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  • ZoZo - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link

    "Still, for motherboards without Thunderbolt capabilities, the ASUS ThunderboltEX 4 add-on card allows users to add Intel's latest Maple Ridge controller into existing systems."

    "The accessories include everything needed to get the ThunderboltEX 4 operational, which means users will require a PCIe 3.0 x4 (or PCIe 4.0 x2) and USB 2.0 motherboard header available, as well as a 6-pin PCIe 12 V ATX power cable free from the power supply."

    Ok, you might need to be more careful with the wording that article, because people will be looking for hints of whether that card requires a TB header on the motherboard to work properly. If it doesn't, that needs to be said more explicitly and should even be the title, because it's a huge deal compared to previous Thunderbolt AICs. If it does, then the text that I quoted is pretty misleading.
  • Valantar - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link

    There is definitely one cable in that accessory bundle that doesn't match any standard internal I/O cable, so I would assume it requires a header. That being said, people have had some luck making previous cards like this work on non-compatible motherboards through bridging the power on pins of the header. IIRC they had some trouble with hot-swap though.
  • ZoZo - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link

    Yes I have tried shorting of pins 3 & 5 on Gigabyte's GC-Titan Ridge myself, it does technically make it possible to get something out of the card, but it's very far from ideal and hardly viable for day-to-day use. If your devices were already plugged in upon powering on the PC (cold boot), they aren't started. You need to unplug them and plug them back in, and then reboot.
  • dc443 - Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - link

    Does this work on Linux? By any chance?
  • edzieba - Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - link

    The motherboard in their ad copy appears to be the Asus Prime Z590-A. Looking at the manual for that board, the cable is indeed plugged into a 'Thunderbolt Header' as well as a USB header.
  • sork0 - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - link

    Another website said it would require a TB header. I can't tell for sure but it looks like two cables in the image: the usb2 & TB header.
  • Eliadbu - Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - link

    Any idea if it will work well with x299 prime deluxe?
  • littlefooch - Saturday, March 20, 2021 - link

    ThunderboltEX 4 Manual is here: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Add-on_card/...
  • ajp_anton - Saturday, March 20, 2021 - link

    "users will require a PCIe 3.0 x4 (or PCIe 4.0 x2)"

    Huh? The Maple Ridge controller only supports 3.0. Did ASUS add a 4.0-capable switch? Otherwise 4.0 will just run at 3.0, in which case 4.0 x2 is misleading as it's the same as 3.0 x2.
  • kwinz - Thursday, April 29, 2021 - link

    AFAIK the TB header is standardized.
    Can I use this ASUS card in an Asrock motherboard?
  • Ethos Evoss - Tuesday, December 28, 2021 - link

    Hi guyz
    I have mini itx rig pc AMD 3700x cpu
    and unfortunately I have only one pcie slot for gpu
    But I have found on Internet that I can install adapter goes into ssd m.2 slot.
    So m.2 to pcie riser adapter.
    Tjen I, want to buy this thunderbolt 4 card.
    Will my nvidia gpu card will be linked to this thunderbolt 4 card so I, will be able to connect USB-c cable to hdmi into my tv with hdmi 2.1 support?
    Because I have nvidia gtx 1660 super and it doesn't support hdmi 2.1 only 2.0 but display port on this card is more more than hdmi so I could have full support 4k@120 RGB colour space?
    Currently I am running from hdmi 2.0 only limited YCbCr colour

    Thanks

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