Preliminary notes:

Although the Windows Operating Systems from Win8 up natively do support many USB 3.0 Controllers by using a generic Microsoft USB 3.0 driver, it is often better to install the specific USB 3.0 drivers, which have been developed, optimized and released by the manufacturer of the related USB 3.0 Controller.

Unfortunately some manufacturers of USB 3.0 Controllers offer just a compressed Drivers & Software Set, but not the "naked" drivers, which can be integrated into an OS image or manually installed from within the Device Manager.

To make it easier for you to find the latest USB 3.0 drivers in an already extracted format, I have started this thread, where you can find direct download links to the latest available drivers for the most popular and still produced USB 3.0 Controllers.

Additionally I am offering here some USB 3.0 drivers, which have been modified by me to make them usable with USB Controllers and Operating Systems, which are not supported by the original drivers.



Tips for the manual installation of USB 3.0/3.1 drivers:

Before starting with the installation, you should make sure, that your input devices (keyboard and mouse) are connected with USB ports from another manufacturer or - if available - to PS/2 ports. Another option is to use a "Virtual Network Computing" (VNC) Tool and to execute the installation of the USB 3.0/3.1 drivers from another Mobile system (look >here<). Expand the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" section of the Device Manager and check the HardwareIDs of the listed USB Controllers (right click onto them > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" >"HardwareIDs") to find out, which of the Controllers is the one, where you want to update the driver software. As first step you have to update the driver software of the USB 3.0/3.1 Controller. After the reboot the Device Manager will show within the "USB Controllers" section devices with missing drivers. These are the USB 3.0/3.1 Hub Devices, which belong to the USB 3.0 Controller, where you just have updated the driver software. Now you can easily install the missing USB Hub Device drivers by navigating to the related driverpack. Users with an on-board Intel USB 3.0 Controller may have to update the "USB 3.0 Switch Driver" as third step (see below). After the next reboot everything should work fine.

Latest USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers



for USB 3.0/3.1 Controllers and their Hub Devices

( Last updated: 07/15/2020)

A. AMD USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers

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B. ASMedia USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers

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C. Etron USB 3.0 Drivers

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D. Fresco Logic USB 3.0 Drivers

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"pure" 32/64bit drivers: Unfortunately Fresco Logic doesn't offer any "pure" USB 3.0 drivers and I don't have the time to search for a possibility to extract them from the related complete Drivers Installer Set.

Update: Meanwhile our Forum member john77 was able to get the "pure" drivers extracted. Interested users can find the download links >here<.

latest complete Drivers Installer Set: >Fresco Logic USB 3.0 Drivers Installer Set v3.8.35514.0 WHQL< ( >MIRROR< )

Note: This Installer Set is dated 06/04/2019 and contains the latest WHQL certified 32/64bit Fresco Logic USB 3.0 drivers for Win7 and for Win8-10. Supported are the Fresco Logic USB 3.0 Controllers DEV_1000, DEV_1009, DEV_1100 and DEV_1400. Thanks to Station-Drivers for the source package.

E. Intel USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers

The latest Intel USB 3.0/3.1 driverpacks do contain at least 3 different USB 3.0/3.1 drivers: an "Intel(R) USB 3.0/3.1 eXtensible Host Controller Driver" named iusb3xhc.sys, has to be installed by pointing to the file named iusb3xhc.inf (after the installation the related device is named "Intel(R) USB 3.0/3.1 eXtensible Host Controller"), an "Intel(R) USB 3.0/3.1 Hub Driver" named iusb3hub.sys, has to be installed by pointing to the file named iusb3hub.inf (after the installation the related device is named "Intel(R) USB 3.0/3.1 Root Hub") and an "Intel(R) USB 3.0/3.1 Host Controller Switch Driver" named iusb3hcs.sys (only usable/needed for systems with an USB Controller "Switch"). Notes: The related USB Switch device is usually named "PCI Express Root Complex" and listed within the "System Devices" section of the Device Manager. It has to be installed by pointing to the file named iusb3hcs.inf. After the installation the Switch device may be renamed to "PCI bus".

driverpacks do contain at least 3 different USB 3.0/3.1 drivers:

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F. Renesas USB 3.0 Drivers

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G. Texas Instruments USB 3.0 Drivers

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H. VIA USB 3.0 Drivers

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If you should find download links to any newer or other popular USB 3.0 drivers, please let me know it and post the link.RegardsDieter (alias Fernando)