If the hard drives and memory sticks are compatible with 3.0 USB 2.0 format, you can not fully exploit their speed as plugging them into USB 3.0 ports. Learn how to add USB 3.0 ports to your computer desktop.
To add USB 3.0 ports to your desktop computer, you need to add a controller card in PCI-Express. You must check at first if you have such a free slot on the motherboard of your computer. For this step, no need to open your computer because a program like Sisoft Sandra can do the trick.
You will then need to open the cabinet and install your new card, which is not complicated and is accessible to everyone. You will then install the drivers appropriate for the card is recognized by Windows and you can then use the new USB 3.0 ports with USB devices.
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To take advantage of USB 3.0 in your computer, you need to add a controller card. For a desktop computer, a PCI-Express slot is required.
- For a desktop, you will have to open the cabinet to verify this with a PCI-Express. Locate the PCI-Express in your case.
- If you do not want to open your computer you can use a free software like Sandra. Download and install it.
- After installation. launch Sandra and open the Hardware tab and double click on Motherboard.
- Expansion Slot section provides information about the connectors on your motherboard.
- Close the window and double click the icon and peripheral bus.
- Scroll down the list class and select the first item PCIe.
- The device type field tells you whether an item is present on this connector. Here is a video card present.
- Repeat for the other elements of the list class PCIe. When the message No devices found is displayed, it means that the connector is free.
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