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usb 2.0 or 1.0?
Name: pcplod Date: December 21, 2004 at 10:17:37 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 128
Comment:
What is the difference and how can I tell what is in my computer?
Name: Trev Date: December 21, 2004 at 12:28:28 Pacific
Reply:
USB 2.0 is about ten times faster. If you go to device manager and look at the USB host controller, if it is USB 2.0 it should say so.
You are unlikely to have native USB 2.0 support on your PC since Windows ME does not support it. It is usually installed by putting in a separate PCI card for that purpose.
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Response Number 2
Name: richard (by slowpoke) Date: December 21, 2004 at 12:30:32 Pacific
Reply:
Download Everest and install it on your computer. When you run it you can find exactly what is installed on your computer. Get it here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/everest.html
USB1 is old technology and USB2 is some 40 times faster than USB1
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Response Number 3
Name: Ray Peate Date: December 22, 2004 at 01:47:05 Pacific
Reply:
Open Device Manager then USB Contollers.
IF you have an entry which reads
.....PCI to USB ENHANCED Host Contoller
then you have USB 2
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Response Number 4
Name: Trev Date: December 22, 2004 at 12:58:11 Pacific
Reply:
This site has everything you need to know about USB
http://www.usb.org/faq
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Response Number 5
Name: ddp59 Date: December 22, 2004 at 20:59:10 Pacific
Reply:
if you have via chipset on a newer board say 2 years old than you'll probably have usb2 as i am running a p4 withwin98se via chipset & usb2. if sis chipset than probably not as mother disk not set for win98 &me
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