sonnet pci cards for mac pro 2013 increase speed

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“Blackmagic Disk Speed Test” shows that the Dual mini can read and write more than 5 Gb/sec when connected to any of the USB 3.1 gen 2 ports (AlpineRidge USB-C, AlpineRidge USB-A, Asmedia USB-C). When the Dual mini is connected to the Asmedia chip, it says “Up to 5 Gb/sec” in System Information.app, but when it’s connected to the AlpineRidge chip, it says “Up to 10 Gb/sec”.

#SONNET PCI CARDS FOR MAC PRO 2013 INCREASE SPEED DRIVER#

The Apple driver for this is “AppleUSBXHCIPCIAR”. I have a Hackintosh with a built-in Intel AlpineRidge Thunderbolt 3 controller (pci8086,15b6) that has one Thunderbolt 3 port (USB-C) and a 3.1 gen 2 USB-A port. I also bought a “ OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini USB 3.1 Gen 2” with two 6Gb/s SSDs. It uses an Asmedia ASM1142 chip (pci1b21,1242). I tested it in macOS Sierra 10.12.3 on a Hackintosh. I bought this card “ 2-Port USB 3.1 (10Gbps) Card – 2x USB-C – PCIe (PEXUSB312C)“. These two can, at least in theory, use the 10 Gbps (up to 6 Gbps for SATA) of the USB 3.1 Gen 2 port. Which is not a whole lot faster.Ī better option would be some RAID enclosure with two SATA devices, or a M.2 M key device (non-SATA). When you are going to use some external M.2 B key enclosure, then keep in mind that it will be limited to 500~550 MB/Sec due to SATA. This is not a second generation USB 3.1 device, but already quite a bit faster than the Sandisk that I used previously for testing. Update-3: And here is a screenshot of a Samsung T3 (500GB) device in action: In short don’t forget to change the device name 😉 Note that my card is installed in the first/primary slot ( PEG0) of the motherboard, but your card may – most likely – use another slot. I may want/need to change my initial SSDT later on, but at least the errors are gone now.Īlso. Kernel: (kernel) 000003.616282 AppleUSBXHCI::createPorts: created port 4 Kernel: (kernel) 000003.615887 AppleUSBXHCI::createPorts: created port 3 Kernel: (kernel) 000003.615633 AppleUSBXHCI::createPorts: created port 2 Kernel: (kernel) 000003.615527 AppleUSBXHCI::createPorts: port 2 unsupported protocol USB 03.01 Kernel: (kernel) 000003.615236 AppleUSBXHCI::createPorts: created port 1 Kernel: (kernel) 000003.592134 AppleUSBXHCI::createPorts: port 1 unsupported protocol USB 03.01 Update-2: I found some interesting lines in the log: To test that I first need a new generation II device, which I do not have at the moment. Worked out of the box, but this flash drive does not support 10Gbps. I only installed the card and connected the SATA power cable to it.

Update: Here is a first benchmark with a Sandisk 64GB USB3.1 type C flash drive. Let’s buy one and see what we get – they say that it works with OS X 10.6 and greater. Seem like they have one on sale for $26.99 in 19 hours from now. Anyone else ordered a 2 Port USB 3.1 GEN II (10Gbps) PCI Express Card 1 USB Type C and 1 USB Type A Port (USB 3.1 A + C) from ?

Sonnet pci cards for mac pro 2013 increase speed