NCC10281982B Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 I have a USB 3 PCI-e adapter card in my rig. I have tried installing the drivers from the CD several times. The install seems to go just fine, no errors. Windows says the device is working properly. BUT, when I plug a flash drive into one of the USB 3 ports the drive is not detected. Not in my computer or anything. Furthermore the card shows up under the wrong hardware Brand (NEC) and device name in Device Manager. I also have a USB 2 NEC PCI card but I removed it for troubleshooting. It seems that windows is mistaking the identity of the usb 3 adapter. Ideas?? PS windows 10 can't come soon enough, I just hope it supports dual CPUs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 When you removed the usb 2 card did you also use driver sweeper to remove the drivers for it, sounds to me like the pc is installing that driver for the usb 3 card . You might have to manually install the usb 3 driver to get it to work, then again if your still using vista anything is possible as it did have it's bad points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 I did not see the "delete drivers" option when uninstalling. I'll try driver sweater when I get home. If Vista just does not like usb 3 I'll just blame vista. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Vista and beyond all support USB 3.0, so it's possible the wrong drivers got installed or the adapter is busted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 I tried reinstalling several times. No go. Also driver sweap gave malwarebytes fits. I am going to try running ubuntu until I can get my hands on win 10. The adapter worked fine under windows 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 The card is an x1 in an x8 slot. I have read that this should work yet it is not working. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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