- Joined
- Apr 5, 2011
- Messages
- 6
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z390 Designare
- CPU
- I9-9900K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
Just wanted to say thanks a ton CaseSJ!
Awesome build guide. Also wanted to share a couple of things I ran into, hopefully not already mentioned.
-Bios F4 did not work for me - F6 to F8 work great.
-Syba SY-PEX30016 firewire card has worked flawlessly for me since 2017 on all of my builds. Works in both WIN/OSX. No shut down problems that I'm aware of, and it can be had for $22 at this time on Amazon. It also has the 4 pin Molex power connector on board however, I don't use it as my RME UFX and Steinberg MR816 have their own power supplies so there's no need for it as far as I know.
-Cheap USB ASUS BT400 dongle works great here for bluetooth, although it occasionally has to be unplugged/plugged after booting up to pick up my logitech mac easy switch K811. It uses almost the same exact chip number as the Fenvi does. I think it just has an "a" or something after the part number if I remember correctly. I have no need for built in wifi. Much cheaper solution and if I had to unplug and replug it from inside, it would have been a major pain.
-Also, I think it might be mentioned somewhere, but I ran into problems with my ethernet. It worked for about a week, then strangely, out of the blue stopped working until I updated to the latest IntelMausiEthernet kext.
I tried switching to Headless graphics at one point per the guide and borked my build. I have a back up now (haha) and I'll try again when I have more time.
Also had a problem shutting down which I first thought might be related to firewire but it turned out to be Hands Off! and Avira free AV conflicting. They worked fine together in High Sierra but not in Mojave. Now using Hands Off! and Avast Free together without problems.
Awesome build guide. Also wanted to share a couple of things I ran into, hopefully not already mentioned.
-Bios F4 did not work for me - F6 to F8 work great.
-Syba SY-PEX30016 firewire card has worked flawlessly for me since 2017 on all of my builds. Works in both WIN/OSX. No shut down problems that I'm aware of, and it can be had for $22 at this time on Amazon. It also has the 4 pin Molex power connector on board however, I don't use it as my RME UFX and Steinberg MR816 have their own power supplies so there's no need for it as far as I know.
-Cheap USB ASUS BT400 dongle works great here for bluetooth, although it occasionally has to be unplugged/plugged after booting up to pick up my logitech mac easy switch K811. It uses almost the same exact chip number as the Fenvi does. I think it just has an "a" or something after the part number if I remember correctly. I have no need for built in wifi. Much cheaper solution and if I had to unplug and replug it from inside, it would have been a major pain.
-Also, I think it might be mentioned somewhere, but I ran into problems with my ethernet. It worked for about a week, then strangely, out of the blue stopped working until I updated to the latest IntelMausiEthernet kext.
I tried switching to Headless graphics at one point per the guide and borked my build. I have a back up now (haha) and I'll try again when I have more time.
Also had a problem shutting down which I first thought might be related to firewire but it turned out to be Hands Off! and Avira free AV conflicting. They worked fine together in High Sierra but not in Mojave. Now using Hands Off! and Avast Free together without problems.
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