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

[gandem]

The enclosures based on asm2464pd seem to require nvm36 or newer.

So, unbelievable. I stumbled on to making it work with NVM31. I've had the USB4 Tunneling option in the BIOS off. After more recent experiments with the Thunderbolt SDDT, I enabled it. Now the drive is mounting. Only getting 10Gb speed, which I believe is what I'm getting on a real Mac Pro, but at least it's read/write enabled.

With the latest ASUS developments making it easier to downgrade with a separate NVM Downgrade tool, I may just update to the latest BIOS to see if it improves speed connectivity.

 

[dehjomz]

So, unbelievable. I stumbled on to making it work with NVM31. I've had the USB4 Tunneling option in the BIOS off. After more recent experiments with the Thunderbolt SDDT, I enabled it. Now the drive is mounting. Only getting 10Gb speed, which I believe is what I'm getting on a real Mac Pro, but at least it's read/write enabled.

With the latest ASUS developments making it easier to downgrade with a separate NVM Downgrade tool, I may just update to the latest BIOS to see if it improves speed connectivity.

If it’s working in 10 Gbps mode then that is USB 3 speeds, no?

I should’ve been more precise… With NVM36 or newer it operates in USB4/PCIe mode… 40 Gbps.

But for some reason, I don’t know the reason, with NVM36, the asm2464pd enclosures I’ve tested work in PCIe mode, read/write data just fine, but the enclosures aren’t detected in Intel Thunderbolt control center…or on the Linux command line.

But on NVM42 with the new z790 boards like the z790 formula, the enclosures are detected in Thunderbolt control center. Weird.

But what’s even weirder is that with NVM36 and the latest SSDT that enables Thunderbolt bus, the enclosures and their NVM versions are detected by macOS just fine. Go figure.

 

[caley13]

BTW, ASUS recently posted a tool (it's a UEFI application) to downgrade the NVM firmware back to v31. It's also available for the Z790-CREATOR.

FW NVM 31 can be extracted with 7zip
7z l Shell.efi

Date Time Attr Size Compressed Name
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------
..... 15648 15648 .text
..... 443584 443584 .data
..... 480 480 Shell
..... 416 416 .xdata
..... 1472 1472 CERTIFICATE
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------
461600 461600 5 files

 

[racermaster]

FW NVM 31 can be extracted with 7zip
7z l Shell.efi

Date Time Attr Size Compressed Name
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------
..... 15648 15648 .text
..... 443584 443584 .data
..... 480 480 Shell
..... 416 416 .xdata
..... 1472 1472 CERTIFICATE
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------
461600 461600 5 files

The 0x69000 bytes starting at 0x41E0 should be the NVM binary.

 

[vovkinson]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this's been discussed before.
I read the guide on how to enable the intel wi-fi internal card on Z390 motherboard (macOS Sonoma Installation Mini-Guide) and followed all the steps but can't find the the place to download the following kexts.

• For Sonoma 14.0 through 14.3 select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.0-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...
• For Sonoma 14.4 and newer select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.4-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...

I searched everywhere! Could you please direct me to the right place?
Thank you!

 

[Leesureone]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this's been discussed before.
I read the guide on how to enable the intel wi-fi internal card on Z390 motherboard (macOS Sonoma Installation Mini-Guide) and followed all the steps but can't find the the place to download the following kexts.

• For Sonoma 14.0 through 14.3 select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.0-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...
• For Sonoma 14.4 and newer select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.4-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...

I searched everywhere! Could you please direct me to the right place?
Thank you!

Search Github for "OpenIntel Wireless"

 

[Cosmix]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this's been discussed before.
I read the guide on how to enable the intel wi-fi internal card on Z390 motherboard (macOS Sonoma Installation Mini-Guide) and followed all the steps but can't find the the place to download the following kexts.

• For Sonoma 14.0 through 14.3 select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.0-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...
• For Sonoma 14.4 and newer select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.4-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...

I searched everywhere! Could you please direct me to the right place?
Thank you!

Hello,

Try here :

Releases · OpenIntelWireless/itlwm

Intel Wi-Fi Drivers for macOS. Contribute to OpenIntelWireless/itlwm development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

and open "Assets".

Cheers

 

[vovkinson]

Thanks, Leesureone, so much!

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[CaseySJ]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this's been discussed before.
I read the guide on how to enable the intel wi-fi internal card on Z390 motherboard (macOS Sonoma Installation Mini-Guide) and followed all the steps but can't find the the place to download the following kexts.

• For Sonoma 14.0 through 14.3 select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.0-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...
• For Sonoma 14.4 and newer select AirportItlwm-Sonoma14.4-v2.3.0-DEBUG-alpha-...

I searched everywhere! Could you please direct me to the right place?
Thank you!

I've modified the Sonoma Installation Mini-Guide by adding the hyperlink as follows:

 

[vovkinson]

I've modified the Sonoma Installation Mini-Guide by adding the hyperlink as follows:

View attachment 582189

Appreciate it , @CaseySJ!