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Wayne Carson is currently offline  Wayne Carson   UNITED STATES
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How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or something
less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 and 2006.

Wayne
Re: USB ports [message #97808 is a reply to message #97807] Sun, 06 April 2008 20:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
JeffH is currently offline  JeffH   UNITED STATES
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Wayne Carson wrote:
> How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or something
> less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 and 2006.
>
> Wayne
>
>
Plug in a USB 2.0 device like a hard drive. Xp will usually notify you
if it is aving to connect at 1.1

JH
Re: USB ports [message #97809 is a reply to message #97808] Sun, 06 April 2008 20:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Carson is currently offline  Wayne Carson   UNITED STATES
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Jeff,

I have a 1Gig Memorex Traveldrive USB 2.0 that works fine with no windows
messages on either computer so I'm assuming that both my laptop and desktop
have the USB 2.0 ports and drivers. What's weird is when I plug in my Sony
DSC-S500 camera into either computer I always get a windows message that I
should change ports to the faster 2.0. I've tried every jack on both
computers and the same windows message when using the camera. However, I
can plug in a keyboard, a mouse, the traveldrive in any USB jack on iehter
computer and no messages. I guess the camera mass storage feature is not as
compliant even though the camera is only two years old.

Thanks for you help.

Wayne


"Jeff H" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:47f993ac@linux...
> Wayne Carson wrote:
>> How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or
>> something less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 and 2006.
>>
>> Wayne
> Plug in a USB 2.0 device like a hard drive. Xp will usually notify you if
> it is aving to connect at 1.1
>
> JH
Re: USB ports [message #97810 is a reply to message #97809] Sun, 06 April 2008 22:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
erlilo is currently offline  erlilo   DENMARK
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I've got this message on an "old" computer I had and for me, it was related
to some USBports was 1.1 and some was 2.0. For the most, you can check in
the motherboard manual about these kind of things. Another thing is, if an
USB port have found a driver for its use, it's often locked for only that
driver. In other words, if you're trying to use Traveldrive and the camera
on the same USB port but at different times, often I have seen the USB port
will only find the first used thing on that port.

Erling

"Wayne Carson" <carson_wayne@msn.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:47f9992d$1@linux...
> Jeff,
>
> I have a 1Gig Memorex Traveldrive USB 2.0 that works fine with no windows
> messages on either computer so I'm assuming that both my laptop and
> desktop have the USB 2.0 ports and drivers. What's weird is when I plug
> in my Sony DSC-S500 camera into either computer I always get a windows
> message that I should change ports to the faster 2.0. I've tried every
> jack on both computers and the same windows message when using the camera.
> However, I can plug in a keyboard, a mouse, the traveldrive in any USB
> jack on iehter computer and no messages. I guess the camera mass storage
> feature is not as compliant even though the camera is only two years old.
>
> Thanks for you help.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> "Jeff H" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:47f993ac@linux...
>> Wayne Carson wrote:
>>> How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or
>>> something less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 and
>>> 2006.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>> Plug in a USB 2.0 device like a hard drive. Xp will usually notify you
>> if it is aving to connect at 1.1
>>
>> JH
>
>
Re: USB ports [message #97811 is a reply to message #97809] Sun, 06 April 2008 23:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Aaron Allen is currently offline  Aaron Allen   UNITED STATES
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IF your manual/motherboard manual doesn't say, and if you are getting
conflicting info from Windows about 1.1/2.0 devices giving you a *could be
faster* message, try this.

You can get that info from the hardware list.
On your keyboard:
Windows Key + Pause/Break Key
Hardware tab
Device Manager
Universal Serial Bus Controllers

From here, you need the plug the numbers into Google if it doesn't say
specifically that they are USB2 in the device manager itself. You might try
here - http://www.everythingusb.com/ as a start.

AA

"Wayne Carson" <carson_wayne@msn.com> wrote in message
news:47f9992d$1@linux...
> Jeff,
>
> I have a 1Gig Memorex Traveldrive USB 2.0 that works fine with no windows
> messages on either computer so I'm assuming that both my laptop and
> desktop have the USB 2.0 ports and drivers. What's weird is when I plug
> in my Sony DSC-S500 camera into either computer I always get a windows
> message that I should change ports to the faster 2.0. I've tried every
> jack on both computers and the same windows message when using the camera.
> However, I can plug in a keyboard, a mouse, the traveldrive in any USB
> jack on iehter computer and no messages. I guess the camera mass storage
> feature is not as compliant even though the camera is only two years old.
>
> Thanks for you help.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> "Jeff H" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message news:47f993ac@linux...
>> Wayne Carson wrote:
>>> How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or
>>> something less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 and
>>> 2006.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>> Plug in a USB 2.0 device like a hard drive. Xp will usually notify you
>> if it is aving to connect at 1.1
>>
>> JH
>
>
Re: USB ports [message #97812 is a reply to message #97811] Sun, 06 April 2008 23:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Tom Bruhl is currently offline  Tom Bruhl   UNITED STATES
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Hey guys,
I have an older USB 1.1 comp (PIII) that I bought a new
PCI - USB 2.0 card for. Will it ever perform at the 2.0
standard in this older comp? Will I need to download
drivers to allow 2.0 speed? No drivers came with it.

It's a Rosewill RC 103 5 port card.
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I was just going to put it in and see what happens.

Whadaya think?
Tom



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You can get that info from the hardware list.
On your keyboard:
Windows Key + Pause/Break Key
Hardware tab
Device Manager
Universal Serial Bus Controllers

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AA

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> I have a 1Gig Memorex Traveldrive USB 2.0 that works fine with no =
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> Thanks for you help.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> "Jeff H" <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote in message =
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>>> How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or =

>>> something less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 =
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>>> Wayne
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>> JH
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Re: USB ports [message #97813 is a reply to message #97808] Mon, 07 April 2008 07:22 Go to previous message
Ed is currently offline  Ed
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Jeff H <jkhoover@excite.com> wrote:
>Wayne Carson wrote:
>> How do I find out if my desktop and/or laptop has USB 2.0 ports or something

>> less like USB 1.1? Both computers are WinXP and 2004 and 2006.
>>
>> Wayne

Aaahhhh! The turmoil of USB in XP. This was one of the features in XP that
Microsoft really hosed up! Most devices tell you drivers are included in
XP for this device... yeah right! There is no way to tell if your port is
1.1 or 2.0 unless you have a motherboard manual or you can check the manufacture's
website (like Dell). I have a Dell 8200 notebook I got cheap off of ebay...
I upgraded the memory, harddrive and was planning to use this as a mobile
recorder... I had a external notebook USB harddrive for large programs...
to make a longer story short (and after tearing out 3lbs of my hair), I checked
the Dell website and the internal USB port is only 1.1. My external drive
enclosure was 2.0. I seen in the device manager that it was recognizing
the USB device, but eventually would error. I later purchased a PCMCIA USB/Firewire
card and presto! I worked! If you do have a 2.0 port and it is still erroring
in the device manager, try uninstalling USB devices, reboot and see if it
works... as someone said, windows tries to use the same USB driver on the
last thing that was plugged into that port. Another stupid Microsoft wizardy
crap here! But there is no easy way to check if the port is 1.1 or 2.0...
however, there is a device you can purchase that will do this...

http://www.passmark.com/products/usb2loopback.htm

Hope this helps...

>Plug in a USB 2.0 device like a hard drive. Xp will usually notify you

>if it is aving to connect at 1.1
>
>JH

No it won't! It will just error in the device manager... you won't know
it unless you open the device manager... XP does not tell you why it error'd,
because it doesn't know. Also, it could be a 2.0 USB but still error (like
with the 2.0 external USB notebook drives)... you have to sometimes uninstall
other USB devices and hubs and let windows re-install them... see above!
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