Driver Support FAQs Here are some of the most commonly asked questions about VIA products please click on the section below you would like more information on. If you are looking for technical support, please visit here. General Support. Operating System. General Support. RAM CPUs. Q How much RAM can I put on my motherboardWhich CPUs can I use A For VIA EPIA and VB motherboards, please select your board from the main menu or for legacy products from the EOL section to check the board specifications. For partner motherboards that feature a VIA chipset, VIA cannot advise you on the maximum RAM, HDD capacity, CPU type or any other compatibilitycapability issues with your motherboard as it depends on how the motherboard manufacturer has implemented the chipset. Two motherboards based on the same chipset may have different limits. This information must be obtained from the motherboard manufacturer or the motherboard manual. Drivers. VIA Hyperion Pro Drivers. I have a laptop running Ubuntu 15. USB3. 0 2. 5 SATA HDD enclosure which claims that it supports UASP mode this model by StarTech. Typically, when I plug in my Zebra LP 2844Z to the USB port, the computer sees it as a printer and I can print to it from notepad like any other generic printer. USB Serial Adapter Drivers Page. For windows usb serial adapter cables using prolific chip also mac and linux drivers for usb serail cables as well as x86 64bit. The VIA Hyperion Pro drivers contain all of the main platform drivers for VIA chipsets. The current release of these drivers is included in Windows 7, 8, and 1. VIA Hyperion Pro package that supports these Windows versions. However, as updates occur, a package will be released when needed. Q I use a legacy Microsoft Windows desktop operating system i. Windows 9. 5, Windows 9. Windows 9. 8SE, Windows ME, Windows 2. Windows XP or Windows Vista and have a problem with a VIA chipset, or integrated graphics driver, or a system with a VIA chipset. Where can I obtain support A Microsoft and VIA no longer provide official updates or support for these legacy operating systems. VIA chipset and graphics drivers released for use with these operating systems are available from our VIA Driver Downloads Portal however, VIA no longer supports these driver packages. BIOSQ Where can I obtain a BIOS for my VIA EPIA, VB series or other embedded motherboard A From the main menu highlight the Boards tab and select your model, you will find the latest BIOS available for download under the Downloads tab. USB-3-Renesas-driver-version_inline.PNG' alt='Via Usb 3.0 Driver Linux' title='Via Usb 3.0 Driver Linux' />If your model does not appear in the main menu please look in the EOL section of the website. Q Where can I obtain a BIOS for my motherboard It has a VIA chipset. A All BIOS need to be obtained from the motherboard manufacturers website, not the chipset manufacturers website. Directory of Resources for Linux Hardware Compatibility Lists and Linux Drivers Video, Audio, Network, Internet, Printer, Scanner, USB, Notebooks and more. For example, if you have an MSI motherboard with a VIA chipset, you need to get your BIOS from MSI, not from VIA. Operating Systems. A lot of driver support for VIA chips is built into Microsoft Windows 1. If youre looking for Windows 1. FAQs first. Audio. VIA only provides Windows 1. VIA Vinyl HD Audio Codecs that meet the Windows Logo Premium requirements, which can be found at the VIA Driver Download Portal. These are general sound effect drivers with common functions. System manufacturers and motherboard vendors customize audio hardware and software and therefore, to ensure optimal sound quality and compatibility, we strongly recommend you to obtain the system validated and certified audio drivers directly from your system manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer. Note If your VIA audio solution is not listed in the VIA Driver portal it does not meet the Windows Logo Premium requirements and therefore is supported by Microsofts in box audio support. If your system uses one of these VIA audio solutions and you are having audio issues using Windows 1. Windows Logo Premium driver support under Windows 1. VIA IDE and SATA Drivers. VIA-s-Latest-USB-3-0-xHCI-Driver-Now-Ready-for-Download-2.jpg' alt='Via Usb 3.0 Driver Linux' title='Via Usb 3.0 Driver Linux' />IDE and SATA support for VIAs VT8. R Plus, VT8. 23. 7S, CN8. CX7. 00VX7. 00, VX8. VX8. 55, VX9. 00, and VX1. How to install Kindle Fire adb USB driver Read this guide to find out. USB 3. 0 is the third major version of the Universal Serial Bus USB standard for interfacing computers and electronic devices. Among other improvements, USB 3. Via Usb 3.0 Driver Linux' title='Via Usb 3.0 Driver Linux' />Windows 1. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. Integrated Graphics. VIA has released Windows 1. VIA VX9. 00 and VX1. Media System Processors, which can be obtained through the Windows Update tool or from the VIA Driver Download Portal. Older VIA chipsets than the VIA VX9. VX1. 1 Media System Processors can run Windows 1. Windows 1. 0, but some graphical features may not be supported and it is not recommended. Ethernet NetworkingLANThe VIA Rhine Fast Ethernet Family and VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Family are supported by Microsofts in box Ethernet support. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. PCI Card Readers. The VIA VX1. 1 Media System Processor supports SDIO3. SD, SD High Capacity SDHC, SD Extended Capacity SDXC, MMC, SDHCSDXC with UHS I serial cards. Support is included in Windows 1. It is not necessary to download an extra driver. USBFull support for VIA Vectro USB 1. Windows 1. 0. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. The VIA VX1. Media System Processor includes support for USB 3. Windows 1. 0. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. Firewire Controllers. Support for VIA 1. Firewire controllers is included in Windows 1. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. A lot of driver support for VIA chips is built into Microsoft Windows 8 3. If youre looking for Windows 8 drivers, please check these FAQs first. This section applies for both Windows 8 and 8. Audio. VIA only provides Windows 8 audio drivers for VIA Vinyl HD Audio Codecs that meet the Windows Logo Premium requirements, which can be found at the VIA Driver Download Portal. These are general sound effect drivers with common functions. System manufacturers and motherboard vendors customize audio hardware and software and therefore, to ensure optimal sound quality and compatibility, we strongly recommend you to obtain the system validated and certified audio drivers directly from your system manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer. If your VIA audio solution is not listed in the VIA Driver portal it does not meet the Windows Logo Premium requirements and therefore is supported by Microsofts in box audio support. If your system uses one of these VIA audio solutions and you are having audio issues using Windows 8 3. Windows Logo Premium driver support under Windows 8. VIA IDE, RAID and SATA Drivers. IDE and SATAIDE and SATA support for VIAs VT8. R Plus, VT8. 23. 7S, CX7. VX7. 00, VX8. 00, VX8. VX9. 00, and VX1. Windows 8. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. VIA has released non logo VIA Stor. X SATA driver updates supporting Hot Plug, Power Saving, and Port Multiplier features for the VIA VX9. VX1. 1 Media System Processors which can be obtained through the VIA Driver Download Portal. RAIDRAID support for the VIA VT8. Inheritance Tax Interest On Instalments Loans'>Inheritance Tax Interest On Instalments Loans. S, CX7. 00VX7. 00, VX8. VIA Vectro VT6. 42. VT6. 42. 1, VT6. 42. A Serial RAID controllers is included in Windows 8. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. Activate Les 2D Fluent. Integrated Graphics. VIA has released Windows 8 drivers for the VIA VX1. VX9. 00 Media System Processors, which can be found at the VIA Driver Download Portal. Older VIA chipsets than the VIA VX9. VX1. 1 Media System Processors can run Windows 8 using the default drivers built into Windows 8, but some graphical features may not be supported and it is not recommended. Ethernet NetworkingLANFor Windows 8. VIA Rhine Fast Ethernet Family and VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Family solutions are supported by Microsofts in box Ethernet support. It is not necessary to download extra drivers. For Windows 8, VIA has released drivers for the VIA Rhine Fast Ethernet Family and VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Family solutions, which can be found at the VIA Driver Download Portal. PCI Card Readers. The VIA VX8. 00, VX8. VX9. 00, and VX1. PCI card reader supporting SD, SD High Capacity HC, MMC, MS and MS pro serial cards. USB 3. 0 Wikipedia. USB 3. 0. Super. Speed USB logo. Type. USBProduction history. Designed. November 2. Manufacturer. USB 3. Promoter Group Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, ST Ericsson, and Texas Instruments1Superseded. USB 2. 0 Hi Speed. Superseded by. USB 3. September 2. 01. 7General specifications. Width. 12 mm A plug, 8 mm B plug, 1. Micro A Micro B plugsHeight. A plug, 1. 0. 4. B plug, 1. Micro A Micro B plugsPins. Electrical. Max. current. AData. Data signal. Yes. Bitrate. 5 Gbits 6. MBsUSB 3. 0 is the third major version of the Universal Serial Bus USB standard for interfacing computers and electronic devices. Among other improvements, USB 3. Super. Speed USB SS that can transfer data at up to 5 Gbits 6. MBs, which is about ten times as fast as the USB 2. Manufacturers are recommended to distinguish USB 3. USB 2. 0 counterparts by blue color coding of the Standard A receptacles and plugs,2 and by the initials SS. USB 3. July 2. 01. USB 3. USB 3. 1 preserves the existing Super. Speed USB transfer rate, now called USB 3. Gen 1,4 while defining a new transfer rate called Super. Speed USB 1. 0 Gbps, also called USB 3. Gen 2,4 which can transfer data at up to 1. Gbits 1. 2. 5 GBs, twice the rate of USB 3. Thunderbolt interface. USB 3. September 2. USB 3. OvervieweditThe specification of USB 3. USB 2. 0, but with many improvements and an alternative implementation. Earlier USB concepts such as endpoints and the four transfer types bulk, control, isochronous and interrupt are preserved but the protocol and electrical interface are different. The specification defines a physically separate channel to carry USB 3. The changes in this specification make improvements in the following areas Transfer speed  USB 3. Super. Speed or SS, 5 Gbits electrically, it is more similar to PCI Express 2. SATA than USB 2. 07Increased bandwidth  instead of one way communication, USB 3. Power management  U0 to U3 link power management states are defined. Improved bus use  a new feature is added using packets NRDY and ERDY to let a device asynchronously notify the host of its readiness, with no need for polling. Support to rotating media  the bulk protocol is updated with a new feature called Stream Protocol that allows a large number of logical streams within an Endpoint. USB 3. 0 has transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbits, which is about ten times faster than USB 2. Mbits even before taking into account the fact that USB 3. USB 2. 0 is half duplex. This gives USB 3. USB 2. 0. 8Architecture and featuresedit. Front view of a Standard A USB 3. USB 1. x2. 0 backward compatibility, and a second row of five pins for the new USB 3. The plastic insert is in the USB 3. Pantone 3. 00. C. In USB 3. 0, dual bus architecture is used to allow both USB 2. Full Speed, Low Speed, or High Speed and USB 3. Super. Speed operations to take place simultaneously, thus providing backward compatibility. Connections are such that they also permit forward compatibility, that is, running USB 3. USB 2. 0 ports. The structural topology is the same, consisting of a tiered star topology with a root hub at level 0 and hubs at lower levels to provide bus connectivity to devices. Data transfer and synchronizationeditThe Super. Speed transaction is initiated by the host making a request followed by a response from the device. The device either accepts the request or rejects it if accepted, the device sends data or accepts data from the host. If the endpoint is halted, the device shall respond with a STALL handshake. If there is lack of buffer space or data, it responds with a Not Ready NRDY signal to tell the host that it is not able to process the request. When the device is ready, it will send an Endpoint Ready ERDY to the host which will then reschedule the transaction. The use of unicast and the limited amount of multicast packets, combined with asynchronous notifications, enables links that are not actively passing packets to be put into reduced power states, which allows better power management. Data encodingeditThe Super. Speed bus provides for a transfer mode at a nominal rate of 5. Gbits, in addition to the three existing transfer modes. Accounting for the encoding overhead, the raw data throughput is 4 Gbits, and the specification considers it reasonable to achieve 3. Gbits 0. 4 GBs or 4. MBs or more in practice. All data is sent as a stream of eight bit one byte segments that are scrambled and converted into 1. EMI. Scrambling is implemented using a free running linear feedback shift register LFSR. The LFSR is reset whenever a COM symbol is sent or received. Unlike previous standards, the USB 3. AWG 2. 6 wires, the maximum practical length is 1. Power and chargingeditAs with earlier versions of USB, USB 3. The available current for low power one unit load Super. Speed devices is 1. A, an increase from the 1. A defined in USB 2. Descargar Musica Clasica Instrumental Muy Recomendable'>Descargar Musica Clasica Instrumental Muy Recomendable. For high power Super. Speed devices, the limit is six unit loads or 9. A 4. 5 watts, almost twice USB 2. A. 9 section 9. Power Budgeting. USB 3. USB specifications for increased power, including the USB Battery Charging Specification for up to 1. A or 7. 5 watts, or the USB Power Delivery specification for up to 1. AvailabilityeditThe USB 3. Promoter Group announced on 1. November 2. 00. 8 that the specification of version 3. USB Implementers Forum USB IF, the managing body of USB specifications. This move effectively opened the specification to hardware developers for implementation in future products. The first USB 3. 0 consumer products were announced and shipped by Buffalo Technology in November 2. USB 3. 0 consumer products were announced on 5 January 2. Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show CES, including two motherboards by ASUS and Gigabyte Technology. Manufacturers of USB 3. Renesas Electronics, Fresco Logic, ASMedia Technology, Etron, VIA Technologies, Texas Instruments, NEC and Nvidia. As of November 2. Renesas and Fresco Logic1. USB IF certification. Motherboards for Intels Sandy Bridge processors have been seen with Asmedia and Etron host controllers as well. On 2. 8 October 2. Hewlett Packard released the HP Envy 1. D featuring a Renesas USB 3. AMD worked with Renesas to add its USB 3. At CES2. 01. 1, Toshiba unveiled a laptop called Toshiba Qosmio X5. USB 3. 0 and Bluetooth 3. Sony released a new series of Sony VAIO laptops that would include USB 3. As of April 2. 01. Inspiron and Dell XPS series were available with USB 3. May 2. 01. 2, the Dell Latitude laptop series were as well yet the USB root hosts failed to work at Super. Speed under Windows 8. On 1. 1 June 2. 01. Apple announced new Mac. Book Airs and Mac. Book Pro with USB 3. Adding to existing equipmentedit. Side connectors on a laptop computer. Left to right USB 3. VGA connector, Display. Port connector, USB 2. Note the additional pins on the top side of the USB 3. In laptop computers that lack USB 3. Express. Card slot, USB 3. Express. Card to USB 3. Although the Express. Card port itself is powered from a 3. V line, the connector also has a USB 2. USB 2. 0 interface rather than the true express card port. However, this USB 2. USB 3. 0 port. Where multiple ports are provided on the express card, additional power will need to be provided. Additional power for multiple ports on a laptop PC may be derived in the following ways Some Express.