[SOLVED] Thunderbolt Add-In Card not going well

[semprini08]

Does anybody have a GC Alpine Ridge TB card working on an Asus Prime Z270-A mobo? If so, HOW?? Do I need to chuck it and go with the Asus card? Most PCI cards have never been this proprietary.

 

[jojesa]

Does the Asus Prime Z270-A has the required THB_C header on the motherboard?
Maybe trying in different PCIe x4 slots.
Some motherboards required TB to be enabled in the BIOS
Use the drivers from the Gigabyte website.

 

[Calvin7]

The GC-ALPINE RIDGE offers an easy way to upgrade GIGABYTE Thunderbolt ready motherboards with the new and faster Thunderbolt 3 connectivity without having to upgrade to a whole new system. Unfortunately you don't have a Gigabyte Thunderbolt ready motherboard.

 

[jojesa]

The GC-ALPINE RIDGE offers an easy way to upgrade GIGABYTE Thunderbolt ready motherboards with the new and faster Thunderbolt 3 connectivity without having to upgrade to a whole new system. Unfortunately you don't have a Gigabyte Thunderbolt ready motherboard.

It does work in other motherboards besides Gigabytes.
I have a friend with the same card on the ASRock X299 Killer motherboard.

 

[semprini08]

Hey Jojesa, It does have the header. I guess I will move it around to different slots and see if I can get it to fire up. I did enable TB in BIOS. I'll make sure to get the drivers from GB, although I think I did that a while back. Thanks for your reply, and I'll report back.