On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:05 PM, <fe...@crowfix.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:49:48AM -0400, Michael Mol wrote: >> A thought...if the system is old enough that it only has PCI and PCI-X >> (as opposed to PCIe), then it's definitely not going to have USB3. >> >> Perhaps putting attaching the USB3 enclosure to the system by way of a >> USB2 hub might work? > > No USB 3 on the motherboard. I tried a USB 3 enclosure but got zero > response from Linux when plugging it in. Didn't even show up in > /var/log/messages.
I saw that. My thought is that the the USB3 enclosure might interact better with the hardware on the USB2 hub than directly with the hardware on the motherboard. -- :wq
