Resolved Win 7 and USB 3

I have installed an Asus notebook with 64-bit Win 7 Ultimate. This computer model, F452e (part of the X or F 450 range) is not common. It has a 1 gig duo-core AMD K16 CPU and the Kabini motherboard. The BIOS is EUFI and has been upgraded to the latest version for this model. All official Asus drivers and updates have been installed. The USB ports can be switched between USB 3 and USB 2 and I have set them to USB 2 because of the problem with Win 7 not having native support for USB 3.

My question is where can I find drivers to get USB 3 working on this computer with this OS, or what software do I need to achieve this? There seem to be several solutions for this with Intel motherboards but I have not been able to find anything for this particular hardware. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

 

Switch to Win10. Painful in the short term but good in the long term plus it supports newer technologies & peripherals.

 

Thanks but I have reasons for preferring Win 7. If that means having to put up with USB 2.0 I am prepared to accept that but I am hoping someone has a solution.

 

The Notebook has 2 USB 3.0 and 1 USB 2.0 ports? It was originally running W8.1 64bit? If you want the USB 3 ports to work why not get the W8.1 drivers and see if that enables them. Neil.

 

The Notebook has two USB ports that can be set (together) for USB 3 or USB 2 in the BIOS. I assume it originally ran W8. I bought it without a drive. I suppose it would be worth trying the W8 drivers but I would not know how to acquire them.

 

It was a bit of an ordeal, but I got it. I finally found the right driver by searching on my APU type. Asus was useless and so was AMD. I had to thread through many dead ends so I can no longer remember exactly where I found it, but the package name is sp61462 if anyone else wants to search for it. I think it might have been on an HP or Lenovo site, or possibly a drivers site. I ended up collecting downloads in many places before trying them. I started with the one that seemed most likely, and that was the one that worked.