[Outdated] USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers (original and modded)

Important Drivers General: Storage Drivers (AHCI/RAID, NVMe and USB)
701

Okay thank you.

I have attached two screenshots of my drivers.
I’m able to update alle the 3 (of your modified) Intel USB drivers, but that doesn’t solve the problem.
I guess there still something missing, cause it mades no difference if I plug them into the VIA or the Intel USB 3.0 ports.
And if I use the USB 2.0 port at the front it’s working, so something is still missing.
Maybe you could look into my devices? I don’t know what the problem is, and what driver I could replace also.

Best regards
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702

Neither do I.
I recommend to contact the Gigabyte Support regarding your USB problem.

703

Okay I’ll do so.
Maybe I’ll buy an additional USB controller card, my pc is too young to replace em.

704

@Fernando ,
It seems a new Intel USB3.0/3.1 v5.0.0.32 now available (TLD site) does support USB 3.1 (W7 only).

705

These drivers are dated 08/18/2016 and linked within the start post since 16. September.
Look >here<.

706

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 :slight_smile:

707

Did you install both other USB 3.0 drivers before (for Controller and Hub)?
If yes, which are the HardwareIDs of the device named "PCI Express Root Complex"? You get by doing a right-click onto it and choosing the options > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareIDs.

Maybe your system doesn’t need the USB 3.0 "Switch driver".
If all devices, which are connected to any Intel USB 2.0 and 3.0 port, are running fine without having installed the "Switch driver", your system may not need it.

The shown date of the generic driver named pci.sys is absolutely wrong and misleading, because the Win10 in-box drivers are all brandnew. Microsoft hasn’t changed the dates, which are within the related INF file and the Device Manager just reads the text of the INF file. If you want to verify it, search for the file named pci.inf, which you will find within the C:\Windows\INF directory, and open it by using the Editor. Then you will see the mismatch between the shown driver date and the age of the Win10 version, which is written just behind the driver date.

708

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 ?

709

@futiless :
Thanks for your quick reply and the "PCI Express Root Complex" HardwareIDs, which are the same as the ones of my Z170 system.

Ok, as long as all devices, which are connected to the Intel USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, are working fine, I recommend to let everything as it is now.

710

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.

711

@futiless :
According to your previous post your on-board Intel USB 3.0 Controller and Hub devices are currently using the Intel USB 3.0 drivers, which have been modified and signed by me, and are flawlessly working. Only problem: You were not able to get the “Switch” driver properly installed.
As long as this configuration works, I recommend to leave it as it is now.
If you should encounter any problem in the future, you can try the following:

  1. Re-install the default in-box MS USB 3.0 drivers for the Intel USB 3.0 Controller and the Intel USB 3.0 Hub devices (right click onto the related devices and choose the options “Update driver software” > “Manually install driver” > “Let me pick…”)
  2. (Re-)Import the Win-RAID CA Certificate, which is within all my mod+signed driverpacks.
  3. Reinstall the mod+signed Intel USB 3.0 Controller and Hub driver.
  4. (Re-)Try to get the “Switch” driver installed according my guide.

712

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)?

713

What do you think is the reason, why Intel hasn’t stopped the development of new USB 3.0 drivers in 2013?
By the way: Were you able to get the original "official" Intel USB 3.0 drivers v1.0.10.255 dated 09/17/2013 installed onto your system? Are you satisfied with these old Intel USB 3.0 drivers? Which OS are you running?

714

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 :slight_smile:
I run Windows 7.

715

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.

716

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:

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CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2 x64 (C) 2007-2016 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

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]

Test : 1024 MiB [F: 19.3% (2.8/14.6 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2016/12/12 13:16:17
OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 14393] (x64)

After with driver Intel(R) Corporation v5.0.0.32 by Win-RAID CA:
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CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2 x64 (C) 2007-2016 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

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]

Test : 1024 MiB [F: 19.3% (2.8/14.6 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2016/12/12 13:39:53
OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 14393] (x64)

I installed according to the instructions given in the first post

Sorry for my English, I use the translator.

717

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.


I installed the modded drivers anyway,and… well, they work. I might use use those for convenience purposes. I already have to keep 3 different versions here. Damn you Intel.

718

@Gilbert :
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum and thanks for your report!

Each system may respond differently to the same drivers.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

@Octopuss :
Thanks for your updated feedback.

719

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?

720



It didn’t fell, it changed:
Sequentiell Read lowered, sequentiell Write rised, random RW rised, IOPS rised.