GA-Z97X-UD7 TH Thunderbolt Not Hot Swappable

[ziyunchen]

Hey,

I've read a lot of threads here about thunderbolt issue, and none solved my problem. So I was just wondering:
Has anyone got hot swappable thunderbolt working on GA-Z97X-UD7 TH based Yosemite?

My build:
GA-Z97X-UD7 TH
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 760
Intel i7-4770k
Corsair 8GBx4
the rest is not important...

I got all working except thunderbolt. It only works when device turned on before boot. Otherwise no go. And thunderbolt doesn't work as mini-display port for monitor in my case either.

I tried install windows on a secondary drive with MB drives installed, and tried thunderbolt delay fix (removing AppleThunderboltNHI.kext) but didn't change a thing. My BIOS setting is on thunderbolt Legacy mode.

Would be really appreciate if anyone could share experience.

Thanks!

Ziyun

 

[prometa]

AFAIK, no one has figured out how to make hot swappability work yet. The recommended thing to do is delete AppleThunderboltNHI.kext to speed up booting as OS X can't load that kext on a hackintosh yet.

Unfortunately, the NHI is what controls hot swapping. Because that kext can't/won't load, hot swapping is not supported.

From what I have read, linux drivers programmers realized Apple encodes hot swappability into the driver instead of the thunderbolt firmware as the thunderbolt standards state to. As a result, AppleThunderboltNHI.kext probably won't load until we figure out how to re-flash the Apple thunderbolt firmware onto our thunderbolt chips. Some speculate extra EFI parts may also be required.

 

[ziyunchen]

Thanks for the information. That makes a lot of sense. I guess I'll just wait then.

By the way, do you know how to enable 5.1 on-board sound? or do you think a sound card would work for Yosemite, 5.1 sound-wise?

Thank you!!

 

[prometa]

Glad I could help. Your sound question would be best handled in the Audio forum, and I see you have a thread going in there already: http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/

 

[ziyunchen]

Yes I have thread there too. Just wanted to grab you in case you know it. Lol

Thanks again!

 

[PJALM]

there is no Hot Plug for TB on any hack, doubt there will be support anytime soon

 

[mikelevan]

Actually I can turn off and turn on again my audio interface just fine. it's firewire but plugged in via a TB adapter to the mobo...

But plugging the cable out doesn't... Then I need to restart the hack...

I'm using the latest version of clover though...

How were you able to do this? I have my firewire audio interface plugged into my mobo's thunderbolt port via a firewire/thunderbolt adapter. I have to keep my interface on before I boot up and it is not swappable once booted in. Would be nice if I can get it working...

 

[reno08]

How were you able to do this? I have my firewire audio interface plugged into my mobo's thunderbolt port via a firewire/thunderbolt adapter. I have to keep my interface on before I boot up and it is not swappable once booted in. Would be nice if I can get it working...

Same problem here (using the Asus Thunderbolt EX add-on card).

I use the OWC Thunderbolt Dock which provides USB / FW / Ethernet etc.

The problem isn't really that the Dock as a TB device isn't hot-pluggable.

More inconvenient is that anything (FW / USB) plugged into the dock isn't hot swappable either ! This isn't just at a Thunderbolt device level.