I am having a tough time in getting USB 3 work with VMWare Player 12 on Windows 7.

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Host – Gigabyte 880GM USB3 board with Etron USB 3 controller. AMD Athlon CPU, 12GB RAM, Windows 7 64

Guest – VMWare Player 12, Windows 7 64, 4GB RAM, USB 3 enabled in VM configuration and successfully installed the recommended Intel(R)_USB_3.0_eXtensible_Host_Controller_Driver_5.0.3.42 in Guest Windows 7

The issue is when I connect a USB 2 or USB 3 pen drive at Host USB 3 port it is just not detected in the VM at all. Only once it mysteriously appeared but when I tried to connect it gave ‘Host is using the device’ error, but then no files or even explorer window was open on host.

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I even tried installing the Etron drivers in Guest but it fails.I think there’s some incompatibility between the Etron Host device and the Intel USB 3 controller driver. There’s no issue with USB 2 ports at all.What else can I try?

samirjsamirj

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The VMware Support articleUSB 3.0 support for Windows 7 virtual machine in VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion (2128105)lists the following conditions:

The guest VM must be defined with at least VMWare Workstation 12 compatibility
In Settings, USB Controller, the USB compatibility needs to be set to 3.0.
In the virtual machine, download and install the USB3 drivers from theIntel Download Center.

However, not all hardware configurations are supported.The most recent VMware article I have managed to find isHost and guest OS USB 3.0 and virtual xHCI support with Workstation 9 (2041591)which lists the supported configurations,and where the Etron USB3 controller is not listed as supported.

Even though the article is for Workstation 9 and not Workstation 12,this might be taken as an indication that your controller is unsupported,meaning that you meed to stay with USB2.

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Hello, I recently wanted to switch over from Win 10 to Win 7. When I go to Windows 7 install, my mouse and keyboard does not seem to work. I read online and it said Windows does not support USB 3.0 or above. I have tried adding this driver Intel_USB3.0_eXtensible_host_Controller_Driver into the boot.wim and install.wim via DISM GUI. I personally did not think this would work as I have AMD and not Intel. When I tried this my keyboard lights up if I press after Windows 7 install screen is there. I have also tried Win7-USB.30-Creator but it seems to stop here:
Determining number of images
Number of images detected: 3
Mounting install.wim image:1
Adding USB 3.0 Drivers to install.wim image: 1
Unmounting and committing install.wim image: 1
Do you guys know hit to fix this or even know the right drivers I would have to use?
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X370 Prime Pro
GTX 1050 ti
Ryzen 5 1400
Corsair Vengeance 8x2 GB 3000Mhz