trx40 [Discussion] - TRX40 Bare Metal - Vanilla Patches

[fabiosun]

try to see this fast tutorial 🙂

[Ploddles]

On Windows, I had to select the 'loop' as well otherwise it would only play the once.

 

 

[Arrakis]

Thank you for doing the tests in Resolve because it is my daily work tool.

To get an idea of the difference between Windows and Big Sur.

I did the test with my current Radeon Pro 9100 WX card

And I laughed hard because the card is used better under Big Sur than under Windows. 😂

I'm frankly even fed up.🤣🤣

 

I can't wait for Apple to incorporate the drivers to buy 2 RX 6900 XT.

 

 

 

 

 

[fabiosun]

@Arrakis

try to force OpenCL also in OS X davinci preferences

you will see pretty same windows results I think

[Arrakis]

It’s a disaster, it’s clear that Apple has largely abandoned Open GL. 😯

And on Windows 10 it's dying.

 

Edited January 2, 2021 by Arrakis

[meina222]

I am starting to wonder if there is any defect with the Radeon 6900XT I got related to the failure to play the file in DaVinci resolve project you shared. I installed Resolve on Fedora Linux to rule out some Windows VM driver issue, and I have the same problem. How do I troubleshoot this Resolve? When I relink or replace the file, I get a blank unplayable track.

 

Btw I installed Resolve 17 beta. Could that be the problem? Although the more likely explanation is user error / inexperience w Resolve.

Edited January 3, 2021 by meina222

[meina222]

More bad news - I tried to upgrade the desisgnare’s bios to f4k as now I no longer use thunderbolt in slot 4, so figured shouldn’t stay on the unofficial f4h. But I was getting some weird errors in Linux and that coincided with da Vinci going black on this project after it seemed to run once so rolled back. I’ve done this flash several times back and forth while debugging thunderbolt and pcie resource isssues without a glitch.

 

This time after the rollback, pc rebooted as usual and started cycling thru the codes and then got stuck on code B2 - no post, black screen. Did cmos button reset - same. Did power down then power up and hold power button to try load backup bios - same B2 code after some cycling. Swapped the 6900XT for an old 240GT t rule out GPU (slot 3 now to aid air flow), same issue.

 

Did I somehow brick my bios? Is full disassembly and qflash my only resort ?
 

Edited January 3, 2021 by meina222

[Arrakis]

@meina222

According to the listing error in the motherboard documentation:

B2: Legacy Option ROM initialization.

Try to flash the bios with the Q-FLASH Plus method.

This is the most reliable method to flash it bios.

The downside is that you have to dismantle everything, even the processor and leave only the 24 pins and the 2 CPU power supplies connected. (2 x 8 pins).

[fabiosun]

3 hours ago, meina222 said:

I am starting to wonder if there is any defect with the Radeon 6900XT I got related to the failure to play the file in DaVinci resolve project you shared. I installed Resolve on Fedora Linux to rule out some Windows VM driver issue, and I have the same problem. How do I troubleshoot this Resolve? When I relink or replace the file, I get a blank unplayable track.

 

Btw I installed Resolve 17 beta. Could that be the problem? Although the more likely explanation is user error / inexperience w Resolve.

 

No it is not a Beta <problem, it seems a bad gpu driver problem

If your system restart in a good way you can only to try to open davinci (without clicking on davinci project, but click on app icon), then drag and drop inside it a video

 

instead..for your main problem now..have you rev 1.0 or 1.1 of designare Board?

if you are on 1.0 you are in good fellowship..I know also 4 users with problem of failure with their board..it is weird because in my opinion is the best trx40 motherboard I have seen..but maybe they have a fault in their project to do so fast a rev 1.1 board

[fabiosun]

@Arrakis

OSX OpenGL is a previous version if compared with windows one

A hope is that in metal new board will work well has old GPU like Vega or Radeon VII

for now results are pretty bad in my opinion and I cannot think AMD did a top GPU only for raster games!

 

[fabiosun]

@meina222 I think this is a similar problem you have in windows with openGL video refresh

Some time happens also in Big Sur beta...witing is the solution..it solves by itself with a bit of time

 

[fabiosun]

if you like we can go on on benchmarking stuff here 🙂

You will find a video with a minimal instructions to setup Davinci for testing 

 

[Arrakis]

1 hour ago, fabiosun said:

@Arrakis

OSX OpenGL is a previous version if compared with windows one

A hope is that in metal new board will work well has old GPU like Vega or Radeon VII

for now results are pretty bad in my opinion and I cannot think AMD did a top GPU only for raster games!

 

@fabiosun

I suddenly have a doubt about the drivers for the AMD 6000 Series cards.

Because the next updates of Macs will be the Mac Book Pro 16 and the iMacs. They will be with boosted M1 see M2.

The Imac Pro is at the end of its life.

The only reason Apple would carry the AMD Series 6000 drivers would be a new GPU module for the 2019 Mac Pros.

I hope I am wrong….

[fabiosun]

We (OSX users) have to hope for a new Radeon Pro for MacPro 2019 users..i do not think this is an impossible task

otherwise it will be the end of some tasks in OSX till apple will produce a great M1 GPU..i do not think it is possible till 3/4 years for now..only speculation from me 🙂

 

[meina222]

It wasn’t a bad motherboard as I suspected but crappy bios programming. Flashing f4h with default cms on makes uefi bios cards non postable in slot 3. Stripped all slots and moved my nvidia 240 in slot 1 - voila, posted.

[Ploddles]

OC 0.6.5 has been released. Still waiting for Lilu.kext and VirtualSMC.kext to drop as well and then I'll test it. Two new entries to be added, and one removed, from your config.plist.

[meina222]

FYI besbuy has FE 3090 in stock right now

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-24gb-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-titanium-and-black/6429434.p?skuId=6429434

 

Pick up only - if you order in NYC, I can pick it up for you and ship it to a board member if you trust me (long shot I know, but thought I'd offer).

 

I managed to put 2 orders w pickup in NYC local store Jan 9.

Edited January 5, 2021 by meina222

[fabiosun]

today on Best Buy many availability also for 6900 & 6800 gpu

 

[meina222]

Yes that too but they are not easy to get. I have more 6000 than I use now lol. Tested the 6900XT in gaming - it's pretty good.

Edited January 5, 2021 by meina222

[fabiosun]

@meina222then have you done Resolve test?

or do you have always problem with it?

thanks

 

[meina222]

I still have problems. I didn't try waiting for long time yet. Weird thing is that the 1st time I ran it, I saw the video but didn't capture the frame rate. I still wonder what the issue is. May retry tonight by reinstalling resolve

[Ploddles]

I updated Resolve from version 16 to the version 17 beta. The scores were the same.

[meina222]

@Ploddles - do you ever have an issue with the media being "blank"? Do you think a full reinstall is warranted?

[Ploddles]

@meina222  When I relink the media file it doesn't immediately show in the preview window(s). I seem to have to flick between the Edit and Colour work spaces, or whatever they are called in Resolve - the tabs at the bottom of app, a few times and eventually it appears. It does seem strange behaviour but it is the same in 16 & 17.

 

Maybe you could temporarily load Teamviewer, or something similar, and let @fabiosun remote control your machine. Just a suggestion but entirely up to both of you.

[Arrakis]

27 minutes ago, meina222 said:

I still have problems. I didn't try waiting for long time yet. Weird thing is that the 1st time I ran it, I saw the video but didn't capture the frame rate. I still wonder what the issue is. May retry tonight by reinstalling resolve

@meina222 

To wait for the images to be displayed in the viewer or the timeline in the grading studio, it is because of OpenCL, we have to wait. It can be long,

I have the same problem. (As soon as you're metal, there isn't this display problem.)

In fact, on Windows 10 is the same but the display time is much faster.