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| Does the Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe card support the Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle, Pocket UltraScope, and UltraStudio Pro? | May-03-11 |
| Yes, under Windows, with firmware version 3.0.2.5 and higher and driver version 2.0.4.0 and higher; and when used in a PCIe 2.0 slot. |
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641 | 
| Why is my USB 3.0 card reporting a USB 2.0 connection to a USB 3.0 storage device? | Jan-10-12 |
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668 |
| Does my Sonnet USB 3.0 card work with OS X 10.7.5? | Sep-04-12 |
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681 |
| Are Sonnet's USB 3.0 cards compatible with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?
| Sep-04-12 |
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726 |
| Does the Allegro USB 3.0 card support bus-powered drives?
| Nov-27-13 |
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732 |
| Do the Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 cards support Thumb Drives? | Oct-24-13 |
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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 |
| To minimize power usage during sleep, power is removed from PCIe cards. Because of this power-saving specification, a USB 3 PCIe card is unable to maintain USB port power during sleep. In macOS, this result in a storage device disconnect upon wake from sleep. The storage device will automatically remount, but the system reports a disconnect message. Because macOS flushes all caches before sleeping, this disconnect should never result in any loss of data. |
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