Will this hub give me USB 3.0 speed if I plug it to any of my USB 2.0 ports?
1789793
Sorry pal, it's not a booster ...... it just makes one USB port into four...whether it's 2.0 or 3.0, what you have is what you still got.
644933
Your USB speeds will only be as fast as the slowest component you plug into it. If you plug a USB 2.0 external harddrive into a USB 3.0 you'll get 2.0 speeds. If you plug this hub into a USB 2.0 port, you'll get USB 2.0 speeds. Depending on the age of your PC you can probably get an add-on PCI card with USB 3.0 ports if you do not want to upgrade.
993777
Yes, all USB 3.0 devices will work in a USB 2.0 port, they will just run significantly slower due to the limits of USB 2.0 technology.
1669123
Yes absolutely,but speed wont be same as usb3.0. So hence you will get regular speed with USB 2.0.
634744
It will still run at the same speed of USB 2.0, regardless of whether it's plugged into a USB 2.0, or USB 3.0 port. That being said, yes it will work in a 3.0 port, no it won't operate at 3.0 speeds. USB 3.0 connectors are blue on the end to allow everyone to tell the difference between the two.
1760979
It works with USB 2.0 at 2.0 speed. But its worth it because of the future proofing aspect. 3.0 is much much faster. Hope i helped.
771843
Yes, I use it for both USB 3 and 2 and it works fine. But it is a lot slower with 2.0.
1760977
It will work in the USB 2.0 port, but at the slower speed. That is what I am doing and it is fine.
1682601
This is USB 2.It will work with USB 3.0. I do not see any improvement in performance.
1478760
USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0. However, you will not see the performance increase as the hardware inside this device only supports 2.0. To reiterate, yes, you may plug this into a 3.0 USB port and it will work 100% as specified at the performance of a USB 2.0.
1710864
Yes. It however will only operate at the 2.0 speed that the USB port is designed to handle.
847173
You'll be limited to whatever you plug it into, so you'd get 2.0 speed and not 3.0
121412
you certainly can use both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0; the only difference is transfer speed.
1817639
Most likely, it will be limited. USB 3.0 requires both drivers and motherboard ports that earlier models might simply not have. There is some forward compatibility between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 but I would not bet on it. You will still be getting USB 2.0 speeds.
842369
It has been my understanding there is no compatibility issues with USB devises going from 2.0 to 3.0. With that being said all my USB hubs are 2.0, so I have no way of verifying. Wish I could be a greater help.
673686
No. Connecting a 2.0 to 3.0 in any direction will always result in the lower speed of the two. However, they ARE compatible with each other, but you can only get a maximum of USB 2.0 out of this particular reader.
356336
Yes. USB 2.0 devices work in USB 3.0 ports - they just aren't making full use of the fast transfer rate.