Freezing Screen and Wifi Loss of Connection

[christianmagill]

Freezing Caused by USB 3 External: Next Steps?

I'm experiencing some issues with freezing as well as loss of Wifi connection intermittently.


Freezes sometimes happens when moving files, installing software, or working with css animation, but not all the time.


About half the time I can hear the last couple seconds of audio repeating.


Searching the forums I have tried a few things:

• I've upgraded to my BIOS to 9f
• I tried removing XMP Profile 1 and running my memory at the lower speed. I've since reverted.
• I have turned off Internal Graphics, Wake on Lan, Legacy USB, Virtualization and VT-d.
• I've set GenerateCStates and GeneratePStates to No

Still the issue persists.



The internet connectivity issues seem to resolve themselves if I disable and enable wifi, but it happens maybe every 5 hours of operation.

Here's my multibeast settings...

Quick Start > DSDT Free DSDT Free pre-configured choices:


Drivers -> Disk -> 3rd Party SATA
Drivers -> Misc -> FakeSMC v6.14.1364
Bootloaders -> Chimera v4.0.1
Customize -> Boot Options -> Basic Boot Options
Customize -> Boot Options -> Generate CPU States
Customize -> Boot Options -> Hibernate Mode - Desktop
Customize -> Boot Options -> Use KernelCache
Customize -> Boot Options -> Kext Dev Mode
Customize -> System Definition -> Mac Pro -> Mac Pro 3,1
Customize -> Themes -> tonymacx86 Black


Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > ALC1150
Replaces /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext with a patched 10.10.1 AppleHDA.kext edited by toleda to enable full functionality for the Realtek ALC1150 high-definition audio codec. Patches /Extra/DSDT.aml if found to replace the current layout-id with layout-id 1. Adds HDAEnabler=Yes, HDEFLayoutID=01000000 to /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist. AppleHDA-1150.pkg

Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Provides support for the ASMedia ASM1061, JMicron 36x (aka GSATA) and Marvell 88SE912x, 88SE9172 and 88SE9230 SATA controllers. All drives connected to these ports show on the desktop as Internal and can NOT be hot swapped. Installs AHCI_3rdParty_SATA.kext in /System/Library/Extensions. AHCI_3rdParty_SATA.pkg

Drivers > Disk > TRIM Enabler > 10.10.x TRIM Patch
Patches the 10.10.x version of /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext to enable TRIM on non-Apple SSD drives. TRIM-Enabler-10.10.0

Drivers > Misc > EvOreboot
If you don't have a DSDT, shutdown and reboot do not work without this kext. Installs EvOreboot.kext in /System/Library/Extensions.]EvOreboot.pkg

Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364
FakeSMC.kext is the only absolutely mandatory kext, and is required for booting the system. Original by netkas, new branch by kozlek. Installs FakeSMC.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/. FakeSMC-v6.14.1364.pkg

Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364 Plugins
Installs FakeSMC plugins ACPISensors.kext, CPUSensors.kext, GPUSensors.kext and LPCSensors.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/FakeSMC.kext/Contents/PlugIns. These plugins allow software access to motherboard hardware monitors. FakeSMC-v6.14.1364-Plugins.pkg

Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.14.1364 HWMonitor Application
Hardware Monitoring application from kozlek's branch. Requires FakeSMC Motherboard Plugins. Installs /Applications/HWMonitor.app. FakeSMC-v6.14.1364-HWMonitor.pkg

Drivers > Misc > USB 3.0 - Universal
RehabMan's branch of Zenith432's GenericUSBXHCI.kext to enable USB 3.0. Installs GenericUSBXHCI.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/. Also enables USB 2.0 on LGA 1156 motherboards that aren't using a DSDT and don't enable Rate Matching Hub in BIOS. GenericUSBXHCI-v1.2.8d9.pkg

Drivers > Network > Intel > AppleIntelE1000e v3.1.0a
Enables Intel 825xx ethernet controllers. hnak's port of the e1000.sourceforge.net Intel Wired Ethernet for Linux driver. Installs AppleIntelE1000e.kext in /System/Library/Extensions. AppleIntelE1000e-v3.1.0a.pkg

Bootloaders > Chimera v4.0.1
MacMan's branch of Chameleon 2.2. Chimera-v4.0.1.pkg

Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options
Installs /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist with the minimum required options, EthernetBuiltIn=Yes, GraphicsEnabler=No, IGPEnabler=Yes, Legacy Logo=Yes and Timeout=2 Base-Boot-plist.pkg

Customize > Boot Options > Generate CPU States
Adds GenerateCStates=Yes and GeneratePStates=Yes to /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist. GenerateStates-ChameleonÖ

Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode -
Desktop Configures the system for Desktop power management hibernate mode and deletes
/var/vm/sleepimage to reclaim disk space.ZDesktop-PM

Customize > Boot Options > Kext Dev Mode
Adds kext-dev-mode=1 to Kernel Flags in /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist. kext-dev-mode=1

Customize > Boot Options > Use KernelCache Adds UseKernelCache=Yes to /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist. Not needed when using EasyBeast or UserDSDT. UseKernelCache-Chameleon

Customize > System Definitions > Mac Pro > Mac Pro 3,1
This smbios.plist identifies your computer as an MacPro3,1. Installed in /Extra.]MacPro3,1.pkg

Customize > Themes > tonymacx86 Black
(Default tonymacx86 theme by Adamsmasher. tonymacx86-black.pkg NSMutableArray NSArray NSKeyedArchiver Troot

 

[christianmagill]

I've narrowed down the problem to my external USB drive.

I've created a new post with a more specific title as I was unable to edit the title of this post.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...-usb-3-hard-drive-next-steps.html#post1014549