I have a setup where I have no choice but to have a USB 3.0 cable go over a 5 meters of length from a cabinet (computer) to top of desk. First I had just a 5 meter passive USB 3.0 cable from computer to my monitor Dell U2713HM which has a USB 3.0 hub. Devices connected to the monitor hub that way had bad transfer speed and disconnections.
So I upgraded the extension cable to this one: https://www.wentronic.com/de-en/index/artikel/Active-USB-3-0-Extension-Cable-95727 (Goobay USB 3.0 active cable). It seemed to work for a week with no disconnects but then the disconnects started and now it's obvious the cable is useless. I do have to have an additional 1 m cable from the extension cable to the monitor so I upgraded that to also the best one I could find: http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-41611...mputers_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TRN9HBHT5N2KHWFT9YJ – but that didn't help at all.
So at this point I confirmed that connecting the cromo cable directly from computer to monitor hub achieved 100 % problem-free connections. Nothing wrong with that cable. The problem is with the 5 m extension. So then I bought this http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83176/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en – I thought maybe if I put it between computer and the extension cable (double connection to the computer) I would get a better result with the extension cable. But no, the extension cable works even worse with that. Doesn't connect anything but only keeps playing the connect/disconnect sound over and over. When connected from computer -> double-USB-adapter -> Lindy 1m Cromo cable (USB 3.0 A-B) -> monitor, no problem again.
I desperately need the 5 m extension, so what can I do? I prefer not buying a powered USB 3.0 hub for the monitor end because I don't have space for it and the point of the monitor's USB 3.0 was so that I wouldn't need an external powered USB 3.0 hub. However, I can easily put whatever on the computer's end (there is space and power).
I think it's clear that the Goobay extension cable is complete crap, so is there a USB 3.0 active extension cable that is really good but not too expensive (so much money was already burned)? Any comments on:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lindy-USB-Active-Extension-Cable/dp/B005FYIG66
or
http://www.deltaco.eu/en/product/(U...peed-USB---USB-30-)---active-cable-(signal-r/ (this one is expensive)?
Or something else to make a really good quality 5 m USB 3.0 connection? I don't know if it plays a role, but there's a great bunch of other cables such as power, audio and video cables running along the USB extension cable.
So I upgraded the extension cable to this one: https://www.wentronic.com/de-en/index/artikel/Active-USB-3-0-Extension-Cable-95727 (Goobay USB 3.0 active cable). It seemed to work for a week with no disconnects but then the disconnects started and now it's obvious the cable is useless. I do have to have an additional 1 m cable from the extension cable to the monitor so I upgraded that to also the best one I could find: http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-41611...mputers_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TRN9HBHT5N2KHWFT9YJ – but that didn't help at all.
So at this point I confirmed that connecting the cromo cable directly from computer to monitor hub achieved 100 % problem-free connections. Nothing wrong with that cable. The problem is with the 5 m extension. So then I bought this http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83176/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en – I thought maybe if I put it between computer and the extension cable (double connection to the computer) I would get a better result with the extension cable. But no, the extension cable works even worse with that. Doesn't connect anything but only keeps playing the connect/disconnect sound over and over. When connected from computer -> double-USB-adapter -> Lindy 1m Cromo cable (USB 3.0 A-B) -> monitor, no problem again.
I desperately need the 5 m extension, so what can I do? I prefer not buying a powered USB 3.0 hub for the monitor end because I don't have space for it and the point of the monitor's USB 3.0 was so that I wouldn't need an external powered USB 3.0 hub. However, I can easily put whatever on the computer's end (there is space and power).
I think it's clear that the Goobay extension cable is complete crap, so is there a USB 3.0 active extension cable that is really good but not too expensive (so much money was already burned)? Any comments on:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lindy-USB-Active-Extension-Cable/dp/B005FYIG66
or
http://www.deltaco.eu/en/product/(U...peed-USB---USB-30-)---active-cable-(signal-r/ (this one is expensive)?
Or something else to make a really good quality 5 m USB 3.0 connection? I don't know if it plays a role, but there's a great bunch of other cables such as power, audio and video cables running along the USB extension cable.