CaseySJ
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Although the GC-Alpine Ridge connects to a THB_C header on the motherboard, I've seen cases where the card works without the header being connected. You might lose sleep/wake/hot-plug capabilities.Ah, you're right... no thunderbolt header for the Designare Is there a viable Thunderbolt PCIe card route that I could take? Maybe the Gigabyte Alpine Ridge Thunderbolt 3 card might work?
But this post even describes a METHOD 2 for hot-plug without connecting the THB_C.
Maybe you and/or @AlexD should try this (but be prepared to return the item)!