Thunderbolt 4 Adapter and Device Install part 2

[@Demopans5990]

The glorious Corsair cube case lives

[@PE4Doers]

I like the air flow and it solid construction. It would be perfect if the plastic window were tempered glass, however what it has is very thick and resist scratches.

[@Demopans5990]

@@PE4Doers Yeah, I have the same case. My only gripe with it was maybe I should have gotten the mATX version (along with a mATX mobo) back when I built my computer. Then again, modern cases are gigantic by comparison, so my cube case isn't actually horrible to haul around

[@Arthur-vp8vk]

Perhaps you should have used a Casio thunderbolt case; sometimes an OWC dock will increase your speed.

[@PE4Doers]

Possibly, I will look into that.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks David.

[@PE4Doers]

You are very welcome. I hope you find it useful.

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

very useful. I just intalled in my PRime X670-P and first it was detecting the keyboard and mouse I have connected to a CalDigit3 to the Ext4 card. and now no POST! stupid me, I did not know I had to change the BIOS!!! I have now go back remove the card, change the Bios and try again.

[@PE4Doers]

I am not familiar with the CalDigit3, however I wish you luck.

[@Practical-IT]

I noticed you installed sodtware/drivers from CD/DVD. Did you check to see if there were updated deivers from their website? Im curious about whether updated drivers would enable more performance. Also, last i looked at TB adapters for PC, they were pretty specific to the motherboard. Is there a BIOS/UEFI setting that needs to be enabled or changed?

[@PE4Doers]

Great questions Jeremy. The driver CD I used exactly matches what is on the ASUS Website file-to-file, including date to date. There is however a new firmware for the unit available on that site as well, but the Read-me file is somewhat confusing and concerns me. Here it is word for word (including spelling): “TBTFwUpdateToolEfi V1.3 is Update PD and Thunderbolt Firmware Tool for THUNDERBOLTEX 4 Add in card ※Please note that this motherboard must be supported [ThunderboltEX 4] add in card and should be confirmed thunderbolt function had work properly Update step 1.Please extract the TBTFwUpdateToolEfi V1.3 file and copy it to a USB Drive. 2.insert USB Drive on motherboard 3.press the [Power key] then press and hold the [F2] into BIOS setup meun 4.Click[Advanced mode] 5.Select [Exit] and [Launch EFI Shell from USB drive] into shell mode for update process” I will do some more research and try to understand this update tool more before I try it, and I may make a video about it as long as it doesn’t ‘brick’ my card. Also, I believe I showed the Motherboard BIOS settings needed to support the device, and I did not think anything there could affect the performance.🥴

[@JoeOlimpo]

Thank you for your transfer speedtest. Is the external nvme set to exFAT?

[@PE4Doers]

I set it to NTFS, if that is what you mean?

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

one question. the manual says that the 6=pin is only if you want the card to power devices connected to it. is that your understanding too? I just want to connect some OWC Raid boxes.

[@PE4Doers]

Sort of - that extra current capability will provide up to four times the amount of power to the devices plugged in to the USB-C connectors. Even without it, power will be provided, but it's light a 'fast' charger rather than an 'average' charger, and can support full power to larger devices (like a small to medium sized laptop).

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

thanks again. I got it working, yet, I am having an issue that the TB4 is not detected at boot, so for instance, I have my keyboard and mouse connected to a hub and then to the TB4 in the card, but I cannot for instance, get into BIOS using the keyboard and even after the windows screen, it takes a several seconds for the keyboard to be recognized. any chance you know if there is a setting to make the card more readily available at boot?

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

on a related matter, have you tried for instance, to boot from a device connected to the EXT4 card?

[@PE4Doers]

Do you have the TB4 in a 4X slot on your motherboard. I have heard of some people placing it in a 1X slot and experiencing some some strange results.

[@PE4Doers]

I have not attempted that, so I really can't give a technical opinion in that area.

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

@@PE4Doers many thanks. the manual for this motherboard (prime x670-p wifi from asus) says the thunderbolt card canonly be used in the bottom x16 slot.so i put it there.

[@73mikelangelo]

Did you eventualy solve it? Thx

[@PE4Doers]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. It is working well for me right now, and I will soon have my new ProArt Creator build done (using the ASUS ProArt Z790 motherboard) and will need to activate the Thunderbolt 4 interface that comes as part of that motherboard 🙂

[@guilladogui8259]

I’m using windows 10 and using this same thunderbolt card for my Apollo twin x interface I noticed one problem, it won’t recognize my interface unless it’s turned on and connected before the pc is on , I I just try to connect it while the pc is already on it won’t be recognized do you know what it could be ?

[@PE4Doers]

Thanks for the information. I'm sure it may help some of my viewers.

[@prodwoodroach]

Hey did you figure it out?

[@guilladogui8259]

@@prodwoodroach no with my current set up , it worked fine before with an asrock motherboard and gigabyte alphine ridge thunderbolt 3 card , now i have Asus z790 strix f and Asus ex4 thunderbolt card . It only will work if i turn the interface before turning the pc , otherwise I will have to restart, I contacted support they are not very helpful, I would say maybe get a different brand motherboard with thunderbolt on board like the taichi from asrock

[@guilladogui8259]

@@prodwoodroach I will do a clean windows install , I’m using the one I had on my old system that could cause drivers to get buggy but I will let u know if that fix the problem,

[@PE4Doers]

@@prodwoodroach Was that question for me or one of the other persons commenting?

[@JulioAbreuu]

Hello, will you have the driver that comes on the cd to share? I've been trying the one on the website but it doesn't seem to work.

[@PE4Doers]

I recently updated my driver with the one provided on the ASUS Website for this device. There is also a new Firmware update there that I plan on installing and making a video about.

[@JulioAbreuu]

I got a CD player and tried every possible way but couldn't get it to work. The new firmware is a downgrade

[@PE4Doers]

@@JulioAbreuu You don't see the Drivers on the ASUS Website? I really do not have an easy way to get it to you since I do not nave (or need) a Website.

[@JulioAbreuu]

Yes, I was able to install them from the Asus website but it still didn't work for me. I thought it was because the drivers might be different from the ones on the album (which they are) but using the drivers on the disc and the web I didn't succeed. I gave up and now I'll return the thunderboltEx

[@PE4Doers]

@@JulioAbreuu Sorry to hear that it didn't work.

[@nnnnnn3647]

I have only 1000 MB/s with TB4.

[@PE4Doers]

Ouch. Did you load the driver software?

[@nnnnnn3647]

@@PE4Doers Yes, all the latest divers and firmware. The new firmware from February 2024 worked, but there is another problem. the same enclosure with a WD850 drive works perfectly, but the Samsung 980 PRO has a write speed of 3000 and a read speed of only 500 MB/s If anyone has a problem with installing Thunderbolt control center, the version from the Microsoft Store can be installed without any problems.

[@PE4Doers]

@@nnnnnn3647 OH no. I will go and test mine again tonight and get back to you.

[@andreamalloyglaspie7892]

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[@PE4Doers]

I'm not sure what you are referring to...