Upgrade USB

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    sammy004 is offline Valued Member

    Upgrade USB

    Hi Guys is there any way I can make my 1.1 usb port into a 2.0 usb port. Is there anything I can add in between to upgrade it.

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    The hardware is different. To upgrade your computer for USB2 you can
    purchase a PCI USB2 card (most have 4 USB ports) and
    install the appropriate driver. As you probably know, USB2 peripherals are
    backward compatible and will run (at the slower USB 1 speed) on a USB1 port.

    upgrade usb 1 2

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    sammy004 is offline Valued Member
    So all I have to do is buy PCI usb2 and plug it in my usb1.1 to make it 2.0 (plug and play)
    Also how much of a diffrent will it make in the speed

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    your current USB is on a pci card?

    if so replace it or plug the new card into a pci slot.

    here is some info:

    The USB High-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Host Card Controller makes its presence known bringing with it a blazing 480Mbps speed to USB connectivity. With bandwidth being an amazing 40 times greater than USB1.1 it's a perfect high speed interface for transferring extremely large amounts of data from USB 2.0 compliant products. Such peripherals as real time video cameras, scanners, portable drives and others will benefit. The High-Speed USB 2.0 5-Port PCI card controller gives your computer the highest USB speeds available today.

    http://www.usb-pci.com/

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    sammy004 is offline Valued Member
    Yeah I just bought a DVD burner HP DC5000 and when I trasfer my home videos from my movie camara the speed is just slow. although HP recomends a 2.0 ,1.1 will work but at a slow speed

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