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macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 (Skylake)
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Did anyone get thunderbolt working? #107

Open mukulhase opened 7 years ago

mukulhase commented 7 years ago

Hi, I'm trying to connect my TB15 Thunderbolt to the XPS 9350. A bunch of these appeared for cheap on ebay (~70$) , compared to the TB16 (300$) which achieves the same. It would be great if we could get it working. image

mukulhase commented 7 years ago

HDMI does work, but I'm guessing that's only USB-C compatibility mode. Cause the USB and Ethernet don't work.

furrybanana commented 7 years ago

Try to boot your device with USB-C attached. I have USB-C to HDMI adapter that works even if I connect it when macOS is already up. But my Anker USB-C to Gigabit Network with USB3.0 Ports - Adapter only works if connected at boot.

x4080 commented 7 years ago

Yes, my hub is like that too (connect it @boot)

tristan-k commented 7 years ago

@mukulhase Can you confirm Thunderbolt is working?

mukulhase commented 7 years ago

Only hdmi works. Usb, ethernet and audio doesn't work over it. So I'm guessing either it works and is unsupported, or TB15 has some sort of type-c fallback. Connecting at boot doesn't help. @furrybanana , Does Thunderbolt show up in System Info?

furrybanana commented 7 years ago

@mukulhase It shows: Thunderbolt: No hardware was found.

But USB 3.0 Hub (3 ports) and Ethernet is working. Only when connected to USB-C on boot. If removed and attached again it will not work.

It's a Anker USB 3.0 Data and Ethernet Hub for USB-C Devices, Model: A8303

mukulhase commented 7 years ago

@furrybanana your device uses "USB over Type-C". I'm asking whether Thunderbolt is working. Externally, it uses the same port but thunderbolt has much more bandwidth.

tristan-k commented 7 years ago

I really would like to know if you could use a eGPU solution with a hackintosh.

mukulhase commented 7 years ago

I'm buying an akitio node 3 in 3 weeks. I'll have to test that.

furrybanana commented 7 years ago

Sorry my bad. Have no thunderbolt equipment to test. I was guessing it should work since it's the same usb-c connector specs.

shenye commented 7 years ago

My Razer Core doesn't even show up when connected. It does on a MacBook however.

tristan-k commented 7 years ago

The good news is, as long as the eGPU box has TI83 USB-C controller, it will work with native external GPU support in macOS 10.13 High Sierra.