GA-Z68XP-UD3P owners

[o19MediaGroup]

I reinstalled the kext using kext helper b7 and now sys info sees my cruzer b3 plugged into the front port, but not finder or disk utility. Plugging it into the rear USB port or any other ports works just fine. Any advice?

 

[o19MediaGroup]

OOPS! My other drives are being recognized just fine in the USB3 ports! Must be something wrong with the Cruzer b3 usb stick i have.

 

[discreetlogic]

OOPS! My other drives are being recognized just fine in the USB3 ports! Must be something wrong with the Cruzer b3 usb stick i have.

Glad it's cleared up.

Still no definitive z68 usb dsdt fix from tonymac though

 

[discreetlogic]

Guys,

I've updated the dsdt with the f7 bios extracted in linux.

I used the edits from tonymac/macman.

It's really hard to see what has changed honestly.

I'm running it now and so far so good.

Not going to add this to the frontpage, it's for the crazy ocd update crew.

On another note, I've ordered a dual port nic

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/230757896936?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

In this post users reported it works ootb.
http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=49805

The idea here is to get link aggregation working with my new Synology DS1812+

http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS1812+

If you're unfamiliar with Synology chec out the live demo of their software.
http://www.synology.com/us/products/demo/index.php

After years of creating my own nas with linux, I came to the realization that I can't top synology's consolidated approach.

 

[thatguy]

Have any of you guys had any problems with the networking on this board? I've had my box up for about a week and I've found that when it's off for several hours, when I turn it back on I get no ethernet connection. I've already sent back one board to Amazon thinking it was faulty but now it doing the same thing with the new board. I have Win7 dual boot and port also isn't working in Windows. The only thing that seems to work is to totally shutdown, turn off power supply, unplug ethernet cable, turn back on power supply, plug ethernet cable back in. Once I perform those steps ethernet works when I start Lion. However it goes dead again once I shut down for a couple hours.

I also changed routers and ethernet cables as part of my troubleshooting.

Any ideas?

 

[discreetlogic]

The realtek lan takes a couple seconds to come back.

Does yours not come up at all?


Do you have this in you org.chameleon.plist?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>npci=0x3000 darkwake=0</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>2</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GenerateCStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GeneratePStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>UseKernelCache</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Graphics Mode</key>
	<string>1920x1200x32</string>
</plist>

 

[thatguy]

The realtek lan takes a couple seconds to come back.

Does yours not come up at all?


Do you have this in you org.chameleon.plist?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>npci=0x3000 darkwake=0</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>2</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GenerateCStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GeneratePStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>UseKernelCache</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Graphics Mode</key>
	<string>1920x1200x32</string>
</plist>

After days of searching I believe I've resolved the issue. Powered off the system last night, woke up this morning and powered it on and ethernet still works. All I did was turn off Wake On Lan.

I used the information in the two following links to get that solution:

http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/2011/03/reviving-dead-ethernet-ports.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/24080-17-onboard-realtek-rtl8168-8111-gigabit-ethernet (read the whole thread)

 

[discreetlogic]

I have wake on lan turned off as well.

The dsdt I shared is turning out pretty well with f7. I haven't had a KP waking from sleep since.

On a side note, those following the site will maybe know that there is a trend growing for z68 owners : Dropping the onboard realtek nic altogether and be done with it.

There are a lot of options out there for nic cards, starting around 20$

Here's an example post if you are interested.

http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?p=347201#p347201

 

[SG-]

there's an official realtek driver from their website instead of using lnx2mac which seems to have issues with sleep. just make sure uninstall the lnx2mac driver before installing the official realtek one.

 

[discreetlogic]

Yep, using the official realtek drivers unil my new nic comes in as well

On another note, I've got a new dsdt f7 users can test.

I ported the usb bits(AFAIK) from the z68 usb fix dsdt thread tonymac and mac man are conducting.

So far so good... I'll know for sure after a couple days of use.

For the record, I basically just sleep the machine, I just turn it off for maintenance, so his sleep business has to be stellar (Apparently, using a ootb compatible NIC gets networking up faster than realtek)