Can't thank you all enough for this massive thread and of course, @CaseySJ for the incredible guide/resource. I've got just about everything working great except for a strange issue where the Fenvi T919 card causes weird power issues with my computer. It will either:
A. Power on and immediately shut back off.
B. Power on and shut down about 3 times in a row before hitting bios which will say there was a problem that caused the restart. After that it is able to run normally until next shut down, when it usually goes back to A.
I've gone through and removed my components one by one to isolate it to the T919 card. RMA'd it and the system was running/powering on flawlessly all week without the T919. Just got my new one and the same issues are now back. I have tried other PCI slots as well.
Any thoughts or ideas? I tried my best to search the thread but didn't see much about it. I can provide whatever info might help! Thank you so much.
More info about the system:
Motherboard: Z390 Designare
SSD system drive: Samsung 970 Pro M.2
Power supply: Corsair RM850x
Ram: G.Skill Trident Z 3200MHz DDR4
Case: NZXT H510
Both Lilu and AppleALC are in /System/Library/Extensions. They must be removed from there and moved to /Library/Extensions. Then rebuild kernel cache and reboot.
Can't thank you all enough for this massive thread and of course, @CaseySJ for the incredible guide/resource. I've got just about everything working great except for a strange issue where the Fenvi T919 card causes weird power issues with my computer. It will either:
A. Power on and immediately shut back off.
B. Power on and shut down about 3 times in a row before hitting bios which will say there was a problem that caused the restart. After that it is able to run normally until next shut down, when it usually goes back to A.
I've gone through and removed my components one by one to isolate it to the T919 card. RMA'd it and the system was running/powering on flawlessly all week without the T919. Just got my new one and the same issues are now back. I have tried other PCI slots as well.
Any thoughts or ideas? I tried my best to search the thread but didn't see much about it. I can provide whatever info might help! Thank you so much.
At this point you might as well try connecting power to PEG as indicated in green. Normally we use that with two or more GPUs, but it doesn't hurt to try. Also ensure that the 12V_2x4 port in red is connected.
For Alpine Ridge it's not strictly necessary to flash the firmware in order to activate Thunderbolt Bus. A properly configured SSDT-TbtOnPCH.aml can do the job for on-board controllers.
Both Lilu and AppleALC are in /System/Library/Extensions. They must be removed from there and moved to /Library/Extensions. Then rebuild kernel cache and reboot.
For Alpine Ridge it's not strictly necessary to flash the firmware in order to activate Thunderbolt Bus. A properly configured SSDT-TbtOnPCH.aml can do the job for on-board controllers.
Some observations with both the modified DROM and the SSDT method on my board. I use a TS3 dock with the system with all my devices including the primary monitor connected to the dock.
When I wake the PC from sleep , the Thunderbolt dock disappears from the System Information > Thunderbolt section. The devices connected to the dock work fine. I can pullout and TB cable from the Mobo and replug it without issues. This may explain why some people are seeing devices getting ejected after sleep. There are no error logs.
Since it does not affect the functionality, I'm not bothered much. But it'll be good to know why this happens.
Everything works, both cards are detected when I boot in Windows, and If I select macOS (Catalina 10.15.4), I can use my MSI Radeon 580 (and not the Nvidia card as expected). Basically not issue with the OS when both cards are installed.
BUT ... I if I set my BIOS with the initial display set to "PCIe slot 2" (my Radeon), I can't see the Gigabyte boot screen and the Clover menu ...
If I remove the graphic card in PCIe slot 1, it works !! And yes I had only one cable, connected to the card in PCIe slot 2 (my Radeon).
Why I want this setup ? My RTX 2070 is for gaming in Windows , ideally it should stay in PCIe slot 1. 90% of the time I'm on macOS, so I want to boot with the display on PCIe slot 2.
Thanks ... hopefully I'm not alone with this setup
As i have said in my other comments, I have an Asus X299 Prime Deluxe with a Titan Ridge Card Pcie and a Radeon VII.
I had problems with the Zeb Tour after add the VII to my system, having drops in audio and glitches, so as i have read somewhere that Asus X299 is so buggy, i had bought in Amazon a Gigabyte X299X Aorus Master.
I changed mine for the X299X and after booting i found a lot of problems with Clover. When you accesed into the usb , the computer restarts and bios says that have found an error and "it have reset to default options".
So, after of looking at @dolgarrenan post of his X299X, i used his folder and just changed the SMBIOS to iMacPro 1,1 (because i have Mojave. For audio Catalina stills a wrong option)
So, after of add his folder, i have only "sometimes" reboots.
i flashed the modified firmware for my titan Ridge Card (GC-TITAN-RIDGE-NVM23-Elias64Fr.bin)
with firmware ready, TH Card was inserted in PCie16_2 with cable connected.
Then , you know, as i have said in the other post, i had 20 segs of sound and then it disconnected.
knowing that "audio worked" i decided to go back to my Asus X299 and get a try with the thunderbolt and send back X299X to Amazon.... But after mounting X299 Asus , i didnt have skills to get Antelope recognized .
So i have paused X299 and as i have other i9 9940x processor and some components, i have mounted in the table the x299x just to investigate thunderbolt, and when everything gets clear, send it back to Amazon xDDD.
Ok, so now, we have the machine again as how it have worked 3 days ago...
I have find an nvme here with High Sierra, so could boot, after im going to test mojave and catalina also...
First of all, booting video verbose:
I have used @dolgarrenan x299x Clover folder with a random iMac Pro 1,1 SMBIOS. (attached before)
After of booting, system recognize "perfectly" the Antelope Zen Tour via thunderbolt.
It appears in system preferences and in audio devices.
And the signal now works without a problem (the first time 3 days ago , remember that after 20 segs it disconnected, now works all the time without disconnections)
*The SMBIOS Number is random, not important to hide.
So, now that we have the zen tour working its time to do the tests reports that @qthegaijin said.
The main problem here is that Antelope Launcher App, don't see Antelope interface, so any of its features more than "play audio" would works.
I have tried to do the thunderbolt DROM Micro-Guide but im not totally shure about what have i need to do.
Before of doing anymore i was thinking to just say all this report and then continue
I attach also an ioreg log.
One question also, for what is the objetive of the Power cables and USB2 cable in the Titan Ridge Card??
I have all them disconected as you can see in the video.
Everything works, both cards are detected when I boot in Windows, and If I select macOS (Catalina 10.15.4), I can use my MSI Radeon 580 (and not the Nvidia card as expected). Basically not issue with the OS when both cards are installed.
BUT ... I if I set my BIOS with the initial display set to "PCIe slot 2" (my Radeon), I can't see the Gigabyte boot screen and the Clover menu ...
If I remove the graphic card in PCIe slot 1, it works !! And yes I had only one cable, connected to the card in PCIe slot 2 (my Radeon).
Why I want this setup ? My RTX 2070 is for gaming in Windows , ideally it should stay in PCIe slot 1. 90% of the time I'm on macOS, so I want to boot with the display on PCIe slot 2.
Thanks ... hopefully I'm not alone with this setup
When we install a GPU in both the first and second PCIe slots, then both slots operate at x8. So there's no difference at all between them. Hence, you might try moving the Radeon 580 to slot 1 and the RTX 2070 to slot 2, then set Initial Display Output to PCie 1 Slot.
Holy!! That is a great start!!!! Farther than I have been able to get in terms of it actually sending audio.
Couple more questions for you:
- When you hit restart server on the control panel does the unit still not show?
- Are you able to change the sample rate in the Apple Audio/Midi settings app?
- You are also using the latest driver which was released today!!! USB has horrible clocking issues over usb with that driver but it may have fixed some of the TB errors???!!
I will be able to do my own tests tomorrow (Saturday) with the latest driver over thunderbolt too!
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