If a USB 2.0 device is plugged into one of the ports, will any of the other ports still output USB 3.0, or will they all drop to 2.0?
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As long as the iDsonix is plugged into a 3.0 USB port all devices will use the 3.0 unless it is 2.0, then it will only be able to have the 2.0 speed all others will remain at 3.0 speed
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all 3.0 all the time, backwards compatible is all unless you plug this into a 2.0 USB port initially.
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I plugged in a crappy USB 2.0 key to test this - an old Verbatim that I would swear is slower than a floppy drive. It didn't slow down the read/writes on my super speedy USB3 Patriot Magnum at all. So, no, USB 2 devices won't slow down USB 3 devices.
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I haven't noticed any decrease in performance between the powered 3.0 drive and the 2.0 flash drives I have plugged into this hub. They work at their rated speed for the most part. For the most part the computer's controller chip and the device controller work those issues out unless there bad programming involved
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To my knowledge they work as USB 3.0 regardless of whether the device connected can use 3.0 or 2.0
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Sorry, I don't know. If you searched your model number and determined if it had a USB 3.0 port, you'd know since it will not work as fast with a 2.0 port.
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It will work with USB 2.0, just considerably slower. In my very informal testing it was about 1/3 as fast when plugged into a USB 2.0 port than when using a USB 3.0 port.
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All USB3 devices are backwards compatible to USB 1, or USB 2. On USB 1 or USB 2 you will see reduced performance due to them being slower standards than USB 3.0
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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.
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Sorry but the answer is no. There is no way to trick the USB 2.0 external HD electronics into believing that it's really a USB 3.0 HD. All the external cables and connections in the world will never turn a USB 2.0 design into USB 3. The internal USB designs are simply not the same.
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my PC has 2 USB ports that are 3.0 if that's the question you're referring to
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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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If you have 2 ports for connecting USB devices version 2.0 and one USB 3.0 port for use as internal storage or hard disk reading
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It works with USB 2.0. I didn't notice a difference between using USB 3.0 and 2.0.
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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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It'll just be the USB 2.0 device that runs at the 2.0 speed. Your 3.0 devices will still run at 3.0 speeds. BUT take note of any bottleknecks! If your computer doesn't support 3.0 or you don't use a 3.0 port, you will not get 3.0 speeds! Also, something like transferring a file from a 2.0 ext HDD to a 3.0 ext HDD will only operate at 2.0 speeds max.
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No you will receive a standard 2.0 USB Connector but will work perfectly as 3.0 USB Connector.
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, so any USB 2.0 will work in it. I don't see any reason why this setup shouldn't work. Hope this helps.
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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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Yes, it works perfectly with any usb 2.0 port, it just doesn't run as fast as a 3.0
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You will have 3.0 speed from 3.0 ports, and 2.0 speed from 2.0 ports. 3.0 board does not use 2.0 USB portions of motherboard, it connects directly to communication bus of motherboard.