Titan Ridge macOS Firmware Release: Download Now
In a shock twist of events, DSM2 has released his firmware and it is now available to the general public. DSM2 was contacted by Gigabytes lawyers according to one of his customers and he has refunded the payment of any of the orders placed.
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Earlier in the week, we posted an article about the Firmware however DSM2 had kept it under lock and key going as far to only sell 20 cards all under an NDA. We have purchased a Titan Ridge card and will follow up with a how-to guide next week.
Previous Article:
The Mac Pro 5,1 Thunderbolt Solution (If You Sign an NDA)
Source:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/testing-tb3-aic-with-mp-5-1.2143042/page-29
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How tu use that firmware and what it brings ?
Hi Kevin
The firmware allows you to use the TItan Ridge thunderbolt card in a Mac Pro 5,1 without booting into Windows first.
You can boot into macOS and plug your devices in. This hasn’t existed until now.
starting from wich OS? Does will be possible with 10.9.5 too? i need for my Pro Tools rig…thx in advance
It’s recommended by the developer that you run at least High Sierra but ideally Mojave. It’s currently not clear why but we will find out during testing and add the Thunderbolt Card to our compatibility thread.
https://create.pro/forums/topic/mac-pro-pci-e-card-compatibility-thread/
how do you install it …It says corrupted download
Question – because the 5,1 Mac Pro is limited by PCIe 2.0 and this appears as only a x4 card – is the limit of the bandwidth capped at ~16Gbps and not actually possible of hitting full Thunderbolt 3.0 speeds? Thanks Joe
The short answer is probably. But this is definitely something to test with an external NVMe drive or similar device.
Thanks for the reply @George. Also have a quick question – because TB3 has display out capability – can it be assumed this would allow external monitors and EFI booting to observe the display out and select OS… Thanks Joe
Haven’t been hands-on with the Titan Ridge card but even if it does normally support passthrough it’s unlikely it would on Mac. However, we will see tomorrow hopefully. We’ve got one on next day delivery.
George – just a note – I downloaded the files, read the thread complete. It’s a bit over my head, and I’ve been at this a while. When you make your step by step, talk slooooow…. I’ve also ordered the card – hoping to use this with Universal Audio Apollo.
Hi Matt, don’t worry, we will provide a video and written guide explaining every step! Fingers crossed the card turns up today.
Hi George what do we need to update the titan card to stop using windows warm boot ?
thanks
You have to remove a chip from the Titan card and write a custom firmware to it then reattach then chip. Yes, the firmware removes the requirement for having to windows warm boot.
Wrong. You just need an EEPROM Flasher with a clip for chips.
Hi DSM2 thanks for joining! That’s very true actually I guess we did it the old fashioned way haha.
Would you mind taking a look at our how to guide once it’s finished? You are the inventor after all 😄
If I find the time…
An update to the Titan Ridge card:
Firmware loaded no problem and we’ve installed the OpenCore EFI & Thunderbolt Card Drivers.
We can confirm that we have external storage working as well as display passthrough. We’ve had a Lacie drive and LG Ultrafine display running together.
There are some slight kinks we’re currently looking into, nothing major we just need to find the correct configuration needed to ensure consistency.
We’ve ordered a Thunderbolt 3 SSD enclosure so we can provide test speeds of the connection. We anticipate 1,500MB/s to be the maximum as that is the internal maximum.
Once we have this all together we will provide a video and written guide explaining every step required.
George.
It would be very useful for many of us to explain step by step how to use OpenCore as your Bootloader with the custom ssdt.
kind regards friend. (i have two cards here from DSM2)
cheers
we can t flash with the firmware update programme from gigabyte ?
No, you can’t flash this ROM via Gigabyte Tool.
To Flash a Firmware it has to be signed. Any modification of the Firmware will result in the firmware update failing. Even if you force the firmware to be flashed via an external flasher, the next boot will see the controller in “safe mode”.
def following this, I have the card working on my 5.1 but using the soft boot, would help a ton to just be able to boot and it not crash if my interface goes off etc
Could you direct me to where you learned how to get it working on a 5,1 with a softboot? I’ve installed Windows 10 pro on a SSD drive and the Thunderbolt Control Center shows UAD-2 Apollo Twin connected. The Device manager shows the UAD-2 software loaded and working. I just can’t get the UAD-2 Meter and Control Panel to see the TB Apollo Twin.
which of the two EEPROM chips is the right to flash the firmware on it?
Ok so how to proceed ?
waiting your tutorial George!
Cheers
Luis.c
Ooh, this looks interesting!
George
It would be very useful for many of us to explain step by step how to use OpenCore as your Bootloader with the custom ssdt.
kind reagards friend
I hope that someone will offer me a brand new card that has already been flashed and that I only have to pay via paypal and the card will then be sent by post. 😉 🙂
You have one email, look in your box, i have here one brand new card for sale
Kind regards
Hello I’m interested by the card ready to use in Mojave or Catalina without windows 10
Do I need to install something else in osx ?
Thanks
Hi Kevin, You have to use OpenCore as your Bootloader with the custom ssdt. in few days George or ASDM2,
the creator of this, will plow a tutorial`
Hello I’m interested by the card ready to use in Mojave or Catalina without windows 10
Do I need to install something else in osx ?
Thanks
I have one genuine card for mac pro 5.1 made from DSM2 for sale`
How much ?
240€ with included shipping cost to your country and PayPal fees.
What Do I need more than that card in my Mac Pro 2010 to get natively warm boot in Mojave or Catalina ?
thanks
I’ve flashed the new bios on the card, installed DSM’s OpenCore, booted as per instruction in the OpenCore guide, I can confirm REL-056-2020-03-02 is loaded, but when I look in system information under thunderbolt I see message no drivers are loaded. Any suggestions?
Looking forward to the guide!
we getting any closer:-) ?
YES,, only two things remain to be perfected
Hi it’s only to Mac Pro, or can I use on iMac with Sierra?
Mac pro 5.1, no iMacs!
Only mac pros
Any news on when the guide will available? Have Titan Ridge in hand waiting patiently . I have wanted to find a way to add TB for years. I can’t tell you how impressed and appreciative I am of your great work on this solution. Tlh
just checking back in 🙂 really appreciate you guys figuring all of this out!
Also patiently waiting for a tutorial! I have a titan ridge waiting to be used 🙂
I have hackintosh and windows on the same machine. Would I be able to use the titan ridge on windows even after flashing it with this custom firmware?
Can a titan ridge rev 1 firmware 43 be recognized in thunderbolt control center? I’m stuck. usb and usb c work but no thunderbolt on my mac pro 5,1? Thanks to Help!!!!
I was trying to unzip th open core.zip file and it says “undefined error” so I tried open it with The Unarchiver and it did open but threw me “Datat is corrupted”. is this rom still good to go?