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

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ : Seems like something went wrong with NVM43.

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The NVM23 seems to work

Yes I'm seeing the same thing with NVM43. Additional changes may be required. I'm about to flash down to modified NVM23...

 

[svandive]

@CaseySJ, looking back for the correct post that is discussing procedures for Flashing with Raspberry Pi, is that process in a post back along the way? thanks...

 

[scottkendall]

@CaseySJ, looking back for the correct post that is discussing procedures for Flashing with Raspberry Pi, is that process in a post back along the way? thanks...

It is in the spoiler on the first page near the top.

 

[fpazcas]

Its possible flash this firmware of gc-titan ridge with fw update tool on win10?

 

[CaseySJ]

Its possible flash this firmware of gc-titan ridge with fw update tool on win10?

Yes it should be possible.

 

[CaseySJ]

@S1lla @scottkendall @NorthAmTransAm

Please see this post on previous page for another version of the SSDT for GC-Titan Ridge. The new version uses a different Thunderbolt DROM that uses Thunderbolt Bus 2 instead of 0.

On Designare and other motherboards with on-board Thunderbolt controller, the Bus ID is 0. Hence we should use a different Bus ID for a secondary Thunderbolt card. The new SSDT does that.

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ : Seems like something went wrong with NVM43.

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The NVM23 seems to work

Yes I'm seeing the same thing with NVM43. Additional changes may be required. I'm about to flash down to modified NVM23...

Just flashed the GC-Titan Ridge to modified NVM 23 and this one works very well. Maybe @Elias64Fr can have a look at GC-Titan Ridge NVM 43...

 

[CaseySJ]

Thank you, @CaseySJ, and many other contributors, for an invaluable guide!!! With your help I have a great system. I started with a RX 590, then tried a 5700 XT, but eventually settled on a 2080 Ti. I thought briefly about running 2 cards but decided against it because of thermal concerns. At the moment, I am using the 9900k's iGPU for my hack, via the Designare's HDMI port. I briefly ran into major trouble before I realized that the HDMI v1.4 port is limited to 4k30. I was caught in framebuffer purgatory and was only able to recover by reinstalling one of the AMD cards. At this point, those cards are no longer with me, so I am being very careful to avoid potentially problematic settings.

I am currently running at my monitor's native 1440p resolution, non-retina. I have both Thunderbolt ports tied up so I am unable to use them for video. I have been trying to figure out if there is anyway of adding video ports for the iGPU to utilize. As far as I understand, my bottleneck is the v1.4 HDMI port on the Designare. The iGPU AFAIK is capable of spitting out a good deal more than 4k30. Is there any way to add a card or adapter that would allow an HDMI v2 or DisplayPort output? Ideally I'd like to be able to utilize a retina resolution as close to (looks like) 1440p as possible.

Thank you!

Thunderbolt support daisy chaining. If you buy a Thunderbolt 3 dock with built-in DisplayPort or HDMI, it can provide additional video options without exhausting all Thunderbolt ports -- because most of these docks have a daisy-chain Thunderbolt port.

The Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Dock Pro (which I have) is really well made and is available from Amazon for US$235. It has a daisy-chain port and DisplayPort.

EDIT: Alas, DisplayPort on the Belkin dock does not work. But there are other options, some of which are USB based. They use low-cost graphics controllers to provide basic capabilities. You can always buy an AMD GPU and use an SSDT to disable the Nvidia card (you're probably using the SSDT already). An AMD RX 560 or 570 is even cheaper than a Thunderbolt 3 dock.

 

[augustopaulo]

@augustopaulo and all Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Xtreme Owners:

• If you can extract your Thunderbolt firmware and post it, I may be able to modify those 7 bytes for you.

Absolutely fantastic!!!

So, in light of the massive achievement I've finally disassembled my Z390 Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme from the case, removed the back plastic cover, proceed with trying to read my onboard THB3 chip using my CH341A reader:



But, I was quite unsuccessful in all attempts...

Even had one attempt with a different message:

What am I doing wrong ?

The yellow jumper on the CH341A has to be on these pins, otherwise the USB port created by the CH341A reader doesn't get created in my MBP...

Also, when clipping the reading probe onto the TB3 It seems that I have to align the red "wire" on the cable with the blue pin on the chip, other wise the CH341A does't work again...

Surprisingly the reading probe clips very well on to the pins of the chip, even though there's a copper pipe dissipator very near...

I'm going to read your ** Mini-Guide for Flashing SPI ROM Chips using CH341A Programmer ** again!!

FYI: I'm in UK, where it seems that COVID-19 is not being tackled as per my country Portugal, or any other one in the UE...

 

[Elias64Fr]

Just flashed the GC-Titan Ridge to modified NVM 23 and this one works very well. Maybe @Elias64Fr can have a look at GC-Titan Ridge NVM 43...

@S1lla @CaseySJ

Here is the patched NVM43 to be tested .. no secret