Do I have USB 2.0 ?

SuperGreg · #1 06-09-2005, 10:33 AM

Probably a stupid question, but how can I tell if my 8mo. old Dell PC has USB 2.0? Dell specs. don't seem to explain this. If I have USB 1.1, I will assume that I can just buy a USB 2.0 card?

EDIT

I just found this in the documentation:

USB Controller Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
USB Controller Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
USB Controller Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
USB Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Thanks in advance!

Thunder22 · #2 06-09-2005, 10:42 AM

that's 2.0... you're all set.

SuperGreg · #3 06-09-2005, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gresch

that's 2.0... you're all set.

Thanks! How could you tell?

Thunder22 · #4 06-09-2005, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperGreg

Thanks! How could you tell?

you posted the spec on the controller.

and an 8 month old Dell wouldn't have 1.0, intel motherboards have been 2.0 for awhile.... (and I'm the Director of IT Infrastructure at my company, if I don't know, I should turn in my ID badge and blackberry/nextel!

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UCrewX5 · #5 06-09-2005, 10:47 AM

An 8 month old computer most definately should have USB 2.0. One quick way to verify is to plug a 2.0 device into the USB slot and if the slot is 1.1 then it will stilll work but Windows will give you a message that a 2.0 device is plugged into a 1.1 port and could run faster if plugged into a 2.0 port.

Adding USB 2.0 is as simple as plugging in another card into the computer, and they are very cheap.

SuperGreg · #6 06-09-2005, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UCrewX5

An 8 month old computer most definately should have USB 2.0. One quick way to verify is to plug a 2.0 device into the USB slot and if the slot is 1.1 then it will stilll work but Windows will give you a message that a 2.0 device is plugged into a 1.1 port and could run faster if plugged into a 2.0 port.

Adding USB 2.0 is as simple as plugging in another card into the computer, and they are very cheap.

Thanks Jeff! I'm going to order the scanner, but I wanted to get the 2.0 card at the same time if I needed it. It doesn't appear that I need to.

Kewl X5 · #7 06-09-2005, 11:17 AM

Gresch is right. My 2-year old Dell laptop has USB 2.0.

Greg, welcome to the 21st century!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperGreg

Probably a stupid question, but how can I tell if my 8mo. old Dell PC has USB 2.0? Dell specs. don't seem to explain this. If I have USB 1.1, I will assume that I can just buy a USB 2.0 card?

EDIT

I just found this in the documentation:

USB Controller Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
USB Controller Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
USB Controller Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
USB Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Thanks in advance!