> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Matt <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote: >> Tried it and CentOS 6 did not seem to find it. Anyone know of a USB >> 3.0 card that does work with Centos 6.x? > > I've used a variety of no-name cards with the NEC (now Renesas) > uPD72020x series host adapter chips, and they've all worked fine. The unit I tried had the NEC d720201 701 chip and CentOS 6 did not seem to find it. Any chance CentOS 7 will? > I'd steer clear of the "no additional power connection needed" cards; > in my experience they can't supply the maximum power the ports may > require (5V at 900mA per port, i.e., 4.5W per port, 18W total for a > four-port card). Proper USB 3.0 cards have a disk drive power > connector for the power required. In principle it's possible for a > PCIe USB host adapter to have a switching regulator to provide > sufficient USB power from the +12V supply rail, but, I have yet to see > one that does. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos