Help please with new build USB 3.0 painfully slow

Edit: All good now. SD card to SSD is working at 538 MB/s so I got if figured out.

I was going to respond by having you check for new drivers.

Would you please post your solution for future users?

Also, what equipment did you buy/install. We always like that stuff.

I got win-7 to check all the USB drivers and it came back they were all up to date, but I re-installed them all again and it's working now, so who knows, but it works and is blazing fast so I'm happy now.

My full build is:

NZXT Phantom 630 Case (white)
i5-4690
MSI GTX 660tf
MSI Z97 U3 Plus
EVGA Supernova G2 750w psu
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB for boot drive
840 Pro 256GB for everything else.
Orico USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Multi-Card Reader
Pioneer Blu-ray Burner BDR-209DBK
ASUS dvd burner
Win-7 Home Premium 64 bit

I've been reading about bitcoin on this forum and maybe I can use this build to get some coins, but to be honest, after reading bitcoin threads here, I still understand nearly nothing on how it actually works. I'm going to need time to see what is really involved and if it is something I could actually do.

I've been reading about bitcoin on this forum and maybe I can use this build to get some coins, but to be honest, after reading bitcoin threads here, I still understand nearly nothing on how it actually works. I'm going to need time to see what is really involved and if it is something I could actually do

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Let me stop you right there. Its not worth it to GPU mine. That ship sailed a couple of months ago.

You should also create a signature so we always know what hardware you have.

EarthDog said:

Let me stop you right there. Its not worth it to GPU mine. That ship sailed a couple of months ago.

You should also create a signature so we always know what hardware you have.

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Thanks EarthDog, saves me a lot of reading OK, will create a signature too.

Well......USB 3.0 playing up again.. Fast/slow/not recognized at all/hanging.... it just goes on and on no matter what is plugged into it. If I disable windows update on win-7, would this allow me to uninstall and reinstall the latest MSI USB 3.0 drivers or will windows jump in and install their own afterwards? I remember reading somewhere, but can't find the link anymore, about windows-7 doing something screwy with USB 3.0 even when updates is turned off but I can't re-call everything I read.

Here's how you stop Windows 7 from installing the drivers automatically.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2500967

I had to do this myself to install my Asmedia USB 3 controller driver, as I recall.

Hey, thanks for that link! Exactly what I was looking for

Have you installed the latest BIOS for your board some updates fix USB 3.0 issues just recently updated a friends ASUS RAMPAGE GENE board and it had Stability improvements and USB 3.0 fixes

Here is a link to your board on the UK site http://uk.msi.com/support/mb/Z97_U3_PLUS.html#down-bios

1.4 is the latest version and here's what it fixes

- Removed 1024MB option in "Integrated Graphics Share Memory" of BIOS.
- Adjusted CPU fan down time back to 0.3 sec.
- Improved USB keyboard compatibility.
- Improved memory compatibility.
- Enhanced MFlash function.
- Improved some BIOS items can not be changed after clear CMOS

If you haven't updated maybe worth doing

AngelfireUk83 said:

Have you installed the latest BIOS for your board some updates fix USB 3.0 issues just recently updated a friends ASUS RAMPAGE GENE board and it had Stability improvements and USB 3.0 fixes

Here is a link to your board on the UK site http://uk.msi.com/support/mb/Z97_U3_PLUS.html#down-bios

1.4 is the latest version and here's what it fixes

- Removed 1024MB option in "Integrated Graphics Share Memory" of BIOS.
- Adjusted CPU fan down time back to 0.3 sec.
- Improved USB keyboard compatibility.
- Improved memory compatibility.
- Enhanced MFlash function.
- Improved some BIOS items can not be changed after clear CMOS

If you haven't updated maybe worth doing

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I've thought about it, but so many have bricked their boards on updating BIOS that I have been very hesitant. I read the MSI forum
all the time and people who have updated using the correct procedures often have never ending problems, so I didn't want to open
a new can of worms. It seems MSI has a real problem with this.

Hrm. Sounds like a paralyzing situation. The bios are very possibly the problem... but updating the bios might cause worse damage.

I'd just cross my fingers, and update the bios.

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Hrm. Sounds like a paralyzing situation. The bios are very possibly the problem... but updating the bios might cause worse damage.

I'd just cross my fingers, and update the bios.

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Yeah, I'm very tempted. Just deciding if the possible down time of RMA'ing a board is worth it at the moment if BIOS update goes screwy on me. My next build with have a more fail safe board for updating which I never even thought about on my first build. Should have read more info on forums like this one before purchasing a board without dual BIOS.