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MP 1,1-5,1 testing TB3 AIC with MP 5,1

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tommy chen

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in slot 3 it will show as USB card only (if you need only as USB card then without OC and flash)
and in slot 4 you will see TB device only if unplug and replug a TB device and after reboot!
 
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If, I put it in slot 3, I can see it, it shows in the PCI as pci8086's not Intel JHL7540 Titan Ridge Thunderbolt 3NHI and Intel JHL Titan Ridge USB 3.1and I get the drive to show up and the driver in the thunderbolt tab is loaded as Gigabyte not Apple.inc

If I put it in the Slot-4 I get nothing, the TR is not even see by the system...
 
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I'm curious about if everyone is supplying power to either of the two 2x3 pin power ATX connector to support 100W in a Mac Pro. If so- how are you doing it? Are you using 2* 2xSATA to ATX connectors thereby using up four of your six SATA connectors? I guess if your video card doesn't use much power you could tap the same PCIe connectors coming from the logic board, but my video card is a Vega 64 (uses too much power). Or are you just not bothering to connect the ATX connectors?
 
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DCswitch said:
I'm curious about if everyone is supplying power to either of the two 2x3 pin power ATX connector to support 100W in a Mac Pro. If so- how are you doing it? Are you using 2* 2xSATA to ATX connectors thereby using up four of your six SATA connectors? I guess if your video card doesn't use much power you could tap the same PCIe connectors coming from the logic board, but my video card is a Vega 64 (uses too much power). Or are you just not bothering to connect the ATX connectors?
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I flash titan ridge with dsm2 23...bridge pin 3 and 5 on card, and power atx on card, I install Martin lo open core version add on config the text and in efi/acpi tb3 aml file. I do 3 nvram restart. I have an Silver Apollo fw with option tb3 card, a uad satellite fw, 1 hub usb c to usb 3.1 with attached a bay with 2 slot hd and inside 2 ssd .... after first boot show the ssd and only a satellite uad fw, the on restart (second boot) it show Apollo tb3 plus satellite fw and again ssd.., then with 2 boot work all.

I have a Radeon Rx 580 pulse and connect with splitter also the atx on titan ridge, controlled the power with istat menu all under control no problems...
 
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gastod said:
I flash titan ridge with dsm2 23... I install Martin lo open core version add on config the text and in efi/acpi tb3 aml file. I have an Silver Apollo fw with option tb3 card, a uad satellite fw, 1 hub usb c to usb 3.1 with attached a bay with 2 slot hd and inside 2 ssd .... after first boot show the ssd and only a satellite uad fw, the on restart (second boot) it show Apollo tb3 plus satellite fw and again ssd.., then with 2 boot work all.
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Could you please provide the Marin Lo OC? I would like to try.
Also could you provide screenshots of PCI Tab and Thunderbolt tab?
Thank you...
 
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gastod said:
I have a Radeon Rx 580 pulse and connect with splitter also the atx on titan ridge, controlled the power with istat menu all under control no problems...
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Can you provide a link for this splitter?
 
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And macOS Catalina Update is here... Let see if it will help me with Titan Ridge or not...
 
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Brask

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What is Firmware 144.0.0.0.0?
How do we check and install if needed?
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You can check your MacPro's Boot ROM version under Hardware in your Systemrapport:

Boot ROM on cMP 5.1.png
 
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abdolla

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Hi

Looks like a great work around?
I am considering buying GC-Titan Ride. I have hackintosh and windows on the same machine and want to use the card with both.
Would I still be able to use the Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge on my windows machine after flashing it with this?

Thanks for advance.
 
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gastod said:
www.amazon.it

8pin PCI Express a 2 X PCIe 8 (6 + 2) pin e scheda madre grafica a 6 pin Scheda video PCI-e GPU VGA Y-splitter Cavo di alimentazione hub (4 pack)

8pin PCI Express a 2 X PCIe 8 (6 + 2) pin e scheda madre grafica a 6 pin Scheda video PCI-e GPU VGA Y-splitter Cavo di alimentazione hub (4 pack)
www.amazon.it
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I guess you are daisy-chaining two splitters. The RX 580 has one 8-pin power connector and the CG-TITAN RIDGE has two 6-pin power connectors. I was hoping to see a single splitter going from one 8-pin connector to one 8-pin and two 6-pin connectors.
 
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gastod

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cdf said:
I guess you are daisy-chaining two splitters. The RX 580 has one 8-pin power connector and the CG-TITAN RIDGE has two 6-pin power connectors. I was hoping to see a single splitter going from one 8-pin connector to one 8-pin and two 6-pin connectors.
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On mb 2x6 pin to 8pin ... 8pin to 2x8pin one on 580 the other 8 pin to 2x6 (-2) pin to TR atx plug... check the voltage and amperage on istat menu no prob at moment... is low voltage and amperage... bye

Ps: but I think this is not absolutely necessary on titan ridge, it works also without add power...
 
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joevt

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cdf said:
Yes, that's right. But it's necessary if you want to charge a MacBook, for example.
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I don't think you want to do that. The Mac Pro has just enough power for a GPU - you don't want to be adding 100W for laptop charging.
 
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tommy chen

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I don't understand why people think of charging a macbook on a macpro
 
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Here's my use case: I use my MacBook in target disk mode with the CG-TITAN RIDGE all the time. Because the MacBook only has one USB-C port, it would be great to be able to charge it at the same time.
 
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joevt

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cdf said:
Here's my use case: I use my MacBook in target disk mode with the CG-TITAN RIDGE all the time. Because the MacBook only has one USB-C port, it would be great to be able to charge it at the same time.
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That's interesting. Target Disk Mode is handled by EFI instead of macOS. I suppose that doesn't matter since charging should happen even if the Macbook is powered off.

Well, I guess if your Mac Pro doesn't melt then it should be ok (don't play 3D games and charge the MacBook at the same time?). I have my Thunderbolt cards in a Netstor NA255A so I have plenty of power (1200W power supply).

Check the Power section of System Information.app to see what it says for Watts for charging on the MacBook. Compare each Thunderbolt 3 port of the GC-TITAN RIDGE. Try with PCIe power not connected and connected to see if there's a difference. Maybe consider trying a power delivery sniffer or meter (I don't know if they work with Thunderbolt - they might allow only 20 Gbps in that case?).
 
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Finally back home.... A ton of main work is on the table but as soon as it's done I will start to work on thunderbolt further. A lot of new tests had been done. Also thinking about to write a new version of the firmware since other builds are stable and only 2009/2010th macpro creates problems with some gear.

This machine is already waiting...


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