This is with the latest firmware. If you have one with the older firmware you won't be able to use it at all without updating as it will freeze constantly.
The thing is that I can't tell when it starts to drop. It takes more than a few sleep cycles. I have switched back to wifi which outputs the same speed at the moment since I don't really need an ethernet cable at the moment. But I will monitor the bandwidth as it might be the same situation on wifi. I have not tried the 1Gbps link yet.Does the same problem occur when connected to the 1 Gbps port (Intel i211)?
On my Vision D the 2.5 Gbps port works the same before and after several sleep cycles:
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yes pb is that I don't know how many sleep cycles it takes to notice the issue. But I am keeping an eye now. will report later.I checked my Vision-G also on i225-V after about a 6-hour sleep cycle and was getting close to gigabit speed, if that's a useful datapoint.
Does the same problem occur when connected to the 1 Gbps port (Intel i211)?
Packets received by the I225 v1 product link partner (the switch, router, or back-to-back controller it is connected to) that are received with a smaller IPG than 8 bytes on the MAC/PHY interface are dropped. When this occurs, the network connectivity is reduced from 2.5Gpbs to below 1Gpbs operation. In some scenarios with certain link partners, the operation can be as low as 1-10Mbps.
Not sure if you guys are talking this Intel® Ethernet Controller I225-V hardware bug.
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So some routers may be affected while some do not. I even read V2 still has problem and there is V3. But I do not find it in Intel datasheet.
Specific models of Netgear, Juniper, and AQuantia infrastructure chipsets exhibit this variance, while those by Cisco, Huawei, Buffalo, and Aruba, don't.
It is interesting to know which version of I255-V is used by Gigabyte. It can be checked on the chip marking.
Perhaps that is what this firmware update does? I applied it, and maybe that is why I haven't encountered issues with slow-downs? (all speculation)
I have one of this Samsung SSD and may be used for next hackintosh. This is really bad news. However, do you try:
For all NVme SSDs, its recommended to use NVMeFix.kext to fix power and energy consumption on these drives
Yes it was not painted properly. I agree you should replace the board while you can.