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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: robmar0se on January 21, 2015, 06:27:59 pm

Title: Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 usb3
Post by: robmar0se on January 21, 2015, 06:27:59 pm

Is a driver available to use USB3 external hdd with this mobo on Win XP SP3.  If so where can I find please.

Thank you.

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 usb3
Post by: autotech on January 22, 2015, 11:59:35 pm

Answer is no. All your ports on that motherboard are 2.0.  USB 3.0 are different color ports. Your motherboard only has

6.4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports in the back and 13.2 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors for additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports by cables internal.

The hard drive should be backward ready which means it will work in a USB 2.0 ports just at slower speeds.