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๐Ÿ’จ Ableconn PU31A-ESA: Enhance Data Transfer Speed with 1-Port USB 3.1 10 Gbps Type-A & 1-Port eSATA III 6 Gbps PCIe x4 Host Adapter Card Review

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Description of ๐Ÿ’จ Ableconn PU31A-ESA: Enhance Data Transfer Speed with 1-Port USB 3.1 10 Gbps Type-A & 1-Port eSATA III 6 Gbps PCIe x4 Host Adapter Card

One 10Gbps USB3.1 port and one 6Gbps External eSATA III port PCI Express 3.0 x4 Lane Host Adapter. Low Profile board. Include both Low Profile and Regular Size PCIe brackets. PCIe x4 card fits in any PCIe 2.0 or PCIe 3.0 x4 or x8 or x16 slot. Support up to 2A/5V on USB-A downstream port. No driver installation is required on macOS 10.9 to 10.10, and 10.12 and later (NOTE: macOS 10.11 built-in USB driver does not support ASMedia USB 3.1), Win10/8, Server 2012 and later; Linux 2.6.31 and later. Driver download is available for 32/64 bit Windows 7/Vista, and Windows Server 2008/2003. Built with ASMedia ASM2142 with PCIe Gen3 x2 Lane performance. Fully RoHS compliant. Made in Taiwan.

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Not compatible with Linux

This card is not compatible with Fedora 28 x64 Linux. Ports supply power but nothing else: $ uname -r4.17.9-200.fc28.x86_64 With USB 3.1 stick plugged in: Aug 23 19:24:47 localhost kernel: usb 6-1: new SuperSpeed device USB number 5 using xhci_hcdAug 23 19:24:47 kernel localhost:usb 6-1: read device descriptor /8, error -61

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Speed

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Good card - but one piece of advice

There were some minor issues with my Gigabyte motherboard - until I set the PCI slot to x4 instead of "auto" in the BIOS. If that doesn't work for you, try this: Via USB-C, my external SSD copied a 450MB file in about three seconds.

Pros
  • Great for outdoor activities
Cons
  • Appearance

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very happy - computers and accessories

PROS Well done, meets all expectations and compatibility was not an issue as my Mac Pro 5.1 (3.33) works with most USB3 and especially PCIe Express Maps can be picky. This product uses a 16x line. NEGATIVES While the system information definitely shows up as USB 3.1, the ASM1351 reports a maximum speed of 5 GB/s, which conforms to the 3.0 standard. I'm glad to have a working 3.0 standard that is compatible, but was hoping that higher speeds would be available with a '3.1' rated card. I'm usingโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Great for me
Cons
  • Could have chosen a newer model

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Don't buy dual port USB-C card with ASM2142 chip for PC. Bought two; both failed

I have two different boards with USB-C ports with ASMedia ASM2142 chip (PU31-2C-2 USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gb/s), 2 Type-C ports) for my Dell XPS8700 Bought , high performance PC with 16GB RAM. The cards were guaranteed to work with Windows 10. One failed immediately, the second didn't work at all. The first card worked for about two minutes. Then I got a crazy error message with a QR code saying Windows had never seen this error. Then my computer uploaded a bunch of data to Microsoft and restartedโ€ฆ

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  • Worth the money
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