Guys!
There’s nothing wrong with the included Type-C to Type-A adapter, y’all just using it wrong. I did it myself. The adapter is meant to lock into the USB-C cable and has ridges that connect perfectly. If you just insert the USB-C cable in the opposite direction, the ridges don’t sit into each other and a proper connection isn’t formed. I got 48 MBps from my drive after it arrived this morning and I was shocked to say the least. An hour later I tried again and without realising, I inserted the cable into the adapter in the right way and voila, ez 430 MBps.
You do not need any extra cables! The one supplied along with the C to A adapter is already as fast as it can get!
Thanks so much for the advice.
Who would’ve guessed that a simple switch of directions would do the trick.
My external SSD didn’t work anywhere near as fast as it should’ve.
I’m thinking about upgrading my SSD though because I need more space and looked through the following article for everything I have to consider:
It’s a German website but you can just translate it via Google Translate. Is there anything else I have to keep in mind that hasn’t been mentioned in the article?
hi,
I have the same problem : around 40mb/s using the usb c to usb c cable from seagate and more than 400 using the adapter, I think that the problem come from my usb c port on my laptop.
I have an Acer Aspire VX5 - 591G with a USB 3.1 gen 1 (up to 5 Gbit/s, 5 V , 3A of charging), I’ve asked Acer support and they told me to reinstall windows , will try when I’ll have some times.
I had the same problem on a brand new Extreme Portable SSD. Reading the posts here, tried switching the direction and a 9 hour transfer is now a 30 minute transfer.
I knew about directional cables for Hi-Fi equipment and its effect on sound quality but didn’t realise it can affect data speed transmission (though I’m guessing for different reasons).
I don’t want to disturb the cable mid job but I couldn’t see any obvious indication of correct direction of travel; there isn’t anything on the packaging either.
Is this normal for data cables? I imagine I don’t need to reverse the direction if I wanted to copy back again…lol!
You can see from the photo where I reversed the direction. Fortunately didn’t have to cancel the job, I just paused it and it worked!
I was looking for a solution a long time. 36 MB/s read/write was crazy low. IT WAS THE CABLE!
My expensive cables were not good enough. If you use the provided cable, read the comment of user mri9ank above.It is THE solution!
hi, guys.
i ve just bought a external ssd sandisk 1TB and it performs ridiculously slow, sending or receiving files at 42mbps max. there is just this page on google that is talking about this issue, and i still have no resolution for this problem. i ve tried 4 different cables, all type c to usb 3.0, on many usb ports, and the speed rate keeps the same.
does anyone have a suggestion for all this?
I know this is a super old thread, but I actually did a small video about this to demonstrate the issue. The short summary of the fix is: Just turn the cable upside down and that’ll likely fix the speed issue, if you’re converting the USB-C adapter in any way.
, will try when I’ll have some times.
I used a generic cable the first time, it gave me the same speeds as you.
