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I completed the NVMe firmware mod guide from the Google doc on page 14 with success. I was able to boot my Samsung PM961 SSD from my Dell XPS with High Sierra installed on it. I'm using firmware MP51.0087.B00 which has the 0 microcode issue on it.
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Pavo
I think that the MBP114_0177_B00.ffs I extracted was the wrong one though Gilles PM'd me that it was OK.
The problem is that I cannot find the "MBP114_0182_B00" that Gilles quotes in his guide in the full installerbut he PM'd me that
the one I found was 'probably' OK.
I disabled SIP - flashed my 4,1 '85 bootROM - installed High Sierra 10.13.5 with the " Firmware folder" removed.
No good - 4 or five times.
I think I need the " MBP114_0182_B00.ffs " that Gilles guide says works OK.
Any help very much appreciated.
I think that the MBP114_0177_B00.ffs I extracted was the wrong one though Gilles PM'd me that it was OK.
The problem is that I cannot find the "MBP114_0182_B00" that Gilles quotes in his guide in the full installerbut he PM'd me that
the one I found was 'probably' OK.
I disabled SIP - flashed my 4,1 '85 bootROM - installed High Sierra 10.13.5 with the " Firmware folder" removed.
No good - 4 or five times.
I think I need the " MBP114_0182_B00.ffs " that Gilles guide says works OK.
Any help very much appreciated.
Maybe there is a dependency that is missing, I will look through the iMac Pro firmware I extracted it from and see what I can find. Maybe its this UsbMassStorage module that is needed.
Has anyone with a way to recover their mac pro, tried to flash a gop driver to the firmware ?
I'm pretty sure MBP114_0177_B00 is MacBookPro firmware and not cMP4,1 firmware. cMP firmware would be named MPxxx
Ah ok now I understand what he was saying, thanks for clarifying that. Here is the nvme dxe module extracted from iMac Pro
Hmm, wonder why my NVMe blade runs very smooth on the DXE drive from MBP114_0183_B00.ffs AND I´m on a cMP 5.1 injected and flashed with RomTool from this thread???
More reading at post #13, 325
/Per
More reading at post #13, 325
/Per
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out of curiosity how did you get UEFITool to display the Names of the DXE modules like that? iv just resorted to running the command: drivers in an EFI shell and cross referencing the UUIDs to figure out what each DXE is LOL
I have only seen them show up when its a Intel UEFI firmware, which is what the iMac Pro firmware is. Rest of Apple Firmware from what I can tell is custom made.
[doublepost=1528576486][/doublepost]Anyone know where to hookup the SPI programmer on the cMP 5,1?
Try to reset your PRAM
(from google search):
- Shut down your machine. Yes, all the way down, not sleep or logging out.
- Press the power button and then press and hold command-option-p-r. ...
- Hold those keys down until your Mac reboots again and you here the startup chime.
- Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot normally.
How can I reset NVRAM if the system will not even boot, no chime, just power comes on and nothing
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Yeap tried this and help down those buttons for over 5 minutes and it doesn't reboot.
The last option I can think of is resetting your SMC.
How to reset the Mac Pro SMC
- Shut down your Mac.
- Unplug your mac from the wall
- Wait at least 15 seconds.
- Plug the power cord back in.
- Wait 5 seconds, then press the power button again to turn on your Mac.
Yeap already done that also, didn't work. Looks I found the EEPROM to flash, now trying to find a guide on how to take the CPU tray housing out to get my SPI programmer connected to it.
- remove the cpu tray
- fully loosen the screws visible on the bottom the CPU shroud.
- Unscrew / remove the guides used to align and hold the CPU tray. I used a pliers to initially loosen these.
- Unplug the 2 fans and speaker connectors from the motherboard. They are visible, looking through the holes exposing the motherboard.
- With a flat head screwdriver pop the fan clip out of the shroud, allowing you to pushing the fans towards the center of the case by 1' or so, Allowing enough clearance for the CPU shroud to be removed.
- Pull the CPU shroud out of the case.
- The chip is exposed. Pin 1 is marked with a circle on the top of the chip.
yeah in my experiences those clips are an utter POS sadly... (but it is worth mentioning that sometimes you need supply external Power when flashing a ROM chip thats still soldered to a logic-board)
The cMP logic board has an undocumented 30-pin Molex connector, by the LITTLE FRANK label, that allows a user to plug in an EFI firmware replacement that is active until removed.
An example product is the $90ish Chipmunk Easy Flash, model A4042, that's equipped with a flash ram chip that's easily be flashed with a mac pro efi rom.
A working rom can be flashed to one of these, and plugged into your cMP.
An example product is the $90ish Chipmunk Easy Flash, model A4042, that's equipped with a flash ram chip that's easily be flashed with a mac pro efi rom.
A working rom can be flashed to one of these, and plugged into your cMP.
I used the procedure shared on GoogleDocs to add NVMe to my Xserve3,1. Now wish for more magic...
Can some kind soul PM me a working "NVMe_DXE_apple.ffs" ?
I have a Samsung 960 EVO 256Gb
My current booROM version is " MP51.0085.B00" in my 4,1>5,1
I PM'd Gilles to say that the only one I could extract from the Hi Sierra full installer .. he said "probably OK" .. . but it wasn't. I tried the flash 4 times with SIP disabled - nothing.
After the first flash I created a USB ( full ) install stick with the "Firmware" folder deleted. The install failed each time.
I have reflashed back to my original MP51.0085.B00 bootROM.
EDIT : I noticed that someone had success getting NVMe to boot with the MP51.0087.B00 bootROM.
Thanks in advance
I have a Samsung 960 EVO 256Gb
My current booROM version is " MP51.0085.B00" in my 4,1>5,1
I PM'd Gilles to say that the only one I could extract from the Hi Sierra full installer .. he said "probably OK" .. . but it wasn't. I tried the flash 4 times with SIP disabled - nothing.
After the first flash I created a USB ( full ) install stick with the "Firmware" folder deleted. The install failed each time.
I have reflashed back to my original MP51.0085.B00 bootROM.
EDIT : I noticed that someone had success getting NVMe to boot with the MP51.0087.B00 bootROM.
Thanks in advance
Have you tried using @gilles_polysoft guide? manually inserting the NVMe driver into the Mac Pros BootROM using UEFI tool?
otherwise I could try and patch your BootROM for you if you PM it to me, however im quite nervous doing this, I dont own any NVMe drives for me to test it myself with my own machine and I really dont want to brick someone else's Machine...
otherwise I could try and patch your BootROM for you if you PM it to me, however im quite nervous doing this, I dont own any NVMe drives for me to test it myself with my own machine and I really dont want to brick someone else's Machine...
LightBulbFun
yes, I followed the guide religiously using the (full) Install macOS High Sierra.app installer to hunt for the " MBP114_0182_B00.fd and then from that to use UEFITool to find the NVMe DXE driver .. but ! I could not find THAT MBP114_0182_B00.fd !
I found one that was similar and then PM'd Gilles re: whether the one I found would work - he replied that it would probably be OK .. but . . it wasn't.
What I need is an NVMe DXE driver that is ACTUALLY WORKING with my current " MP51.0085.B00" bootROM.
.
If you have extracted the NVMe DXE driver from " MBP114_0182_B00.fd" ONLY. I feel sure that THAT would work
yes, I followed the guide religiously using the (full) Install macOS High Sierra.app installer to hunt for the " MBP114_0182_B00.fd and then from that to use UEFITool to find the NVMe DXE driver .. but ! I could not find THAT MBP114_0182_B00.fd !
I found one that was similar and then PM'd Gilles re: whether the one I found would work - he replied that it would probably be OK .. but . . it wasn't.
What I need is an NVMe DXE driver that is ACTUALLY WORKING with my current " MP51.0085.B00" bootROM.
.
If you have extracted the NVMe DXE driver from " MBP114_0182_B00.fd" ONLY. I feel sure that THAT would work
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