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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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USB3 causing hangs

I recently built my new computer and now i am facing constant system freezes that last a few seconds. I narrowed the problem down to the USB3 drivers. I cannot just not use the drivers since all of ...
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Windows 7 Pro x64, Intel eXensible 3.0 Driver and not working USBs (almost)

After installing Intel eXtensible Host Controller Driver (http://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=KG9P5). USB ports (both 2.0 and 3.0) stopped working for USB ...
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Touro USB3 drive stopped working in Windows 7

I have a Hitachi Touro 1TB USB 3.0 drive I use to take films from my desktop PC (Windows 7 64 bit) so I can watch them on my BluRay player or my laptop (Surface Pro 3, Windows 8 64 bit). Suddenly the ...
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Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB Write speed drops

The problem started about a week ago. My Sandisk USB drive normally writes at 150-200MB/s (SSD to USB drive) but all of a sudden the write speed dropped to 5-10MB/s. The problem keeps occurring: it ...
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise - Driver Issues

We have Wifi internet connection used by multiple devices(Laptop, Smartphones) with multiple OS(Windows XP, Windows 7, Android). Till here all fine. I got new laptop with Windows 8.1 Enterprise using ...
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Strange Errors with Headset

My new headset (a logitech h340) is failing to work in an extremely bizarre way. My old one (a logitech h540) broke. I'm assuming faulty wiring, as it connects and disconnects when I move it certain ...
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SSDs become unreliable when connected to usb3 ports

I have 2 different ssds and 2 different computers running 2 different versions of windows and MacOS X. Edit: The drives are a LaCie Rugged SSD 120Gb and the original drive from the macbook put ...
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How do I enable UHCI USB support in Windows 7?

I've got a USB Fight Stick controller (Madcatz SFIV TE) that only supports the UHCI USB standard. I've done some research online that led me to find out that USB 3 ports support this standard, but in ...
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not getting USB 3.0 speeds with multiple USB 3.0 sticks on my laptop

My Core i5 laptop is behaving strangely on windows 8.1 - I think on windows 8 it didn't have this problem.. but I have 8.1 now. My USB3.0 flash drives are all copying at 10 to 13MB/s a second , it ...
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What defines maximum numbers of USBs connected?

By default maximum possible USB devices connected is 128. Different motherboards support different numbers. Most of them do not go that high. But how is that number defined? I mean for example x86 ...
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Why are transfer speeds so slow from USB3 SD card to PC?

I guess I'm trying to pinpoint what chokes the transfer speeds in general: Situation is - Brand new Dell E7240 with USB3.0 ports. Copying from a USB3.0 capable card reader (Lexar). Lots of ...
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Daisy chaining capacity for USB 3.0

I am trying to figure out how many USB 3.0 devices I can daisy chain together and provide an adequate (5V) power supply to. For instance Device #1 (D1), plugs into my laptop and my laptop keeps it ...
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Slow performance running VM Player image (virtual machine) on USB3.0 external drive

I have a virtual image I'm trying to run over USB3.0 on an external drive using VM Player. The performance is very slow and I cant seem to find the culprit. I've ran some benchmarking tools and my UP ...
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Best Way to Connect 3 Computers to Peripherals

I'm trying to find my best, low-latency option for connecting three computers. Generally, this wouldn't be an issue, but I see no way to do what I'm looking to do without having to plug/unplug cords ...
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USB Thumb Drive partioned oddly

Somehow my 32gb Lexar thumb drive got partioned very strangely, here is the output of lsblk: sdb 8:16 1 29.8G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 1 44M 0 part /media/removable/LEXAR ...
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