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September 13th, 2015 13:00

Precision T5810 which USB port should I use to boot from bootable USB stick

My Precision T5810 has two USB 2.0 ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports at the back and a further 3 USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 ports at the front. (these are controlled by 2x Intel C610 series/X99 chipset USB enhancedhost controllers for the USB 2.0 ports and Intel USB 3.0 extensible host controller for the 3.0 ports)

I have the option to boot from a USB storage device, e.g. from the boot once ( ) menu. Which of the USB ports should I use if wanting to boot from USB bootable flash drive (USB stick)?

One example for which I might wish to do this is to update the BIOS using a DOS-bootable USB flash drive. instead of doing so using Windows system method.

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September 13th, 2015 19:00

Probably doesn't matter. It will either boot or not. Easy enough to test...

Obviously, a USB2 drive will only run as USB2 even if connected to a USB3 port.

Connect the bootable USB drive to the port before powering on so it's recognized as a boot option on the F12 menu.

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September 14th, 2015 03:00

Thanks, a empirical approach to resolving the question! 

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