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Thunderbolt for Z170 Gaming K6

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Topic: Thunderbolt for Z170 Gaming K6

Posted By: StageTripScott
Subject: Thunderbolt for Z170 Gaming K6
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2018 at 7:15am

" rel="nofollow - I have the ASRock Z170 Gaming K6 and was wonder if a Thunderbolt 3 PCIe can be added. I can't seem to find any Thunderbolt 2 cards anymore and if 3 can be added does it have to be a specific brand such as AsRock or Asus since they're like the only two brands I see. Can the ASRock Z170 Gaming K6 handle 2xTB3 cards or just single?

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Scott

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Posted By: ASRock_TSD
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2018 at 10:11am

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Dear StageTripScott,

Thank you for choosing ASRock.

Regarding your question, Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 needs to update a special BIOS to support ASRock Thunderbolt 3 AIC, and the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 only supports one ASRock Thunderbolt 3 AIC.

*The Thunderbolt 3 AIC have to install at the PCIE6 slot and connect the TBT Header Cable to the TBT Header.

Thank you!

Yours truly,

ASRock TSD

Posted By: StageTripScott
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2018 at 8:06am

Thank you. Is there a link for the bios download.

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Scott

Posted By: ASRock_TSD
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2018 at 4:27pm

Dear StageTripScott,

We have released the special BIOS P7.30T to support ASRock Thunderbolt 3 AIC.

The BIOS download link:

https://mega.nz/#!A8wHWBrB!lG54GUzZO4P6TCcWjUqmILpogYq4ayuQxQhvottAnsw" rel="nofollow - https://mega.nz/#!A8wHWBrB!lG54GUzZO4P6TCcWjUqmILpogYq4ayuQxQhvottAnsw

Thank you!

Yours truly,

ASRock TSD