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Wren57 · 01-05-2003, 07:22 PM

Posting here b/c i need a quick answer... I bought a Western Digital External HD yesterday, and it is fully USB2.0 compatible... however, I think my computer must only be 1.1, because it is transferring slowly... anyways, how can I determine if my USB is 2.0 or 1.1? If it is 1.1, how can I make it 2.0? Can I just buy a PCI card with USB outlets for 2.0 or do I need some kind of conversion of my motherboard?

01-05-2003, 07:25 PM

you would have to buy a 2.0 USB PCI card to get 2.0 if you dont have it already

Wren57 · 01-05-2003, 07:28 PM

Yeah thats what I thought... so anyone know a program or something I can do on my cpu to find out if I still have 1.1?

01-05-2003, 08:40 PM

http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm

"the only way to see if your computer has usb 2 as compared to 1.1 is plug it in... if the drive doesn't work or if it only has a max speed of 4x then you do have usb 1.1 and you would need to get an add-on card that does have usb 2, or buy a new computer/motherboard that has usb 2"

01-05-2003, 07:22 PM	#1
Wren57 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Age: 38 Posts: 2,856	Techie Question Posting here b/c i need a quick answer... I bought a Western Digital External HD yesterday, and it is fully USB2.0 compatible... however, I think my computer must only be 1.1, because it is transferring slowly... anyways, how can I determine if my USB is 2.0 or 1.1? If it is 1.1, how can I make it 2.0? Can I just buy a PCI card with USB outlets for 2.0 or do I need some kind of conversion of my motherboard? __________________ yeah, its that big

01-05-2003, 07:28 PM	#3
Wren57 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Age: 38 Posts: 2,856	Yeah thats what I thought... so anyone know a program or something I can do on my cpu to find out if I still have 1.1? __________________ yeah, its that big

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01-05-2003, 07:25 PM	#2
mt.biker Posts: n/a	you would have to buy a 2.0 USB PCI card to get 2.0 if you dont have it already

01-05-2003, 08:40 PM	#4
juvenile Posts: n/a	http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm "the only way to see if your computer has usb 2 as compared to 1.1 is plug it in... if the drive doesn't work or if it only has a max speed of 4x then you do have usb 1.1 and you would need to get an add-on card that does have usb 2, or buy a new computer/motherboard that has usb 2"