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I have a dell laptop that has thunderbolt3 and I purchased a GIGABYTE gaming box to test it. Using something that is USB-C on a USB-C port is not using thunderbolt 3. There are in fact USB-C and network pci-e cards that work fine. USB-C and Networking and Display port Alternate mode work and DO NOT REQUIRE a thunderbolt controller. That could change in the future but right now as of its non existant.
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The reason for no documentation on this is that it does not exist. Said Card is NOT compatible with all systems but rather specific models that have the header on the motherboard. There are vendor and model specific Add in cards for specific boards.
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There is no mention whatsoever in the Aurora or 8930 documentation of Thunderbolt3 or Thunderbolt Security or a 5 Pin GPIO header that ALL VENDORS including HP and ASUS and Gigabyte etc REQUIRE if you want Thunderbolt 3. If that were true they would have mentioned the Thunderbolt 3 security settings in bios. Unfortunately, the exact nature of this connection is not documented or standard. Thunderbolt 3 cards make an additional connection, using the so-called GPIO (General-purpose I/O) header. It is not enough to simply insert a card into the PCI Express bus already present on your motherboard. If the system DOES NOT have Thunderbolt 3 capability, the thunderbolt options will be grayed out and cannot be selected in the BIOS. Systems that have optional Thunderbolt 3 capability will have a USB/Thunderbolt configuration option listed in the BIOS regardless of having a Thunderbolt 3 card installed. I see no documentation to indicate otherwise for the Aurora or 8930. There is also no support for thunderbolt 3 security in bios. Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gbps On the 7820 it is supported on PCIe slots 4 and 5." All that is required is the card and a DisplayPort 1.3 to Thunderbolt 3/USB 3.1 Cable (usually supplied with the card). "Add-in cards on the newer Precision systems that support Thunderbolt (xx20,xx30) don't require a GPIO cable/header. No mention of these on ANY Aurora or XPS 8930. I think the Aurora and XPS references are a mistake.
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