Billaguana Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I dont believe there is one, however it would be nice to have one. I am guessing it would be a USB 2.0 with a power plug also. Anyone heard of or found any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martog Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 What would this really be for? USB 3.0 devices can be plugged into 2.0 ports, and 2.0 devices plugged into 3.0 ports no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 4, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted February 4, 2012 huh? You mean convert a USB 2.0 hub to USB 3.0? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted February 4, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted February 4, 2012 People ask this whenever a new version comes out of something - unfortunately you can't convert a port. Besides, USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1, so connectivity isn't an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaguana Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 I guess I wanted to retain the transfer rate and still supply the power through it as 3.0 does. Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nominak Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I guess I wanted to retain the transfer rate and still supply the power through it as 3.0 does. Thanks all You won't get USB 3.0 speed through a USB 2.0 device.. although it should give you power through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martog Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I guess I wanted to retain the transfer rate and still supply the power through it as 3.0 does. Thanks all You need USB 3.0 all the way through the chain to maintain 3.0 speeds. I am not sure if power implimentation has changed between the specs, but USB 2.0 can provide power as well (powered hub might be needed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+PeterUK MVC Posted February 4, 2012 MVC Share Posted February 4, 2012 You could get one of these: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Card%20Reader/Hub&type_sub=USB%20Hub&model=AK-PCCU3-01 But if you don't have a PCI-e 2.0 slot you can't get the full USB 3.0 speed and if you do have a PCI-e 2.0 slot only one port can get full speed at a time with USB 3.0 being 4.8Gbps. HighwayGlider 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEX4S Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 You could get one of these: http://www.akasa.com...del=AK-PCCU3-01 But if you don't have a PCI-e 2.0 slot you can't get the full USB 3.0 speed and if you do have a PCI-e 2.0 slot only one port can get full speed at a time with USB 3.0 being 4.8Gbps. Which would only be an issue if you connect an SSD to it - otherwise an HHD wont get close to that bottleneck. I think the best I see on USB3.0 is about 130MB/sec tranfer rates on a Caviar Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 That's like asking can you get a 100mb network adaptor to run at 1gig. Simple answer : Not possible. Long answer: Buy yourself a USB3 card ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayGlider Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Or buy something seksay like: http://www.coolermas...product_id=6704 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKAngel Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 thats presuming he has usb3 plugs on his mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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