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KJmofo

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#12371 14-Mar-2007 07:40
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My Presario 2175 has built in 1.1 usb,  will a 2.0 interface perform at a 2.0 rate?

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  #63673 14-Mar-2007 08:40
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Do you mean "will a USB2.0 device connect?". Yes at the 1.1 rate, 1.1 speeds are a subset of the 2.0 spec.



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  #63674 14-Mar-2007 08:55
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Connection isn't the problem. Performance is.  I hope to use the USB pcmcia 2.0 card to achieve 2.0 speeds. the application is bandwith intensive, it is a live sound app.

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  #63676 14-Mar-2007 09:06
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yes a USB2.0 PC Card should work, thats how I'm providing faster disk access to and external USB2 HDD on a 6 year old Toshiba Tecra



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  #63678 14-Mar-2007 09:25
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One review of USB 2.0 cards from 2004 mentions that the speed isn't as good as USB 2.0 on the reviewer's desktop. You'll probably have to do your own test.

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  #63687 14-Mar-2007 11:53
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I use a 4 port pcmcia usb 2.0 card in my 7 year old usb 1.1 notebook

works well definately faster BUT depending on what you do you may need to utilise the additional external power that a usb 2.0 pc card should come with fortunately mine can take take power from an existing usb 1.1 port apparently come require an AC adapter which isn't useful with a laptop !


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