T wrote:

On 06/01/2018 06:38 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

T wrote:

T wrote:

Anyone have a favorite PCIe USB 3.1 card that actually
works right?* Siig?

I am looking at this one:

http://www.siig.com/it-products/usb/...-type-a-c.html

But I can not tell which chipset it uses

Found it:

Chipset: Asmedia ASM1142

Wonder if it works any better than the asmedia 2142?

Note the list of operating systems supported by this card at:

http://www.siig.com/download/search/...d=JU-P20A12-S1
(when going to your link for the product page, I clicked on Downloads to
see what were available for this card.)

Windows 7 is not included. Why? SIIG does *not* provide a driver for
this card. They rely on the one included in Windows. However, as
mentioned in my reply to Paul, Windows 7 only supports up to USB 2.0.
Windows 7 does *NOT* natively support USB 3.x, so you cannot use this
card with Windows 7. you MUST install a driver in Windows 7 to add USB
3.x, and SIIG doesn't provide one for that card.


I just will install the chipset drivers from Intel

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476

That only has a link to their Creator utility that somehow builds a
modified ISO image of the Windows 7 install image to install their USB3
driver(s). Sounds pretty much what nLite does, too (once you have the
driver files to add to the image). Doesn't look like this tool is a
driver installer, like to update Windows 7 to USB3 support.

Where are you getting the USB3 drivers from Intel?

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/pro...troller-Driver

I found some there but they are for specific Intel chipsets. Are you
using a mobo with an Intel chipset? If not, you'll have to get AMD's
mobo chipset driver that has USB3 support. I didn't find USB-only
drivers from AMD's site and their chipset drivers don't describe what
all they support in their drivers. I did find:

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds030088
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOT...indows-7.shtml

Might be generic enough to work on any AMD chipset mobo. If you get the
chip driver from the chip maker, those are reference drivers and may not
utilize all of a chip after it is in-circuit on the card due to missing
or additional ancillary logic on the board. Best is to see of the mobo
(or system maker for pre-builts) have the driver for however they
implemented the chip within their card design. You have to hope the
mobo or system maker hasn't yet abandoned Windows 7 or they didn't
design their product for a later version of Windows so they don't have
drivers for the older Windows versions.

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Oth...indows-7.shtml

That one doesn't list an AMD chipset. It is a chipset driver bundle, so
you might find it listed at AMD's site.