USB 2 plugged into USB 3?
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Hello,
I have an external hard drive (Verbatim 320 GB) that connects via USB 2.
How can I connect it to a USB 3 port and have my hard drive recognized?
P.S.: I already tried connecting my USB 2 external hard drive to a USB 3 port; the external hard drive starts up, but the PC doesn't recognize it and displays no messages—neither that it is improperly connected, nor incompatible, nothing at all, and no sound when I plug it in, just the drive's light turns on.
My external hard drive works fine on USB 2.
Thank you in advance.
I have an external hard drive (Verbatim 320 GB) that connects via USB 2.
How can I connect it to a USB 3 port and have my hard drive recognized?
P.S.: I already tried connecting my USB 2 external hard drive to a USB 3 port; the external hard drive starts up, but the PC doesn't recognize it and displays no messages—neither that it is improperly connected, nor incompatible, nothing at all, and no sound when I plug it in, just the drive's light turns on.
My external hard drive works fine on USB 2.
Thank you in advance.
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Hi
We've been asking the question for 3 years now, USB standards are backward compatible.
USB 2.0 works with 1.0 and 3.0, 3.0 devices are also compatible with 2.0 sometimes requiring a connection via 2 USB 2.0 ports (3.0 device on 2.0 ports)
So no problem using a 2.0 device on a 3.0 port.
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We've been asking the question for 3 years now, USB standards are backward compatible.
USB 2.0 works with 1.0 and 3.0, 3.0 devices are also compatible with 2.0 sometimes requiring a connection via 2 USB 2.0 ports (3.0 device on 2.0 ports)
So no problem using a 2.0 device on a 3.0 port.
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Before asking a question: 1° The brain doesn't wear out if you use it, don't hesitate to use it!
2° Google is your friend, the search engine on CCM too, do a search!
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So why is my external hard drive not recognized by my PC?
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Have you checked the "Disk Management" to see if it appears or not?
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Yes, it does not appear there.
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And you don't have any USB 2.0 ports on the PC? I would find that surprising ^^
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If it works on USB 2 but since I'm going to change PCs, there will be a lot of USB 3, so I would like to know how to do it.