How to tell if my usb 3.0 disk is 3.0 or 2.0?

lgreen · 12th August 2011, 03:50 PM

I connected a usb 3.0 hdd enclosure to my pc, yet it does not seem very fast. In copying 130 GB its going at about 26 MB/sec according to windows.

How do I tell if it is transferring data under usb 3.0 or under usb 2.0 protocols?

digits · 12th August 2011, 04:07 PM

unless you have a usb3 motherboard it will just connect as 2.

lgreen · 12th August 2011, 05:19 PM

aaaahhh, yeah I have a motherboard with many usb 3 connections and plugged the usb 3 drive into the usb 3 slot, but since all of these connections are backwards compatible with usb 2.0 how do you actually confirm you are using usb 3 vs. usb 2 on this particular device?

12th August 2011, 03:50 PM	#1
lgreen diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Diego, USA	How to tell if my usb 3.0 disk is 3.0 or 2.0? I connected a usb 3.0 hdd enclosure to my pc, yet it does not seem very fast. In copying 130 GB its going at about 26 MB/sec according to windows. How do I tell if it is transferring data under usb 3.0 or under usb 2.0 protocols? __________________ My DIY audio projects- PartTimeProjects.com.

12th August 2011, 05:19 PM	#3
lgreen diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Diego, USA	aaaahhh, yeah I have a motherboard with many usb 3 connections and plugged the usb 3 drive into the usb 3 slot, but since all of these connections are backwards compatible with usb 2.0 how do you actually confirm you are using usb 3 vs. usb 2 on this particular device? __________________ My DIY audio projects- PartTimeProjects.com.

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12th August 2011, 04:07 PM	#2
digits diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011	unless you have a usb3 motherboard it will just connect as 2.

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