pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

Stork said:

This might explain the Ethernet problem(s) in the upgrade from 13.2 to 13.3:

[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

If you're running Ventura 13.3, does WiFi and Ethernet work with AppleVTD enabled? Yes, it appears that my rig broke at some point during the 13.3 update process. After I used your EFI to boot my system, it restarted a couple of times, then I landed successfully in Ventura 13.3. I did replace...

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mm2margaret said:

@pastrychef

I have read elsewhere that as of 13.3, Apple has removed the drivers (and thereby, the support) for the AQC107. Other users have had a terrible time trying to get their cards to work. Have you, or anyone else know anything about this, true or just a bad rumor? I'm currently on 13.4 B1 and I have an OWC external drive (Thunderbolt) with an AQC107 in it, and it really doesn't work, but I just don't know if the driver being removed is the issue or not.

Anyone else on site or comment about this?

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mm2margaret said:

Well, I'm on 13.4 B1, and I hope that Apple has not decided this is the cutoff point.

In many ways, it seems unreasonable that they would do this. I also have an OWC external Thunderbolt 10G adapter and I just can't think they would just end it. It's probably just flaky TB on my end.

However, there are a few users on that "other" site that are convinced that the game is up for Aqc107 NICs. Now Aqc107 NICs are different from our OWC external 10G adapters. The chip may be the same but the interface is different.

Hmm.......and, as it relates to Ventura 13.3 etc, well, there are a lot of problems with Network cards. We'll see how this all plays out....

Thanks for the quick reply.

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mm2margaret said:

Well, I'm on 13.4 B1, and I hope that Apple has not decided this is the cutoff point.

In many ways, it seems unreasonable that they would do this. I also have an OWC external Thunderbolt 10G adapter and I just can't think they would just end it. It's probably just flaky TB on my end.

However, there are a few users on that "other" site that are convinced that the game is up for Aqc107 NICs. Now Aqc107 NICs are different from our OWC external 10G adapters. The chip may be the same but the interface is different.

Hmm.......and, as it relates to Ventura 13.3 etc, well, there are a lot of problems with Network cards. We'll see how this all plays out....

Thanks for the quick reply.

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pastrychef said:

You don't seem to be getting "sandbox restriction" anymore. Now, it's a device error.

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Edit:
I suspect it's one of your USB 3.1 gen 2 ports... Please try disabling USB 3.1 gen 2 in BIOS and see if it boots.

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Dutchie2 said:

No luck
I stop with this build and hackintosh
Thanks again for your advice and time

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edmarcelino said:

hey chef,
I've decided it was finally time to update the system. coming from big sur (11.7.5) and going to Ventura. However, after a "successful" install of Ventura, I'm met with a constant bootloop. I am getting the "something went wrong" screen. I'm using your latest EFI and latest bios, I've also skimmed as far back as Feb/Mar 2022, to see if anybody else is having the same problem couldn't really find anything. I've cleared the nvram 5-10 times, no luck (also, how can I get tell if reseting nvram was actually executed/worked?)
I'll try to get a photo of it in verbose mode when I get a chance.

specs: asus rog strix z370-g gaming, i9-9900k, sapphire rx 5700xt 8gb, 32gb ram, wd black sn750 1tb m.2
using imacpro1,1 sys def
only changes I've made to the config are the obvious ones and SecureBootModel to disabled.

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