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756 | 
| Do the Sonnet USB 2.0 or USB 3 cards support the Apple SuperDrive? | Apr-02-22 |
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759 | 
| My bus-powered USB 3 drive or SSD will not reliably mount or transfer data. | Dec-14-19 |
| High power bus-powered drives are supported by the current and recent line of Sonnet USB 3 cards, plus the Tango 3.0 PCIe (FW8USB3A-E) cards, but not the discontinued USB 3.0 PCIe cards (USB3-E or USB3M-E), the initial version of the Tango 3.0 PCIe card (FWUSB3-E), or any USB 2.0 cards.
If you are still having trouble, this may be a problem due to a voltage drop in the USB cable. Use the following guide to select the correct cable for your application.
In general, these cables should work with SSDs or optical drives drawing up to 2A of current:
Type........Power-Carrying Wires....Cable Outside Diameter....Maximum Cable Length
USB 2.0..........28 AWG...............................3.8mm...........................0.15m (0.5 ft)
USB 2.0..........24 AWG...............................4.7mm...........................0.3m ( 1 ft)
USB 2.0..........22 AWG...............................5.0mm..............................1m ( 3 ft)
USB 3.0..........20 AWG...............................6.0mm..............................1m ( 3 ft)
Generally, the gauge of the power-carrying wires can be inferred from the cable outside diameter. |
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817 |
| Storage connected to a USB 3 PCIe card (or Tango combo card) gives an macOS error message upon wake from sleep. | May-12-20 |
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933 |
| What versions of macOS support Allegro USB 3 cards? | Apr-02-22 |
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956 |
| What generations of Thunderbolt chassis do Sonnet Allegro PCIe cards support? | Apr-02-22 |
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971 |
| One or more of my ports has stopped working on my USB 3 card. | Aug-24-22 |
| All current and recent Sonnet USB 3 cards have resettable fuses to protect the ports from an overcurrent condition. To reset the fuses, you must remove power to the card by shutting down your machine. (Restarting is not sufficient.) After turning the computer back on, the ports should start working again. If the fuses continue to trip, then you may have a device that draws too much USB Bus power (more than 2 Amps). |
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1080 |
| What is the difference between USB 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2? | Apr-02-22 |
| USB 3 is the specification revision published by the USB Implementers Forum. Dot 0, dot 1, or dot 2 is the revision level of the specification. USB 3.2 superseded USB 3.1, which superceded USB 3.0. Each version of the specification retained what was in the previous specification and added something new. USB 3.1 added 10Gbps. USB 3.2 adds 20Gbps.
Our cards have not changed. We have updated the naming on our web site to conform with the latest specification.
This chart may help...
USB 3.0____USB 3.1___________________USB 3.2________________
USB 3.0 -> USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps) --> USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps)
..................USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) -> USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps)
.............................................................USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20Gbps) |
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1099 |
| What makes Sonnet USB 3.2 Cards more reliable than other USB 3 cards? | Apr-02-22 |
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1144 |
| Why does Sonnet use only PCIe 2 to connect the two controllers on these 4-port USB 3.2 Gen 2 cards? | Apr-18-21 |
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1149 |
| How to configure Linux to use Allegro Pro USB card models USB3C-4PM-E and USB3-PRO-4P10-E | May-04-21 |
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1168 |
| If I put a usb 2.0 and 3.0 device on the same controller will the speeds for the 3.0 device drop to 2.0 like older split-port controllers? | Dec-07-21 |
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