- Joined
- Nov 26, 2011
- Messages
- 15
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H Rev. 1.1
- CPU
- i3-3225
- Graphics
- HD 4000
- Mobile Phone
I am running 10.9.1 on a Z77-DS3H board, revision 1.1. CPU is an i3-3225 for what it's worth, 8 GB of RAM. Connected to my network via Ethernet.
I have a media server and have been working on a project to rip my home movie library via Handbrake for use with Plex. I also have some Blu-Rays that I run through MakeMKV first.
My computer connects to the network fine, connects to the Internet fine, no problems. However: when copying any amount of data to or from the NAS via SMB or AFP, my computer constantly freezes. Is it absolutely every time? No. But it is probably 60-70% of the time at this point, particularly if I have any applications open. The size of the files does not seem to matter - I have on occasion successfully transferred a 25+ GB file, but for example this morning it froze on a 1.5 GB file.
This issue has been raised before - see post 17 of this thread onward:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/79149-gigabyte-ga-z77-ds3h-rev-1-1-ethernet-fix-2.html
Also here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/9...os-ar8161-gigabyte-ga-z77-ds3h-rev-1-1-a.html
Alagater seemed to have a fix that he posted in this thread at post 15, but then it sounds like the fix didn't stick:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/70039-need-driver-atheros-ar8161-2.html
My board has the Atheros AR8161 chipset rather than the 8151 chipset on the 1.0 revision. This means I am using Shailua's ALXEthernet kext through Multibeast. From what I am gathering from both this site and some other sites that shall not be namedit sounds like people have determined that there is some kind of memory leak that causes the issue. (See Post 34 in this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/articles/121091-article-multibeast-6-1-update-4.html)(See also Post 125 from this thread on another site: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...ar813132515261627172-driver-for-107108/page-7)
I can apparently buy a new NIC to fix this for like $10.00, but I really don't want to on principle. Is there a solution to this, other than buying a new NIC? Is the problem being worked on? Is the kext under active development? Any information would be appreciated.
I have a media server and have been working on a project to rip my home movie library via Handbrake for use with Plex. I also have some Blu-Rays that I run through MakeMKV first.
My computer connects to the network fine, connects to the Internet fine, no problems. However: when copying any amount of data to or from the NAS via SMB or AFP, my computer constantly freezes. Is it absolutely every time? No. But it is probably 60-70% of the time at this point, particularly if I have any applications open. The size of the files does not seem to matter - I have on occasion successfully transferred a 25+ GB file, but for example this morning it froze on a 1.5 GB file.
This issue has been raised before - see post 17 of this thread onward:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/79149-gigabyte-ga-z77-ds3h-rev-1-1-ethernet-fix-2.html
Also here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/9...os-ar8161-gigabyte-ga-z77-ds3h-rev-1-1-a.html
Alagater seemed to have a fix that he posted in this thread at post 15, but then it sounds like the fix didn't stick:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/70039-need-driver-atheros-ar8161-2.html
My board has the Atheros AR8161 chipset rather than the 8151 chipset on the 1.0 revision. This means I am using Shailua's ALXEthernet kext through Multibeast. From what I am gathering from both this site and some other sites that shall not be namedit sounds like people have determined that there is some kind of memory leak that causes the issue. (See Post 34 in this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/articles/121091-article-multibeast-6-1-update-4.html)(See also Post 125 from this thread on another site: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...ar813132515261627172-driver-for-107108/page-7)
I can apparently buy a new NIC to fix this for like $10.00, but I really don't want to on principle. Is there a solution to this, other than buying a new NIC? Is the problem being worked on? Is the kext under active development? Any information would be appreciated.