Z800 and working USB 3 PCIe card

[Fabian Benninghoven]

Hi there,

i try to install a Logilink USB 3.0 card in our Z800, but it only works with USB 2. If i connect a USB 3 HDD it is working about 10 seconds, then disconnect. Conneting again, disconnect. Etc.pp. I tried the new driver from Logilink and another from NEC. Every f***ing manual from the guys who bought it at Amazon and a lot of forum threads. No changes.

Has someone a working USB3 card in his Z800?

 

[Tom Daigon]

Hi there,

i try to install a Logilink USB 3.0 card in our Z800, but it only works with USB 2. If i connect a USB 3 HDD it is working about 10 seconds, then disconnect. Conneting again, disconnect. Etc.pp. I tried the new driver from Logilink and another from NEC. Every f***ing manual from the guys who bought it at Amazon and a lot of forum threads. No changes.

Has someone a working USB3 card in his Z800?

As far as I know, its only the Z820 that has the newer technology that supports USB 3

 

[Mark Noland]

Hi Fabian

The fact that it works on USB 2 might suggest that you have a bad USB 3 cable.

Best
Mark

 

[Tom Daigon]

A list of Z800 specs...

4. Choice of 850W, 85% or 1110W, 89% Power Supplies
5. 12 DIMM Slots for DDR3 ECC Memory
6. 3 External 5.25” Bays
7. 4 Internal 3.5” Bays
8. 2 Quad Core Intel 5500 Series Processors
9. Rear I/O: 1 IEEE 1394a, 6 USB 2.0, 1 serial, PS/2 keyboard/mouse
2 RJ-45 to Integrated Gigabit LAN
1 Audio Line In, 1 Audio Line Out, 1 Microphone In
10. 2 PCIe x16 Gen2 Slots
11.. 2 PCIe x8 Gen2, 1 PCIe x4 Gen2, 1 PCIe x4 Gen1, 1 PCI Slot
12 3 Internal USB 2.0 ports


As I said the Z800 is older technology and does not support USB 3.

 

[Mark Noland]

Fabian is installing a PCIe card that will add USB3 ports to any machine with a spare PCIe slot.

USB3 cards are typically just under $30 from your local electronics source like Fry's or Newegg, etc.


Best
Mark

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Yeah, doesn't matter what is in the Z800. Any good PCIe USB3 adapter will work. I don't know anything about this Logilink (who?), but I would also agree with Mark on this one. It's working in USB2.0 mode, so I would look at cabling, possibly drivers, possibly device compatibility issues.

FWIW, I'm partial to the CalDigit 6GU3 card. Gives dual USB3.0 and dual 6Gbps eSATA ports. And yes, it works in i55xx series Xeon systems, including the Z800 and 2009~Current Mac Pros.

 

[Fabian Benninghoven]

There are a lot of others that have big problems with the Logilink card and its driver versions. Some say they solved the problem by using a 3rd party driver, for me it wont work. So i try to ask if somebody got a USB3 card working in a Z800.

The fact that the USB3 station connected to a USB2 shows that cable and station are ok. Also the card is working with a USB2 station. So i do need to switch to another card... and thx Jeff for the Caldigit card. But in Germany its hard to find this card and otherwise its really expensive...

Maybe i have to try 5 other cheap cards and send back the non-working ...

 

[Mark Noland]

I would seriously try another cable first OR test the cable on a known working USB3 device.

Cables are notoriously undependable and cheap ones even worse.

Best
Mark

 

[Fabian Benninghoven]

Okeedoookeee.... :sifone:

 

[Fabian Benninghoven]

Ive tested a new card from transcend, working fine - but the copyrate is far away from good. About 40-60 MB/sec only :/

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Now we have to determine why the speed is in the range of USB2. So it comes down to cables, device compatibility, and a few other factors. Just because a device is "USB 3.0" that doesn't automatically make it fast.

 

[Fabian Benninghoven]

Copying from a USB3 device to a HDD is about 100MB/sec. But the other way round... from HDD onto the USB3 device: 40-60mb/sec. Tested with different cables, a dicking station and a 2,5" USB3 hdd.