# Sandisk USB 3.0 Card Reader reads 1 Mb/sec

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-card-reader-reads-1-mb-sec/15870>\
**Category:** Card Readers | Adapters | other products\
**Created:** [May 18, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-card-reader-reads-1-mb-sec/15870 "2012-05-18T00:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kbreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c5a1d2/32.png) [@kbreak](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kbreak)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-card-reader-reads-1-mb-sec/15870/1 "2012-05-18T00:41:50Z")

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I was delighted to get a new PC with USB 3.0, it’s SO FAST!!&nbsp; but its card reader was USB 2.0.

I selected the SanDisk USB 3.0 reader on purpose since I have some cards rates as high as 90Mb/sec.

so far, I only get about 1Mb/sec from it, the USB 2.0 internal reader is faster.

It’s a small rectangular shape, ImageMate all-in-one, all black, made in China.

Did I get ripped off with a counterfeit on Amazon?&nbsp; Do I need a new driver for it or ??

I’ve used both SD, CF cards from SanDisk and Transcend and they’re all sloooow.

thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![kbreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c5a1d2/32.png) [@kbreak](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kbreak)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-card-reader-reads-1-mb-sec/15870/2 "2012-05-18T00:49:00Z")

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I’m not seeing the sandisk reader in the device manager, I have lots of USB stuff but I would think that SanDisk would appear as “sandisk”

 ![www.kevinscamera.com](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/original/2X/d/d6aa42bb7bd71f3b6391427cec3afa6aa232ef48.gif)

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**Author:** ![peleus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@peleus](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/peleus)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-usb-3-0-card-reader-reads-1-mb-sec/15870/3 "2012-06-28T16:41:40Z")

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You might want to double check on the download page and see if there’s a driver for this where you can download and manually install. There’s too much difference on what you stated.&nbsp;