FIRST OFF FERNANDO you are by far the single most impressive community asset by allowing this bridge for us perfermance users that want full support. THANK YOU.

Question is though in the OP : you state
"Expand the section "System devices", right click onto the device named "PCI Express Root Complex" and install the driver, which is within the folder "Switch Driver - only if applicable" (you can do it with the "Browse my computer..." > "Browse" option)."

This part for me results in black screen and what seemed to be no response. How do I know if it is as you say applicable ?.. And why the black screen.. ? Should I bother reinstalling Win 10 x64 or driver compatibility mode ? I am just really not sure as it would seem like mine is old dated at 2006 !? Odd .. Anyhow how do I force it in ... and should I ..

Thank you for your Genius :)

No I did not install others before, as I was migrating from the windows WHQL (poor quality ones that came with Asrock Extreme11 x99). The first 2 elements went through with flying colors, and I could see that they were indeed a perfect fit as the Generic USB Hubs changed to USB 2.0 and all my devices were being properly discovered. Excited I followed to the last step to the black screen as I had indicated :(.

Hardware IDs :

ACPI\VEN_PNP&DEV_0A08
ACPI\PNP0A08
*PNP0A08

Regarding may not needing the Switch driver in your experience what are the pros and cons ? You seem to be great at explaining this like no one else I have ever met. Sincerely!

OK so stability/performance/features wise should I be be going which way ?

Well technically not booting now. Should I :

by let everything as it is now did you mean

a) Leave original drivers ( ORIGINAL )
b) Everything minus PCI Express Root Complex *(Working)
c) PCI Express Root Complex - ATTEMPT to get working ..

Sorry to bug you and thanks again.

Is there any reason why I would want to install the newer modded Intel driver on my 7-series PC over the official driver (1.0.10.255 I believe)?

Well there must be a reason why USB drivers for specific chipsets are standalone.
With the SATA drivers, there are modded ones but you specifically wrote that we should use the older ones for older chipsets anyway.


I am satisfied with the drivers. I mean, the USB ports work. I have no idea what else should I want or what could I get with newer ones :)
I run Windows 7.

Hello!
After installation of the drivers fell performance USB

Lenovo G500s (Windows 10) - chipset Intel HM76, controller Intel USB 3.0

Before with driver Microsoft v10.0.14393.0:

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #713

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Zitat von Octopuss im Beitrag #712

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I am satisfied with the drivers. I mean, the USB ports work. I have no idea what else should I want or what could I get with newer ones :).

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I totally agree with you, since your system has an Intel 7-Series chipset, which is natively not supported by the newer USB 3.0 drivers.

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First of all, thank you for making my USB 3.0 ports alive.

I follow your guide to install the drivers, the ports finally work, but I have got a problem after installed them. All the videos online cannot be play, when I restored the drivers, they can play as usual. So, do you get some idea of what the problem it is?

Zitat von Gilbert im Beitrag #714

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After installation of the drivers fell performance USB

Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 219.772 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 51.119 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 13.329 MB/s [ 3254.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 11.496 MB/s [ 2806.6 IOPS]
Sequential Read (T= 1) : 248.928 MB/s
Sequential Write (T= 1) : 52.223 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 12.170 MB/s [ 2971.2 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 11.162 MB/s [ 2725.1 IOPS]

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Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 190.146 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 52.512 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 14.126 MB/s [ 3448.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 11.505 MB/s [ 2808.8 IOPS]
Sequential Read (T= 1) : 187.877 MB/s
Sequential Write (T= 1) : 52.433 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 12.872 MB/s [ 3142.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 11.083 MB/s [ 2705.8 IOPS]

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