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When Insert USB 3.0 drives they do not work, but USB 2.0 drives work just fine.

Yosemite had no problems with usb 3.0 drives for me.

 Only using usb 3.0 ports 4 on M/B and 2 on top of case with USB 3.0 header on M/B

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Read the release notes posted on the developer portal... It's a Dev-Beta for a reason. Even real Apple machines are having issues with USB. They are completely re-working the IO subsystem, or at least that's what it looks like to me AFAIK. The kernel extensions for the USB subsystem are clearly not production ready and just meant to be enough to get out to developer houses when I took a cursory look.

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/releasenotes/General/rn-osx-10.11/index.html

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i see you have a gigabyte board 

 

you didn't change the echi xchi settings in the bios right

 

that will make usb 3.0 to stop working

 

also the same goes for usb 2.0

 

changing those setting can make only one of the to work

 

depending in the combination you use in the bios

 

you have to use the setting that makes both of them work

 

i will say rest the bios to default

 

then change everything you need to change back except

 

the echi and xchi

 

one last thing

 

is your Yosemite a distro

 

or did you downloaded yosemite from the app store and crete your own installer

 

if you are using a Yosemite distro maybe the usb 3.0 drivers are already included in the image

 

for Yosemite downloaded from the app store you have to add the driver yourself

 

you need this file for usb 3.0 support

 

http://www1.zippyshare.com/v/vcRmTr04/file.html

 

i also have a gigabyte motherboard

 

i haven't tried el capital yet

 

my only doubt is that

 

usb 3.0 should work in usb 2.0 just at lower speed

 

do you those usb 3.0 formatted as ntfs and maybe that's why the system don't see the device

 

plug the usb 3.0 and go to disk utility and see

 

anyway good luck

 

maybe apple did change something

 

i will come back later

 

As stated above, the USB subsystem is re-worked from scratch. Most Yosemite IO related kernel extensions and patches will not work. GenericUSBXHCI will cause a KP on El Capitan

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It's an announced system bug. Perhaps it will work by replacing the new driver with an old version from Yosemite (IOUSBFamily.kext and that kind of stuff). Haven't got time to try yet.

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Hi 

I installed Developer beta   on external usb drive at usb 3.0 port..

it boot OK..

than update to Developer beta 2 from apple store and got "forbidden " icon..

then put on a non 3.0 port and it worked....

c.frio

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