a quick question… as i was going from site to site pricing this motherboard… i noticed that there actually two different pictures being used by sellers of this romed8-2t board… looking at the two pictures i attached below… along the bottom of the board… some of the pictures show a 5-pin header and other pictures don’t have the header… but do have 5 metal spots… after looking into this… i’ve seen some assertions that it is a thunderbolt 3 5-pin header… but it was very few people saying this… so just curious… has anyone confirmed this yet? (note… the second pic is from the asrock webiste)
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It was apparently on the earliest run of boards, which is how it made its way into pictures; the stock production revision doesn’t have it populated. The last response I saw relayed from someone who asked Support was that it remained a custom-order option and no customers ever ordered it. (“Custom order” as in “customer pays for a large number of such boards up front”.)
I haven’t personally verified any of that, but it tracks with general industry patterns.
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Thanks… i should have one in my possession soon… so will see which version i get… also… wonder if i could just soldier the leads from a thunderbolt extension card directly to the board would work… will have to see…
It’s not just a header; support components are required (see the chip near it in the picture), and Thunderbolt functionality requires active BIOS support for I/O reconfiguration.
This article series may be interesting if you want to go down that rabbit hole.
I haven’t seen the connector in any reviews, and my board purchased in May 2021 doesn’t have the connector:
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Well… as i am in thailand… will be buying it in bangkok… maybe i will get lucky and get one with the header… will let you know when i get it… fingers crossed…
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