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Hello Everyone,
I am wondering if I can use my ThunderBolt Display with a CustoMac. Perhaps some of you have already some experience with this, or maybe you are more certain than I am in how the technology works with these devices.
On an authentic Mac, I just connect the ThunderBolt Display to a ThunderBolt port and I get not only the display, but also a Firewire 800 port, USB port, Gigabit Ethernet port, audio speakers, FaceTime camera.
I see that there are mainboards in the recommended list with onboard ThunderBolt port, plus Gigabyte and Asus both sell PCI-e ThunderBolt cards. Also, I see multiple NVidia graphics cards in the list with built-in DisplayPort connection. So I am certain that I can get both ThunderBolt device functionality and DisplayPort display, but I suspect that I cannot have these combined, the way it is done on an authentic Mac. Could someone please confirm this!
If I connect an Apple ThunderBolt Display to the ThunderBolt port on a Gigabyte motherboard, I suspect that the Firewire 800, USB port, camera, sound and Ethernet would work; but the actual display would show no picture because there is no video signal coming out of the motherboard's ThunderBolt port. Similarly, if I connect my Apple ThunderBolt Display to the DisplayPort of the NVidia graphics card in the PCE-e extension of a CustoMac, I will likely get a video signal and see the picture, but none of the built-in devices (camera, sound, Ethernet) would work.
Am I correct with the above?
Or is there a way to connect or combine the motherboard's ThunderBolt port with the NVidia graphics card's DisplayPort in a CustoMac in order to drive an Apple ThunderBolt Display getting both picture and all additional devices at the same time?
Any comment on this is greately appreciated!
Thanks,
Biff
I am wondering if I can use my ThunderBolt Display with a CustoMac. Perhaps some of you have already some experience with this, or maybe you are more certain than I am in how the technology works with these devices.
On an authentic Mac, I just connect the ThunderBolt Display to a ThunderBolt port and I get not only the display, but also a Firewire 800 port, USB port, Gigabit Ethernet port, audio speakers, FaceTime camera.
I see that there are mainboards in the recommended list with onboard ThunderBolt port, plus Gigabyte and Asus both sell PCI-e ThunderBolt cards. Also, I see multiple NVidia graphics cards in the list with built-in DisplayPort connection. So I am certain that I can get both ThunderBolt device functionality and DisplayPort display, but I suspect that I cannot have these combined, the way it is done on an authentic Mac. Could someone please confirm this!
If I connect an Apple ThunderBolt Display to the ThunderBolt port on a Gigabyte motherboard, I suspect that the Firewire 800, USB port, camera, sound and Ethernet would work; but the actual display would show no picture because there is no video signal coming out of the motherboard's ThunderBolt port. Similarly, if I connect my Apple ThunderBolt Display to the DisplayPort of the NVidia graphics card in the PCE-e extension of a CustoMac, I will likely get a video signal and see the picture, but none of the built-in devices (camera, sound, Ethernet) would work.
Am I correct with the above?
Or is there a way to connect or combine the motherboard's ThunderBolt port with the NVidia graphics card's DisplayPort in a CustoMac in order to drive an Apple ThunderBolt Display getting both picture and all additional devices at the same time?
Any comment on this is greately appreciated!
Thanks,
Biff