Upgrade to USB 2.0

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What is the difference in a USB 2.0 PCI card that has "via chipset" and one
that doesn't?
Jim
 
Jim said:
What is the difference in a USB 2.0 PCI card that has "via chipset"
and one that doesn't?
Jim
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There are various manufacturers that make USB chipsets. VIA is one of
them, NEC is another... Various other manufacturers use these chipsets to
make the actual card that you buy. VIA also makes the chipsets
(memory/IO/bus controllers, etc) that many motherboard manufacturers use.
Note that in a lot of cases, the chipset is actually only one or two chips.
I have used cards with a number of different brands of USB chipsets, and
have noticed no huge difference in operation from one to another.
 
There are various manufacturers that make USB chipsets. VIA is one of
them, NEC is another... Various other manufacturers use these chipsets to
make the actual card that you buy. VIA also makes the chipsets
(memory/IO/bus controllers, etc) that many motherboard manufacturers use.
Note that in a lot of cases, the chipset is actually only one or two
chips.
I have used cards with a number of different brands of USB chipsets, and
have noticed no huge difference in operation from one to another.
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Thanks. I thought VIA meant "by way of" a certain chip set.
heh..........
 
Hi,

They all have chipsets, it's just that one has the VIA brand and are trying
to sell based on that.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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