Questions tagged [usb-3]
USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) is a USB specification that can transmit data at up to 5 Gbit/s.
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Data corruption with a Kingston SNV3S2000G SSD in an IcyBox IB-1817Ma-C31 connected via USB3; where's the cause?
I have a Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD SNV3S2000G (2TB) in an IcyBox IB-1817Ma-C31, both bought this year (2025).
The intention was to use the external device as backup medium for my ThinkPad laptop ...
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Why can't I access my USB flash drive? [duplicate]
I've tried now for 2 days to use one of my USB flash drive but it's not working.
Here are some information about the key:
USB DISK 3.0 USB Device
16GB
I'm on Windows so I've tried to use diskmgmt ...
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Is it possible to have a USB 3.2 device with super speed lines only?
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After looking at the connector with a endoscope's camera it turns out I've missed some pins. They are far less visible than other 8. The D+/D- and CC are there. This makes the example unsuitable....
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How does a USB cable signify its speed?
Particularly I want to know about the case of Gen 1 vs Gen 2 in USB 3.1 (which is essentially the same case as Gen 1x1 vs Gen 2x1 in USB 3.2).
More precisely, the case in concern is that both the host ...
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How can I get miniDSP UMIK-1 to work with a USB 3 port on an Intel NUC?
I own a miniDSP UMIK-1 microphone which works on two of my Windows PCs. One PC has Windows 10 and the other Windows 11.
Now I connected it to my Intel NUC with Windows 11 which has only USB 3 ports (...
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Half of my USB ports stops working after the "Unknown USB device needs more power than the Port can Supply" notification
Sorry for bad English.
I had a tablet and a cell phone connected to a Usbhub (with usb-c connector) when I reversed the charging cables of these, the power notification appeared and I had to restart ...
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Why is my Ugreen USB 3.0 switch not working with USB-A to USB-C cable?
I bought a Ugreen USB 3.0 Sharing Switch 2 in 4 out. When connecting the switch using a USB-A to USB-A cable to my PC it works fine. However when I am using a USB-A to USB-C cable it does not work.
I ...
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External HDD slowdown due to internal cache issue?
Running an rsync backup from Win10 internal 8T disk onto external 2.5inch 4T disk via USB3. Expected copy volume >2T. After about 500G the Win10 taskmanager performance tab shows the receiving disk ...
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Why is my USB 3.0 SD card reader from Amazon being detected as USB 2.0?
I have a Dell Inspiron 15-3567 running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. When I plug in my USB 3.0 SD card reader in a USB 3.0 port in my laptop, it is being detected as USB 2.0. The reader has a 9 pin USB A male ...
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Blue "USB 3.0" extension cable has "USB 2.0" printed on the cable itself; which USB is it truly?
Elaboration: recently bought 4 blue "USB 3.0" extension cables - the cable itself was blue, the ports are too, yet upon reading the text printed on each cable, it says: "USB 2.0 Cable&...
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Why doesn't Fedora 40 recognize USB 3.0 ports on Gigabyte motherboard?
I have Fedora 40 installed on a desktop with motherboard GA-990FXA-UD3-rev-40. It seems to be working fine, except for the USB 3.0 ports which don't appear to be recognized at all. The USB 2.0 ports ...
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Why doesn’t Lenovo Thinkpad Dock Gen 2 40AS work with a Huawei Matebook D14 2020 laptop?
I have an Huawei Matebook D14 2020 (Intel Core i5). In my company office, I can use with the USB-C port the docking station Dell D6000 with mouse, keyboard and external monitors.
I bought a docking ...
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USB 3.0 Ports Not Receiving Any Power After Replacing Motherboard
Product: HP Z820 Base Model Workstation Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-Bit)
Motherboard HP Workstation Z820 V2 Dual CPU LGA2011 DDR3 Motherboard. USB Controller not noted other than that ...
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Linux backup of USB drive using rsync hangs
I have a Western Digital My Book 4TB external USB drive.
If I attempt backup using the tar command
tar cvf - . | ( cd $bkdir ; tar xvpf - )
I have no problem performing the backup.
If I attempt the ...
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How to reach the maximum bandwidth on many USB drives?
I have many (~60 at now) external USB drives which I need to occasionally, but regularly, connect to one Linux workstation because I need to run a sanity check program on data saved on them.
I don't ...
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