Plug a USB 3.0 Drive In Too Slowly and Windows Quietly Gives You USB 2.0 Speeds

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If you have ever plugged in an external SSD and watched it crawl at 40 MB/s, then blamed the cable, the port, the drive, and eventually Windows, there is a fourth suspect you probably never considered: your hand. Insert a USB 3.0 Type-A plug slowly enough and the connection can silently negotiate itself down to […]

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That sounds like a crappy driver that never renegotiats the connection.
 
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