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| Can I get a longer cable for the CFast 2.0 Pro Card Adapter? | Oct-24-17 |
| The CFast 2.0 Pro Card Reader is Thunderbolt certified with only the 0.5 meter 40Gb/s passive cable that is attached at the factory or a Sonnet-authorized service center.
To achieve a longer reach from the computer to the Reader, you may attach the Reader to the pass-through Thunderbolt 3 port of a two-port Thunderbolt 3 device that has a longer Thunderbolt 3 cable to the host computer.
If you absolutely must have a 1-meter cable, and you don't have another device to daisy-chain, then a 1-meter 20Gb/s cable will work. A 20Gb/s cable will not compromise the perfomance of this reader.
Do NOT use a 1-meter 40Gb/s cable under any circumstances. A 1 meter 40Gb/s cable has active electronics, and the power requirements of this reader combined with the active electronics in a 1-meter 40Gb/s cable would exceed the Thunderbolt 3 power specification. Furthermore a 1 meter 40Gb/s cable has a longer connector that will not fit behind the rear panel.
Do NOT use a 2-meter cable under any circumstances. There would be too much voltage drop in a 2-meter cable for this Reader. |
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924 |
| Can I connect the CFast 2.0 Pro Card Adapter to a Thunderbolt 2 Mac? | Oct-24-17 |
| Thunderbolt 2 does not have enough power to directly connect a Thunderbolt 3 bus-powered device like the CFast 2.0 Pro Card Reader. However, you can connect the CFast 2.0 Pro Card Reader if you have an intermediate Thunderbolt 3 device in the chain that is wall-powered, for example the Sonnet SxS Pro Card Reader.
Thunderbolt 2 Mac----Apple TB 3 (USB-C) to TB 2 Adapter----Wall-powered Thunderbolt 3 Device----CFast 2.0 Pro Card Reader
Note that the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter is reversable and will support a Thunderbolt 2 Mac and a Thunderbolt 3 device (as well as a Thunderbolt 3 Mac and a Thunderbolt 2 device). |
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1040 | 
| Upon connecting the CFast 2.0 Thunderbolt 3 Card Reader, I see an error message "Accessory Needs More Power" | Dec-18-18 |
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1137 |
| Under Windows, CFast cards are not mounting. | Feb-18-21 |
| Windows needs to be trained to identify CFast cards. You can train Windows in two ways:
1. Boot with the CFast Reader attached (cards do not need to be plugged in).
2. Plug in two CFast cards, and then hot-plug the Thunderbolt cable to the CFast Reader.
After either one of these training methods, Windows will continue to automatically recognize inserted CFast cards.
If you hot-plug the CFast Reader Thunderbolt cable without CFast cards installed, then Windows will not recognize cards. |
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