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

[NorthAmTransAm]

Sadly with SSDT no dice either.

Ok, thanks for playing! The EX3 required one single byte to change and I was hoping that would work for you.

 

[losinka]

Attached. Run with no SSDT from cold boot with device on first.

I'm curious to wether or not this approach is universal and this is helpful. So, thanks for trying!

I tried (Gigabyte z170x-ud5 th) without ssdt and see that RP05 is not empty. This is a miracle

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

I tried (Gigabyte z170x-ud5 th) without ssdt and see that RP05 is not empty. This is a miracle
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No nodes however hmm

 

[dgsga]

@faithie999
I can't see your message in full as I have <75 posts. Upload the original NUC firmware.bin and I'll see if I can patch it for you.

 

[faithie999]

@faithie999
I can't see your message in full as I have <75 posts. Upload the original NUC firmware.bin and I'll see if I can patch it for you.

thanks for replying. I thought you might not be able to PM. I was surprised I was allowed to try to send a message to you. in any case, Elias64Fr coached me thru the process. I had to sand down one edge of the clip since there is a module right next to the Winbond chip, but in the end I was able to successfully read. I will flash the modded firmware tomorrow. I don't want to hijack this thread with NUC talk. if I'm not successful I'll start a new thread.

 

[Elias64Fr]

Hi @qthegaijin,

Could you try theses 3 files in order of number at the end .. then report back, Thanks !

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ @Elias64Fr

Attached is my firmware from the built in alpine ridge on the GA-Z170X-DESIGNARE. As @losinka said it may be the same as theirs. If you can work your magic I can test it out today.

Please try the attached file:

• No guarantees this will work.
• After flashing is done, please shutdown and flip switch on PSU to OFF for 10 seconds.
  • This is a cold boot; it's necessary.

Good luck!

UPDATE: Didn't see @Elias64Fr's reply above! Please try his three files first.

 

[Elias64Fr]

Please try the attached file:

• No guarantees this will work.
• After flashing is done, please shutdown and flip switch on PSU to OFF for 10 seconds.
  • This is a cold boot; it's necessary.

Good luck!

UPDATE: Didn't see @Elias64Fr's reply above! Please try his three files first.

@CaseySJ @qthegaijin
You can note that this is an uncommon Alpine Ridge 0x1577 on NHI0, This controller has never been used by Apple. MacOS drivers might be not adapted !

 

[qthegaijin]

@Elias64Fr ,

Was able to test Firmware v01 before having to stop for some work.

Without SSDT: No Thunderbolt populates in the drivers tab or IOreg BUT, unless this is leftover from the titan ridge card, thunderbolt bridge shows up in network devices.

With SSDT: Same as without SSDT.

Will be back to testing in a few hours and will also try @CaseySJ 's files as well!
I usually flash the chip with the power supply off/unplugged entirely for 30 seconds beforehand.

Thank you both for real!

EDIT: upon quick IOreg look, I dont have PXSX, I have only UPSB. Would that be why the ssdt is not taking since it looks for PXSX?

 

[Elias64Fr]

@qthegaijin

After verifying, It seem that your original firmware (wrong original) have 2 DIFFERENT partitions,one with Z170 Designare and another with GA-Z170X-TBT3-6L that mean you have already tried flashing another file, Right ?

1. What tool have you tried for this ? It will be interesting to know
2. You have to use an original firmware to patch 2 partitions at same time or correct offset to be sure that patched partition will be used at boot.