PCIe 4X Expansion Card to USB 3.x ports

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Zorin OS v17.3
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
P7H55-M LX/USB3

May I know does the Zorin OS v17.3 supports the following PCIe 4X Expansion Card to USB 3.x ports below ?

  1. Niki PCIe 4X Expansion Card USB 3.1 Gen2

  2. PCIe 4X to 8 USB 3.2 ports

Please advise.

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Those links expect visitor to login which doesn't help.

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You could take a Look here if the Hardware is supported:

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  1. Niki PCIe 4X Expansion Card USB 3.1 Gen2:

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  1. PCIe 4X to 8 USB 3.2 ports

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We need a brand name and a product name, then you could use the link @Ponce-De-Leon posted.

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That is all I can provide, except the second board which is using ASM3142, is ok then, I can purchase the first board and test it out on the old computer motherboard.

If anyone has used this kind of PCIe card before, please share your experience here, much appreciated.

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I haven't tested it in GNU/Linux but my youngest's old machine I built had an MSI 2200 board with 2 USB ports that failed to work. I added a 4-port to it and that worked. MSI forum were ignorant of my issue and just blandly stated that there was nothing wrong with MSI USB ports on their motherboards.

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ic, me too had an old motherboard but with Intel i7, which I shared an article previously HERE, the USB 3.0 on P7H55-M LX/USB3 can be detected but no respond when inserting USB thumbdrive but other USB 2.0 ports work very well, in fact all eight USB 2.0 ports tested are fine.

I do not want to downgrade the kernel just to support the motherboard built-in USB 3.0, therefore planning to get a new extension port for any USB 3.x devices.

I will share the outcome here once tested the Niki PCIe 4X Expansion Card USB 3.1 Gen2.

Thanks again.

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Is there a specific hardware reason why?

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well, just think of using new kernel, nothing specific.

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Unless you have a specific reason, the rule of thumb is to use what works.
Later kernels will carry patches and updates for the newer hardware. But this does not mean that earlier kernels become broken.

The earlier kernel should include everything you need to run the hardware. Having a later one that has drivers built for new hardware is not applicable.
For an older machine, a user should assign it the most compatible kernel, not the latest.
I think, this is a Computer Culture thing, which teaches us that "later is better."
Sometimes, it is. But not always.

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Surely, I want to make use of every existing resource available on that old motherboard and I do not want to spend too much time on it, merely to test my Unity assets written in Windows then test compile and run it on Linux platform which in fact it is running accordingly.

Since there is still one PCIe 4X slot left, must well take the chances to make use of it via expansion USB 3.0 card, if it work then that is it.

Thanks.

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