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Asus TUF Z490 + ASUS Thunderboltex 3-tr won't boot, is there ANY way?

z00py

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Motherboard
Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS ATX LGA1200
CPU
Intel i7-10700K
Graphics
iGPU
OS X/macOS
10.14.x
Bootloader
  1. OpenCore (UEFI)
Mac
  1. iMac
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  1. Android
As the title says, I have an ASUS TUF GAMING Z490 motherboard with an ASUS ThunderboltEX 3-TR.

My hackintosh works fine, but when I plug the card in and enable thunderbolt in the bios, it no longer makes it through the verbose boot.

Is there ANY way to get this working, or do I need to look at other more expensive options.

Thank you for any advice!
 
As the title says, I have an ASUS TUF GAMING Z490 motherboard with an ASUS ThunderboltEX 3-TR.

My hackintosh works fine, but when I plug the card in and enable thunderbolt in the bios, it no longer makes it through the verbose boot.

Is there ANY way to get this working, or do I need to look at other more expensive options.

Thank you for any advice!
When installing TB, does it not works under macOS or the system fails to boot?
 
Please fix your profile first.
AHH thank you for reminding me. I typed it right the first time and the form reset, so I was thinking "ok gibberish until it works then I'll fix it. Then I forgot. On it now :)

edit: ok my apologies, profile updated.
 
AHH thank you for reminding me. I typed it right the first time and the form reset, so I was thinking "ok gibberish until it works then I'll fix it. Then I forgot. On it now :)

edit: ok my apologies, profile updated.
In which slot you have installed the TB Card? And is the Card functional?
 
In which slot you have installed the TB Card? And is the Card functional?
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The other PCIe slot is blocked by my CPU heatsink. The mac boots up fine with the card installed and disabled in the BIOS, but as soon as I enable it, it no longer boots up (shows the error above).
 
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The other PCIe slot is blocked by my CPU heatsink. The mac boots up fine with the card installed and disabled in the BIOS, but as soon as I enable it, it no longer boots up (shows the error above).
The card location is fine as there are two PCI x16 slots. Your profile indicates, you're using Catalina. What version? Is your TB Card flashed?
 
so I feel pretty dumb, but I was able to get the card into the other PCIe slot. After that, I just booted up with Thunderbolt enabled... it either prefers that slot, or I didn't have it seated properly in the other one (99% sure it was good). I haven't checked to see what happens when I plug my audio interface into it, doing that now... just wanted to update
 
so I feel pretty dumb, but I was able to get the card into the other PCIe slot. After that, I just booted up with Thunderbolt enabled... it either prefers that slot, or I didn't have it seated properly in the other one (99% sure it was good). I haven't checked to see what happens when I plug my audio interface into it, doing that now... just wanted to update
The ideal slot is Slot #4. Make sure the TB Card has THB_C Header connected.
 

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