Skorpinok Rover Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Hello, From my experience i have learned a lesson, if you use virtualbox even the latest 4.2.4 will fail when you try to plug in USB, because virtual box does not support USB.3.0 ports, i tried to install & uninstall all versions of VB nearly for 8 hours.on my Dell XPS 15 sandy Bridge that comes with two 3.0 USB ports, every time i plug usb it gives error & even wifi alfa usb wont work. in vmware workstation 8 there is not even a single error with usb or watever.i think virtual box should update their stuff. if you have any suggestions or opinions plz share with me. Regards Skorpinok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwnd2Pwnr Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Noted... thank you! I will wait for a new PC until they get 3.0 working! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebkinne Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Not sure what is different but my USB3 port seems to work with Virtualbox - running on Ubuntu 12.10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Check your bios, see if there is a setting for what USB speed is set to, if it allows all, or only USB 3. Its supposed to be backwards compatible, but I know on my own machine, in my bios, I have the option to set them to 1.1, 2.0, or auto for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skorpinok Rover Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Check your bios, see if there is a setting for what USB speed is set to, if it allows all, or only USB 3. Its supposed to be backwards compatible, but I know on my own machine, in my bios, I have the option to set them to 1.1, 2.0, or auto for both. Rojer that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gater Byte Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I have a thinkpad edge laptop with 1 usb 3.0 and I wasn't having any issues with virtual box, until a Windows update... The alfa card that I had plugged into the usb 3.0 would randomly disconnect. After a couple of Windows updates later, it's more stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gater Byte Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I have a thinkpad edge laptop with 1 usb 3.0 and I wasn't having any issues with virtual box, until a Windows update... The alfa card that I had plugged into the usb 3.0 would randomly disconnect. After a couple of Windows updates later, it's more stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infatuas Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Interesting, I'm running Mint 14 XFCE and VirtualBox 4.2.4 with no issues... Using the Lenovo W520 for my hardware. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Not sure what is different but my USB3 port seems to work with Virtualbox - running on Ubuntu 12.10. I think it works, because of backwards compatibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddish Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Confirmed ASUS N56V USB 3.0 ports not working on VMs. Even the back compatibility doesn't work for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Hey, just for giggles, what usb chipset do you guys have? Maybe that's the culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telot Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 macbook air here - usb 3.0 works fine with virtual box running OSX as host telot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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