USB1 cable vs USB2 cable

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Talal Itani

Hello,

I have a few USB cables that I have not used in a while. I do not know if
they are USB 1 or USB 2 cables. Is there an easy way to tell? Thanks.

Talal
 
Talal Itani said:
I have a few USB cables that I have not used in a while. I do not know if they are USB 1 or USB 2
cables. Is there an easy way to tell?
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Nope, technically there is no difference with the cable standard wise.

In practice there are some cheap cables that dont do USB2 well.
 
Nope, technically there is no difference with the cable standard wise.

In practice there are some cheap cables that dont do USB2 well.
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The only restriction is the computer or watever you are conecting the
cable never changed

but in correction of what was said before the cheep cables will not
slow down the conection the good cables only have more rf
shielding the only reason you would need that is if you have an mp3
player or some other static sensative device.
 
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The only restriction is the computer or watever
you are conecting the cable never changed
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What I said in different words.
but in correction of what was said before
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We'll see...
the cheep cables will not slow down the conection
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Didnt say they did.
the good cables only have more rf shielding
the only reason you would need that is if you have
an mp3 player or some other static sensative device.
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Wrong. And RF shielding has absolutely NOTHING to do with static anyway.
 
Hello,

I have a few USB cables that I have not used in a while. I do not know if
they are USB 1 or USB 2 cables. Is there an easy way to tell? Thanks.

Talal
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No unless it's marked on it, but a cable sold as USB1 long
ago may work fine at USB2 speeds. In general a better USB2
cable will have lower gauge (thicker) wire, which generally
means a thicker bundle of cable, it just looks thicker in
total too though it could only have a thicker
insulation/abrasion covering instead.

Try the cable, if it works you're done.
 
Hello,

I have a few USB cables that I have not used in a while. I do not know if
they are USB 1 or USB 2 cables. Is there an easy way to tell? Thanks.

Talal
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The only difference is USB2 requires a shielded cable, it was optional
for USB1.

Stephen
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Stephen said:
Haven't read the specs have you. For USB1 cables the shielding was
optional. www.usb.org is where I found the info a year or so ago.
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Ignore Speed, or better plonk it. It is a troll, and "wrong" is
50% of its sparse vocabulary. Replying just serves to encourage
it.

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CBFalconer said:
Ignore Speed, or better plonk it. It is a troll, and "wrong" is
50% of its sparse vocabulary. Replying just serves to encourage
it.
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and 95% of the time wrong was right,(despite the delivery) and so it is in
this case. All USB cables were and are shielded. In some extreme cases like
pigtails(4in or less) for USB drives or MP3 players they were 'barely'
shielded and really cheap 6 ft's had scantily shielded cable, like those
that came with some handhelds and other peripherals. however it was never a
lack of shielding it was a quality issue.
 
JAD said:
and 95% of the time wrong was right,(despite the delivery)
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The trolling is what JAD enjoys.
and so it is in this case.
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Not by my reading.

Cable and Connector Class Document Revision 1.0
Table 4-1 ¾ USB Electrical, Mechanical and Environmental
Compliance Standards
....
Shielding Effectiveness
(Only required for Full-speed)
All USB cables were and are shielded.
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In other words "the cable I cut open was shielded".



<Snipped more irrelevant babbling from a malicious troll>
 
Ignore Speed, or better plonk it. It is a troll, and "wrong" is
50% of its sparse vocabulary. Replying just serves to encourage
it.
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I already plonked him, I figure he is a college kid, irritating, tells
others he knows all and no one else knows anything.

-g
 
geoff said:
I already plonked him,
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Fat lot of good that will do you, child.
I figure he is a college kid, irritating, tells others he knows all and no one else knows
anything.
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Guess which pathetic little prat has just made
one hell of a spectacular fool of itself, as always.
 
Maybe, but little college boy Rod reminds me of something I leave in my
toilet, just flush and forget it.

The purpose of the group is not to give Rod therapy. If he is feeling
inadequate then he will have to work it out himself.

-g
 
geoff said:
I'd rather be gutless than inadequate and unstable like you, college boy.
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Guess which pathetic little gutless prat has just made
one hell of a spectacular fool of itself, as always.
 
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