Skylake ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 Testing

[beelzebozo]

I think slide=0 in config and Above 4G Decoding Enabled in Bios helps.

 

[jpsexton]

Well now! I am very happy to report that this problem has been officially solved!

I went back through my notes and reviewed some of my initial settings, after I had the hell weekend of getting Tb going in Windows. I decided to make a few changes and found the winning combination.

A) I went back to standard default thunderbolt BIOS settings.

B) in Tb settings, changed no security to user authorization.

C) re-enabled secure boot

D) added slide=0 to boot arguments

All B, C, and D must be used together.

Also hot plugging works. Possibly because I did load the latest firmware earlier this week.

Thanks guys for sticking with me through this. I am relieved. And I can not move on to the last 2 items on the list (Broadcom WiFi randomly stopped working, one internal backup hard drive not showing up, disk utility freezes when my cloned backup drive is connected) all small issues in comparison.

JPG, if you need my notes on NVIDIA web drivers in 10.13.3, let me know. I have 4 monitors working now.

This did the trick! Thank You!

I had it working but had to reboot a few times to get Thunderbolt recognized. Now it boots every time!

 

[Gamer819]

This did the trick! Thank You!

I had it working but had to reboot a few times to get Thunderbolt recognized. Now it boots every time!

did you do that on Hackintosh or PC?used as an iMac or Apple Thunderbolt display?

 

[jpsexton]

did you do that on Hackintosh or PC?used as an iMac or Apple Thunderbolt display?

Asus Z370-A Prime based Hackintosh with Apple Thunderbolt Display and Thunderbolt Apollo Interface.

 

[jpsexton]

This did the trick! Thank You!

I had it working but had to reboot a few times to get Thunderbolt recognized. Now it boots every time!

Last night the random booting issue reared it's ugly head again!

This is annoying because otherwise I have a 100% working system when I finally get it to boot properly...

 

[crankydanki]

Hi all,

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone on this thread. I had persistent problems with getting Thunderbolt to recognise my UAD Apollo Twin Duo MkII. Working great now though, will definitely see how it runs over the coming weeks.

I initially bought the Apple TB3>2 converter and that didn't work, so I got the Startech converter and it worked perfectly! Got it running on Windows first, then got it running on MacOS. Also tried switching back to the official Apple converter and it doesn't work in Windows but still works in MacOS.

Very much appreciate all the knowledge you guys have on this topic!

ASUS Prime Z370-A | ThunderboltEX 3 | i7 8700k | High Sierra 10.13.4

 

[pinoli]

@jpsexton @crankydnaki can you please help with my build? I have basically the same configuration of many users of this thread. I have opened a general thread on my build here and the last point (4.) is about ThunderboltEX 3: it works flawlessly in Windows 10, but stops completely in macOS (no device has been ever recognised).
the thread is here, any feedback is much appreciated!

 

[pinoli]

Hi all,

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone on this thread. I had persistent problems with getting Thunderbolt to recognise my UAD Apollo Twin Duo MkII. Working great now though, will definitely see how it runs over the coming weeks.

I initially bought the Apple TB3>2 converter and that didn't work, so I got the Startech converter and it worked perfectly! Got it running on Windows first, then got it running on MacOS. Also tried switching back to the official Apple converter and it doesn't work in Windows but still works in MacOS.

Very much appreciate all the knowledge you guys have on this topic!

ASUS Prime Z370-A | ThunderboltEX 3 | i7 8700k | High Sierra 10.13.4

from your signature I can tell we have the same config. I use the integrated graphics (UHD630) with no dGPU.
I think you could help me out on this, thanks!

 

[jpsexton]

@jpsexton @crankydnaki can you please help with my build? I have basically the same configuration of many users of this thread. I have opened a general thread on my build here and the last point (4.) is about ThunderboltEX 3: it works flawlessly in Windows 10, but stops completely in macOS (no device has been ever recognised).
the thread is here, any feedback is much appreciated!

I gave up for the time being and I am using Windows 10 on this build. I got close in that I could have everything working but I would have to reboot the system several times at startup to get it working.

I'm waiting to see how others fare with this combination before I try again...

 

[Floopy001]

Have you ever resolved this? I have the same behavior on a new build running 10.3.4...

I have the same mobo and chipset and just wondered if there was a way you could talk me through getting Thunderbolt to work. I am a 3D Animator and built the system to render quicker however I can't get large files onto it currently as neither usb c or thunderbolt drives on the PCI or the mobo work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mark