If I connect the hub to a USB 2.0 port on a Win7 tower, &amp; two seagate 4tb external drives, will the two external drives run as if on USB 3.0?
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To run in USB 3.0 mode, the hub must be connected to a USB 3.0 port in the computer. If it is connected to a USB 2.0 port, the speed will be the slower USB 2.0 speed.
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Honestly, I don't see why not. I need this because of the interface between my motherboard and external connectors that had been broken while moving on my tower. The replacement was an upgrade to USB 3.0. My Tower 7 was years old custom built, but still faster than 75% of the PC being sold today. Worked like a charm and all I have to do is remove this connector when I decide to upgrade. Give it a shot, if not, send it back.
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That will depend on your OS and drive manufacturer. I'm using Win 7 and a Seagate drive so I had to partition my 3TB into 2 logical drives. Don't quite understand why but that's what Seagate said I had to do.
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I think the only drivers for Win 7 you need are USB3. Hub chipset is Etron Technology, drivers are linked to Dropbox on their site.
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Of course. USB 2.0 will never match 3.0 speed. When the drive worked read on 3 was at least 4 times faster
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Your USB speeds will only be as fast as the slowest component you plug into it. If you plug a USB 2.0 external harddrive into a USB 3.0 you'll get 2.0 speeds. If you plug this hub into a USB 2.0 port, you'll get USB 2.0 speeds. Depending on the age of your PC you can probably get an add-on PCI card with USB 3.0 ports if you do not want to upgrade.
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I have Seagate and WD USB 3.0 HDDs plugged into my hub, and no issues on my MS Surface Pro 3. Could it be driver related for your USB HDDs?
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USB 2.0 port will remain a USB 2.0 port because of the bus speed. It won't make it 3.0 even if you plug in this hub. Hope this helps.
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yes, i have windows 7 w/o usb 3.0, the drive works fine it just doesn't have 3.0 speed
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Yes, I am successfully using this with all my USB 3.0 External Hard Drives 2 1/2" (Seagate's and Toshiba's) ranging from 500 GB to 1 TB. Works like a champ. I am using this on a Windows 7 Home tower computer I built (Intel platform). This unit provides enough power to run the external hard drives at USB spec 3.0.
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The hub has separate connectors for USB 2.0 and 3.0 that go to your motherboard USB headers, so the performance will be dependent on your mobo chipset, not the hub. Modern chipsets have a dual-bus design to allow the two specs to operate simultaneously at full speeds. Remember though that not all USB drives are created equal and chipset performance can vary between mobos.
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It is backwards compatible, however the devices will only run at USB 2.0 speeds - the bottleneck will be the port on your PC, that will drive the maximum throughput. This is true of all USB connections - the lowest common denominator will drive max throughput whether the port, hub or storage device - if any of those are USB 2.0, then that's the max you will get.
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Probably. I have six external hard drives, a dvd writer/player, an audio system, and I don't know how much more hooked up to it. I've never noticed a single problem with it, unlike every other USB Hub I've had, and there have many since I have so many external devices to hook up.
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yes. you can connect USB 3.0 devices to a USB 2.0 port... It will run at 2.0 speeds.
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Flash drives and HDD's will do fine on this hub. far as I know it doesn't have a dedicated charging port. all 10 ports look the same to me. I have hooked my smartphone and tablet to the hub and they both charge on any port as well as show up on my PC for data transfer at the same time.
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Agree with other buyers. The second port is needed for adequate power to run HDDs . However through my experience, it didn't work at all, though computer detects the drive. I tried two with the same result - this contraption is not working!
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All I know is this. It is non-powered hub. Works for multiple flash drives *as many as three have worked at the same time for me*, but if you try external hard drives you will run into difficulty because there is insufficient power from a single USB port to run multiple devices that need more power. t