Thunderbolt Ready Program Lets You Add Thunderbolt Card to Your Mobo

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Firewire was a bit more complex too. I think its power system has a variable voltage regulator to allow for different voltages to use used for different devices. I am not sure if this made implementation in the chipset harder or not.

AFAIK, the FireWire host provides whatever voltage is convenient and bus-powered devices must have VRMs able to accept the whole input range from 5V to 30V. On PCs, this would usually be 12V unless the board manufacturer added boost circuitry to support bus-powered devices beyond 18W.

All the FireWire devices I own are self-powered (they are all HDD boxes) so I never had a "chance" to test the limits of what FireWire can power up.

 

[bryonhowley]

My Asus Z77 Sabertooth has that connector but in truth I see no real need for it. Between ESATA and USB 3.0 I do not see where it would fit my needs and since I do not have any Thunderbolt devices there is even less need other than to say I have that.

 

[hallal_55]

when is this coming out!! i want it for my hp z800!