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Does the cable meets the USB 3.0 standard (10 wires).
The USB 3.0 spec does not detail a maximum cable length, but 3.0 meters or 9.8 feet has been recommended.
Does the cable meets the USB 3.0 standard (10 wires).
The USB 3.0 spec does not detail a maximum cable length, but 3.0 meters or 9.8 feet has been recommended.
How to check the number of wires? I took (both) caples which comes with both HD-docks. The lenght of each is less than 3 meters (I thing 1 meter and 1.2 meters)
Posted a picture here dual-bus-usb3-cables.jpg
The thing is that you can use normal USB cables on USB 3.0 ports, they fitted in the 6 extra data wires in the same model connector so it is possible to use USB 2.0 cables but you don't get the superspeed benefits
I have definitely the blue USB-3.0.cables with the extra pins on the connectors...
Confusion of all: Windows () recognizes the HD-docks on the USB-3.0-card (although it says the drives could reach higher speed)
So... another thought that it may be the extra pins in (both) jacks of USB 3.0 card are damaged can't be correct, can they?
If the extra smaller pin block is damaged the superspeed USB 3 transfer rate won't function and will fallback on the normal USB 2.0 protocol on the 4 thicker pins
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) recognizes the HD-docks on the USB-3.0-card (although it says the drives could reach higher speed)
