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Z8 G4 Workstation 3UU05AA HP Thunderbolt 3 PCIe 2-port I/O Card
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have finally bought one of these cards as I now have a TB 3 hard drive that I use on my Apple MacBook laptop.

The instruction only state how to connect the internal cable shouted one of these cawrdswing both ends.

 

However it also has two graphics card cables that are shown as plugged in to the TB3 card but not what to do with the other ends.

It looks like they should be plugged into two of the graphics cards outputs but that then limits me to only two monitors 

Not sure if these supplied short graphics cables are extension cables or for plugged into the graphics cards.

 

Would appreciate any comments on the above from anyone who has used one of these cards

 

Hp Z8 G4 dual Zeon - Nvidia Quadro P600 - 96GB Ram - M2 Personality NVME boot drive

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I have managed to solve this problem.

Not only do you need to ensure the card is updated to the latest firmware, done automatically in my case, you also need to go into the BIOS and change the settings to enable the card to accept usb & video signals without authorisation. 

Once this is done, the USB ports become available on the Thunderbolt 3 card.

 

Really impressed with this card, it enables me to use a TB3 drive, its very very fast so is worth the purchase.

Recommend this for anyone who wishes to add TB3 functionality to an HP Z8 G4 workstation.

 

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thunderbolt cards can have one or two video out, the hp TBolt 2 card has only one video out and the HP TBolt 3 card has two video out

 

the other connector and short cable are used for video passthrough,

 

IE- from your primary video card out connect the short cable to the TBolt cards video in and connect your monitor cable to the

TBolt video out

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06162348

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I have managed to solve this problem.

Not only do you need to ensure the card is updated to the latest firmware, done automatically in my case, you also need to go into the BIOS and change the settings to enable the card to accept usb & video signals without authorisation. 

Once this is done, the USB ports become available on the Thunderbolt 3 card.

 

Really impressed with this card, it enables me to use a TB3 drive, its very very fast so is worth the purchase.

Recommend this for anyone who wishes to add TB3 functionality to an HP Z8 G4 workstation.

 

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