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

[simple.user]

Going on with the Antelope issues on hackintosh systems
I contacted them. The price is way too high, they offer a volume discount for 5 users. If anyone is interested in give it a try let's see if we reach the number. Sure, I don't like that much to pay for a mod but if it's the only way we must think about it.

How much they want?

 

[manofscience]

The Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge kinda works on the Designare Z390 but not as well as the onboard TB.

What make you think your onboard Thunderbolt chip is "hosed up"' ?
The chip to flash is just a very basic 1MB flash ROM, it's replaceable (with some tricky SMD soldering-fu). But it's very hard to brick unless you physically damage it. (But it's also possible you damaged something else on the board if not careful.)

If it doesn't boot, it may just have a corrupted firmware.
If you can't read it anymore you may just have a bad connection to it.
If you manage to have a good and stable connection to the chip, you may be able to rewrite a correct firmware and solve your issue.

What method did you use to flash the chip ?
The most reliable way is to disconnect everything on the board, take it out on the flat surface :

• Use a 3.3V CH341A programmer or a Raspberry PI with a SOIC8 clip
• Stabilize the Vcc rail with additional capacitance, some recommend one 47µF capacitor for the Designare, I had better results with three 10µF.
• If it doesn't work, add two pull-up resistors (1kΩ-2kΩ) connected to /WP (to force disable write protection) and /HOLD (to force the chip in a resume state).

Here is a picture of my setup :

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I used the Raspberry Pi method. I can't seem to read it anymore. It doesn't look broken. It just won't read the chip any longer. I'll try to connect again. Could be the clip.

 

[CaseySJ]

I used the Raspberry Pi method. I can't seem to read it anymore. It doesn't look broken. It just won't read the chip any longer. I'll try to connect again. Could be the clip.

I have found the 3.3V CH341a programmer to work in cases where even the Raspberry Pi fails. Costs between US$9 and US$14.

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

In terms of audio stuff, which can be kinda finicky at times, most of my plugins work, Can you elaborate a little more about which ones were giving you problems, thx!

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[slamjack]

I found that DRM (Apple TV) is not any longer working with OC. Does anyone have he same issue? Whatevergreen bootargs won't work with Big Sur, right?

iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS, iGPU disabled, Hardware acceleration is fully supported with radeon VII

 

[BOTMT]

Just an FYI. I updated to 11.1 about a day ago and my Highpoint RAID 2720 is now failing again. I reinstalled the kext from tech support and it appears to be rebuilding alarm has stopped too.

I'm using 10TB HGST drives which have the lowest failure rate of any drive, so I replaced one last time but I really don't think that's the issue here.

I have used those RAID cards (I still have a few). Have you checked to make sure the firmware and drivers are the very latest?

 

[maccaroni]

How much they want?

Count me in if its reasonable.

 

[CaseySJ]

Have they even posted a video to show that they have it working?

Yes they posted a clear video. But why would the procedure require remote control unless they don’t want the procedure to become public knowledge. This means they might try to somehow hide or protect the changes, but I’m just speculating.

 

[jiffyslot]

Yes they posted a clear video. But why would the procedure require remote control unless they don’t want the procedure to become public knowledge. This means they might try to somehow hide or protect the changes, but I’m just speculating.

@maccaroni @simple.user
I find it baffling that a company would choose to obscure or charge a premium for a method that enables the basic functionality of their products. They might be installing a "when all else fails" universal driver or it may be tied to the SMC. It's an odd problem.

At this point, I'll not purchase any more equipment with a connector that is more "complicated" than USB3.

 

[zzmadd]

Hi all,

I have a weird issue on a Gigabyte Z390 Designare.
Basically I've built an OpenCore configuration BUT the boot picker gives black screen.

I tried:
- F12, select UEFI OS...
- Brand new OpenCore 069 update
- External Picker
- Built in
- Another different OpenCore EFI, just to see

I'm unable to to get to the icons or boot list. Just black screen
It's the first time this happens to me. I'm basically unable to use OpenCore.
Clover shows runs no problem.
Should I update the Bios?

Any idea how to solve this?

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi all,

I have a weird issue on a Gigabyte Z390 Designare.
Basically I've built an OpenCore configuration BUT the boot picker gives black screen.

I tried:
- F12, select UEFI OS...
- Brand new OpenCore 069 update
- External Picker
- Built in
- Another different OpenCore EFI, just to see

I'm unable to to get to the icons or boot list. Just black screen
It's the first time this happens to me. I'm basically unable to use OpenCore.
Clover shows runs no problem.
Should I update the Bios?

Any idea how to solve this?

Hello @zzmadd,

The best thing to do would be:

• Refer to “Quick Reference” spoiler at the top of Post 1 for link to OpenCore 0.6.9 mini-guide.
• Download the EFI from that guide and copy your serial numbers into the file “config-AMD-GPU.plist”.
• Then rename that file to just “config.plist”.
• Now the new EFI folder is ready to use.