How to build your own iMac Pro [Successful Build/Extended Guide]

[kgp]

ahhhh..you're curious about hot swap!

External TBEX 3 TB-HDD/SSD hot swap, of course.. currently working on that, although without much success we only achieved TBEX 3 USB HDD/SSD hot plug support so far thanks to a respective SSDT implementation...

 

[nachosband]

BTW..how do you achieve TBEX 3 TB-HDD/SSD hot plug functionality?

The Blackmagic Multidock stays connected all the time via TB3 to TB2 adapter, it has 4 SATA bays in which you can hot plug any SSD/HDD, I don't hot plug the Multidock itself, just the drives.

 

[kgp]

The Blackmagic Multidock stays connected all the time via TB3 to TB2 adapter, it has 4 SATA bays in which you can hot plug any SSD/HDD, I don't hot plug the Multidock itself, just the drives.

Which explains everything

 

[zzmadd]

is there a way to connect the 4 SATA ports of the bay to either the internal USB 3.1 header on the ASUS Prime X299 Deluxe or to a couple of USB 3.1 ports or the Thunderbolt board?
I mean not elegant but....

 

[rabish]

@kgp

As a test I attached two of the external SATA bays to the motherboard built in SATA ports.
But, even if I enabled SATA Hot Swap, when I plug in the SSD it doesn't show up in macOS
to have it show up I need to boot with the disc in the bay.

Possibly need to modify the DSDT?

Any possible fix for both the PCIe SATA interface and SATA hot Swap using both the internal SATA connector and the external?

Thanks for your help guys.

Try this #5001. Works for me.

 

[kgp]

Try this #5001. Works for me.

@rabish, @zzmadd ,

O.K. guys... just checked on that and what I remembered and already stated twice along this thread is once more confirmed!

SATA Hot Plug works natively with the ASUS Prime X299 Deluxe. No Kext patch required!

What you have to do:

1.) Enter the BIOS and go to /Advanced/PCH Storage Configuration/

2.) Enable Hot Plug for each SATA Port

And voila, you have fully native SATA hot plug functionality.

Life is often easier than expected

 

[rauan1]

It is sad day today. I don't know what happened, but my ASUS Prime Deluxe doesn't recognize USBs anymore except the only USB 3 on the side of the board. None of the USB ports on the rear panel works either. My cooler is on USB 2 port and PC doesn't start because it can't see RPMs from CPU_FAN.
Did anyone had similar experience? I am afraid something happened to motherboard, but if there is a way to bring USB2 back to live I would appreciate your feedback.

 

[kgp]

It is sad day today. I don't know what happened, but my ASUS Prime Deluxe doesn't recognize USBs anymore except the only USB 3 on the side of the board. None of the USB ports on the rear panel works either. My cooler is on USB 2 port and PC doesn't start because it can't see RPMs from CPU_FAN.
Did anyone had similar experience? I am afraid something happened to motherboard, but if there is a way to bring USB2 back to live I would appreciate your feedback.

Did you update to 10.13.4 public beta ?

If so, note that there is a new pro limit patch for 10.13.4 public beta!

If not, try to perform a CMOS reset. Maybe your BIOS got corrupted.

Good luck,

KGP

 

[zzmadd]

@rabish, @zzmadd ,

O.K. guys... just checked on that and what I remembered and already stated twice along this thread is once more confirmed!

SATA Hot Plug works natively with the ASUS Prime X299 Deluxe. No Kext patch required!

What you have to do:

1.) Enter the BIOS and go to /Advanced/PCH Storage Configuration/

2.) Enable Hot Plug for each SATA Port

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And voila, you have fully native SATA hot plug functionality.

Life is often easier than expected

It doesn't work for me. I've enabled it and checked it twice.
I insert the disc in macOS but it's not recognized.
Tomorrow I check attaching a SSD directly to the cable and power bypassing the bay.

 

[zzmadd]

Try this #5001. Works for me.

#5001 ?