USB 3.0 not working on Win7 64-bit

prestocreams · Sep 3, 2016

Good Day guys, I just downgrade my HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14pc from windows 8 to win7. I had a problem regarding the USB ports on my laptop. When I plug mouse, keyboards, or other gadget, it has power but my laptop didn't show anything, like installing driver. I tried scanning hardware changes from device manager, I also tried short-circuiting but pulling the power from socket but nothing helps. the other port can read peripherals and is active but the two 3.0 USB ports are not working. I'm open to any suggestions you have. Thanks in advacne guys.

basroil · Sep 3, 2016

Windows 7 DOES NOT NATIVELY SUPPORT USB 3.0. You must install hte 3.0 drivers from the manufacturer website, but if there is none you will need to reinstall Windows 8

prestocreams · Sep 5, 2016

basroil :

is there no other way around ? like some virtual driver ? or port converter ?

basroil · Sep 5, 2016

prestocreams :

No, you must install the USB 3 drivers before using any of those things you mentioned anyway!

prestocreams · Sep 5, 2016

Well, I guess I just have to buy some USB Splitter for me to use.

BTW, Thanks for letting me know that Windows 7 does not support USB 3.0

basroil · Sep 5, 2016

prestocreams :

No, Win 7 can support USB 3.0, but not NATIVELY. Win 8 and up don't need drivers for most USB 3.0 controllers, Win 7 does need those drivers.

And a USB splitter will not work if connected to the USB 3.0 ports!

Seriously, just reinstall Windows 8, it's better anyway (though you should have updated to 10 when you had the chance to do it for free!)

prestocreams · Sep 5, 2016

No, I mean I will use the splitter for USB 2.0 so that I can plug in other peripherals. Windows 8 is quite a mess, but I'm considering the fact of having windows 10.

basroil · Sep 5, 2016

prestocreams :

Having used Win 8 on three machines from the time it came out to when Win 10 was released, I can tell you that it was in every way better than Win 7. It had all the functionality of Win 7 plus a whole bunch of extra features I used regularly. It was just as stable as 7, but natively supported USB3 and had a better scheduling engine that actually helped out a lot of the software I wrote for it.

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