USB 3 ports inactive?

[AaLF]

Gentlemen bare with me. Sometimes i think technology is leaving me behind. The wife's new 'generic' PC has a combo of USB ports. Some have a blue ring around them which a tech said designates USB 3. He's not around to ask the next obvious question. "how do i activate them?" This PC's Specs are now in my siggy.

 

[Dude]

Aalf you need to go to your motherboard website and download the driivers. Your specs only show Generic, use the system specs tool here

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

Fill them in and I can point you to the correct drivers.

 

[AaLF]

Finally getting around to this annoyance. Plz check specs now.

Gygabyte shows

VIA USB 3.0 Driver
Intel USB 3.0 Driver

do i install both?

 

[Dude]

Use the Intel one.

 

[Faladu]

And just so you know, USB 3.0 requires USB 3.0 spec hardware or you don't see a difference, AT ALL.

It's of course fully backwards compatible, but the hubs and cables, at least here, are not still not very common in retail stores, maybe finally making some headway, long long overdue!