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MasterGunz67's avatar
Apr 04, 2015

A6210 Adapter Not Recognizing USB 3.0

I've had this adapter for about two months, and while it is still working, it no longer recognizes the USB 3.0 ports that it's plugged into. I've tried multiple ports and re-installing the wireless drivers. Whenever I start up it tells me to plug it into a USB 3.0 port. Is this something anyone else has encountered? Thank you for any help you can provide.

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  • MasterGunz67 wrote:
    I've had this adapter for about two months, and while it is still working, it no longer recognizes the USB 3.0 ports that it's plugged into. I've tried multiple ports and re-installing the wireless drivers. Whenever I start up it tells me to plug it into a USB 3.0 port. Is this something anyone else has encountered? Thank you for any help you can provide.


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  • dug_less wrote:
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    Thank you for the reply. I'm assuming you meant to link something?
  • Weird twist of the plot here:
    I did a complete reinstall of my OS (it was about time), used the MediaTek drivers provided in another thread in this forum, still received the USB 3.0 message. I took a step back and installed the NETGEAR-specific 1.0.0.25 drivers over the MediaTek (seeing if maybe cycling up would possibly remedy the situation) never once removing the device. No message. I rebooted multiple times, unplugged and reinserted the adapter numerous times, still, no message.
    This may not be a typical result and unknown factors in my configurations caused this break in the clouds, but it's still worth endeavoring if you're game.
  • I just bought the A6210 and I am having the same problem. I am using an MSI H87-G43 MB and no matter which USB 3.0 port I try, I receive the same message that this device would perform better if it is used in a USB 3.0 port, which it is. I have other USB 3.0 devices and they recognize the ports just fine.
  • Thanks for this information. This would be a great help to others.