Thunderbolt PCIe not working on Gigabyte board?

[platten-schneider]

Hello @ll,

I asked Gigabyte if the second PCIe X16 slot will work with cards which are not graphic cards - because the manual don't tell...

The answer is yes but they say the board doesn't support thunderbolt!
(Gigabyte GA-AX370M-DS3H)

The board has to support thunderbolt?! The card has to support thunderbolt and not the board!

Or am I missing something?

Furthermore they say the board has no "THC-Pin Header" and thats why thunderbolt doesn't work.

I am no pro.... what are those headers?


All the best

 

[Calvin7]

Motherboards with GC-ALPINE RIDGE support <*BIOS update required>
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GC-ALPINE-RIDGE-rev-10#ov

Gigabyte GC-ALPINE RIDGE Thunderbolt3 Certified PCI-E Expansion card Rev 2.0
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UG7A04618&Tpk=9SIA4UG7A04618

 

[platten-schneider]

Thank you for your answer. But I still don't know what are these headers?

This means a Asus Thunderbolt card wont work?

Sadly my mainboard is not in the list for the GB Thunderbolt card...

 

[Calvin7]

The THB_C header on the motherboard

This older model Thunderbolt card shows a picture of the connections on the middle of the page.
https://www.gigabyte.com/fr/Motherboard/GC-Thunderbolt-2-rev-10#ov

This May 2017 article tells of Intel planning on making the Thunderbolt Specification available to other companies such as AMD.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/24/intel-opens-thunderbolt-3/

September 2017
GIGABYTE to Launch the X399 Designare EX: An AMD Motherboard Supporting Thunderbolt 3 add-in Cards
https://www.anandtech.com/show/11847/gigabyte-announces-x399-designare-ex