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

NorthAmTransAm · Feb 5, 2020

CaseySJ said:
A quick FYI...

One of the firmware files in your collection contains version 42.1 of the Titan Ridge firmware. This is the closest yet to version 33 that's on the Designare Z390. A quick binary comparison of bytes 0x04000 through 0x05000 shows very few differences.

The file in question is Mac-63001698E7A34814-C0_6.84.0-C1_42.1-R0.bin. Prior to your post, the earliest version we found was 47, so this is an improvement. We're trying to get to within +/- 3 revisions, which means ideally versions 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, or 36.

How about ones in High Sierra? Im assuming this isn't Titan Ridge?

I'm not sure how to read which one is which ridge from the config of each.

manfriday · Feb 5, 2020

So, I saw a post by @CaseySJ where he drooled over the new NZXT Kraken X coolers, and apparently some of the drool got on me, so I bought a Kraken x72.
I set up liquidctl to manage my fan and pump speeds, and created a script (following the post linked to in the guide).

When I reboot, the fan and pump speeds increase a bit, and when macOS loads the script doesnt seem to affect those speeds.

Immediately after I boot I run liquidctl status -v and get:
NZXT Kraken X (X42, X52, X62 or X72)
├── Liquid temperature 28.4 °C
├── Fan speed 1261 rpm
├── Pump speed 2034 rpm
└── Firmware version 6.0.2

then I execute my script via /Users/Shared/Scripts/liquidctl.sh and I get
NZXT Kraken X (X42, X52, X62 or X72)
├── Liquid temperature 28.0 °C
├── Fan speed 698 rpm
├── Pump speed 2155 rpm
└── Firmware version 6.0.2

I saw in the credits that @CaseySJ made some sort of contribution to liquidctl, so figured maybe he'd know what was up.

I did check the system.log (via console) and searched for liquidctl and didnt find anything.

manfriday · Feb 5, 2020

Oh I take it back..I do see this in console:

Feb 5 20:57:06 Studio com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (liquidctl.sh[3365]): Service exited with abnormal code: 127

manfriday · Feb 5, 2020

Ahh, I figured it out.
I added

<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/Users/Shared/Scripts/liquidctl.log</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/Users/Shared/Scripts/liquidctl.err</string>

To my launchctl.plist file and when I checked the liquidctl.err file I saw that the liquidctl program was not being found.
It wasn't in my path. I'm guessing because Catalina uses ZSH, and the script is a bash script?

I changed the script to use the full path to liquidctl and now things work.

tuc2 · Feb 6, 2020

CaseySJ said:
If you have a supported AMD GPU (AMD RX 560, RX 570, RX 580, RX 590, Vega 56, Vega 64, Radeon VIII, RX 5700, RX 5700 XT):

Copy the file config-AMD-GPU.plist to the CLOVER folder on the USB disk (EFI partition) and rename it to simply config.plist.

I appear to already have a config.plist, do I need to delete this one?

Thanks
Andy

DazzboDuck · Feb 6, 2020

CaseySJ said:
You won't get that feeling walking out of an Apple Store! No challenge, no reward...

No Challenge and no change either $$$$$

DazzboDuck · Feb 6, 2020

@CaseySJ , what was the conclusion of the work yourself and others have been doing on the Titan Ridge firmware updates, have you written anything up on it with conclusions etc....

cylsfar · Feb 6, 2020

@CaseySJ, can you explain me why my Sapphire Radeon with two HDMI and to DisplayPort only HDMI is OK and with two screens also?

Thkx

faithie999 · Feb 6, 2020

CaseySJ said:
A quick FYI...

@CaseySJ One of the firmware files in your collection contains version 42.1 of the Titan Ridge firmware. This is the closest yet to version 33 that's on the Designare Z390. A quick binary comparison of bytes 0x04000 through 0x05000 shows very few differences.

The file in question is Mac-63001698E7A34814-C0_6.84.0-C1_42.1-R0.bin. Prior to your post, the earliest version we found was 47, so this is an improvement. We're trying to get to within +/- 3 revisions, which means ideally versions 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, or 36.

I'm watching your and elias64fr's efforts out of academic interest since the Aorus Pro doesn't have TB. anyway, I did some googling looking for a firmware version in the range you specified. this screenshot would lead me to believe that intel's TB driver update for NUC boxes might contain ver 34. the package is Intel Thunderbolt Software 17.4.77.400 and it is on intel's downloadcenter website.

update: more googling. this file is on intel's downloadcenter website. it appears to have v33 firmware in it. (second screen shot)

NUC715BN-NUC7i7BN-TBT-FW-Update-33.zip

alexphelps3 · Feb 6, 2020