiFi 6 or WiFi 5 devices that will use the 5GHz band, I’ll just use a non-DFS channel, as I won’t need the additional 100 Mbps of performance that I get using a DFS channel vs a non-DFS one.

Corsair launches new Vengeance DDR5 modules. 6000 MT/sec, 6200, 6400, and up to 6600. The 32 GB kits have launched and 64 GB kits are coming soon. The 6200 module has a 36 CAS latency. Price for the 32 GB 6200 C36 kit is $284.99. A significant decline in price compared to similar DDR5 modules (e.g., GSkill 6200 kits) earlier in 2022. They have black ones too.

If this white one was available earlier this year I probably would’ve snapped it up as Corsair RGB patterns are programmed by iCue onto the DIMM, and unlike Gskill, they do not reset to the default RGB rainbow pattern upon a power cycle.



Link: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...GEANCE-RGB-DDR5-—-White/p/CMH32GX5M2B6200C36W

dehjomz said:

Corsair launches new Vengeance DDR5 modules. 6000 MT/sec, 6200, 6400, and up to 6600. The 32 GB kits have launched and 64 GB kits are coming soon. The 6200 module has a 36 CAS latency. Price for the 32 GB 6200 C36 kit is $284.99. A significant decline in price compared to similar DDR5 modules (e.g., GSkill 6200 kits) earlier in 2022. They have black ones too. If this white one are available earlier this year I probably would’ve snapped it up as Corsair RGB patterns are programmed by iCue onto the DIMM, and unlike Gskill, they do not reset to the default RGB rainbow pattern upon a power cycle.

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Link: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...GEANCE-RGB-DDR5-—-White/p/CMH32GX5M2B6200C36W

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Because the faulty memory from my mini-ITX system has been RMA'd (and it does not have RGB), I decided to buy a new set (NewEgg), which arrived just 15 minutes ago! The new memory:

• Patriot Viper Venom RGB
• DDR5 5600
• Timings are 36-36-36-68 at 1.25V
• Price is US $234.99 (sales tax extra)

Nevertheless, I like the new Corsair Vengeance models you pointed out. Good speeds and finally good prices, especially for CAS 36 at 6000+ MT/s.

Can anyone share performance studies for DDR5 with an eye towards what the near future holds

I see this kind of reporting:


So far the desktop perf advantage looks like it does not justify the premiums, with a mere 5% implication for synthetic tests and 2% for actual work.

For system gains, it seems Apple is on the right track with seeing RAM as just one of many levels of a storage hierarchy that's optimized to keeping up the overall value of the kit for its workloads. DDR5 appears irrelevant to the Desktop PC. Apple is improving the right thing: the symmetric multiprocessing capacity of RAM.

So while I enjoy the fun of being on leading edge, I'm at a loss to find an upside of DD5 that rewards the effort.

What am I missing?

In same vein, I think the complaining about the single flash-chip in bottom end Air has been gratuitous and off the mark because with a 256G limit to local storage, you can exhaust the entire drive in 90 seconds of writes, while there seems to be no app that would suffer from the reduction. So what's the gripe? You might just as easily ask why doesn't gen4 flash help more?

dehjomz said:

I should’ve been more clear. My apologies.

I’m talking about the AX210 in AX mode in macOS, does it work? Or if AX mode isn’t working, does the Intel AX210 module work on the 5GHz spectrum in macOS, or is it restricted to 2.4 GHz?

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I haven't been able to coax 802.11ax mode so far, but it does operate at 802.11ac on 5 GHz with no problem.

dehjomz said:

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And I’m getting a WiFi 6E router (Asus AXE16000) to use the 6GHz spectrum @ 160 Hz channel bandwidth. I don’t want to deal with DFS in the 5 GHz spectrum any more. Sometimes my existing router hops to a different 5 GHz channel because of detected radar.

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Regarding 160 MHz, I'm not familiar enough with these frequency designations to say whether it implies capability or lack of compatibility with WiFi 6 and/or 6E.

dehjomz said:

For my other WiFi 6 or WiFi 5 devices that will use the 5GHz band, I’ll just use a non-DFS channel, as I won’t need the additional 100 Mbps of performance that I get using a DFS channel vs a non-DFS one.

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