I read something that said you need to make sure the first USB device you plug in to your USB3 hub is a USB3 device. If you plug a USB2 device in first it will set the whole hub at that speed!
The STARTECH HUB (ST4300USB3EU) uses the VLI VL810 chipset:while building a hackintosh, i came across this:
http://via-labs.com/en/support/downloads.jsp
the changelog for firmware 0.9.6 says that they have improved OSX compatibility. i'm not entirely sure if this VIA chip is used in standalone USB 3.0 hubs, or just on motherboards.
You can do this probably via Bootcamp or newer versions of VMware Fusion....also they say that end users should not try to use the firmware update, and besides, you need windows to do the update
No, firmware updates for such chips are normal. They can improve the performance on certain systems, which have buggy drivers. Hardware needs a official certification, Apples xHCI driver does not have a official certification, so i think the problem is Apples xHCI driver. Not the only driver which has problems.but i think it could mean that some older hubs could be buggy. assuming this chip shows up in external USB3.0 hubs, perhaps apple has worked around whatever problems there are with the older firmware by now.
The STARTECH HUB (ST4300USB3EU) uses the VLI VL810 chipset:
http://www.cclonline.com/content/pdfs/KNve6zGGu9zqh1dwkRLQeA-3d-3d.pdf
(and is compatible with Mac OS X 10.8, after the firmware update)
You can do this probably via Bootcamp or newer versions of VMware Fusion.
No, firmware updates for such chips are normal. They can improve the performance on certain systems, which have buggy drivers. Hardware needs a official certification, Apples xHCI driver does not have a official certification, so i think the problem is Apples xHCI driver. Not the only driver which has problems.