[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

Interesting. How did you pick which ports connect the antenna to? Is the antenna that came with the MoBo better than the ones attached to the Fenvi T919?

On some PCIe adapters each antenna connector is labeled such as "WiFi" or "BT" or "WiFi/BT". If the adapter has 4 connectors and all 4 of them are actually connected internally to the Broadcom module, then connect one of the external antennas to the port with the "BT" or "WiFi/BT" label, and the other two to any of the remaining ports.

 

[CaseySJ]

Great!! Im buying the controller then! I see that there are 2 revisions of Gigabyte Alpine Ridge (Rev1.0 and Rev2.0). Shall I buy the newer and lastly do I need specific SSDTs for Alpine Ridge controller or it is plug n play and will work with current settings on Designare z390?

Good question...I wasn't aware of a Rev 1.0 and Rev 2.0. The newer model may be preferred -- please purchase these components from a retailer with a good return policy just in case.

For this secondary Thunderbolt controller, no SSDT is needed. It's just plug and play. Because we're not connecting the THB_C cable, we won't have full Thunderbolt capability, but we should have enough of it to drive the Thunderbolt 3 monitor at full resolution via two DisplayPort 1.2 streams.

 

[CaseySJ]

Thanks for the tips CaseySJ. I took some photos of iStats, Intel Power Gadget and HWmonitor after Davinci Resolve Render crashed. Seems like temperature are pretty good for CPU and GPU. Rendering out from Premiere Pro 2019 is fine though.

That's good to know. Maybe Da Vinci Resolve has some issues? If you have access to a real Mac, perhaps try the same project on that machine with Resolve?

Is this correct?

Yes, correct.

 

[Etyel]

I'm back with a USB 1-4 splitter plugged in. Bluetooth is recognized and the USB ports on the front panel are operational. Is it still necessary to edit the SSDT file? If necessary, I'd prefer you to show me how to do it if you don't mind. If I really can't do it, I'll let you have your hand. I have attached the file IOregistryExplorer.

 

[PicLock]

That's good to know. Maybe Da Vinci Resolve has some issues? If you have access to a real Mac, perhaps try the same project on that machine with Resolve?

Yes, correct.

I actually render the same project on a Mac Pro 2013 and it render out without problem. I'm not sure whether is the CPU, GPU or any settings that I've missed that is giving the problem.

Not sure upgrading to 10.14.6 will make any differences. I'm on 10.14.5 now.

 

[svandive]

I have a Pegasus TB1 RAID drive and an Apple TB2 to TB3 adapter and I am looking for the most affordable TB2 or TB3 dock to use with the designare.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I love my Nekteck TB3 dock... (amazon)

 

[skroutz999]

Good question...I wasn't aware of a Rev 1.0 and Rev 2.0. The newer model may be preferred -- please purchase these components from a retailer with a good return policy just in case.

For this secondary Thunderbolt controller, no SSDT is needed. It's just plug and play. Because we're not connecting the THB_C cable, we won't have full Thunderbolt capability, but we should have enough of it to drive the Thunderbolt 3 monitor at full resolution via two DisplayPort 1.2 streams.

Ok I just made my purchase from amazon.com. I hope it works w/o issues. I feel Im playing with fire tbh. Amazon doesn't tell also which rev the controller is. Is it the first time someone with designare z390 will try out a gc-apline ridge controller on it? I hope Im not the first one here

 

[CaseySJ]

I'm back with a USB 1-4 splitter plugged in. Bluetooth is recognized and the USB ports on the front panel are operational. Is it still necessary to edit the SSDT file? If necessary, I'd prefer you to show me how to do it if you don't mind. If I really can't do it, I'll let you have your hand. I have attached the file IOregistryExplorer.

• Bluetooth is connected to HS12, so that port's Type must be set to 0xFF (Internal) in the USB SSDT.
• If the USB ports on front panel are connected to the other circuit board, they will attach to HS11, so its Type must be set to 0x00 (External, USB 2.0).

 

[CaseySJ]

Ok I just made my purchase from amazon.com. I hope it works w/o issues. I feel Im playing with fire tbh. Amazon doesn't tell also which rev the controller is. Is it the first time someone with designare z390 will try out a gc-apline ridge controller on it? I hope Im not the first one here

Based on your question I went back through this thread to reread posts about the GC-Alpine Ridge. I may have made a mistake in recommending this card for the Designare Z390! Those who posted in this thread are actually using a different motherboard with a THB_C header.

There is, however, a report of someone using GC-Titan Ridge on this motherboard to drive a 5K monitor properly. But I looked at their IORegistry output, which shows that RP05 (on-board Titan Rigde) was disabled.

My suggestion at this point:

• Let the GC-Alpine Ridge card arrive and give it a try.
• It can be replaced with the GC-Titan Ridge if necessary.

But there are other options:

• When the LG monitor arrives, connect it directly into one of the on-board Thunderbolt 3 ports and take a look at the quality of the displayed video.
  • Is the video quality acceptable?
• Also connect the LG monitor to the AMD GPU via a DisplayPort 1.4 cable.
  • Is the video running at full 5K and is it acceptable?

 

[skroutz999]

Based on your question I went back through this thread to reread posts about the GC-Alpine Ridge. I may have made a mistake in recommending this card for the Designare Z390! Those who posted in this thread are actually using a different motherboard with a THB_C header.

There is, however, a report of someone using GC-Titan Ridge on this motherboard to drive a 5K monitor properly. But I looked at their IORegistry output, which shows that RP05 (on-board Titan Rigde) was disabled.

My suggestion at this point:

• Let the GC-Alpine Ridge card arrive and give it a try.
• It can be replaced with the GC-Titan Ridge if necessary.

But there are other options:

• When the LG monitor arrives, connect it directly into one of the on-board Thunderbolt 3 ports and take a look at the quality of the displayed video.
  • Is the video quality acceptable?
• Also connect the LG monitor to the AMD GPU via a DisplayPort 1.4 cable.
  • Is the video running at full 5K and is it acceptable?

Hmm so w/o THB_C header it may not work at all? That concerns me is the controller comes from America to Greece and will take a long time to send it back and order the titan ridge controller. I found a few posts in the forum from ppl who have bought this monitor but w/o luck at full 5k designare through tb3. The 2x dp inputs are a must for this monitor to work properly w/o the need to lower the resolution. But as you suggest with DisplayPort 1.4 from rx580 directly to the monitor it may work. There is a post also that confirms it if I have understand correctly.... and then why all this hype i have found from other posts that it doesn't work through tb3? If it really works with a DisplayPort 1.4 at full res and at 60hz then everything is fine and we left with 2x tb3 ports to connect anything we like.

You may want Thunderbolt 3 for futureproof onboard graphics.

So I went and picked up the new LG 34WK95U-W 34" 5k2k monitor this morning. I thought I would post this so people know what to expect if they want to upgrade to this monitor in the future. With at least a Nvidia GeForce GTX10 series or a AMD Radeon RX460, you can use the DisplayPort 1.4 (HDMI...

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From the other hand I found this thread (post #5) that says with DisplayPort directly to the monitor it only works at 30hz. Then at windows it works at 60hz! Strange...

Anyone got the LG 34" 34WK95U Monitor Working on Hackintosh?

Very interested in this monitor. I prefer Ultrawide to Retina, and this seems like the first solution that gives both. Curious to know of issues though since it looks finicky as all hell to get working at max res (2018 MacBook Pros can't do it because of Mojave bugs, etc.)

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My mind has stuck with this monitor and I can't find any other for video work with at least 4k res, dci-p3 (it covers 98% measured form reviews) and also ultrawide. LG has made these monitors 34KW95U and Ultrafine editions mainly for macs and professional work. Also these monitors provide also good calibration softwares for macOS. The other ultrawide monitors are mainly for gaming and have been made mainly for windows.