Will the 3.0 cable work in 2.0 port, and will the speed be extremely slow?
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3.0 cable will work with 2.0 connection...but transfer speed will be USB 2.0 speeds. Use Firewire (FW) 800 . FW is half the speed of USB 3.0 but USB 2.0 is approx. 4 to 5 times slower than USB 3.0.
2054161
The ports are USB 2.0 and the Ethernet port is 100 Mbps. However, I have a USB 3.0 hard drive connected to my router and I really don't see a difference in bandwidth between the 2.0 and the 3.0. The 3.0 never reaches past 400Mbps in throughput.
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I've used it in 1.1 and 2.0 ports, and it works on both. I can't remember whether I tried it on my laptop, which only has 3.0 ports. Since you don't really transfer data through a keyboard or mouse, I can't imagine that they'd build this thing with the higher speed capabilities of 2.0 or 3.0.I just saw your latest comment and realized how unhelpful my answer was.
1130939
It's a USB 3.0 hub; if you have two 3.0 devices, it will transfer data at 3.0 speed. If one of the devices is 2.0, then that will slow everything down to 2.0 speed.
1827010
Sorry, I made a mistake. The USB 2.0 read speed is 30 megabytes/sec and the USB 3.0 read speed is 255 megabytes/sec., i.e., bytes not bits.
941017
No- spec says 2.0- but a 3.0 laptop should be able to handle a slower 2.0all that means is transfer should be pushed to near maximum speed
673686
No. Connecting a 2.0 to 3.0 in any direction will always result in the lower speed of the two. However, they ARE compatible with each other, but you can only get a maximum of USB 2.0 out of this particular reader.
1862333
Yes it is. I've used it with both 2.0 and 3.0 ports. 3.0 is definitely faster though.
649157
yes. you can connect USB 3.0 devices to a USB 2.0 port... It will run at 2.0 speeds.
558797
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.
976969
USB 2.0 can be used with USB 3.0 slots, you just won't get the transfer speed.
83045
It comes with its own cable, which is for 3.0, but if you plug it into a 2.0 port it should work fine, but only if the hd is 2.0 too. Otherwise your PC will let you know it can run faster and you should plug it into a 3.0 port.
1682601
This is USB 2.It will work with USB 3.0. I do not see any improvement in performance.
1656627
You bet! USB 3.0 supports exponentially faster transfer rates, but it's also backwards compatible to work with 2.0 device connections.
1347960
Yes. It says in the description USB 2.0 compatible. Data transfer will be slower than USB 3.0 though
1282974
No. Unless the USB device works on USB 2.0. It won't be as fast as with USB 3. I agree with Robert.
2076569
If your question is whether it will plug into an older, USB 2.0 port and work, the answer is yes. They say the connection will be slower than it would be with updated hardware, but I still noticed about a 2-3x transfer speed increase when using this new HDD/cable versus my old one with the same laptop. And yes, it comes with a USB 3.0 cable as well, although it's stupidly short...barely long enough to hang off the side of my 32" flat screen and have the HDD sit flat. You'd have to buy a longer USB 3.0 cable if you wanted one, as this HDD is incompatible with the old, 2.0 cables.