Why is this cable better than the one that uses the sabrent USB-&gt;Serial drivers? Is it because it's 3x more expensive?
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It is common to find on eBay, Amazon, and BaoFeng distributor sites - cheaper USB programming cables that use clone chipsets from older Prolific cables - we have found that even the official cable manufactured by BaoFeng uses a older cloned Prolific chipset to keep costs low. It does cost more to find a genuine USB programming cable... BUT it is worth ordering a genuine programming cable to begin with and you will save yourself the hassle and literal hours it takes to get a cloned cable to work properly. BaoFeng Tech has solved this common problem of the "cloned" cable issue - by manufacturing a genuine USB cable that works with the BaoFeng models that are UV-3R+ and newer. These cables use a chipset manufactured by FTDI and do not use clone Prolific chipsets. The cables also employ LED lights to indicate if they are sending or receiving data from the radio.
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I can tell you I use the cable that came with it and have used it connected to USB 2 & USB 3 ports. It shows up as USB3 when connected there. I have never done any speed tests, but it has worked fine in all situations so far.
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I know the USB3-to-USB3 cable is included; uncertain (too much time has passed) but I think eSATA is also included (never have used eSATA connection,but I seem to recall having two unused eSATA cables at home -- on the road for the next week!)
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This is a pcie x4 card. Most similar but cheaper alternatives are only pcie x1 cards. That means it has enough bandwidth to support using all of its USB 3.0 ports at their full highest speed all at the same time. With an x1 card you could really only get the maximum speed out of one of its USB 3.0 ports at a time. Of course this card also requires an x4 (or x8 or x16) slot available on your motherboard. If all you have is an x1 slot to use, then that will limit what type of expansion card you can populate it with, so be sure and check first.
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Ohhhh okay. Yes i have that cable. Hold off a second on buying it. I believe i had issues as well. Let me just double check it soons i reach home :)
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Look at all companies. I got mine for $1.32 There RE SEVERAL PRICES FOR THE SAME CABLE
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Sergio.....I wish I could be of assistance to you. But this was a gift for a "techie" friend and have no idea re: the cables. My apologies and I hope you find the correct answer.
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Hi, Not exactly sure why I have this cable...related to a firmware upgrade by connecting from the scope to the PC? You may need an extra cable with a USB on one end, and male compatible adaptor on the other end. I picked up this extra cable from Fry's electronics. Best regards, Tom
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Neither one. Save $100+ and order an Amazon, Monoprice, Blue Jeans Cable, etc brand cable. They all do the EXACT SAME THING as the Monster cables but cost a fraction of the price.
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squashpup - THANK-YOU so very much for your reply. I have been hesitant to purchase this item, but now that I know that it works for you, I will proceed. And thanks for the eBay tip, I would not have known what to call that type of adapter cable.Happy New Year,PWB, Esq.
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Greg. After buying a lot of different cards and cables, I finally plugged right into one of the existing USB3 connections in my computer case from my new motherboard. It is blazing fast and I have experienced no failures yet. I could re-install a firewire card and get faster speed for downloads, but I haven't found many affordable firewire cards that are campatable with my motherboard and inexpensive as well. So I decided to use the existing USB3 connections. The USB technology is an advancement over firewire connections by giving you more connections, but you give up some of the speed capabilities for downloads. Carefully select a card to buy if you choose to do so, each card (firewire and USB) are different and nothing from the manufacture says it will work in your motherboard or application. My needs are for storing video for broadcast TV programs and to edit them. Your needs may be similiar, or less equipment intensive than mine. So make your selection based on your needs or you could keep spending a lot of money on cards and cables and nothing work according to expectations....
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It seems clear that this unit does not come with a power supply, but seems to have a standard barrel connector to accept an optional power supply. To use small external (2.5") drives I need to have an external power supply. Can someone post a link to a power supply that will supply at least 2 amps and is compatible with this 4-port Sabrent hub?
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Previous posters pretty much nailed the differences. In addition to the interface differences, I will add that this card also features separate dedicated controllers for each port, as opposed to just one controller for all ports typically found on the PCI-E x1 cards. Net result is better throughput especially if you have multiple USB devices connected. Everything USB did a nice write-up for this card highlighting the differences much better than I can. Check it out.
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My experience was over 2 years ago. Perhaps they are selling a different product (USB3?) compared to the one I purchased (with the incompatibilities). I recommend buying and trying.
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I contacted Syba this morning. This cable does *not* support UASP. I have *not* yet found a cable which does. The Apricorn ASW-USB3-25 USB3.0 to SATA adapter has a poorly optimized USB 3.0 controller, so I have read on Tom's Hardware, and I do not find it to be very fast.
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It did not work neither on my Fujitsu C2220 nor on my Dell Precision 4440; I tried three Hard drives, from 20GB to 80GB (also Travelstar by Hitachi) and none of them was detected on my laptops. Virtually garbage, although I have read some reviews claiming that it works sometimes. I would suggest you to buy an analogous thing of "Sabrent" brand at Wal-Mart online (it costs may be just about $7, free delivery to the store if you have one nearby, and it works perfectly with my laptops). Hope this helps.
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USB 3.0 is much faster the firewire. USB 3.0 is 5Gbps/sec. FW800 is 800Mbps. USB 3.0 is not faster than Thunderbolt. However the Thunderbolt link does not speed up the USB 3.0 transfer. Read the link below to get more info on this. The dock works great! I have transferred high volumes of data between a USB 3.0 drive and the computer through the Belkin in a very short time! I really like my Belkin Thunderbolt Express dock! Checkout http://www.everythingusb.com/comparison.html