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Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming build with working NVRAM

Hi pastrychef,
I noticed that since version 0.7.5 of OC, you added the SSDT-EC file in your ACPI folder... What is it for?


USB power. If you are using my USB ports fix, it does the same thing. I left the SSDT-EC in there as a "just in case" for those who do their own USB fix.
 
You mean if I use your USB ports fix (USBPorts-with-Power.kext), I don't need SSDT-EC?

Correct.

But leaving it there doesn't hurt anything either.
 
Ok thanks Pastry,

I'm actually investigating a Bluetooth issue after wake from sleep...

I recently upgraded my hack to Monterey from Big Sur, and, since then, it immediately wakes up when I try to put it to sleep. When it wakes up, Bluetooth seems to have crashed because my Apple wireless mouse and keyboard become unresponsive. Luckily, I can get out of this by connecting a wired mouse and disabling then re-enabling Bluetooth. At this point, Bluetooth works fine again.

Any idea what might cause this?


A screenshot of Activity Monitor after instant waking up (using a wired mouse).
BT.png
 
Ok thanks Pastry,

I'm actually investigating a Bluetooth issue after wake from sleep...

I recently upgraded my hack to Monterey from Big Sur and since then it immediately wakes up when I try to put it to sleep. When it wakes up, Bluetooth seems to have crashed because my Apple wireless mouse and keyboard become unresponsive... Luckily I can get out of this by connecting a wired mouse and disabling then re-enabling Bluetooth. At this point, Bluetooth works fine again.

Any idea what might cause this?


A screenshot of Activity Monitor after instant waking up (using a wired mouse).
View attachment 558005

What Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card are you using?

Also, please see following thread regarding Bluetooth and Monterey:
 
I forget to mention that I upgraded my Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card to a BCM943602CS from a BCM94360CS2 at the same time I upgraded to Monterey… Don’t know if that matters.

OK, will read the thread.
 
I forget to mention that I upgraded my Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card to a BCM943602CS from a BCM94360CS2 at the same time I upgraded to Monterey… Don’t know if that matters.

OK, will read the thread.

I think the 2CS requires the BrcmPatchRAM and BlueToolFixup.
 
Thank you, I will try these kexts.

Edit:
BCM943602CS is natively supported by macOS, so no kext needed.
Continuing my investigations and will report back if/when I find a fix...
 
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Pastrychef:

I trust all is good with you and Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m hoping to make the jump from Catalina to Big Sur in a month or two, but first I plan to address some memory and storages issues. My system is running well, but I am continually bumping up against my constraints of 32GB internal memory and a 512GB M.2Q SSD. And, yes, I have trimmed and pared down as much as I could!

I’ve purchased two more of the same OLOy memory cards that are currently running in the system.
For storage I’m planning a Samsung 1TB NVMe M.2P SSD. I have 2 installation options:
  • Install the card directly into the M.2P slot; or
  • Mount the card on a M.2 SSD to PCIe expansion card and install in my empty PCIe3 x 4 slot.
The reasoning is that I’m not sure how much I will need to disconnect/remove and reinstall in order to mount the card directly into the M.2P slot. Or, since the empty PCIe x4 slot is the last one, it may just be easier to slip the expansion card in there. Not sure about performance advantages/disadvantages as I haven’t been able to make a clear comparison. What are your thoughts?

When everything is installed, I still want to boot off of the 512GB M.2Q card. The system folders and files would still reside there, but everything else would be moved to the 1TB M.2P card. Is this a reasonable approach?

After all this is running satisfactorily, I’ll begin the search for a good Radeon graphics card, and replace my current NVIDIA card, so that I can move beyond Big Sur. That’s the plan. Now all I have to do is implement it!

Thanks for your help!
 
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