Remember that usb 3.0 uses more contacts in the connector than usb 2.0. That's why the dock doesn't support it. Also, many computers have 1 or 2 usb 3.0 ports (the blue ones) and the rest are all usb 2.0 On Dec 10, 2011 10:25 AM, "Dan Galender" <[email protected]> wrote:
> James- > > I was not aware of 1TB 9.5mm drives. I'll have to look for them. THANKS! > > As for the USB, That's what the description of the Dock says: > > http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/build > > er.workflow:ItemDetails?fCode=/catalog/product_detail.jsp&GroupID=38&Code=43 > 3830U&Name=false&from=builder&hide_menu_area=true&hide_ad_area=true, and > it > was confirmed by a sales consultant I called to discuss it. > > -Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James H. E. Maugham [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:20 AM > To: 'Dan Galender'; 'ThinkPad Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Extremely Annoying Screen Artifacts > > Dan Galender wrote: > > > Despite the limitations of the > > current models (I'm looking at the W520 which has 9.5 mm hard drive > > height that prevents larger than 750 GB drives, no Blu-ray optical, > > Samsung and Western Digital both make a 1TB 9.5mm laptop HD. There will > almost certainly be multi TB 9.5mm HDs available before the W520 reaches > the > end of its useful life. > > > and while USB 3.0 on the machine, only 2.0 on the docking station > > Are you certain of this? Usually docking stations have a pass-thru of the > laptop's USB ports and not a separate card, ergo if the docked laptop is > USB3.0 so are the ports on the docking station, and vice versa. This is an > oft visited question with docking stations, especially years ago when some > of them supported both USB1.1 and USB2.0 equipped machines and, as the > docks > were listed as USB2.0 compliant, many users of older machines were > distressed to find that their USB1.1 laptops didn't miraculously become > USB2.0 capable when docked. > > James > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
