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Z490 & Z590 - Will Z590 ever have macOS Support ?

ori69 said:
I'm ready for testing.
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Have you a short Thunderbolt tree with AppleThunderboltHALType4 loaded with 2 previously defined patches?

I can send you some additional patched firmwares based on your first native. First, you could flash @CaseySJ patched one's here.
 
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Elias64Fr said:
Have you AppleThunderboltHALType4 loaded with 2 previously defined patch?

I can send you some additional patched firmwares based on your first native. First, you could flash @CaseySJ patched one's here.
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I can let you on this computer with the z590i Vision D board and you can do whatever tests you want.
Just got back from my electronics and I have the original ROM loaded so far. I'll try to program these from CaseySJ in a few hours.
 
Elias64Fr said:
Have you short thunderbolt tree with AppleThunderboltHALType4 loaded with 2 previously defined patches?

I can send you some additional patched firmwares based on your first native. First, you could flash @CaseySJ patched one's here.
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ori69 said:
I can let you on this computer with the z590i Vision D board and you can do whatever tests you want.
Just got back from my electronics and I have the original ROM loaded so far. I'll try to program these from CaseySJ in a few hours.
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I think someone tried to flash that modified firmware before? It's been a while -- and I had completely forgotten about that file -- but I think it didn't work.

It's still good idea to try flashing that firmware -- but only if you are comfortable with the procedure and you can backup the original one first.
 
CaseySJ said:
I think someone tried to flash that modified firmware before? It's been a while -- and I had completely forgotten about that file -- but I think it didn't work.

It's still good idea to try flashing that firmware -- but only if you are comfortable with the procedure and you can backup the original one first.
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I know what I'm doing. I made a copy of the original ROM again. I already know that it is smaller than the one my friend made to me 7 months ago.
I do not touch the original. I have some new clean W25Q80 chips.

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Code: 
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
libusb: info [darwin_claim_interface] no interface found; setting configuration: 1
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
No operations were specified.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -r OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading flash... done.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$
 

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ori69 said:
I know what I'm doing. I made a copy of the original ROM again. I already know that it is smaller than the one my friend made to me 7 months ago.
I do not touch the original. I have some new clean W25Q80 chips.

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Just reviewed some (not all) of the earlier posts in this thread to remind myself of what we did and didn't do...
  • Do I recall correctly that you soldered a SOIC8 socket onto the motherboard? This allows you to replace those flash ROM chips easily and read/write them ex-situ (i.e. chip is not on motherboard, but on the reader/writer itself).
There was some confusion about the size of the flash ROM chip:
  • Isn't it supposed to be an 8MB chip?
  • The file you extracted (OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4) is 1 MB.
  • Didn't someone submit a code change to flashrom that allows it to detect the chip ID properly and read the full 8MB?
Other:
  • What is the full part number of the Winbond chip?
Before we make any firmware modifications we need to get some of these things straightened out...
 
CaseySJ said:
Just reviewed some (not all) of the earlier posts in this thread to remind myself of what we did and didn't do...
  • Do I recall correctly that you soldered a SOIC8 socket onto the motherboard? This allows you to replace those flash ROM chips easily and read/write them ex-situ (i.e. chip is not on motherboard, but on the reader/writer itself).
There was some confusion about the size of the flash ROM chip:
  • Isn't it supposed to be an 8MB chip?
  • The file you extracted (OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4) is 1 MB.
  • Didn't someone submit a code change to flashrom that allows it to detect the chip ID properly and read the full 8MB?
Other:
  • What is the full part number of the Winbond chip?
Before we make any firmware modifications we need to get some of these things straightened out...
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Everything's all right.
W25Q80 has 1MB = 8Mbit.

This is the chip that used in GB-Alpine Ridge and GC-Titan Ridge.

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Z490 & Z590 - Will Z590 ever have macOS Support ?

Hi @CaseySJ I tried @ori69 EFI and had some problems with the USB and my TB equipment didnt show up. Weird since ori has it working on his system. I managed to make my own USB Patch,and now thunderbolt shows as expected.(No Hotplug yet,I tried the Mapple Ridge patch from you) Here some files...
www.tonymacx86.com www.tonymacx86.com
I put a reading that was taken quickly. The electronics have desoldered the system, read it and soldered it to the motherboard.

Today, I have this chip in the holder and I did it again on a different programmer. It seems to me that only this one is OK. Because from this post:
www.tonymacx86.com

Z490 & Z590 - Will Z590 ever have macOS Support ?

Today I desoldered and copied the rom (winbond 25Q80) from the Thunderbolt 4 controller from the Z590i Vision D. I also wrote to Gigabyte about a hot-plug. Wow that's good news @ori69 :thumbup:
www.tonymacx86.com www.tonymacx86.com
modified will not write into the W25Q80.

Code: 
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi

flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)

flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org



Calibrating delay loop... OK.

libusb: info [darwin_claim_interface] no interface found; setting configuration: 1

Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.

No operations were specified.

MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w NVM26-GIGABYTE-Z590i-TB4-CASEYSJ-MOD1.bin

flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)

flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org



Calibrating delay loop... OK.

Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.

Error: Image size (8388608 B) doesn't match the flash chip's size (1048576 B)!

MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4.bin

flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)

flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

=======

MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
 
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ori69 said:
Everything's all right.
W25Q80 has 1MB = 8Mbit.

This is the chip that used in GB-Alpine Ridge and GC-Titan Ridge.

View attachment 530892



In the post:
www.tonymacx86.com

Z490 & Z590 - Will Z590 ever have macOS Support ?

Hi @CaseySJ I tried @ori69 EFI and had some problems with the USB and my TB equipment didnt show up. Weird since ori has it working on his system. I managed to make my own USB Patch,and now thunderbolt shows as expected.(No Hotplug yet,I tried the Mapple Ridge patch from you) Here some files...
www.tonymacx86.com www.tonymacx86.com
I put a reading that was taken quickly. The electronics have desoldered the system, read it and soldered it to the motherboard.

Today, I have this chip in the holder and I did it again on a different programmer. It seems to me that only this one is OK. Because from this post:
www.tonymacx86.com

Z490 & Z590 - Will Z590 ever have macOS Support ?

Today I desoldered and copied the rom (winbond 25Q80) from the Thunderbolt 4 controller from the Z590i Vision D. I also wrote to Gigabyte about a hot-plug. Wow that's good news @ori69 :thumbup:
www.tonymacx86.com www.tonymacx86.com
modified will not write into the W25Q80.

Code: 
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi

flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)

flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org



Calibrating delay loop... OK.

libusb: info [darwin_claim_interface] no interface found; setting configuration: 1

Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.

No operations were specified.

MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w NVM26-GIGABYTE-Z590i-TB4-CASEYSJ-MOD1.bin

flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)

flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org



Calibrating delay loop... OK.

Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.

Error: Image size (8388608 B) doesn't match the flash chip's size (1048576 B)!

MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4.bin

flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)

flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

=======

MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
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@ori69

It seem that we have a problem with first file size...

I have patched your last submitted file. Could you test theses 3 patched versions ?

(I think first or third will be OK)
 

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Hey friends. Here to play along and help if I can. I've been using the EX4 for sometime now.
 

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Elias64Fr said:
@ori69

It seem that we have a problem with first file size...

I have patched your last submitted file. Could you test theses 3 patched versions ?

(I think first or third will be OK)
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1. OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4-test01.bin
Code: 
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
libusb: info [darwin_claim_interface] no interface found; setting configuration: 1
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
No operations were specified.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4-test01.bin
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
MacBook-Air:~ macbook$ flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v OriginalFirmware-Z590iTH4-test01.bin
flashrom v1.2 on Darwin 18.7.0 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q80.V" (1024 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.

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What else do you want to know?
Write what tests should I generate.
 
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