Windows 10: Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver

I have purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad E560 and have the same problem -

When copying a large file over a GB, they drop the speed down to 0 bytes - and comes back up the speed several seconds later - but drops again..

I was trying to see what went wrong, but the same external drive fails on Lenovo works on Acer laptop.

Contacted Lenovo for this issue - waiting for the answer from them.

+Added:
forgot to mention, Acer laptop is also using Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)

 

If the two USB 3.0 ports are on the same line, power and bandwidth is divided between the two connected hard disks. That's explains the drops, because there are some bottlenecks during the transfer when the buffer is full. USB cannot guarantee the transfer rate as firewire could. The solution is to use two USB 3.0 ports of a different line, which in a laptop is not possible. Or use a USB 3.0 port and a USB 2.0 port, but then you limit the maximum transfer rate to 480 Mbit/sec.

However, if you are using the same Windows 7 driver in Windows 10, it should work the same. So the bottlenecks are not due to the driver. I guess they are due to the different bandwidth management Windows 10 do on the transfer than that of Windows 7. I am not sure, but you could change that from Device Manager. Connect both USB devices. Then go to Device Manager, right-click on one and select Properties. Select the Policy tab. Change from "Quick Removal" to "Best performance". Click OK to apply. Do that again for the second device. Now start the transfer again and see if the problem is solved. Let us know to do the same (when I got my hands on a computer with USB 3.0 ports, that is).

 

Hello,

Just to give my thanks, this seems to have made USB3 devices usable on Windows 10 using Asus z97-ar motherboard. Microsoft supplied driver caused rapid disconnecting/connecting and declining write speeds to the point of 0b/s when the device happened to stay connected.

After installing Win7 drivers from Intel's website this way, write speed is USB3 level and no more rapid disconnects.

 

Do you have a link to explain this? I've never had an issue using my USB 3.0 ports on different power plans.


I've had to edit the USB 3.0 drivers to get Intel ports working under Windows 8.1, but on every system I've used Windows 10 on, the ports worked perfectly fine with built-in drivers. I was under the assumption this was fixed in 10.

 

Thanks, mate!! You saved me from reinstalling!!! *Smile

 

on EUFI bios.
can choose UEFI USB in boot menu , and then install of windows 10.
you got 2 options for your USB stick in the boot menu , so choose the one with UEFI USB.
this will create extra partitions , and boot faster, and you can now use legacy devices and older drivers.

for USB older devices , choose legacy USB.
then i believe you won't need the older drivers , but you can use the microsoft xHCi host controller driver.
and Microsoft 3.0 HUB driver.

the INTEL and Etron install without a problem on creators update , but fail to start my external 3.0 HDD .

the Microsoft default works fine if you set legacy enabled.

if legacy is OFF or auto , it might make USB disconnect/connect noises over and over.

install the Intel or motherboard manufacturer chipset drivers too.


the error (heads up) in log is normal i believe.
because for USB stick and external drive it is swapping drivers on boot.
in Bios it uses a different driver then the driver on windows.

you will see that the drive started later in another log file.
just not reported as error.

 

Or maybe that diver swap had something to do with fastboot.
i dunno for sure.

on build 16199 with fastboot enabled , i don't get warning messages anymore*Smile
and no color profiles bug.

 

I've had equally good results from using the modded intel drivers from Fernando at Win-RAID.com. See Forum - USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers (original and modded) for details, downloads and installation instructions.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

After two months my new laptop lost its USB ports. HP Support said the only answer was a reset, which I was not happy about as I'd already customised it quite a bit. Thanks to you I have them working again - kudos!