USB controller

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Peter

If I will connect an external DVD-burner to my pc, I read that I need
USB2. So I just wonder,how do I find out if I have got USB2 or USB1?

Peter.
 
If I will connect an external DVD-burner to my pc, I read that I need
USB2. So I just wonder,how do I find out if I have got USB2 or USB1?

Peter.
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It should be listed in the motherboard manual, motherboard
manufacturer's website, or in the tech specs from the OEM and/or
system builder. If you can't figure out from this, mention and
provide a link to your motherboard, the manufacturer's product page.

If the motherboard is more than ~ 2 years old it probably doesn't have
USB 2. In Window's Device Manager the USB ports would show up as
"Enhanced", EHC, for USB 2, but only "Universal" for USB 1.1.


Dave
 
Yes, then I suppose I just have got USB1, because the ports show
"universal". Are there anything I can do to make USB1 into USB2, or will
I then have to buy a new motherboard?

Peter.
 
Yes, then I suppose I just have got USB1, because the ports show
"universal". Are there anything I can do to make USB1 into USB2, or will
I then have to buy a new motherboard?

Peter.
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There's nothing you can do to make a USB 1.1 port into a USB 2, but
you can just buy a PCI USB 2 card instead of a whole new motherboard,
they're very inexpensive these days.


Dave
 
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