USB 3.0 With Windows 7

[ngy1997]

hello .

i just bought a new SanDisk usb drive with 3.0 connection, i pluged it into the 3.0 usd SS in my case (thermal take level 10 gt)
and nothing happen i checked in the disk management and nothing .

is it because windows 7 doesnt have any usb 3.0 drivers ? or anything else?
(OS : Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP 1)

thank you!

 

[rgd1101]

Does your system support usb 3.0? What is your motherboard model?

 

[popatim]

Yes Win7 would need you to load drivers for the usb3 chipset as it doesnt support USB3 natively. You should be able to see it in Device manager.

Just because your case has usb3 ports doesnt mean they're connected to anything.
I'm afraid you'll need to open the case and check that.

as a test you can plug the Sandisk drive into a usb2 port and it should still work, just at reduced speeds.