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Tested the ASUS ThunderboltEX II PCIe Expansion Card on the ASUS Z97-A Test Build - had to install the Windows Thunderbolt Drivers, but then showed up in the BIOS with full settings.
Tested with my Goflex SATA adapter, Apple ethernet adapter, and Apple firewire adapter. I would guess the main difference is the device ids- Gigabyte's are 156C and 156D, while ASUS's are 156A and 156B- likely the difference between the dual and single Thunderbolt spec. Looks to be working just like the built in Thunderbolt 2 in the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH, here are screenshots.
Z97-A with ASUS ThunderboltEX II:
Devices: 8086 156A, 8086 156B
For comparison,
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH:
Devices: 8086 156C, 8086 156D
This device is only compatible with ASUS motherboards that have a TB_header pin input. The short list of supported ASUS devices is as follows
MAXIMUS VI EXTREME
SABERTOOTH Z87
Z87-PRO
Z87-PRO(V EDITION)
Z87-PLUS
Z87-PLUS(VivoMouse EDITION)
Z87-A
Z87-A(NFC EXPRESS EDITION)
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2
GRYPHON Z97
Z97-PRO
Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)
Z97-A
ASUS ThunderboltEX II:
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-ThunderboltEX-II-ASUS-Components/dp/B00ISKS45M/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027
Related:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...ild-z97-i3-4340-hd4600-thunderbolt-ex-ii.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...e-ga-z87x-ud7-th-thunderbolt-2-0-testing.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...y-motherboards-pcie-cards-available-soon.html
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ThunderboltEX_II/
Tested with my Goflex SATA adapter, Apple ethernet adapter, and Apple firewire adapter. I would guess the main difference is the device ids- Gigabyte's are 156C and 156D, while ASUS's are 156A and 156B- likely the difference between the dual and single Thunderbolt spec. Looks to be working just like the built in Thunderbolt 2 in the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH, here are screenshots.
Z97-A with ASUS ThunderboltEX II:
Devices: 8086 156A, 8086 156B
For comparison,
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH:
Devices: 8086 156C, 8086 156D
This device is only compatible with ASUS motherboards that have a TB_header pin input. The short list of supported ASUS devices is as follows
MAXIMUS VI EXTREME
SABERTOOTH Z87
Z87-PRO
Z87-PRO(V EDITION)
Z87-PLUS
Z87-PLUS(VivoMouse EDITION)
Z87-A
Z87-A(NFC EXPRESS EDITION)
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2
GRYPHON Z97
Z97-PRO
Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)
Z97-A
ASUS ThunderboltEX II:
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-ThunderboltEX-II-ASUS-Components/dp/B00ISKS45M/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027
Related:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...ild-z97-i3-4340-hd4600-thunderbolt-ex-ii.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...e-ga-z87x-ud7-th-thunderbolt-2-0-testing.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...y-motherboards-pcie-cards-available-soon.html
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ThunderboltEX_II/