Slow transfer with USB extension lead.

flobadob | 23:09 Fri 08th Oct 2010 | Technology

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I got a 5ft USB extension lead which I plan to use to transfer onto a media drive from my PC without having to unplug the drive and take it over to the PC each time. However I've noticed that the data transfer is much slower using the extension lead than it is when using just the standard lead that came with it. I bought the lead from ebay for a couple of pounds. What is the reason for the slow transfer? Is it simply because of the 5ft extra lead or would a better extension lead allow for quicker transfer?

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ChuckFickens

probably not...

Longer USB leads put the timing sync out on high speed devices and do drop the transfer rate

flobadob

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Well, that's an onion in the ointment.

AlBags

So why don't you just use a big pen drive?

flobadob

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The media drive is 500GB. It's not really all that big a deal as I'll probable only be putting things onto it once or twice a week, I was just wondering was it resolvable.

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