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    y400/y500 USB 3.0 Problems

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jorben, Mar 26, 2013.

  1. jorben

    jorben Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a y400 laptop and my USB 3.0 flash drive only appears the first time that it is plugged in after being formatted, I was hoping someone had some ideas on the issue, it should be noted that the OS is windows 8.

    Thanks in advance
    Jake
     
    jorben, Mar 26, 2013
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    gnan10 Notebook Enthusiast

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    tried after installing usb drivers?
    if not update to latest usb drivers from here...
    联想IdeaPadY500驱动下载 Windows 7 32-bit,Windows 7 64-bit,Windows 8 32-bit,_联想中国(lenovo china)服务频道
    its lenovo chinese site...suggest u open from chrome and download for easy translation
     
    gnan10, Mar 27, 2013
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    jorben Notebook Enthusiast

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    That shouldn't be an issue as Windows 8 supports USB 3.0 natively, that being said, I went to the site you mentioned and there was no USB 3.0 driver for download, it just says "USB 3.0-free drive (automatic identification)" with no download button after.
     
    jorben, Mar 27, 2013
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    jorben Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nobody panic, problem solved, I just had to play around with some BIOS settings to git it to work, for starters I turned on legacy boot support, then I disabled safe boot, then I enabled Intel Virtualization technology and enabled the always on USB port charging (unrelated, but a useful thing to do)
     
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    banini Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had this problem when i make a fresh install on my ssd ( installing windows 8 ) i downloaded renes usb driver and then update the usb driver on the driver list of windows ( iam going to edit this later for the exact informatiln)
     
    banini, Mar 29, 2013
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