USB 3.0 X230 Win7 Problems

[myxomop]

I am the proud owner of an x230 (specs in sig) with version 2.73 BIOS. For the entire time I've owned my machine, it has never achieved file transfer speeds in keeping with reasonable USB 3.0 expectations when a USB 3.0 compatible device is connected to the blue USB 3.0 port. I think I did a driver update some time ago to try and fix it to no avail. I've attached a screenshot of my USB section of Device Manager, and can post back with any driver name/date/revision upon request.



Many thanks in advance,

-Danny

[RealBlackStuff]

You are obviously missing the USB3.0 driver: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/ie/en/prod ... s/ds034760

[dr_st]

Edit: RBS was faster.

Windows 7 does not have built-in USB 3.0 drivers. You need this one: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downlo ... t-thinkpad

However I would expect the USB 3.0 controller to appear in the device manager with a yellow bang for missing driver. What's under "Other Devices"?

[myxomop]

Here are the two "Other Devices" entries:



I downloaded the linked driver, and in the process of installing, was prompted with a dialog box asking if I wanted to write over the existing default installation directory, which already exists. I think this is the driver update I mentioned, which did not get me anywhere near USB 3.0 speeds:



Should I overwrite the contents of the folder? Should I remove and install the new driver rather than replace old with new?

Thanks for your continued help.

-myxomop

[RealBlackStuff]

Install to that folder anyway.

[dr_st]

1180:E823 is the Realtek Card Reader.

8086:1E31 is the USB 3.0 controller. Looks like you just need to extract the driver (to the same folder, as RBS suggested) and run Setup.exe.

[myxomop]

installed, restarted. it's gotten worse:

[dr_st]

Does the USB 3.0 controller appear in Device Manager now?

[myxomop]

[dr_st]

Looks fine to me.

To test that USB 3.0 works, connect a USB 3.0-capable drive, then use CrystalDiskMark to test the various read/write speeds.

Manually copying random files is a problematic experiment to deduce from.