One thing I have noticed with all the cards I have used, if the HD's I attach have the same id in lsusb then only one at a time will work and I have to move the other to another controller.
Shane On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Tyler D <tdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Nelson Green <nelsongree...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I need to install a USB3 card in a Dell Precision, running a stock > Squeeze > >> install. Any that I should avoid, or issues I should be aware of? I see > >> there are some hits on the list, but most appear to be in Spanish and I > am > >> far too rusty in that language to properly comprehend their content. > > > > I received no responses to this question (not complaining, just > > mentioning), but I have some experience to pass along in case anyone > else is > > interested. Naturally I purchased a card that did not work. It was the > "PPA > > International USB 3.0 SuperSpeed PCI-Express Card 2 Port". Unfortunately > I > > am unable to tell anyone which chipset it incorporates, but will try to > get > > it back to find out. When it did not work, a colleague offered to try it > in > > his windows box, since the card came with a windows driver. It worked for > > him, and we swapped his card out. His works for me. It was a no-name > brand, > > but it uses the NEC chipset, and seems to be working just fine here. > > I have three USB3 cards.... two of them are PCI: > * StarTech 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter Model PCIUSB3S2 > ** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158275 > * Koutech 2-Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Card Model IO-PU230 > ** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815201041 > > and the other is PCIe: > * Western Digital USB 3.0 PCIe Card Model WDBFNJ0000NNC-WASN > ** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815140001 > > I use the PCIe card the most and haven't had any big problems. The > PCI cards seem fine too, but I don't use them as much. > > One thing I will mention is that for this 1 or 2 particular USB3 hard > drives, it isn't recognized... and I'm forced to use my motherboards > onboard USB2 port. Having said that... I'm also not totally sure if > its the USB3 hard disk drive itself or the USB3 card that is at > fault... lol or something different entirely. IIRC, I see this same > behaviour on an old Fedora 12 box, which uses one of the PCI cards and > also on my KUbuntu 12.04 machine which uses the PCIe card. > > One of the PCI cards claims to use the NEC chipset. Not sure about > the others. The NEC chipset seems ubiquitous, though, for almost any > USB3 card I ever see. > > Good Luck! > > --Tyler > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/cah3rtgdxbwy8utuhhgwy21hrrp-ifiedxlw-vnu3nf5am7r...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Shane D. Johnson IT Administrator Rasmussen Equipment
