Nec-Renesas D720200 chip issue on ga-z68x-ud5-b3

[MacMan]

VLI support is unknown and untested.

This kext is known to work with Nec-Renesas and Etron controllers.

 

[giacomoleopardo]

VLI support is unknown and untested.

This kext is known to work with Nec-Renesas and Etron controllers.

Usb 3.0 kext generated boot loop in my system, so I reinstalled lion from scratch: no big deal at the time. Now I wouldn't reinstall it again, if not strictly necessary.
If I test that updated kext, and if it doesn't work, what I should delete to make my system working again?

 

[MacMan]

VLI support is unknown and untested.

This kext is known to work with Nec-Renesas and Etron controllers.

Usb 3.0 kext generated boot loop in my system, so I reinstalled lion from scratch: no big deal at the time. Now I wouldn't reinstall it again, if not strictly necessary.
If I test that updated kext, and if it doesn't work, what I should delete to make my system working again?

The kext name is listed in MultiBeast.

 

[giacomoleopardo]

VLI support is unknown and untested.

This kext is known to work with Nec-Renesas and Etron controllers.

Usb 3.0 kext generated boot loop in my system, so I reinstalled lion from scratch: no big deal at the time. Now I wouldn't reinstall it again, if not strictly necessary.
If I test that updated kext, and if it doesn't work, what I should delete to make my system working again?

The kext name is listed in MultiBeast.

Ok, thx man! I'll post here my results as soon as I can.

 

[SickRick]

So what' the story with this?

Is support for the Z68X-UD5/UD7 VLI hub stuff resolved?

I added a Sonnet Allegro PCIe Card (2 ports. no hub) to get USB3 going...

It'd be real sweet to get the 8 onboard ports working, and free up that slot for (yet) another gadget...

Rick

 

[giacomoleopardo]

USB 3.0 kext installed, usb 3.0 hub got recognized and the system seems to be stable, no problem at all.
Unfortunately can't test usb 3 devices: I don't have one.
Thx Mac Man and Tony!

 

[Say Heading]

VLI support is unknown and untested.

This kext is known to work with Nec-Renesas and Etron controllers.

Thanx MacMan,

I can hardly express how much I appreciate your work.
My next donation is done.

I also can confirm that at least the SuperSpeed bus is now recognized and the system booted well after the update.
I will have to check the USB ports separately but for the time I have no hardware supporting USB 3.0, maybe time to invest in the first 3.0 USB stick...
The speed itself is indicated to be "up to 480 MBit/s" so I guess they will still be operating at 2.0 speed.

Cheers, SH

 

[custom-mac]

VLI support is unknown and untested.

This kext is known to work with Nec-Renesas and Etron controllers.

Awesome news!!! I pretty much gave up on USB 3.0 and used these ports as USB 2.0.

 

[Say Heading]

Allright, I observe my first issues here:

When removing an USB device (here: stick) via the "eject" button in the finder window´s sidebar the finder window closes at the very moment I pull out the stick from the USB plug.
When I open a new finder window now it´s appearance has changed:
Status bar and sidebar are gone and have to be reengaged via the finder menu.

On a reboot after this issue I got a kernel panic forcing to restart.

 

[SickRick]

Allright, I observe my first issues here:

When removing an USB device (here: stick) via the "eject" button in the finder window´s sidebar the finder window closes at the very moment I pull out the stick from the USB plug.
When I open a new finder window now it´s appearance has changed:
Status bar and sidebar are gone and have to be reengaged via the finder menu.

On a reboot after this issue I got a kernel panic forcing to restart.

So I guess I'll stay the hell away from this one and stick with the Sonnet card for now. At least it doesn't blue-login-screen/hang on boot.

Sonnet has an SXHD kext that may be well worth investigating to see if the deviceid for the VLI 8x can be added...


For now - it looks like the Sonnet Allegro card is the only thing working. Loading it's next though, prevents the existing onboard ports from seeing drives - but mice/keyboards do work (when connected at boot time - I haven't tried hot-plugging them yet).

I migrated my big array over last night (somehow it appears ti be 30GB short) - doing an apps/files migration from my 975XBX2 box, to my new build. Blowing off my clients today - getting my office cleaned up and moving into my NEW BOX (finally)...

Rick
Rick