Oh. So you need to initialize the ROM on the controller by flashing the ROM contents for the controller onto it… Huh.
Now if someone gets Threadripper Hackintosh working with this, there’s your next ultimate Premiere editing suite.
Okay, checked the thread and… Wait, WHAT? The Titan Ridge doesn’t need the THB_C header? Holy crap.
Might be worth it to throw that on the X399 MEG then to see if you can make a 2990WX “Mac Pro”
Or, I could upgrade my CPU on X79 to a E5-1680 V2 and see if it can work on X79 with a Ivy Bridge-E 8-core.
I think but not sure pcie hotplug for epyc fixes made it into the new agesa. It’s all related!
I really want @wendell to test the GC-Titan Ridge on an Asrock X399 just to prove it actually works so we don’t just have one single source of info saying it works. Focus being Asrock, ASUS and MSI X399 boards because they don’t include the header.
At least some asrock boards do have the header
Ok guys finally here’s an update … it works !! As Wendell and gpio mentions the titan ridge thunderbolt card with the threadripper 2950x and a gigabyte x399 mobo works ! I had to power the titan ridge cards with two 6pin pcie power lines from my psu and also connected the thb_c header to the mobo. I had to install the thunderbolt drivers for windows 10 and it works as expected !
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I’m more curious about the Titan Ridge on an Asrock, (more than just the single sample set of the “OMEN” OEM X399M) MSI or ASUS board, cause Gigabyte has the header, but the firmware is pre-loaded so it doesn’t use the header. (if you connected the header, it’s actually optional on Titan Ridge.)
After reading the success story of the OMEN X399 Threadripper 1950x build I ordered the Gigabyte Titan Ridge Card and tried it today on my Asus X-399 Prime. It’s a board without the Thunderbolt header. I connected the 2x 6-pin PCIe power cables and the USB 2.0 header cable to the GC-Titan-Ridge, installed the thunderbolt software but without success so far (not recognized in bios, windows and osx =/ ). If anyone has a hint to get this working feel free to answer me.
Hey Elvistitus,
so did I get this right it’s working out of the box for you? (no Wendell reversed patching stuff…)
hotplug yes/no?
This could mean HP customized the BIOS of the X399M in the OMEN to include additional code. Getting a standard X399M might not have the modifications.
So far, the HP OMEN is the ONLY case where there doesn’t need to be the Thunderbolt header connected. Something about this seems too good to be true if an ASUS motherboard can’t work.
Digging a little deeper, I found that only ASRock boards seem to be having the most success with Titan Ridge. It may just be that ASRock included something they weren’t supposed to in their UEFI that makes Titan Ridge work, and Gigabyte and ASUS didn’t.
I’m hardly calling this “the ROM is pre-flashed.” If it only works on ASRock boards, Gigabyte and ASUS still need the “blessing” of an Intel board to load the ROM onto the controller.
No reports on MSI boards neither of this.
So, firstly, sorry for reviving what many may see as a dead thread.
I am writing because I wanted to see if there are any updates as to what does and doesn’t work with this Thunderbolt 3 PCIe card and AMD X399 Motherboards.
In particular, I own a Gigabyte Designare X399, and it is equipped with a 1950X, what I want to know is:
Does the Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge Thunderbolt 3 work on X399?
If it DOES work, does it need the use of the Thunderbolt 3 motherboard header?
What features do NOT work?
Does it work on Linux?
What requirements are needed to ensure that it works?
Any updates would be greatly appreciated. TOGLG.
I’m trying to do this exact same setup! Gigabyte PROMISED me on the phone that they would be supporting this a long time ago. They are total liars.
What thunderbolt card do you have?
There is so much more information in here.
I dont have one yet. It seems that nobody has gotten this to work with Gigabyte boards like my x399 Designare. Am I wrong about that? I hope so! My audio interface needs it badly!
Okay, so replying to an old post, but looking at how to get Thunderbolt controllers working on Hackintosh, they still had to dual boot to “bless” the controller to make it work in Mojave.
Are you saying here the Titan Ridge is pre-blessed? That OOTB it will work in macOS without initializing in Windows, then the BIOS unlocks the options? Or is the BIOS mod the “blessing”?
If they’re different, can you cover how to bless the controller and BIOS without Windows?
Hi I’m seconding the zombie thread reopening started by @The_OG_Linux_Gamer I’m just getting around to building this x399 Designare EX with a 2950x CPU. I have heard that these Titan Ridge cards just kind of work now, at least for some people. I have heard that DCH drivers suck in general, and tried legacy NUC drivers and at least have the TB icon in the systray now. What I get is very flakey results and PCI Express Upstream Switch Port issue. Have not yet found the promised land. Chipset drivers straight from AMD, card in the last slot…
I have just started on this, so far I can’t get it to work on Designare X399 with 2950x. Thunderbolt shows up in Device Manager but not in BIOS. When a device is plugged in I get pci express upstream switch port error. Basically it seems installed and nothing works. BIOS v.F12. Have tried chipset drivers from AMD site and a couple different TB drivers to no avail. Not looking good!
Enabled above 4g decoding? Tb header cable installed?