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USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) is a USB specification that can transmit data at up to 5 Gbit/s.

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How can I make portable Windows XP/7/8.1/10 flash drive?

I have 64 GB 3.0 flash drive I just bought for any purposes First I wanna try to make NOT BOOTABLE, but PORTABLE flash drive. When I plug it into any PC, it opens directly Windows, without any ...
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USB 3.0 to HDMI connector for GPU (displayLink)

I have this monitor: Philips Brilliance 241B7QUPEB/00 I takes video signals either using VGA or USB 3.0 It comes with a USB cable that is USB A to B. I did not know that it was possible to stream ...
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Are all cables that have a USB-C connector automatically USB 3.0 or 3.1 compliant?

I was talking to a guy in BestBuy regarding if the cable I was holding is 3.x compliant. He said yes, it has a USB-C connector (as well as a USB-A connector) so it is 3.x compliant. However, as I ...
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Sabrent 7-port USB powered hub somehow doesn’t have enough power?

System Specs: i5 13600k GTX 4080 32GB DDR5 RAM 2TB M.2 NVME 1000w PSU Windows 11 (updated to latest 23H2 (KB5034204) ) I have bought this Sabrent powered USB hub from Amazon, twice now. The first ...
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What are the metal tabs that are coming out of these usb connectors?

For these USB 3 cables - the ones that go from the motherboard 19 pin connector to the front IO of the chassis - I found some online that have these small metal tabs on them. What are they? Also many ...
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Confused about USB3.2 specifications and capabilites. Why does my USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20Gbit/s) throttle but USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10Gbit/s) does not?

I want to connect 4 Basler industry cameras to my laptop. I therefore bought a USB3.2 Hub, which I connected to my fastest Port USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20Gbit/s). Laptop: ThinkPad P15 Gen 2i (11th Gen Intel(...
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USB Hub with USB-A male input, will it damage my computer?

I bought this hub from temu.com recently and I actually really like it. I can leave it clamped on my desk with all my peripherals plugged in, and then just connect 1 wire when I need them. It doesnt ...
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USB 3.0 devices not using SuperSpeed

I've had this issue for a while but haven't yet figured out a way to fix it. Every USB device I connect to my PC never exceeds High-Speed connection speed, even when the device is SuperSpeed or ...
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Win7: loading USB3 driver to offline Windows image fails

[edit, and subject change, since the previous version didn't get any interest] See here for the procedure to load a driver to an offline Win7 image using dism. It's pretty simple, but I can't get it ...
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How can I be sure that I've plugged a device into a USB 3 port?

I have a number of USB ports on my computer, some USB 2 and some USB 3. I want to plug a device into a USB 3 port. Unfortunately, they're all black so I can't use the usual "USB 3.0 ports are blue" ...
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What is the 40 pin internal USB header used for?

The USB 3.2 Gen 2 header (20 pins) is sometimes refereed to as a Type C header or Type E header, but I can not find any evidence of that being apart of the standard. There is also a 40 pin variant: ...
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Reasons for irregular—sporadically slow to fast—USB flash drive transfer speeds

One of my USB flash drive (Sandisk 256 GB USB 3.0) is showing quite irregular transfer speeds for larger files (~4GB per file), on my Surface Pro 6. There are no other resource-intensive processes ...
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What would cause CrystalDiskMark to show different test results for front USB port compared to rear?

My motherboard is the Asus B450-i and my case front IO USB ports are plugged into the USB 3.1 Gen 1 header on the motherboard using the cable supplied with the case. I'm using Windows 11 as my OS. On ...
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My usb ports are burning my flash drives. Why?

So I just assembled a new computer and I have a ASUS Rampage IV Extreme with a Intel i7-3820 CPU. I have Corsair 650W power supply and I connected it to the motherboard using the 24-pin connecter and ...
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Windows 10 camera won't go to correct resolution

A while ago, I made a camera based on a the Omnivision OV7251 image sensor, and the Cypress CX3 USB3.0 camera controller. I wrote the firmware myself, and so I know that the camera only supports the ...
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How do I get my usb devices working in Windows 7 on Asus H110M-K D3

I installed Windows 7 from an image using Clonezilla. I added drivers, including Intel USB3 Windows 7 driver downloaded from the support page for this motherboard, by copying the files to the C ...
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WD My Passport external disk no longer detected

I have an old WD My Passport 2 TB USB 3 external hard disc. It has worked fine for 10 years, but for the past week, it doesn't even show up in Disk Management on Windows or Disk Utility on Mac, not ...
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RTL8153 driver for MacOSX

I just bought a USB Hub that has 1 Ethernet port, 2 USBs, and SD card support. Currently the Ethernet is not working although I see a green light on the port when I plug the Ethernet cable. The ...
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mother board have usb 3 but it is shown and use as a usb 2 device

I have a motherboard zebh61m2. This one do not have usb3 and only usb2 port is present. But I found a 19pin header with label "f_usb_3.0" on the motherboard, so in hope of it support usb3 I ...
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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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Windows non-bootable repair, Installation USB not working

Overall Problem & Context: My work laptop broke yesterday with no obvious cause. Symptoms were it would only boot to MSI Click Bios (its an MSI laptop) repeatedly. The OS was Windows 11. I've ...
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Connecting four 2.5" external USB HDDs with a 48 watts powered USB Hub

Need to access four USB HDDs simultaneously while having only one available USB3 Type A port in laptop... Found a 10 port 48 watts hub "Orico AT2U3-10AB" where I thought of keeping 6 ports ...
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USB 3.0 port no longer recognizing USB 2.0 devices, seems to still work with USB 3.0 devices

My laptop (2013 Razer Blade) has three USB 3.0 ports and no USB 2.0 ports. I have a variety of USB 2.0 devices, and all of them have worked up until last night. For whatever reason, one of the ports ...
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USB 3.0 port does not recognize USB 2.0 devices

I have Asus N580VD laptop which has two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port type A and one USB 3.1 port type C. Yesterday I was tinkering with an Android phone, rebooting it in different modes. It was ...
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Is there a TPM adapter for motherboards with no TPM header?

OK,... So I have a motherboard that is a bit old, meaning, I just do not have the funds to upgrade it, the Processor, and RAM to something comparable AND have the TPM SPI module interface pins. So my ...
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Connecting two computers with MIDI via a USB Host-Host cable?

I am currently looking for a way to connect two computers with MIDI. I need to connect my Raspberry Pi to my Linux desktop. Are you able to do that with a USB3 Host-to-Host cable? Or is there a ...
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USB 3.0 port not working with my HDD

I have a Seagate 1TB HDD with a USB 3.0 cable. When it's plugged I to the USB 3.0 port on my laptop I cannot wrote files to the hard drive. I can view the files and even copy files from the hard drive ...
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Need USB 2.0 header on USB 3.0 motherboard

I have a PC that only has 1 USB 3.0 header on the motherboard. I'm needing to plug in the Bluetooth cable from my WiFi card to a USB 2.0 header. My only real option seems to be using a right angle 3.0 ...
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SSD Latency over USB

I've just learned that (internal) SSD latency is in the ballpark of some microseconds (1/1000th a millisecond) and HDD latency is in the range of milliseconds. I went out and bought a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ...
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My USB 3 HUB reigster some USB 3 devices as USB 2.1 but if but the device directly to Motherboard it says 3.0

I have an ASUS crosshair hero x790e motherboard, with AM 5 a 7950x. Latest bios, chipsetdrivers etc... Latest Win 11. I have only USB 3 ports on the motherboard. I also have an industrial 10 USB 3 HUB ...
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Corsair GTX USB drive slow loading using USB 3.0

Corsair GTX USB drive slow loading using USB 3.0. This happens in every system I have. Windows 10 or 11. I have 3 of these USB drives and they all do the same thing. In the USB 3.0 port it takes 1-2 ...
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Is single/multi TT important by USB3 hubs?

I'd like to buy a new USB3 hub to replace my old one, which has only 4 slots. By USB2 hubs single TT was a problem, because USB1 devices could slow down the entire hub. Is there something similar by ...
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Why does Windows chkdsk take longer to check user data than free space?

I'm currently checking some 2nd hand 2.5" disks connected via a USB-3 disk enclosure. The first check is to copy files onto the disk to fill it. The next is to use chkdsk /r. On a 500GB SATA-3 ...
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SanDisk External SSD Running at Slow Speeds

I recently purchased a new external 1TB SSD from SanDisk (SDSSDE30-1T00-G25). However, I am having an issue with its speed as it is limited to USB-2 speed, which is around 40MB/s. Here is what I have ...
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Slow Drive Speeds, and getting to the bottom of it

I have a SanDisk Extreme Pro 55AF (2nd gen) which supports USB Gen3.2 2x2, which caps at about 20 GBps. I found that no matter what cable I use (including the included one), I only get 38 MBps in ...
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Can I still use a UASP enabled SATA-to-USB 3.0 adapter when my laptop doesn't UASP?

I' m looking to buy a SATA-to-USB adapter for an external HDD. On Amazon I came across this adapter from UGREEN (SB 3.0 IDE SATA Hard Drive Adapter for 2.5/3.5 Inch SATA HDD SSD with External DC 12V ...
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Are there issues with stacking USB hubs?

Would attaching a 4 port USB-3 hub to a port on a USB-C to USB-3 hub cause problems?
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Connect USB C / Thunderbolt 4 to USB A (input! for USB 3.0 Hub) using a normal USB C to USB A cable?

I have an old USB (A) 3.0 Hub Aukey CB-H18, which I have been happily using with my late 2013 15" macbook pro. Now i updated to a new 2023 14" macbook pro m2 and naively thought I can just ...
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"Disk Not Ejected Properly" Alert after computer goes to sleep USB3 only

Ok so this is a relatively new one for me, I recently upgraded my computer, both to Yosemite and installing a USB3 Card from Sonnet. I have downloaded the drivers for the Sonnet card, and everything ...
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Will an SSD external drive be faster than an HDD external drive on USB 3.0?

I have a Retina MacBook Pro Mid-2014 with a 256GB drive, which is small for my needs so I need to use an external Hard Drive. I'm using a WD 4TB My Passport where I store a lot of pictures and videos, ...
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Force a single USB 3.0 port to work as USB 2.0

I have several Dell XPS 13 machines that exhibit intermittent failures of the left USB 3.0 port, as described in this thread. I have lost data to silent corruption/disconnections on several external ...
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USB 3 flash drives disconnect wifi. Any workaround?

I'm on a Dell Precision 7560 running Ubuntu 20.4 installed by Dell. Inserting flash drives that are USB 3 disconnect me from wifi and won't allow me to reconnect while the stick is plugged in. ...
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Back USB3 ports stopped working after adding a new SSD

I've bought new Samsung 870 EVO SSD and connected it today to my PC with SATA cable coming from SSD caching port on motherboard After that my back usb3 ports stopped working in general (no power ...
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Should I enabled or disable xHCI hand-off in BIOS setup, when running Windows 7?

I have a Jetway NF9E-Q77 motherboard which supports USB 3.0. An Intel driver is available to enabled USB 3.0 support in Windows 7. Assuming the driver is installed, should xHCI hand-off be enabled or ...
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The USB port only recognizes a WD Elements hard drive

On my laptop I have a USB port that only works with a WD hard drive, I tried to connect another device such as a mouse, keyboard, USB memory and nothing, the strange thing is that in the device ...
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Can I connect a USB 3 hub to a USB-C port on my computer?

I have a nice USB 3 hub (Anker USB 3.0 SuperSpeed 10-Port Hub) that has a bunch of USB 3 ports, and USB 3 cable to connect to computer. The hub also has external power. However, my computer, a brand ...
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Connecting USB-3 port to USB-C docking station

All our meeting rooms are set-up so there is a single USB-C cable on the desk which is connected to a docking station under the desk. This docking station supplies video (HDMI), audio (speaker & ...
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How to know if USB hub receives enough power to power all my applicants/devices(used bandwidth)?

I have USB type c that connects these devices: (1) 2 TB SSD (2) Ethernet network (3) Mouse (4)Keyboard (5)Aux speakers. I was wondering if the hub receives enough power or not from a single type c ...
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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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USB 3.0 ports on newly built PC don’t recognize USB 3.0 devices

I have recently bought and built a new PC: Windows 8 Enterprise x64, and Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 motherboard. Now, everything is put together and installed, I am facing only one problem. I own an Adata ...

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