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ASRock Z690 Steel Legend + 13900KF / 12900K + 6600XT

Why monterey? I am using Asrock for 15 years, 0 problems, good prices.
 
I am using my Hack for DAW(pro audio) and Adobe Photo stuff. Monterey is the most compatible OS for this.

So, your Hack works 100%? Sleep is fine, no problems with USB? Built in ethernet is trouble free? Do you have a Thunderbolt card?
 
Z390
Z390 DESIGNARE |  i9 Other |  Radeon Other
I haven't sawn signifficant differencies bt monterey and Ventura. All apps working fine. All Yes, but no thunderbolt. But You can connect one.

1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 4 AIC Card)

But if you want DDR5, you need a newer version, like z790.
 
I am still using the BIOS from last June for this board, and I see they have multiple revisions to the BIOS specifically for the new CPUs that I don't have. Anybody seen any good reason to upgrade the BIOS for this motherboard?
 
I cannot comment specifically for this board, but seeing how Z690/Z790 users generally had small (tweaking OC quirks) or big (decreasing Thunderbolt functionality) headaches after a BIOS upgrade, I'd say that the general rule applies more than ever: If the system is working as it is, do not upgrade BIOS.
(If you do it anyway, make sure beforehand that there is a way to revert back to safety.)
 
Totally agree, Good thing is you can downgrade bios, but ME drivers are not reverse possible, so up to you, there is always the risk and waste of time.
 
Thanks etorix and guindillas, sounds like sticking with it and not goofing around upgrading firmware is the better strategy.
 
My new hack is based on this board (Z690 steel legend/13700k/Monterey latest). It works nicely. I have a couple of problems though:
Sleep worked when I was initially testing this setup, but now I've put in all my gear(UAD card, WIFI/BT card, Vega 56) my Hack wakes up after 3 seconds or so.
After booting, I have a MDS(spotlight indexing) storm for a couple of minutes, with CPU load up to 1000%. Is this normal?

After sleep, the BT daemon goes through the roof with 200% CPU load, and has to be switched off/on. Already had this with my previous Z390 hack when I upgraded to Monterey, tried a couple of fixes but nothing solved this problem. Does anyone recognize this problem and know of a fix? I have a Broadcom module, not using Intel.
 
Z390
Z390 DESIGNARE |  i9 Other |  Radeon Other
zipb said:
My new hack is based on this board (Z690 steel legend/13700k/Monterey latest). It works nicely. I have a couple of problems though:
Sleep worked when I was initially testing this setup, but now I've put in all my gear(UAD card, WIFI/BT card, Vega 56) my Hack wakes up after 3 seconds or so.
After booting, I have a MDS(spotlight indexing) storm for a couple of minutes, with CPU load up to 1000%. Is this normal?

After sleep, the BT daemon goes through the roof with 200% CPU load, and has to be switched off/on. Already had this with my previous Z390 hack when I upgraded to Monterey, tried a couple of fixes but nothing solved this problem. Does anyone recognize this problem and know of a fix? I have a Broadcom module, not using Intel.
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For Bluetooth issue: Bluesnooze

For Sleep issues: SSDT-GPRW.aml Disable wake from USB/Bluetooth; wake only with power button

With:
SSDT-GPRW (1).png


May you find another aproach like here: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/usb-wake-support-vs-ssdt-gprw-is-there-anything-i-can-do.318365/

If you find another solution just reply!!

The CPU load at login, may someone can say something.
 
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For Bluetooth issue: Bluesnooze

For Sleep issues: SSDT-GPRW.aml Disable wake from USB/Bluetooth; wake only with power button

It looks like these 2 solutions have fixed my sleep and BT runaway problems. Nice! Thanks, @guindillas

I'll try adapting my SSDT to my particular mobo later with SSDTTime. Could be a cleaner solution. If it works.
 
Z390
Z390 DESIGNARE |  i9 Other |  Radeon Other
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