Hi Guys,
i am setting up portable Thunderbird in my Kingston Datatraveler 128Mb, but it's quite slow.
I want to make sure my USB ports are 2.0
I am running WIN XP PRO SP2, all updated drivers. My motherboard is a Soyo 7VCA2. desktop PIII 1ghz.
At device manager i see the following under USB:
--sorry my OS is in spanish!--
http://img130.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=67180_device_man_531lo.jpg
I see no "enhanced USB" anywhere!
Anyone can help me to figure out wheter my motherboard is USB 2.0 compatible or I should buy a PCI card??
Thanks a lot for your help.
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The mother board is likely USB 1.1 or less. The specs just say USB, not even USB high speed. http://www.soyo.com.tw/products/proddesc.php?id=16 The processor is a socket 370 Pentium III and that indicates that it probably predates USB 2.0.
An addin card can be had for under $10 US.
Clair
Dude, thanks a lot for your reply!
The motherboard is the Soyo 7VCA-E though, my fault!
If I buy a PCI card, the flash drive will connect at hi-speed no matter what the mainboard is??
Thanks.
The operating system and associated drivers will determine if the card works. In most cases, anything newer than Win ME will work without drivers. Win ME may work, but may require drivers. Most recent Linux distributions should have no problem.
I had a Kingston 64M and it wasn't the speediest, so going to USB 2.0 may not help much, especially if the thumb drive is USB 1.1 device.
Good luck,
Clair
Another thought: I dont get the "This USB device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port." message when conecting the Datatraveler 2.0
So, is windows failing to give the message? or something else?
It could be a USB 1.1 device. For obvious reasons, Windows won't give you that warning if you connect a USB 1.1 device to a USB 1.1 port. If you connect a USB 2.0 device to a 1.1 port, though, it will. So your drive is probably 1.1.
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thanks Bruce.
I knew that, but kingston website says that Data Traveler KUSBDTI/128 is 2.0 High Speed USB, and so says when U see at device safe removal.
Is there a way to be sure which speed does the drive support??
Thanks again!
To me, the message you are getting indicates the computer only supports USB 1.x and the thumb drive is probably USB 2.0. If you have the model correct.
If so, the thumb drive will support USB 2.0 standards. It will run faster connected to a USB 2.0 port! How fast thumbdrives are has been discussed in other posts and is counter-productive unless someone has measured that device. Even then, those numbers are probably meaningless in your case.
I probably gave you too much information in my earlier replys and that has lead to confusion. Find a computer that is known to support USB 2.0 and try it, if you like it then buy the card and you will be happy.
Clair
No, that's just it--he said that he wasn't getting that message. That's what has us all so confused.
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Lauren She eats everything! It's like having a goat. A giant, two-Godzillaton goat.
maggie Hey, I resent that remark! I only weigh ONE Godzillaton!
~ Spectacles: Bruce's Story
yeah, thats right.
I DONT get the "slo-mo" message, but the drive is 2.0, according to my manual and kingston doc's.
But it was said previously that the mainboard is USB 1.1 and not 2.0.
so, win XP should flash the message.
Anyway...
I figure I'll just buy a PCI card.
Anyone has any experience with DataTraveler II? (the secure flash drive)
If i can get the whole setup to work out, i might be getting one of those.
Thanks to all.
I don't get the message either, but I am running W2k. There seems to be no good way to determine which USB a computer is using. I would install a known card and see if there is a speed increase, but then I am not very financially limited.
Clair
The best way to tell which version of USB you have is to go into Device Manager (on Windows 2000 and XP, right-click My Computer, hit Manage, then select Device Manager) and look at what you have under "Universal Serial Bus controllers." If it lists an "Enhanced Host Controller," you have USB 2.0. If not, then you probably don't.
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Lauren She eats everything! It's like having a goat. A giant, two-Godzillaton goat.
maggie Hey, I resent that remark! I only weigh ONE Godzillaton!
~ Spectacles: Bruce's Story
That's what I first done. see the pic posted at first messg.
BUT...
I've found a lil' jewel:
SiSoftware Sandra 2007 benchmark utility.
It just told me what i needed: my mainboard USB speed!!!
http://img130.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=57905_sandra_usb_540lo.jpg
I got its free, Lite version at:
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_3264&...
Thanks to all that replied!
Hope this utility helps.
That's what I thought. UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface) is 1.1. EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) would be USB 2.0.
Oh, by the way, are you running Windows 2000? If so, Win2K doesn't show the "this device can perform faster" message. That's a feature that was introduced in XP.
Edit: Nevermind. That was a stupid question. I should have noticed the window was skinned with Luna.
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Lauren She eats everything! It's like having a goat. A giant, two-Godzillaton goat.
maggie Hey, I resent that remark! I only weigh ONE Godzillaton!
~ Spectacles: Bruce's Story