trx50 Gigabyte TRX50 installation success! :)

[fabiosun]

yes @backinblackx86but different OS, also in different tests i see better Vram speed values

the main values to check (in my opinion )GPU to PCIE and PCIE to GPU speed transfer to compare morherboard chipset speed

[Driftwood]

Any news on the 7970X 32 core 64 thread working under Sonoma?

[fabiosun]

1 minute ago, Driftwood said:

Any news on the 7970X 32 core 64 thread working under Sonoma?

why not?

it is the big brother of @backinblackx867960x 🙂

 

 

[backinblackx86]

here are the results of NBodyMetal under Sonoma:

[Jaidy]

just got my GE Pro ssd and installed Sonoma on it. The firmware probably doesn't support TRIM just yet, but otherwise this is the first PCIe gen 5 SSD to be this solid. No issues so far which I saw with the Phison controller based ones from Crucial and TeamGroup

[fabiosun]

4 hours ago, Jaidy said:

just got my GE Pro ssd and installed Sonoma on it. The firmware probably doesn't support TRIM just yet, but otherwise this is the first PCIe gen 5 SSD to be this solid. No issues so far which I saw with the Phison controller based ones from Crucial and TeamGroup

I allow myself to joke with you Jaidy 🙂
what are you doing with your trx40 that doesn't have a slot/M2 pcie5.0? 🙂

[Jaidy]

6 hours ago, fabiosun said:

I allow myself to joke with you Jaidy 🙂
what are you doing with your trx40 that doesn't have a slot/M2 pcie5.0? 🙂

I’m waiting for a wrx90 motherboard to become available to get it. Otherwise, yes you have a valid point 🙂

[backinblackx86]

my local micro-center location has the “ASUS TRX50-SAGE Pro WS WiFi AMD sTR5 CEB Motherboard”

 

https://www.microcenter.com/product/674949/asus-trx50-sage-pro-ws-wifi-amd-str5-ceb-motherboard

[backinblackx86]

Hello, I am writing from the Trx50 booted into Sonoma. Going to try and use this system for video editing. My system disk is the Western Digital branded SN850X, however, I do believe the secondary nvme, the Crucial T700 may be causing issues. The system reboots while Disk Utility attempts to format the T700 as HFS or APFS, only exFAT formatted successfully.

Edited February 19 by backinblackx86

[Lorys89]

Do you have the firmware updated on the t700? 

Try to format it from recovery and not from booted OS

[backinblackx86]

16 hours ago, Lorys89 said:

Do you have the firmware updated on the t700? 

Try to format it from recovery and not from booted OS

I tried both and each failed to format the T700 disk as APFS or HFS. The crucial website does not provide any updates.

[Lorys89]

Format entire disk to exfat guid and then only format the exfat container to apfs

And try to set setapfstrimout from -1 to 0

You can find it at kernel /quirks 

[Jaidy]

18 hours ago, Lorys89 said:

Format entire disk to exfat guid and then only format the exfat container to apfs

And try to set setapfstrimout from -1 to 0

You can find it at kernel /quirks 

That’s how I managed to format my own T700. Beware though, T700 caused a lotta panics and random restarts. It is some driver issues with macOS since it’s solid in Linux. I advise caution using it with macOS 

[fabiosun]

@backinblackx86change that drive with one more compatible (PCIE gen 4) if you like to use it in OSX system

For now unsolved problem for T700 and generally also for other PCIE 5 Gen NVME

[Jaidy]

1 hour ago, fabiosun said:

@backinblackx86change that drive with one more compatible (PCIE gen 4) if you like to use it in OSX system

For now unsolved problem for T700 and generally also for other PCIE 5 Gen NVME

The GE Pro leads to random restarts too, only less often as the T700. I suggest staying away from PCIe 5 drives too, for now. 

[Lorys89]

Have you tried with kext nvmefix? 

[backinblackx86]

I did find reference on the ASUS forums to a firmware update available for the Crucial T700 via the Windows software "Crucial Storage Executive" (https://www.crucial.com/support/storage-executive).

Although I have not tired the nvmefix.kext yet nor have I tuned the setapfstrimout parameter, I will more than likely use this 5.0 NVME for either Windows or Linux as MacOS TRX50 does operate well paired with the WD SN850X.

[backinblackx86]

Upgraded my setup with a Samsung Neo G9 57" display. I found HDMI did not support full resolution but Display Port did.

Graphics/Displays within System Profiler shows: 

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT:

 

  Chipset Model: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  Type: GPU

  Bus: PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width: x16

  VRAM (Total): 16 GB

  Vendor: AMD (0x1002)

  Device ID: 0x73bf

  Revision ID: 0x00c1

  ROM Revision: 113-EXT800245-L02

  Metal Support: Metal 3

  Displays:

Odyssey G95NC:

  Resolution: 7680 x 2160

  UI Looks like: 3840 x 1080 @ 60.00Hz

  Framebuffer Depth: 30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)

  Display Serial Number: HNTWB01398

  Main Display: Yes

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Rotation: Supported

  Connection Type: Thunderbolt/DisplayPort

[backinblackx86]

Gigabyte has released a BIOS update, version "F3d," I have yet to upgrade.

[backinblackx86]

Also, system does not yet show an update for Sonoma 14.4

[fabiosun]

2 hours ago, backinblackx86 said:

Also, system does not yet show an update for Sonoma 14.4

if you use restrictevents kext try to use this bootarg :

revpatch=sbvmm

or search for @Lorys89restrictevents release (in his github repo or in our forum)

[backinblackx86]

I add the boot arg “revpatch=sbvmm” and now the Sonoma update does appear. I will first clone the functioning system before any updates are made.

[backinblackx86]

I have installed a second 4TB WD850x to clone my installation onto and have updated the BIOS to F3D. Unfortunately, my 10GbE AQ Nic is no longer seeing connection…

On 1/25/2024 at 5:30 AM, backinblackx86 said:

Aq has not yet appeared in the system profiler, now attempting the new revision of AQC113 aml

 

 

On 1/25/2024 at 5:28 AM, Lorys89 said:

if not work, change this 

 

SSDT-AQC113.aml.zip

Could F3D bios have affected this patch? @Lorys89

[backinblackx86]

I checked to make sure IOMMU was disabled as was SIP…still no AQ 10GbE

Odd…the BIOs reports LAN2 MAC Address as N/A

Edited March 27 by backinblackx86

[backinblackx86]

I do believe the 10GbE LAN2 disappearance was BIOS related. After downgrading to F2, pulling the NVMe, main PSU power and the BIOS battery backup, the system posted to show LAN2 again. There is an option of maintaining to DMI data between BIOS flashes, perhaps that is the issue. I have yet to boot into MacOS yet.