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USB 2.0 PCI Card
Name: AshTheIdiot Date: January 9, 2005 at 13:59:55 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 2.6GHz, 1280MB Ram
Comment:
Hi, I'm just wondering if it's possible to use a PCI card for USB 2.0 (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=4407628119&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=32620) without a USB 2.0 motherboard?
My friend's actually the one who's doing this but I've never heard it before!
Name: hwood Date: January 9, 2005 at 14:23:07 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, it is that is exactly what they are designed for, to add USB 2.0 functionality to a non-USB 2.0 system. I have used a number of them. Most you have to load a driver for the card, but the USB 2.0 connections on the card should work fine afterwards.
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Response Number 2
Name: DCM Date: January 9, 2005 at 14:24:55 Pacific
Reply:
Yes it is possible. My ASUS motherboard is older and has USB 1.1 on it.
I have actually tried 2 different USB 2.0 cards. The first one may or may not have worked (no USB 2.0 devices to try at that time) so I replaced it with an Adaptec USB 2.0 card that I got on sale for under $10 with rebates. The first card was free after rebates. I bought the Adaptec card because I knew that if any brand would work well, it would be Adaptec instead of the first one ("no name" brand).
I am now running an external hard drive on the Adaptec card and it runs perfectly. It was very easy to install too.
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Response Number 3
Name: AshTheIdiot Date: January 9, 2005 at 14:30:32 Pacific
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