I want to buy a USB.3 card for my Dell XPS 400 which runs under Windows 7.The card would plug into one of the PCIe slots and comes with a driver. However I am wondering if there is anything in my setup, such as support by the BIOS (I have the latest - A07) or some chipset on the MOB that will nix the chance of this working. The XPS 400 is, after all, a fairly old machine - certainly pre version 3 of USB.
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Adding a USB.3 card
- Thread starter ngoodacre
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Provided you have the correct type of slot for the card it should be fine as long as you install the supplied driver (since Windows 7 does not support USB 3.0 natively).
If ever you need to boot from a USB device such as a pen drive though, you may have to plug that device into one of the original built-in USB 2.0 ports for the BIOS to recognise it. But in Windows, using the add-on USB 3.0 ports should present no problems.
If ever you need to boot from a USB device such as a pen drive though, you may have to plug that device into one of the original built-in USB 2.0 ports for the BIOS to recognise it. But in Windows, using the add-on USB 3.0 ports should present no problems.
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Phillip corcoran, good point.
Also make sure you have extra 4pin molex from the PSU too, Check the link to see it. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ANLc95kzL._SX300_.jpg
Also make sure you have extra 4pin molex from the PSU too, Check the link to see it. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ANLc95kzL._SX300_.jpg
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