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ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 PCIe Expansion Card Spotted

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delloman said:
I have 6 z170-A motherboards with the newest bios 2202 and I can not get the thunderbolt 2 or 3 cards to work I have tried a lot of hardware configurations when you turn on thunderbolt in the bios the PC will not boot if you put it in PCI slot one you have to reset CMOS to get a boot. It is sad the Asus list this board as working with the 3 card.
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Terrible news :| Have you ever tried on Windows? How is the speed?
 
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Stork said:
As of this time/date, B&H Photo/Video (USA) has it for $70 USD with free shipping.

Here's the motherboards it supports:
Z170-PREMIUM
Z170-DELUXE
Z170-PRO
Z170-A
Z170-AR
SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1
SABERTOOTH Z170 S
MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME
MAXIMUS VIII HERO
MAXIMUS VIII RANGER
X99-DELUXE II
X99-DELUXE
X99-PRO/USB 3.1
X99-PRO
X99-A/USB 3.1
X99-A
X99-A II
X99-E
SABERTOOTH X99
RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3.1
RAMPAGE V EXTREME

Reference: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessories/ThunderboltEX-3/specifications/
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Got the thunderboltex3 pcix card working in W7 (suddenly it just worked).
Yet, I need it in El Capitan on Asus Z170 Premium - IntelCore i7-6700 - NVidiaGTX 750Ti

All help welcome.

Grtz,
Sjabthi
 
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delloman said:
I have 6 z170-A motherboards with the newest bios 2202 and I can not get the thunderbolt 2 or 3 cards to work I have tried a lot of hardware configurations when you turn on thunderbolt in the bios the PC will not boot if you put it in PCI slot one you have to reset CMOS to get a boot. It is sad the Asus list this board as working with the 3 card.
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Optional - install OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi instead of OsxAptioFix2Drv2.efi in Clover if enabling Thunderbolt/Legacy Mode in BIOS.
 
ASUS P55 Series
P7P55D |  i5 750 |  Radeon HD 5570
ASUS Z170 Series
Z170-Deluxe |  i7 6700K |  Radeon HD 5770
GIGABYTE 6-Series
GA-H67N-USB3-B3 |  i3 2125 |  HD 3000
GIGABYTE 7-Series
GA-Z77X-UP5-TH |  i5 3570K |  HD 4000
GIGABYTE 9-Series
GA-Z97X-UD5H |  i7 4770K |  HD 4600
beelzebozo said:
Optional - install OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi instead of OsxAptioFix2Drv2.efi in Clover if enabling Thunderbolt/Legacy Mode in BIOS.
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Thx for the reply.
But I have not enough knowlegde to do your suggestions ... ;-(.

In the meanwhile, I gave up the thunderbolt 3 pcix card.
I succeed to update the firmeware from the thundrbolt 3 on the motherboard. Now it always works in W7 but only sometimes in El Capitan. First have to boot in W7 en then with the Apollo Twin already connected & powered booting El Capitain.
Mostly it works like that.

Anybody a solution?

Grtz,
Sj.
 
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jdizzle said:
Dumb question:
Would this card work with a Gigabyte Z170MX Gaming 5?
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Probably not. There is no standard pin configuration for the motherboard Thunderbolt header. So, I'd only use ASUS ThunderboltEX3 on ASUS compatible motherboards, and the Gigabyte Thunderbolt PCIe card on compatible Gigabyte motherboards which, IIRC, are only the Gigabyte X99 series.
 
it working with asus z170 pro gaming and sierra ?
 
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