Wednesday 23 July 2014

Thunderbolt on Hackintosh

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Tested the ASUS ThunderboltEX II PCIe Expansion Card on the ASUS Z97-A Test Build - had to install the Windows Thunderbolt Drivers, but then showed up in the BIOS with full settings. 

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Tested with my Goflex SATA adapter, Apple ethernet adapter, and Apple firewire adapter. I would guess the main difference is the device ids- Gigabyte's are 156C and 156D, while ASUS's are 156A and 156B- likely the difference between the dual and single Thunderbolt spec. Looks to be working just like the built in Thunderbolt 2 in the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH, here are screenshots. 
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Z97-A with ASUS ThunderboltEX II:
Devices: 8086 156A, 8086 156B

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For comparison,
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH:Devices: 8086 156C, 8086 156D
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This device is only compatible with ASUS motherboards that have a TB_header pin input. The short list of supported ASUS devices is as follows

MAXIMUS VI EXTREME
SABERTOOTH Z87
Z87-PRO
Z87-PRO(V EDITION)
Z87-PLUS
Z87-PLUS(VivoMouse EDITION)
Z87-A
Z87-A(NFC EXPRESS EDITION)
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 
GRYPHON Z97
Z97-PRO
Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)
Z97-A

ASUS ThunderboltEX II:http://www.amazon.com/Asus-ThunderboltEX-II-ASUS-Components/dp/B00ISKS45M/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995027
Source: http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-hardware-discussion/135959-asus-thunderboltex-ii-pcie-expansion-card-testing-thread-2.html#post834653

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