Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

Thanks for your answer.
I’m using some NVMe disks in a NVMe to USB C case that was tested to work at USB 3.2 gen2 speeds in the USB C from the back panel (10gbps).
I guess that there’s something related to this case's front panel chip.
Have you ever test this this USB C front panel header?

I have a 256GB Silicon Power NVMe SSD mounted inside a USB 3.2 Gen 2 enclosure connected to the front panel USB-C port on the Z490 Vision D. Results:

• 704 MB/s Write Speed = 5.6 Gbps
• 968 MB/s Read Speed = 7.7 Gbps

Both of these speeds are higher than 5 Gbps, which is the USB 3.1 limit (or USB 3.2 Gen 1). As a recap:

• USB 3.2 Gen 1 = maximum 5 Gbps
• USB 3.2 Gen 2 = maximum 10 Gbps

Conclusion:

• The front panel USB-C port is delivering USB 3.2 Gen 2 speed.

 

[BerndVP]

Hi @CaseySJ
So,
Here is some screenshots of my Avid HDX Card in the Expansion Chassis been seen on a MacBook Pro
And the other is on my Z77X-UD5H Hackintosh.
This is with the SSDT Injected for HotPlug TB3.
If you look at my MacBook Pro screenshot you can see the Driver for the Avid Card is loaded.
But on the hackintosh it isn't.
It's more like were a Real Mac links the Card in the IOReg that gives the card acces to the driver.
While on the hackintosh it isn't.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi @CaseySJ
So,
Here is some screenshots of my Avid HDX Card in the Expansion Chassis been seen on a MacBook Pro
And the other is on my Z77X-UD5H Hackintosh.
This is with the SSDT Injected for HotPlug TB3.
If you look at my MacBook Pro screenshot you can see the Driver for the Avid Card is loaded.
But on the hackintosh it isn't.
It's more like were a Real Mac links the Card in the IOReg that gives the card acces to the driver.
While on the hackintosh it isn't.

I wish I had a better answer for you, but with Hackintosh there are no guarantees of compatibility. We can enable Thunderbolt Bus, but beyond that we leave it to each device and driver to determine whether it will comply or not comply with the Hackintosh configuration. If a device/driver fails to comply, there isn't much (or anything) we can do other than hope that the company which makes the device/driver modifies their code to work on a flashed Hackintosh.

 

[CaseySJ]

it occurs totally randomly, the last weekend it worked perfectly and yesterday I had a couple of kernel panics. This firmware it's possible to install via software or it's with flash chip clips? This are my thunderbolt parameters in the BIOS menu:
Thunderbolt USB Support Disabled
Thunderbolt Boot Support Disabled
Wake From Thunderbolt(TM Devices) Off
Thunderbolt(TM) PCIe Cache-line Size 128
GPIO3 Force Pwr On
Wait time in ms after applying Force Pwr 200
Skip PCI OptionRom Enabled
Security Level SL0-No Security
Reserve mem per phy slot 32
Reserve P mem per phy slot 32
Reserve IO per phy slot 20
Delay before SX Exit 300
GPIO Filter Enabled
Enable CLK REQ Disabled
Enable ASPM Disabled
Enable LTR Disabled
Extra Bus Reserved 65
Reserved Memory 386
Memory Alignment 26
Reserved PMemory 960
PMemory Alignment 28
Reserved I/O 0

• Does the kernel panic occur if you do not use your audio application(s)?
• If you just use the computer for web browsing, email, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. then does the system crash?

 

[jd6]

Hi, everbody:

On the new Gigabyte Z590 Vision D and G they have (VisionLINK TB connector (Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4/USB Type-C® port).

Is that the same as Thunderbolt or what, coz. on the Gigabyte site looks like they claim that it is.

So....anyone can explaine that to me svp....? Or is it just a new output where which needs a new monitor with USB-c input.

VisionLINK TB connector vs thunderbolt...

Z590 Vision G has that output but no TB4.

 

[arquicion]

I have a 256GB Silicon Power NVMe SSD mounted inside a USB 3.2 Gen 2 enclosure connected to the front panel USB-C port on the Z490 Vision D. Results:

• 704 MB/s Write Speed = 5.6 Gbps
• 968 MB/s Read Speed = 7.7 Gbps

Both of these speeds are higher than 5 Gbps, which is the USB 3.1 limit (or USB 3.2 Gen 1). As a recap:

• USB 3.2 Gen 1 = maximum 5 Gbps
• USB 3.2 Gen 2 = maximum 10 Gbps

Conclusion:

• The front panel USB-C port is delivering USB 3.2 Gen 2 speed.

View attachment 511053

Yeah! Good!
I have a 1TB WD Blue W550 (very suitable!) NVMe SSD mounted inside a USB 3.2 Gen 2 enclosure which connected to back panel ports runs at 970 MB/s - 940 MB/s read and write. Therefore I think that it may be a failure in the case frontal panel because I guess the only chip is the one from the mobo, so the frontal panel have to be just some sort of adapter or extension.
Thanks for your help!

 

[dehjomz]

Hi, everbody:

On the new Gigabyte Z590 Vision D and G they have (VisionLINK TB connector (Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4/USB Type-C® port).

Is that the same as Thunderbolt or what, coz. on the Gigabyte site looks like they claim that it is.

So....anyone can explaine that to me svp....? Or is it just a new output where which needs a new monitor with USB-c input.

VisionLINK TB connector vs thunderbolt...

Z590 Vision G has that output but no TB4.

View attachment 511063​

Thunderbolt also has pcie tunneling, which is missing from gigabyte's vague description of their VisionLink port.

 

[CaseySJ]

Thunderbolt also has pcie tunneling, which is missing from gigabyte's vague description of their VisionLink port.

If VisionLink is just a proprietary name for the standard USB4/Thunderbolt 4 port (which it most definitely seems to be) then this is very alarming practice by Gigabyte and possibly others. The USB/TB naming scheme is already confusing; it would become a naming nightmare if every board vendor adopted a proprietary name.

 

[jd6]

If VisionLink is just a proprietary name for the standard USB4/Thunderbolt 4 port (which it most definitely seems to be) then this is very alarming practice by Gigabyte and possibly others. The USB/TB naming scheme is already confusing; it would become a naming nightmare if every board vendor adopted a proprietary name.

It really is, its very confusing. I wanted to buy first the Z490 Vison G but now the Z590 Vison G looks like to have YB4 but just named VisionLink. Now I'm wondering to buy that one instead especially because Apple is busy to bring the Apple Cinema Display back in the form of Display XDR but cheaper, so it well be very handy if have that port.

 

[CaseySJ]

** OpenCore 0.6.7 EFI for Z490 Vision D **
Supports both Catalina and Big Sur
Please do not quote this post in its entirely. Use a link instead.

Requires OpenCore Configurator 2.29.0.1 or Newer.

URGENT: Set OpenCore Configurator "Preferences" to OpenCore 0.6.7 Release Version

NOTE: If you are using OpenIntelWireless to drive the on-board Intel AX201 WiFi/BT module, please jump to this post instead (updated for OpenCore 0.6.7 with OpenIntelWireless 1.3.0-Alpha drivers).​

The formal release of OpenCore 0.6.7 has arrived, along with an update of WhateverGreen, AppleALC, and VirtualSMC.

This EFI contains the following changes:

Bootloader / Kexts:
All of the items listed below are official builds.

• OpenCore 0.6.7
• WhateverGreen 1.4.8
• AppleALC 1.5.8
• VirtualSMC 1.2.1

config.plist Changes:

• Misc --> Security --> SecureBootModel --> Disabled (change to Default for OpenIntelWireless)
• Kernel --> Patch --> F1/F2 Brightness Keys --> Disabled
• NVRAM --> Add --> csr-active-config --> 00000000 (SIP Enabled for System Integrity Protection)
  • If you need to disable SIP, set this to E7030000
• NVRAM --> Delete --> csr-active-config (allows us to change SIP without needing to Reset NVRAM)

How to Use:

1. Find a USB flash disk with an EFI partition, or format the USB flash disk in Disk Utility with Scheme = GUID Partition Map and Format = MacOS Extended (Journaled).
2. Mount EFI partition of the USB flash disk.
3. Download the attached ZIP into the top level of the EFI partition of the USB flash disk. When the file is unzipped, there will be a folder called OC-067-VISION-D.
4. Rename this folder to EFI, otherwise the system will not boot.
5. Use HackinDROM to transfer PlatformInfo from existing OpenCore config.plist to new version. Please follow the guide by clicking here and select one of the following from the CopyConfig feature.
   • Z490 Vision D OC 067 AMD GPU - CaseySJ
   • Z490 Vision D OC 067 Intel IGPU - CaseySJ

After the modified config.plist has been copied to the EFI/OC folder of the USB flash disk, proceed as follows:

1. Reboot and press F12 at the BIOS Splash Screen. When the BIOS Boot Menu (not OpenCore Picker) appears, select the USB flash disk.
2. Warning: It is necessary to Reset NVRAM one time prior to booting macOS. This can be done by pressing spacebar at the OpenCore Picker and choosing Reset NVRAM. On multi-boot systems, select the default startup disk in System Preferences --> Startup Disk.
3. At the OpenCore 0.6.7 Picker menu, select and boot the internal macOS disk.
4. If everything works correctly, copy the new OpenCore EFI folder from the USB flash disk to the EFI partition of the main macOS SSD.

CAUTION:

• If you are using a custom Thunderbolt SSDT or any other custom SSDTs or Kexts, please update your config.plist accordingly.
• During startup or reboot, the Gigabyte splash screen may take several seconds to clear, which means the OpenCore Picker GUI will take more time to appear. If this happens, the delay could be fixed by removing AudioDxe.efi from the OpenCore config.plist.

NOTE:

• Because some systems may not boot properly without a Fake CPU ID, the following are pre-entered:
  • OpenCore Configurator --> Kernel --> Cpuid1Data = EB060800 00000000 00000000 00000000
  • OpenCore Configurator --> Kernel --> Cpuid1Mask = FFFFFFFF 00000000 00000000 00000000
• You may delete both of these entries and check if your system still boots.

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Gigabyte Z490 Vision G (not D)​

OpenCore 0.6.7 EFI folder for the Gigabyte Z490 Vision G is also attached below. The filename is:

EFI-067-VISION-G-NOT-D.zip