Welcome!

Congratulations and thank you for buying an ASUS ThunderboltEX II card!

The ASUS ThunderboltEX II card provides Thunderbolt™ connection to other Thunderbolt- enabled devices. Use this card to quickly transfer native PCIe and DisplayPort protocols between a PC and Thunderbolt™ devices.

Features

Your ASUS ThunderboltEX II card features a Thunderbolt™ 2 port that supports Thunderbolt™ 2 technology and a DisplayPort that supports DisplayPort 1.2 specifications. The Thunderbolt™ 2 port provides 20 Gb/s bi-directional bandwidth and incorporates DisplayPort 1.2 support enabling transfer and display of 4K video files simultaneously. The Thunderbolt™ 2 port also allows you to connect up to six Thunderbolt-enabled devices in a daisy-chain configuration using Thunderbolt™ cables.

Package contents

Check your package for the following items:

•1 x ThunderboltEX II card

•1 x DisplayPort cable

•1 x mini DisplayPort cable

•1 x ASUS TB_Header cable

•1 x User guide

•1 x Support CD

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

Compatible ASUS motherboard models

The ThunderboltEX II card is compatible with the following ASUS motherboards with TB Headers that passed Intel® validation:

•MAXIMUS VI EXTREME

•SABERTOOTH Z87

•Z87-PRO

•Z87-PRO (V EDITION)

•Z87-PLUS

•Z87-PLUS (VivoMouse EDITION)

•Z87-A

•Z87-A (NFC EXPRESS EDITION)

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