Any problems connecting to a USB 2.0 port on my desktop? I realize for now I will not get 3.0 performance. But I plan to upgrade soon.
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I connect mine to a USB 2.0 port on my Mac Mini, and it works fine. It does charge an ipod, albeit slowly, but an ipad connected to it will not charge. All flash drives that I have connect to it just fine, and file transfers between my mac and drives work perfectly.
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No, It needs to use USB3.0 for the speed, it will not work in a USB 2.0 port.
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Either of the 2 ports will recognize USB 3.0 - however, they are limited to only run at 2.0 speeds. So while compatible, they are not optimized.
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It's a USB 2.0 device that's compatible with USB 3.0. You will get USB 2.0 performance with either USB version.
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It works with USB 2.0 at 2.0 speed. But its worth it because of the future proofing aspect. 3.0 is much much faster. Hope i helped.
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Hi Jason, yes it works fine on a 2.0 port (of course the IO rate is lower).
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Good question! But I never test this issue yet. But the way, this board run stably. Really worth of money. Only backward on less SATA ports & lack of USB3.0
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Does the USB 3.0 work over the displayport connection? My laptop (T420) doesn't have USB 3.0 built-in, and neither does the dock I have.
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0. However, you will not see the performance increase as the hardware inside this device only supports 2.0. To reiterate, yes, you may plug this into a 3.0 USB port and it will work 100% as specified at the performance of a USB 2.0.
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Since it has a USB 3.0 port I have been able to connect a USB 3.0 HD but had problems with USB 2.0 HDs.
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That's pretty much a given. If ur using usb 2.0 to connect you can't have speeds higher than the usb 2 limit.
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It's slower being it's usb 2.0. I don't know what the benchmark numbers for usb 3.0 but I would assume it's quite a bit faster. I had need of the older legacy 2.0 and the price was right for me.
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Most likely, it will be limited. USB 3.0 requires both drivers and motherboard ports that earlier models might simply not have. There is some forward compatibility between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 but I would not bet on it. You will still be getting USB 2.0 speeds.
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Does your computer have USB 3.0? you should have 3.0. I have window 7 and usb 2.0; it did not match.
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I got windows 7 up without a hitch and haven't had problems with it. If it's a problem with the USB 3, have you tried the back of the machine? I'm not 100% sure, but I thought the back ports were 2.0.
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USB 2.0 peripherals are backwards compatible with USB 3.0, so yes, it shouldn't be an issue.
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From my personal experience, I found using the adapter on USB 2.0 port actually give me better and stable performance over USB 3.0 port. At first, I plug it into my USB 3.0 port, I got very poor performance and very unstable connection but when I switch it to USB 2.0 port, it was working fine for me.