Is it possible to make a laptop Thunderbolt compatible?

[hanli]

Hello,
I've made a search and couldn't find a similar question asked. So here it goes...

I have recently purchased a laptop with USB 3.0 and 3.1 but no thunderbolt connectivity. It's an ASUS N752vx with i7-6700HQ cpu, 24gigs of DDR4 ram, NVIDIA 950M display card, 1TB HDD and 256G SSD.
Now I actually learnt a bit late that the external audio interface I was planning to use only supports thunderbolt. So I'm wondering if it'd be possible to add a thunderbolt port to the mainboard of this laptop.

I'm not really the tech type, so I just watched a couple hack videos which was about installing SSD to the 15" model of the same laptop. I'm also thinking of disabling or removing the HDD and going SSD only to avoid noise and reach the fastest read and write speeds possible.

I remember adding a firewire adapter to a computer about 8-10 years ago but that was easy since it wasn't a laptop. Now I'm quite dazzled.

I hope the answer is yes and someone can shed some light on how to proceed.

Peace,
H. BASS

 

[Paul NZ]

Some sites say it does support it. Some say it doesn't.

One site says to check if it does support it look in the BIOS for either Thunderbolt or Alpine ridge

 

[hanli]

Thank you Paul. I'd love to go and read myself too if you could share which sites you were referring to, if it's not a problem.
I'll try to look in the BIOS too but the thing starts up so quickly, I haven't seen an option to go into BIOS yet. Maybe I'm just missing it.

EDIT:
OK, I managed to enter BIOS and took photos of it. No signs of Thunderbolt or Alpine ridge. I'll post the photos as soon as I figure out how to add pictures here. How did I get left behind all this tech. Feel like a 70 y/o now...
I also looked for the motherboard model online but I guess they don't list that info.

 

[Paul NZ]

I just did a google search. I dont know how many models of this laptop exist.

But also according to Google, if the USB 3.1 C port, whatever it is is Gen2, it should support TB

Whats the model of your laptop?? Is there anything else after N752vx?

 

[hanli]

It's N752VX-GC212T. I guess it's specially made for the Turkish vendor I bought it from. I also did a search and found out usb 3.1 and thunderbolt are different things. Although thunderbolt uses usb 3.1 ports, not all usb3.1 is thunderbolt capable.

By the way, I've already disabled the HDD and I'm willing to sacrifice the hdd and the dvd player for more room if it's relevant.

 

[Paul NZ]

I think the 3.1 port is Gen 1. It has to be Gen2 to support TB

 

[hanli]

Thank you Paul for the time you took to answer. The possibility of the thunderbolt tweak remains a mystery but I was able to find a USB interface instead of the Thunderbolt one I was planning to integrate into my system.

 

[Suztera]

I just did a google search. I dont know how many models of this laptop exist.

But also according to Google, if the USB 3.1 C port, whatever it is is Gen2, it should support TB

Whats the model of your laptop?? Is there anything else after N752vx?

Yes and no. To be Thunderbolt compliant, you do need the usb type C 3.1 gen 2 port as the connector but you will also need the chip controller (Alpine ridge) as well in order to have thunderbolt. Having 3.1 gen 2 type c ports does not mean you have thunderbolt.
There is no way to make a laptop Thunderbolt compatible.