OK, new year, new board! The Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH is now out- the first Gigabyte board certified with "Falcon Ridge" Thunderbolt 2.0. The Thunderbolt chip is the same chip as is currently shipping with the Mac Pro. We've been testing for the past few days, and have the following to report so far. For now it looks like we at least have similar functionality to Thunderbolt 1.0 (ie, the Z77X-UP5-TH).
Test Equipment:
- Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH - using integrated HD 4600 Graphics
- Intel Core i7-4770K
- 16GB 1600 RAM
- Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt SATA adapter with 60GB SSD
- Apple Thunderbolt/Firewire adapter
- Apple Thunderbolt/Ethernet adapter
- Generic Mini-DP to DVI adapter
Setup Notes:
- Set UEFI to Optimized Defaults
- Set Peripherals > Thunderbolt to Security Level: Legacy Mode
- Many more Thunderbolt options in UEFI- more testing needed
What is working:
- All Thunderbolt devices appear in System Profiler as PCI Card > Expresscard when plugged at boot.
- Both Thunderbolt ports work as Mini-DP Intel HD 4600 graphics ports with hotswap
- Hotswapping devices doesn't freeze system, as it sometimes did with Thunderbolt 1.0, however menu is misidentified as Base System Peripheral:
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IMPORTANT NOTE: You may be required to boot into Windows and install Thunderbolt Firmware Drivers located here in order to initiate Thunderbolt functionality- more testing needed.
What is NOT working:
- Systemwide Native Thunderbolt recognition
- Full reliable Eject/Hotswap support
We'll be working on DSDT injects/renames and fixes to match file dumps from the 2013 MacBook Pro and Mac Pro. Hopefully we can get this all working well! If you have any comments or questions, add them here!
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GA-Z87X-UD7-TH |
ALC 898 |
2x HDMI
2x Thunderbolt 2.0 |
Intel i210 + i217V |
Amazon |
Newegg |
Helpful Links:
Official Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH page