Can someone recommend a working USB3 PCI or PCIe card? [Was Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive?]

From	Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Can someone recommend a working USB3 PCI or PCIe card? [Was Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive?]
Date	2015-08-31 09:00 +0200
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On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:17 PM, CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:

> Three possibilities IMO:
> 
> 1) cable too dodgy for USB3 but not dodgy enough for USB2 to fail :)
> 2) card is dodgy (do you know that it actually does work?)
> 3) drivers are dodgy (can happen - is there a newer kernel you can try?)

Since I get the same symptoms with a WD external disk (with manufacturer supplied USB3 cable), a USB3 FLASH thumb-drive (no cable) and a USB2 FLASH thumb-drive (again, no cable), I’m going with either #2 or #3 here.

To eliminate #2, I guess I’ll need a different USB3 interface card.  Can someone recommend a good one?  This machine has free PCI-X and PCIe slots that I could use.  PCI-X slots are (according to wikipedia) compatible with PCI cards.  The PCIe slot is “x1”.

To investigate #3, I’ve started a different thread on the subject of “What USB3 chipsets are supported by the Jessie kernels?”

Thanks!
Rick

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Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 05:30 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-31 05:40 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 06:10 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-31 06:40 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 06:50 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? CaT <cat@zip.com.au> - 2015-08-31 06:20 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 06:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 07:00 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? CaT <cat@zip.com.au> - 2015-08-31 07:20 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-08-31 07:50 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive? Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 09:10 +0200
        Can someone recommend a working USB3 PCI or PCIe card?  [Was Re: Why does Debian not recognize my USB3 disk drive?] Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 09:00 +0200

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