Z77X-UD5H Titan Ridge 2.0

[BerndVP]

Hi,

So when I saw that it was possible to run an Thunderbolt 3 / Titan Ridge Card in a MacPro 5,1 with a flashed firmware, I thought, nice should try that out on my 'older' system.
So I bought a Titan Ridge 2.0 card and flashed the firmware, but when putting it into my system I had no succes

System specs:
Z77X-UD5H F16J Mod 11
i7-3770K
32GB 1600 mHz DDR3 (Quad Sticks)
AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 (PCIEX16 Slot)

PCIEX8: Avid HDX Card [Pro Audio Card] or GC-Titan-Ridge-2
PCIEX4: PCIEX4 Adapter to NVMe Drive

PCIEX1_1: Sonnet Allegro FW800
PCIEX1_2: Empty
PCIEX1_3: Apple Broadcom BCM943602CDP – 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 4.2

I was putting the card in the slot labeled PCIEX4, but yesterday I had the idea, why not trying in the PCIEX8 slot. BAM the card shows up on the system.
Now, when booting up with an Thunderbolt SSD connected to it the drive is working but HOTSWAP not.
If I'm correct you need a SSDT for HOTPLUG to work.

But when looking at 'IORegistryExplorer' I see totally other things then in Guides about Thunderbolt I saw.

Can you have a look at my system?

I attached the IOREG with my default 'professional Audio Card in PCIEX8 Slot' and one with the 'Titan Ridge 2.0' in the PCIEX8 Slot.
I put some screenshots in a second zip from the Thunderbolt cards working as it is now

NEP2B_Studio_IOREG.zip NEP2B_Studio_Screenshots.zip

Edited February 28, 2021 by BerndVP

[MaLd0n]

Hey

Thunderbolt is full load inside peg1

if u connect device before boot, device dont appear?

[BerndVP]

Hi,
For the test now, I'm using an 'Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550' with my 'Avid HDX Card' installed in it.
Thunderbolt Cable is connected to the 'TB3 Port' closest to the 'DisplayPort'.

When booting from a shutdowned system the 'External Box' lights up and when starting my Audio Program that takes advantage from the card inside, isn't recognised.
When rebooting the system and starting the software, the card is recognised.

[MaLd0n]

what options have in bios/uefi about tbh?

[BerndVP]

Hi,

No options in the BIOS, same as the MacPro 5,1
I guess I need to use an SSDT to get HotPlug working.
But when I look at other Guides, you need to replace RP05 / RP21 in the provided SSDT but, that I don't see in my IOREG
HackinDROM

[MaLd0n]

in ur case is PEG1@1,1/@0/@0

[BerndVP]

[BerndVP]

BTW Do I Need a DSDT Patch ?

[MaLd0n]

SAVE one ioreg with this

SSDT-TB3HP.aml.zip

14 minutes ago, BerndVP said:

BTW Do I Need a DSDT Patch ?

ever is a good idea.

[BerndVP]

So this is with you kind SSDT injected into the system.

NEP2B Studio TB3HP SSDT.zip

[MaLd0n]

hot plug dont work?

[BerndVP]

HotPlug works, but only 1 port can be used. When using both, non works.

When using this, I see the titan card in my PCI tab, but now my Card is in the list but telling me not having a driver installed.
If I disable the SSDTs I can get the Audio Card working

[MaLd0n]

17 minutes ago, BerndVP said:

HotPlug works, but only 1 port can be used. When using both, non works.

is common in many tbh with hackintosh

18 minutes ago, BerndVP said:

When using this, I see the titan card in my PCI tab, but now my Card is in the list but telling me not having a driver installed.

common too but work good

this ssdt is for tbh3. u can try check one for tbh2

[BerndVP]

Not a problem for me, because it was just to get an PCIe Expansion Chassis.

But only problem remains that when the SSDTs are injected the Card doesn't work.

SSDT_Injection_Problems.zip

12 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

is common in many tbh with hackintosh

common too but work good

this ssdt is for tbh3. u can try check one for tbh2

What do you mean with one for tbh2 ?

[MaLd0n]

is tbh3 card or old tbh?

[BerndVP]

The Card I'm using is an Titan Ridge 2.0 Card, so that's TB3.

The Expansion Chassis is also TB3, the card inside it is still an PCIe 2.0 X4 if I'm not mistaken!

[MaLd0n]

with hotplug ssdt i think work only one port. but have solution for all we need check

[BerndVP]

Hi,

didn't had time yesterday for further testing, I had an recording session so I went for working Thunderbolt without SSDTs.

Just needed a Warm reboot for it to work.

But Thursday I have time to get more into details

[MaLd0n]

1 hour ago, BerndVP said:

Just needed a Warm reboot for it to work.

and two ports work?

[BerndVP]

I’m going to my studio, so I will try it for you if both ports work without the SSDTs injected.

[BerndVP]

So, Cold Boot 2 ports are connected:

Port 1: Sonnet Breakout PCIe Box
Port 2: Tb3 to Tb2 -> Tb Harddrive

Cold Boot System Boots fine,
Then the warm boot, OS loader takes for ages to load the OS, but got stuck at the 100% loading bar.

[BerndVP]

Hi,

I attached 2 screenshots from my Avid HDX Card in the Expansion Chassis.
One from on my MacBook Pro where it works and you can see it's recognized in the IOREG.
The other one is from on the Hackint0sh WITH SSDTs Injected'.

I feel it's like not connecting to the correct sub ports.

Avid HDX.zip

[MaLd0n]

with no ssdt the problem is only hotplug?

[BerndVP]

yep, if you use the HotPlug SSDT the Card can't find it's correct driver for some weird reason

[BerndVP]

Hi, If you look at both screen shots you see that on the MacBook Pro you have:
 

DSB1@1
=>IOPP
==>UPS0@0
===>IOPP
====>pci-bridge@1
=====>IOPP
======>pci11af,ef70@0 (Avid HDX Card)

And on the Hackintosh:
 

DSB1@1
=>IOPP
==>pci-bridge@0
===>IOPP
====>pci-bridge@1
=====>IOPP
======>pci11af,ef70@0 (Avid HDX Card)

So I'm feeling there is going something wrong or should be abled to get changed.

On real mac you got 'UPS0@0' while on Hackintosh 'pci-bridge@0'

Is this something we can get fixed ?