ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 - Does that work OOB?

[beelzebozo]

Sounds like OSX will enable it anyhow then.. Well, that's very good news! But that leaves 2 questions:

- Does the card work in Windows too if it's not activated in BIOS?

- Did you need to activate the card the first time on Windows to get it to work on MacOS?

Cheers, you're being of great help!

I had to activate it in Windows first.

You need to enable it in BIOS for Windows support.

 

[yassinex]

Apple introduced its first TB3 featured laptop. The new Macbook Pro features an Intel® JHL6540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller
Some MBs already use that chipstet ( but with older FW I think).

I have a Skylake Gigabyte Gaming 7 and it uses a Intel® DSL6540 Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller
The same Secifications ( but not the same release name )
http://ark.intel.com/compare/87402,94031

I'm wondering if the new sierra build 10.12.2 beta adds the TB3 support. Hopefully.

And if we need clover patch to activate it.

Any clue ?

 

[stealmy]

anybody any news with sierra 12.2?

 

[BoomR]

If I enable it yes. I replaced OsxAptioFix2Drv.efi with OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi based on GoingBald's suggestion and it seemed to help, but I reverted the change when I realized that the Apollo Twin works even with Thunderbolt disabled in BIOS.

Wait...whaaa....???? Your TB3 card works even though it's disabled in the BIOS?

 

[beelzebozo]

Wait...whaaa....???? Your TB3 card works even though it's disabled in the BIOS?

I think it did with OS X El Capitan, but not MacOS Seirra.