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Solved Need help with new external USB SSD
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OK, I found the answer to my question. I had to use a 3rd party application called "PowerSettingsExplorer".
With that application I was able to change the USB3 link power management as you can see in the screenshot.
I now get the full speed of 380MB/s when I write a file to the drive.
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo Legion 7i
CPU
Intel i7-12800HX
Memory
32 GB DDR5 4800 MHz dual-channel
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 Ti
Sound Card
Steinberg UR44
Hard Drives
1 TB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4
Browser
Firefox
Antivirus
Windows Defender + Malwarebytes
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Because of Safety disconnection, not everyone follow this rule all the time.
100% agree with you. My data safety is more important then the speed gain here.
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo Legion 7i
CPU
Intel i7-12800HX
Memory
32 GB DDR5 4800 MHz dual-channel
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 Ti
Sound Card
Steinberg UR44
Hard Drives
1 TB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4
Browser
Firefox
Antivirus
Windows Defender + Malwarebytes
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How are you measuring the speed of your SSD? I always get over 400MB/w for my 2TB WD Elements SE external SSD.
Is there something different about your laptop? I never had to do anything special for USB.
OS
Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2022)
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon 680M GPU (486MB RAM)
Memory
Crucial DDR5-4800 (2400MHz) 32GB (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB RAM)
Sound Card
n/a
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6-inch
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 300Hz
Hard Drives
2 x Samsung 980 (1TB M.2 NVME SSD)
PSU
n/a
Mouse
Wireless Mouse M510
Internet Speed
2000Mbps/300Mbps
Browser
Firefox
Antivirus
Malwarebytes
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II
Memory
G.SKILL Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4
Graphics card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX3060TI-08G-V2-GAMING (RTX 3060-Ti, 8GB RAM)
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung S23A300B (23-in LED)
Screen Resolution
1080p 60Hz
Hard Drives
2TB XPG SX8200 Pro (M2. PCIe SSD) || 2TB Intel 660P (M2. PCIe SSD)
PSU
Corsair RM750x (750 watts)
Case
Cooler Master MasterCase 5
Cooling
Scythe Mugen 6
Mouse
Logitech K350 (wireless)
Keyboard
Logitech M510 (wireless)
Internet Speed
2000 Mbps down / 300 Mbps up
Browser
Firefox, Edge, Chrome
Antivirus
Malwarebytes (Premium)
Other Info
ASUS Blu-ray Burner BW-16D1HT (SATA) || Western Digital Easystore 20TB USB 3.0 external hard drive used with Acronis True Image 2025 backup software || HP OfficeJet Pro 6975 Printer/Scanner
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