USB/USB-2 How can I tell?

Right off the top of my head, I'll say No on a 3-4 year old machine unless
you've added a USB 2 card in a PCI slot.

--
Wayne Morgan


"ChrisM" wrote in message
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Sorry if I was stroppy earlier.

I don't actually have access to the machine in question at the moment.

Will post back here with as many details as possible ASAP.

-From memory it is a 3-4 year old Dell (GX110 - Dimension or Optiplex)
Windows2000 Server (SP3)

Cheers,

ChrisM

"Chris Mayers" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me how I can tell if my PC has USB-2 or just plain ole
USB.
I'm running Windows2000.

Cheers,

ChrisM

On Thu, 13 May 2004 09:33:51 +0100, "ChrisM"
wrote:

Sorry if I was stroppy earlier.

I don't actually have access to the machine in question at the moment.

Will post back here with as many details as possible ASAP.

-From memory it is a 3-4 year old Dell (GX110 - Dimension or Optiplex)
Windows2000 Server (SP3)

Cheers,

ChrisM


Optiplex GX110 uses an intel 810e motherboard which does not support USB2.
The only possibility for USB2 would be if the machine has an add-on USB2
(PCI) card in it, which was installed later, not possible for it to be a
Dell factory option when ordering.

http://support.jp.dell.com/docs/syst...n/ug/specs.htm

"Noozer" wrote in message
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"bearman" wrote in message
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"Trent©" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 May 2004 16:14:20 -0600, "bearman" wrote:


"kony" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:01:58 +0100, "Chris Mayers"
wrote:

Can anyone tell me how I can tell if my PC has USB-2 or just plain
ole
USB.
I'm running Windows2000.

Yes, we can tell you.

Next time when you provide more details, we might too.

Give the guy a break! You don 't need to know anything about his
computer
setup to advise him about which USB he has.

Chris,
I don't know about Windows 2000

Then how can you criticize kony?...or even give any ADVICE?

He didn't ask about xp. He asked about w2k.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

Was there anythng wrong with my advice?

Yah... it was for the wrong OS.


Perhaps he could have tried the same sort of thing on Win2000.

Bearman

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"Noozer" wrote in message
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"bearman" wrote in message
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"Trent©" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 May 2004 16:14:20 -0600, "bearman" wrote:


"kony" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:01:58 +0100, "Chris Mayers"
wrote:

Can anyone tell me how I can tell if my PC has USB-2 or just
plain
ole
USB.
I'm running Windows2000.

Yes, we can tell you.

Next time when you provide more details, we might too.

Give the guy a break! You don 't need to know anything about his
computer
setup to advise him about which USB he has.

Chris,
I don't know about Windows 2000

Then how can you criticize kony?...or even give any ADVICE?

He didn't ask about xp. He asked about w2k.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

Was there anythng wrong with my advice?

Yah... it was for the wrong OS.


Perhaps he could have tried the same sort of thing on Win2000.

Bearman



I did. (It's the same!)

- My theory is that it's the same OS, they just moved a few menus round a
bit and changed the colours. ;-)

ChrisM

"kony" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 09:33:51 +0100, "ChrisM"
wrote:

Sorry if I was stroppy earlier.

I don't actually have access to the machine in question at the moment.

Will post back here with as many details as possible ASAP.

-From memory it is a 3-4 year old Dell (GX110 - Dimension or Optiplex)
Windows2000 Server (SP3)

Cheers,

ChrisM


Optiplex GX110 uses an intel 810e motherboard which does not support USB2.
The only possibility for USB2 would be if the machine has an add-on USB2
(PCI) card in it, which was installed later, not possible for it to be a
Dell factory option when ordering.

http://support.jp.dell.com/docs/syst...n/ug/specs.htm

No add on card, just the built in connectors. I looked for that before my
original post. I was fairly sure that it only had USB1, I just wanted an
expert opinion on how to be sure (probably just wishful thinking....)

I'm convinced now that I don't have USB-2. So need to re-think my options.

Thanks for your help kony and everyone else.

ChrisM.

"Trent©" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 05:58:23 -0600, "bearman" wrote:

Was there anythng wrong with my advice?

Yah... it was for the wrong OS.


Perhaps he could have tried the same sort of thing on Win2000.

Bearman

I think maybe we were all just a little testy that day. I wanna be
the first to apologize.


Yeah, me too. I was just trying to help.

Bearman


Besides...Kony started it! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

Two points:

First, to find out if I had a USB2 port, I'd plug in a Flash drive and see how
fast it transferred the data. If it is about 1 MB per second I think that would
be USB2.

Second, even though a computer is not USB2 capable there are drivers available
(at www.microadvantage.net ) that will "convert" the USB1 to USB2.

Anyways (not a word) that's what I did on this 5-year-old Win 98 machine.

Then again I might not know what I'm talking about...and I'm sure someone will
tell me if so.

-Doug
(Is there no one here who has solved the Machine Check: Prep event problem?)

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"Chris Mayers" wrote:

What further information do you require?

Hi,

First, to find out if I had a USB2 port, I'd plug in a Flash drive and see
how
fast it transferred the data. If it is about 1 MB per second I think that
would
be USB2.

Good suggestion, problem is I don't have any USB2devices available (except
for a mouse 8-/). The reason I was trying to find out if I had USB2 was
because I was trying to decide if I should buy a USB2 drive...

Second, even though a computer is not USB2 capable there are drivers
available
(at www.microadvantage.net ) that will "convert" the USB1 to USB2.

Let me get this straight...

You're saying that you can get a driver (Software only, no hardware) that
will convert USB1 to USB2??

Woh! Even as a bit of a thicket when it comes to hardware, I can't see how
that would work...having said that, if it does then, Great!

I am off to research this at once!

Cheers,

ChrisM

Hopefully all apologies to all parties accepted...
;-)
;-)
;-)


This thread is becoming somthing of an epic for such a simple question!

Cheers and have a nice weekend... (Doh! it's Friday tomorrow!)

ChersM.

"bearman" wrote in message
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"Trent©" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 05:58:23 -0600, "bearman" wrote:

Was there anythng wrong with my advice?

Yah... it was for the wrong OS.


Perhaps he could have tried the same sort of thing on Win2000.

Bearman

I think maybe we were all just a little testy that day. I wanna be
the first to apologize.


Yeah, me too. I was just trying to help.

Bearman


Besides...Kony started it! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

On Thu, 13 May 2004 17:25:18 +0100, "ChrisM"
wrote:

Hi,

First, to find out if I had a USB2 port, I'd plug in a Flash drive and see
how
fast it transferred the data. If it is about 1 MB per second I think that
would
be USB2.

Good suggestion, problem is I don't have any USB2devices available (except
for a mouse 8-/). The reason I was trying to find out if I had USB2 was
because I was trying to decide if I should buy a USB2 drive...

Always buy the faster interface (USB2) over USB1. USB2 is backwards
compatible and someday you will have a system with USB2 so you won't need
a new drive (caddy?).



Second, even though a computer is not USB2 capable there are drivers
available
(at www.microadvantage.net ) that will "convert" the USB1 to USB2.

Let me get this straight...

You're saying that you can get a driver (Software only, no hardware) that
will convert USB1 to USB2??

Woh! Even as a bit of a thicket when it comes to hardware, I can't see how
that would work...having said that, if it does then, Great!

If a port is (by design, the hardware itself) USB1, there is no possible
way to use a driver to make it into USB2, it is impossible. What is
possible, is for a USB2 port to be operating in USB1 mode until correct
driver and/or operating system support is installed. Your motherboard,
assuming it is the i810 chipset as I linked previously, does not have any
chance of having it's ports run as USB2 ports. USB2 PCI cards are fairly
cheap though, it may be worth the cost for an external drive used
regularly or with large files.