Windows 10: USB2.0 cable running on USB3.0 port

Hello,

I am trying to install a camera on my new computer running win10 as the old one, but I am experiencing some problems:

The camera is supposed to use a bus speed of 5Gbs (USB3.0) over a USB2.0-B connector (microscope camera).

For some reason, I had no problem with my old computer (only USB3.0 ports) but with this new one, where there's only USB3.2Gen1 or Gen2 ports, I keep experiencing the following:

https://preview.redd.it/ifze9kl7tff...bp&s=66324f20de1cef7df9c90ff18bee14385b127355

Is there a way to test the actual speed of USB port/cable?

Are the USB3.2 ports recognising the "USB2.0 cable" and thus limiting the speed?

Why the same camera, with the same cable still works on the older PC(USB3.0)?

Is there a way to force win10 to use the highest speed over a 2.0 cable?

As I'm writing the camera works again (on the new computer), but how do I prevent this error happening again?

Rhetorical question: The new USB3.0 B connectors are entirely different from the old ones, why the camera is even running on a USB2.0 cable asking for USB3.0 capability ?!?!?!

Thanks for all the idea.

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