SUPER SLOW TRANSFER RATE

[jonnyshatter]

so over the weekend i bought:

Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514

And:

Rosewill RX35-AT-SU3 BLK Full Aluminum Cover, Metal Tray 3.5" Black USB 3.0 External Enclosure
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182223

and put them together as an external backup drive

im transferring files (275gb to be exact) and the max speed im getting is 15.6 mbs why wont it go any faster?

yes my motherboard nativly supports usb3.0.

 

[ko888]

What Operating System are you using? Did you install the chipset drivers for the motherboard for the appropriate OS so that USB 3 is supported properly?

 

[jonnyshatter]

win7 x64. and yes i did.

 

[ko888]

What is the motherboard make and model?

 

[jonnyshatter]

p7p55d-e pro

 

[ko888]

For the Rosewill RX35-AT-SU3 BLK Full Aluminum Cover, Metal Tray 3.5" Black USB 3.0 External Enclosure one of the customer reviews left by Reddog on 7/21/2010 had a note at the end:

Note: Anybody wanting to use this enclosure with an Asus P6X58D Premium motherboard will need to download the latest USB 3 firmware and drivers from the Asus site. I initially thought that the enclosure was faulty, but it turned out to be the original Asus/NEC USB3.0 implementation.

Your motherboard, the ASUS P7P55D-E PRO, uses the same NEC USB 3.0 controller.

On the ASUS web site the following two downloads from here should be made and applied:

NEC USB3.0 Controller firmware updater V3.0.2.1 for Windows XP / Vista / Win7 32&64bit

NEC Electronics Corporation USB3.0 Controller Driver V1.0.19.0 for Windows 32/64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista & 32/64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)

 

[jonnyshatter]

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[jonnyshatter]

had the 2nd, not both. peaking at 65mbs, way better than 17, but waitin for the 100mbs speeed. thanks

 

[Guest]

I am having a similar issue with my USB 3.0 setup as well. I'm transferring between 15-25MB/s which is no where close to the advertised specs. I am using a Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 (rev 2.1) motherboard and the Vantec NexStar external enclosure. Both the HDD in the CPU and in the external case are Seagate SATA II, 7200RPM and they should be transferring much faster. I have USB driver version 2.0.4.0 from Gigabyte's website installed. How can I increase the speed up to 80MB (or higher) that other people are reporting?

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

External Enclosure: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392036

PS - I'm running Windows 7 (64bit)

 

[ofx]

I am having a similar issue with my USB 3.0 setup as well. I'm transferring between 15-25MB/s which is no where close to the advertised specs. I am using a Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 (rev 2.1) motherboard and the Vantec NexStar external enclosure. Both the HDD in the CPU and in the external case are Seagate SATA II, 7200RPM and they should be transferring much faster. I have USB driver version 2.0.4.0 from Gigabyte's website installed. How can I increase the speed up to 80MB (or higher) that other people are reporting?

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128443

External Enclosure: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817392036

PS - I'm running Windows 7 (64bit)