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

[zipb]

Hello dear

My EFI not work Thunderbolt 3 for UAD Apollo X4.

Please help me for full EFI for my PC Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Pro WiFi (F12c) | CPU: i9-9900K (@3.60 GHz) | GPU: Sapphire RX 580 8GB | RAM: Kingston HyperX RGB (64 GB) | SSD: Samsung SSD 970 Pro (1TB), OS: OSX 10.15.4, Win10 (1909)

Are you sure you have TB3, not just USB-C? They are not the same.

 

[wordsworth03]

Hi @CaseySJ, I've been trying my best to keep up with the thread but I couldn't find a mini/micro guide to upgrade from 10.15.3 to 10.15.4. I'm running AptioMemoryFix.efi instead of OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi if that makes a difference. I see some of the major things I need to do like enable native NVRAM, unlocking MSR 0xE2, updating Clover, and using the combo update. Are there other major things I should do to prepare?

Thanks again for all of your help!

 

[faithie999]

Hello dear

My EFI not work Thunderbolt 3 for UAD Apollo X4.

Please help me for full EFI for my PC Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Pro WiFi (F12c) | CPU: i9-9900K (@3.60 GHz) | GPU: Sapphire RX 580 8GB | RAM: Kingston HyperX RGB (64 GB) | SSD: Samsung SSD 970 Pro (1TB), OS: OSX 10.15.4, Win10 (1909)

The port you showed in the picture is a USB-C port, not a Thunderbolt port. The Aorus Pro does not have thunderbolt. You need an add-in card, such as the GC-Titan Ridge.

Others here more familiar with Apollo devices can tell you if an add-in card alone will work, or if it needs to be flashed with modified firmware.

 

[FormerUser-50757]

Thanks for your reply. I’ve tried pretty much everything up to now. over the weekend I swapped out the power supply for a new one, some issues.

things I’ve tried but still get freezing:

• unplugging all USB devices except for mouse (and used a different mouse/keyboard)
• changed power supply for a new one
• unplugged nvme drive and ran OS from a SATA ssd via USB 3 and internally
• swapped nvme drive for a new one
• unplugged all SATA drives and cables
• disconnected all USB board headers
• disconnected Thunderbolt audio devices and turned off Thunderbolt in bios and used a different audio interface.
• Used 1 screen only without and with WEG/LILU
• tried different graphics ports on card
• disconnected wifi/bt PCIE card
• disconnected USB 3 PCIE card
• Swapped out 5700xt with a new different brand of 5700xt
• swapped out for a older known working rx 580
• tried a different power outlet from my wall
• reseated and checked my cpu and board pins for damage
• swapped ram for new ram
• xmp for ram off and on
• tried BIOS with all auto OC off and on
• tried setting ram voltages and speeds/timings manually
• turned off turbo/speed step cpu stuff
• tried bios versions f7, f8 and f9b
• reset cmos and Bios settings
• checked motherboard and sockets for visible signs of damage
• check all power connections to board (I have ALL optional connectors and power attached from an 850w psu)
• turned off screen sharing settings
• deleted and disabled photos app/library
• checked for rogue kexts
• checked EFI folders and files and plist 1000x times
• tried different smbios
• forgot all the other things I’ve tried....

Things I haven’t tried:

- reverting to Mojave (stubborn)
- swapping out the motherboard
- swapping the cpu
- disconnecting fans or swapping them
- swapping case (is that even a thing?)

Today or tomorrow I’m swapping out the motherboard, so I’m begging the computer gods to have mercy on me. It’s been 3-4 months of computer hell. Moreover, it like the graphics card just stops communicating with the system, the screens freeze the audio continues, mouse moves, then the whole system just halts and I need to hard reboot. Really only happens when working on things in audio or video apps. During the last few days of intensive testing, I found I don’t need to wait to be the freezing to happen, I can just load up a project in an app and crash it within 1-10mins.

yay!

Ok this is now officially a mystery to me. I swapped the CPU out for an i3 9100 (with no board graphics) and got the same freezing issue. So, it's not a faulty CPU either. So, weird, I'm totally stumped. Now I feel like it's a software or OS thing, but don't know what. If I can't get Catalina working reliably I think I'm going to try and roll back to Mojave and downgrade my graphics card - which would suck.

Oh well....

 

[FormerUser-50757]

Ok this is now officially a mystery to me. I swapped the CPU out for an i3 9100 (with no board graphics) and got the same freezing issue. So, it's not a faulty CPU either. So, weird, I'm totally stumped. Now I feel like it's a software or OS thing, but don't know what. If I can't get Catalina working reliably I think I'm going to try and roll back to Mojave and downgrade my graphics card - which would suck.

Oh well....

@CaseySJ If you have the time, perhaps you could double check my EFI folder just I case I'm missing something or have done something wrong with it - that would be AMAZING! I think it's fine, but maybe I've done something wrong - who knows....I removed the IDs and serials from the plist SMBIOS section.


EDIT:

Also, I've tried my WIFI/BT in the bottom x1 slot and bottom x16 slot - both seem to work the same. Is there a reason that it should be in the bottom x1 slot?

 

[phrfpeixoto]

Hi, is there any special procedure to update from 10.15.3 to 10.15.4?
I checked the original tutorial and could not find anything.

 

[CaseySJ]

All,

I have temporarily lost access to this website through my ISP. Replies might be limited or delayed until the problem is fixed. Thank you for your patience.

 

[jb007]

Hi @CaseySJ,

Just a hands-up to let you know that I have tested ThunderBolt Bridge between my Designare (inbuilt TB3) and MacbookPro15,2 (13" 2019 4 TB Ports).

Working

• Tested okay on both Designare TB ports as a TB3 <-> TB3 Bridge;
• Tested file-sharing via SMB. (Note: sometimes it will not connect and I have to warm boot my hack and then it will connect);
• Hot plugging works;
• Cold/warm booting with both macs tethered.

Other than SMB file-sharing sometimes needing a re-boot, all seems good!
Hope this helps and let us know if you need further info etc.

Spoiler: TB Device Tree, iPerf

jb@titan ~ % iperf -s -i1     
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size:  128 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  4] local 169.254.253.122 port 5001 connected with 169.254.15.224 port 51184
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]  0.0- 1.0 sec  1.86 GBytes  15.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  1.0- 2.0 sec  1.97 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  2.0- 3.0 sec  1.93 GBytes  16.6 Gbits/sec
[  4]  3.0- 4.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  4.0- 5.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  5.0- 6.0 sec  1.97 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  6.0- 7.0 sec  1.95 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  7.0- 8.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  8.0- 9.0 sec  1.97 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  9.0-10.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  0.0-10.0 sec  19.5 GBytes  16.7 Gbits/sec

Hope you get your internet back soon!

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi @CaseySJ,

Just a hands-up to let you know that I have tested ThunderBolt Bridge between my Designare (inbuilt TB3) and MacbookPro15,2 (13" 2019 4 TB Ports).

Working

• Tested okay on both Designare TB ports as a TB3 <-> TB3 Bridge;
• Tested file-sharing via SMB. (Note: sometimes it will not connect and I have to warm boot my hack and then it will connect);
• Hot plugging works;
• Cold/warm booting with both macs tethered.

Other than SMB file-sharing sometimes needing a re-boot, all seems good!
Hope this helps and let us know if you need further info etc.

Spoiler: TB Device Tree, iPerf

View attachment 459212

jb@titan ~ % iperf -s -i1    
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size:  128 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  4] local 169.254.253.122 port 5001 connected with 169.254.15.224 port 51184
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]  0.0- 1.0 sec  1.86 GBytes  15.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  1.0- 2.0 sec  1.97 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  2.0- 3.0 sec  1.93 GBytes  16.6 Gbits/sec
[  4]  3.0- 4.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  4.0- 5.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  5.0- 6.0 sec  1.97 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  6.0- 7.0 sec  1.95 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  7.0- 8.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  8.0- 9.0 sec  1.97 GBytes  16.9 Gbits/sec
[  4]  9.0-10.0 sec  1.96 GBytes  16.8 Gbits/sec
[  4]  0.0-10.0 sec  19.5 GBytes  16.7 Gbits/sec

Hope you get your internet back soon!

Congratulations!

I have internet access to all websites except those where traffic is routed through a particular gateway. This happened once in 2018 and took a few days to fix.

Meanwhile I can access the site through cellular, but need to conserve since I’m allowed 1GB per month. Would you complain if you were paying only $12 per month for voice and data?

 

[jb007]

Congratulations!

I have internet access to all websites except those where traffic is routed through a particular gateway. This happened once in 2018 and took a few days to fix.

Meanwhile I can access the site through cellular, but need to conserve since I’m allowed 1GB per month. Would you complain if you were paying only $12 per month for voice and data?

No that seems okay, here in OZ I'm only paying AU$10/pcm (US$6) for unlimited local Australian mobile calls/texts and 1GB data. Which is a good deal.