Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT

[nottooshabby]

I had so much trouble with the LAN controller with crashing, poor speed that I installed a Realtek PCIe NIC which works perfectly. Since I did that, I have never had the crashing and sleep issues. The audio is disabled because I use a Focusrite Scarlett 414i as the audio interface for my sound work.

I have definitely seen the poor speed issue. I'll do a test and it will be 100 MB/s, then 900, then back to 500. I'm tempted to return this board and get the one with the RealTek 2.5GB lan adapter.

 

[CaseySJ]

** OpenCore Configurator Users **

Please see this post before updating to OpenCore 0.8.7:

Asus Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi (Thunderbolt 4) + i7-12700K + AMD RX 6800 XT

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[jorsh]

Hi @CaseySJ I just saw the recent update on the top post. If I am not planning on using a Thunderbolt card can I still use this build with a 13th gen processor? I read the last few pages of this thread and people seem to be having issues with sleep? But I am not sure if it's all related to the F20/21 BIOS regardless if a TB card is installed or not?

In short. Would I be okay with using F20/21 BIOS to get 13th gen support if I'm not using a TB card? Are there other reasons to avoid this BIOS revision?

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi @CaseySJ I just saw the recent update on the top post. If I am not planning on using a Thunderbolt card can I still use this build with a 13th gen processor? I read the last few pages of this thread and people seem to be having issues with sleep? But I am not sure if it's all related to the F20/21 BIOS regardless if a TB card is installed or not?

In short. Would I be okay with using F20/21 BIOS to get 13th gen support if I'm not using a TB card? Are there other reasons to avoid this BIOS revision?

Yes I believe it’s okay to entry the latest firmware and to be on the lookout for any problems. I’m not sure whether this is a Capsule BIOS that cannot be downgraded, but the release notes will mention this. If it’s a capsule BIOS, it may be difficult to downgrade.

Update:
I don’t see any mention of this being a capsule BIOS so you should be able to downgrade should the need arise.

 

[CaseySJ]

OpenCore Configurator 2.65.0.0 is now available. Please set it to "0.8.7 Release Configuration".

 

[lightmanrt]

Since I don't know when the back ordered Z790 AeroG will come in, I decided to drop the Intel 13700KF into my Z690 Aero with the F21 BIOS. Guess what, I lost TB in BIOS. With the Z690 Aero and F21 TB was fine. Will F8 work witn the i7 13700KF?

 

[nottooshabby]

Since I don't know when the back ordered Z790 AeroG will come in, I decided to drop the Intel 13700KF into my Z690 Aero with the F21 BIOS. Guess what, I lost TB in BIOS. With the Z690 Aero and F21 TB was fine. Will F8 work witn the i7 13700KF?

I have the Z790 Aero G. With the latest bios, F4G, it also does not recognize my TR AIC. I downgraded back to F3 bios. Sleep is also broken, so if they do fix it w/ a bios update, I'll need to choose between sleep and TB.

 

[etorix]

Update:
I don’t see any mention of this being a capsule BIOS so you should be able to downgrade should the need arise.

Those who reported issues, such as @nottooshabby, also reported solving them by downgrading.

If anyone with a Gigabyte Z690 board on F7/F8 BIOS intends to upgrade to F20/21, it would be useful to drop ACPI tables before and after and post both sets here so we can have a look at what changed.

 

[ori69]

Since I don't know when the back ordered Z790 AeroG will come in, I decided to drop the Intel 13700KF into my Z690 Aero with the F21 BIOS. Guess what, I lost TB in BIOS. With the Z690 Aero and F21 TB was fine. Will F8 work witn the i7 13700KF?

BIOS F8 works Titan Ridge and Maple Ridge.
BIOS F21 works only Maple Ridge.

 

[beelzebozo]

I just learnt the hard way that F21 does not work on the Z690 Aero G and Aero D. Could not log into MacOS including. Had to downgrade to F8 again to get back in

I'm on F21 and can boot macOS Ventura just fine.