USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) is a USB specification that can transmit data at up to 5 Gbit/s.
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Huawei data card not supporting New Macbook Pro OSX (Mountain Lion)
I purchased Huawei data card and trying to connect with my new MacBook Pro (OSX- Mountain Lion) USB port 3.0 but unfortunately it does not support.
When I plugged in my macbook the power is flowing in ...
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External SSD drive vs Flash drive (USB 3.0)
I was wondering about the reasoning behind introducing external SSD USB3.0 drives on the market.
To me a USB3.0 128GB SSD drive is the larger sibling of a USB Flash key with same interface and size.
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What downsides are there to running an OS off of a flash drive instead of a hard drive (USB 3.0 and 2.0) [duplicate]
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How does a hard drive compare to Flash memory working as a hard drive in terms of speed?
I recently purchased a 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive, and I'm considering using it as ...
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USB 3.0 ports backwards compatibility problems with 2.0 devices?
I see some info on the net that suggest that I should be able to get my USB 2.0 devices to work in 3.0 ports. I only have two 2.0 ports on my new computer, and six 3.0 ports. I have installed ...
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Enabling super speed on USB 3 ports
I finally bought a USB 3 handy drive, hoping to take advantage of the speed of the USB 3 ports of my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15R 5520).
The USB port is USB3 (blue inside). The Handy drive is a ...
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My Portable Hard Drive with USB3 didn't work when connected to My Laptop, but it working with USB2 properly
I have Western Digital My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive with USB3 and Model:WDBACY5000ABK-EESN.
Until about two or three months ago when I connected that to My Laptop USB3 port, that worked ...
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What does the BIOS setting XHCI Pre-Boot Mode do?
I have a BIOS setting called XHCI Pre-Boot Mode. If I have this enabled USB devices which aren't plugged in at boot are never recognised, if I set it to Disabled then USB devices work normally. The ...
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Virtual Machine with support for hardware access: USB 3 (and PCI)
I am in the process of selecting a VM-software.
I have a requirement of accessing a custom USB3 device in a VM (Windows 8 64bit guest, host is Windows 7 64 bit). From what I read, VMware would be the ...
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Free program to clone 3TB hard drive to another one with USB3 support in Windows 7?
All I'm trying to do is clone one WD 3TB GPT drive to another identical drive. One is internal, one is attached with a USB 3.0 dock. I'm copying from internal to external drive.
Macrium Reflect ...
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Verifying USB connection speed (USB 3 or USB 2?)
I've purchased several new USB 3 capable drives to use with my new (USB 3 capable) laptop. They connect ok but I suspect they're silently falling back to USB 2. The sustained transfer rates I'm seeing ...
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Does a USB 2.0 device connected to a USB 3.0 hub slow down the hub to 2.0 speeds?
At work, I want to plug all my USB devices into a single USB hub so I only need to plug one USB cable, external display, and the power cable into my laptop. I have some USB 3.0 devices and some ...
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Internal drive bottleneck for usb to usb transfer?
Say, I want to copy the contents of a USB 3 hard drive to another USB 3 hard drive. My computer has USB 3 ports, so that's ok.
Would the internal drive be a possible bottleneck? I.e: While ...
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USB 3.0 hard disk not detected on a particular host controller?
I have a USB 3.0 hard disk which has always been working on my desktop with an XHCI.
Now I just bought a notebook with an XHCI (something with Intel's Ivy Bridge setup). The first time I plug the ...
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Flash drive disconnecting during BitLocker encryption
During the process of encrypting an 32GB, exFAT formatted flash drive (32K cluster size), the encryption process would randomly stop, with an error in the Event Viewer such as "unable to flush ...
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What is the difference between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0? [closed]
I want to buy a Pen Drive and a HDD. For both case I get two categories. USB2.0 and USB 3.0.
I wish to ask my T.V. is compatible with USB 2.0 pen drive. I wish to buy USB 3.0 pen drive. But that is ...
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Extend USB 3.0 cable
I have a couple of new USB 3.0 devices which connect to my USB 3.0 ports via the new "Blue" USB 3.0 cables that end in what looks like a USB 2.0 Type A connector. Indeed, the USB 3.0 devices will ...
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are there any low profile USB 3.0 flash drives? [closed]
I've searched for a USB 3.0 low-profile flash drive, and only found drives that are either USB 3.0 or low profile. For instance, Sandisk has only one USB 3.0 drive at the time I'm writing this, and ...
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multiple USB 2.0 devices faster on USB 3.0? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using USB 3.0 to speed up transfer between USB 2.0 devices?
I know USB 2.0 maxes out at 480Mbps, and USB 3.0 maxes out at 4800Mbps. Can multiple USB 2.0 devices tap ...
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USB keyboard works in windows but not in games
I have a problem with a new PC i just built.
It has 6 USB3 ports on the rear, and no USB2 ports. When I plug my Logitech G15 v2 in the rear USB3 ports it works fine in both BIOS and windows - ...
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Installed Delock PCI Express Card now nusb3mon.exe block 1 cpu core
I installed a PCI USB 3.0 card and now one out of four cpu's keeps up running nusb3mon.exe.
Meaning that I have a CPU load of 25% all the time. Did anyone have the same problem before?
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Internal 19-USB 3.0 to normal USB-3.0a
I have the following problem. I have a new computer chassis, which has a front panel USB 3.0 with an internal connector, but my Asus M4GDP89 Pro/USB3 has only two back USB 3.0.
Is there a way to ...
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WD 1TB Passport Essential not working on some USB ports
I have a strange situation here. I got a new Toshiba P850/04P laptop, there are 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 on the right and 2 on the left.
When I plug my WD 1TB Passport Essential into the 2 ports on the ...
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Where can I connect this USB 3.0 cord?
My motherboard has 2 USB 3.o slots in the back, where the usual slots go, but the tower also supports 1 or 2 USB 3.0 ports in the front, above the DVD drive. So, there is a cord coming out of those ...
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Is USB 3.0 backwards compatible? [duplicate]
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Can a USB 3.0 pen drive be used on a USB 2.0 port?
I am really excited about USB 3, especially since it has made its way into the new MacBook Airs and Pros. Since it is ...
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I have an E-Sata / USB combo port, does it mean I have USB 3.0?
I see a usb sign on the esata port so it's a combo, any usb device works on that but I am about to find usb 3.0 drivers because windows default driver doesn't see it as a sub 3.0 port. I tried forcing ...
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Can I get an adapter for usb 3.0 to gigabit, or a gigabit switch with usb 3.0?
Basically I want to be able to attach USB 3.0 external portable hard drives to my network and maintain at least gigabit speeds.
I can think of four ways to do this, two of which I know exist:
1) NAS ...
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Slow Transfer Speed Between USB 3.0 Devices
I have an SSD installed, and when I'm transferring to or from an external HDD via USB 3.0 I get speeds of upwards 100mb/s.
However if I'm transferring between 2 external HDDs both on 3.0 I get a ...
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Add USB 3.0 to a laptop
I want to add a USB 3.0 port to my laptop that only has USB 2.0 and a combo eSATA USB port.
I have a Pavilion dv5-2135dx which I have found no information on what motherboard it is to look for empty ...
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Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001 hard drive not recognized by Linux, causes fdisk to hang
I'm running Kubuntu 12.04. I have a brand new, never used Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001 hard drive. It's an internal drive. I installed it in a USB enclosure.
When I connect it to my PC, nothing happens ...
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USB3.0 external drive, large wait on read after an idle period
Just wondered is the 5sec+ delay on reading my 1TiB external WD USB3.0 drive after a period of idleness?
Is this unique to SuperSpeed type USB or does all external USB drives have this delay before ...
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USB 3.0 to SAS; seems slow to me. Is it?
I've been transferring about 5TB from a USB 3.0 enclosure with built in hardware RAID running 4x SATA III drives. The destination is an external SAS enclosure (7x SATA II) with 2x SAS cables connected ...
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Toshiba Satellite P755D USB 3.0 Drivers Missing - Windows 7 Professional
I bought a Toshiba Satellite P755D recently and installed Windows 7 Professional on the machine. It runs great. But I noticed the exclamation point in the yellow triangle icon in the Device Manager ...
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USB3 does not work in fresh Ubuntu install
I have a new computer with an Asus P8Z68-V LE + Intel i2500 + 8GB of RAM.
I installed Ubuntu without any issue, but the USB3 (from the motherboard - on the back of the computer) doesn't work.
I ...
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Does X79's lack of native USB 3.0 support mean a performance decrease?
I've read that the X79 chipset does not have native USB 3.0 support. However, I'm not entirely clear on what this means for performance, given that there are many X79 motherboards with USB 3.0 ports. ...
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Windows Backup failed: Error 80070037
On Windows 7 Pro x64, the customer has a USB3 external Hard Drive that is 2TB, and two internal SATA drives that are 750GB each. They also have a USB controller, which the hard drive is plugged into. ...
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TrueCrypt hinders performance?
I have AMD Quad-Core Phenom II 955 @ 3.2GHz (It can go up to 3.8 if needed).
I may get high performance SSD (500 MB/s write/read) and if I encrypt the whole volume how much of a performance hit would ...
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USB3 with 2x SSD enclosure (RAID0/1)?
Soon I plan on getting SSDs. However I would want a SSD enclosure with two slots and raid0/1 support. I cannot find one like this so do they exist?
I would use raid1 in case one of the SSD fails I ...
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USB 3 to Gigabit Ethernet adapters: where are they?
I'm looking for an adapter that will let me use a USB 3 port as a Gigabit Ethernet port. This is proving surprisingly hard to find! Is there some reason why this product is either unavailable or very ...
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How to find out which usb port is usb 3.0?
In my laptop ( Lenovo - y470 ) there are three usb ports and one of those is usb 3.0 others are usb 2.0 . But i don't know which one is what. Is there a way a can figure out which port is 3.0 ?
I ...
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USB 3.0…I have a USB 3.0 port on my new laptop, does that mean it will make all USB connections “fast”?
I just bought a new laptop which has a USB 3.0 port. Does this mean that if I connect to my External Hard Drive via USB, and the external hard drive is older and doesn't have USB 3.0, that I'll still ...
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Are there any common consumer level devices that require USB 3.0? [closed]
I think that I know the answer to this question, but I am going to ask it anyway. I know what the benefits in speed are for devices that utilize the USB 3.0 spec. I know about its backward ...
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Which computer configuration is better? With e-Sata or with USB 3.0? [closed]
Recently, when buying my new laptop computer, the shop seller told me that was no difference between a computer with e-sata or with USB 3.0 port. However, I didn't trust him and bought the one with ...
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Slow USB3 under Linux
I have a problem with the speed of USB 3.0 under Linux. I'm testing with the following parts:
"NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller" (pcie)
"Pretec 240" USB 3.0 Card-Reader
Sandisk ...
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Intermittent USB 3.0 access - How do I troubleshoot?
I've got a WD Passport hard disk with "superspeed" USB 3.0 support. When I use my USB 3.0 flash drive (this is a Lenovo X220 laptop), USB 3.0 consistently works. But when I use the passport drive, ...
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Driver required for USB-3 hub support on Windows 7?
I just purchased a Koutech HU-430 4-port USB SuperSpeed hub.
When plugged into a USB-3 port using the included USB3 A/B cable, Windows detects it as a "Renesas Electronics USB 2.0 hub".
Does this ...
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Few things about USB 3.0 AND USB 2.0 speed?
I have question about USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.
1) For example, a motherboard we have has 4 USB ports on the back.
Does that mean every USB port has 480 Mbits bandwidth, or are they connected onboard ...
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SATA 2.0/3.0 SSD for external hard drive? [closed]
I am planning on getting a new external drive, and was considering the new SSDs over HDDs. Write performance for many small files is of highest priority for my use, even over storage capacity. I was ...
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Can a case with front USB ports be connected and used as a USB 3.0 port
I found this when I typed in my question. It sort of answers my question but I want to double check.
Will cases with front USB port support USB 3.0?
I have a Rosewill Challenger case purchased in ...
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Looking for MacBook Pro compatible true USB 3 ExpressCard 34 cards at USB 3.0 speed (or at least a few Gb/s) on any brand USB 3 drive in Mac OS X [closed]
I'm considering buying an ExpressCard 34 USB 3 adapter for my 2010 MacBook Pro 17" so that I can benefit from USB 3.0 speeds when used with my Samsung S2 1 TB USB 3.0 superspeed drive.
However, ...
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How to determine whether I have USB3 ports in my laptop?
Is there any way, besides reading the product manual, to determine which type/class of USB ports are present in my computer casing?
Can this obtained by visual confirmation, reading the device ...
