![]() ![]() ASUS Installation Manual for the Thunderbolt 3 Card, these instructions do not work by themselves (at least not for me). Below are the links for the items you need to download.ġ. ![]() Thunderbolt: ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 card plugged into the PCIEX16_5 Slot. (Windows 10 Pro, 3 Build) LINK HERE Video Card: Radeon PRO WX 5100 plugged into the PCIEX16_1 Slot. (Windows 7 Pro) System Drive 2: 960 PRO NVME on the ASUS Hyper M.2 x4 Mini in the PCIEX16_3 Slot. ![]() My Old Hardware Motherboard: ASUS X99-Deluxe ii BIOS: American Megatrends Inc, 1701, CPU: i7 6850K System Drive 1: 960 EVO NVME 256 plugged into the M.2 slot. Thunderbolt: ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 card plugged into the PCIe_X8_2 Slot. (Windows 10 Pro, Version 1709, OS Build 16299.192) LINK HERE Video Card: Radeon PRO WX 5100 plugged into the PCIe_X16/X8_1 Slot. (Windows 7 Pro) System Drive 2: 960 PRO NVME on the ASUS Hyper M.2 x4 Mini in the PCIe_X16/X8_3 Slot. My New Hardware Motherboard: ASUS Rampage V Edition 10 BIOS: American Megatrends Inc, 1801, CPU: i7 6850K System Drive 1: 960 EVO NVME 256 plugged into the M.2 slot. I have no idea if it will work on other manufacturers motherboards using the X99 chipset, it might or it might not. I cannot take credit for finding out how to get it done, that goes to Andre Flagg and his post on YouTube If everything is working it should look like this! If your NVM Firmware version is not 18.05 then install the Firmware update located in the same place the driver is on ASUS's website. Right click on the TB icon in the system tray and left click About. Boot up windows and if the TB program is not running look in your start menu and start it, your card "should" be up and running.ġ0. In the BIOS set the following: Intel Thunderbolt Technology (On), Security Level (Any i think), Wake from TB (Disable unless you have your mouse or keyboard hooked up to it for some reason), TB USB Support (Enabled), TB Boot Support (Disabled), AIC Support (On), AIC Location (NB or SB, depending on what slot you installed it into), AIC Location (The slot you installed it into), GPIO3 Force Pwr (On), Wait time (200), TB PCIe Cache-Line Size (32), SMI/Notify Support (On), SwSMI Support (On may cause q-code bF, still waiting for an answer from ASUS on what that means exactly), Notify Support (On), Ignore TB Option (On), TB SwSMI Delay (humm I wonder if setting this to the default 0 is what is causing the bF q-code, I will need to test it), TB IO resource (On), Mem and PMem per phy slot (32), Reserved IO per phy slot (ASUS said I should set this to 4, but have not given a reason for that yet. Go into your BIOS and see if the Advanced\Thunderbolt menu is available, you might have to log into windows first then reboot and get into the BIOS again for it to come up.Ĩ. Button up your computer, plug it in, and turn it on.ħ. Install the HDMI to DP cable that came with the TB3 from your motherboards display port or a spare location on your video card.Ħ. If your motherboard does not have this connection then the card will not function.ĥ. Install the Thunderbolt_Header cable from your TB3 card 10 pin connector to your motherboards Thunderbolt Header. Making sure you have your ESD strap on remove the TB3 card from the ESD safe bag and install it in a location where your Motherboard will allow Gen3 and X4 PCIe lanes. Press the power button a few times and/or just wait a bit until all the capacitors have been discharged.ģ. Note: Remove the power cord from the PSU. Prior to installing the ThunderboltEX 3 adapter into the computer system, install the Version 17.2.71.250 Thunderbolt drivers downloaded from the ASUS support website HERE.Ģ. Try following the steps directly below this post before moving on to try the long version below that.ġ. UPDATE: You might be able to skip all the steps below when using the latest ASUS Thunderbolt drivers Version 17.2.71.250. I will update as the use goes on, but so far so good. I have not needed to contact GB's support so I have no idea how they respond. That combination seems to work, it's what I am currently running. If you need TB3, and have the header on your motherboard, then get yourself a Gigabyte Gc-alpine Ridge 2.0 and download the latest drivers from ASUS,17.2.71.250. ASUS should be ashamed of themselves and recall the entire line, but they are not and will not. You will save yourself not only the cost, but the hours of troubleshooting! Nonexistent support, driver updates every 2 years, and RMA after RMA. UPDATE: 5/2018, Do yourself a favor and don't buy the ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 expansion card.
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