CaseySJ
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@c0c0p0ps,
First of all, congratulations for beating Covid-19. I hope you're on the way to a full recovery.
The various issues you raised are all well known. So far all patched firmware on add-in-cards suffers from these issues. I wouldn't necessarily call them 'problems', but issues that can be worked around. Patched firmware on the Designare Z390's on-board controller (and on the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Xtreme) is nearly perfect and does not suffer from these 'issues'.
The file SSDT-DTPG is necessary because it provides a helper function used by the Thunderbolt SSDT. Without SSDT-DTPG, the Thunderbolt SSDT will not function. The two files can be combined, but I do not recommend that practice because SSDT-DTPG can be used by other SSDTs only if it's in a separate file.
In System Information --> PCI, "Slot-4" is merely cosmetic. You may change this to your liking by downloading and running MaciASL from the Acidanthera GitHub website. It's just a matter of searching for "Slot-4" and replacing the "4" with something else.
Despite the small 'issues' with NVM23 on GC-Titan Ridge, I would gladly live with that because it allows my eGPU to function properly for the first time! In fact, I have a flashed GC-Titan Ridge installed on the Designare Z390 Test Bench right now. I therefore have 4 fully-functional Thunderbolt 3 ports on two Thunderbolt Buses!
First of all, congratulations for beating Covid-19. I hope you're on the way to a full recovery.
The various issues you raised are all well known. So far all patched firmware on add-in-cards suffers from these issues. I wouldn't necessarily call them 'problems', but issues that can be worked around. Patched firmware on the Designare Z390's on-board controller (and on the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Xtreme) is nearly perfect and does not suffer from these 'issues'.
The file SSDT-DTPG is necessary because it provides a helper function used by the Thunderbolt SSDT. Without SSDT-DTPG, the Thunderbolt SSDT will not function. The two files can be combined, but I do not recommend that practice because SSDT-DTPG can be used by other SSDTs only if it's in a separate file.
In System Information --> PCI, "Slot-4" is merely cosmetic. You may change this to your liking by downloading and running MaciASL from the Acidanthera GitHub website. It's just a matter of searching for "Slot-4" and replacing the "4" with something else.
Despite the small 'issues' with NVM23 on GC-Titan Ridge, I would gladly live with that because it allows my eGPU to function properly for the first time! In fact, I have a flashed GC-Titan Ridge installed on the Designare Z390 Test Bench right now. I therefore have 4 fully-functional Thunderbolt 3 ports on two Thunderbolt Buses!