USB Identification

Dell has not yet shipped a machine that has USB 2.0 devices. You can buy a USB 2.0 PCI card, however, and you will be able to use USB 2 devices.

Steve

You have USB 1.1, Dell has not yet shipped any computer with USB 2.0 yet. If you want to add USB 2.0, you'll need a PCI card with USB 2.0 and add it to your computer.

Are USB 2 devices backwards compatible with USB 1.1 or just the USB 2 ports?

-Willy

Dimension 4100
40GB Quantum Fireball 7200rpm HD (Master)
40GB Maxtor 7200rpm HD (Slave)
M781 16" Viewable, .26dp Monitor
Windows XP Professional
BIOS A10
Pentium III - 933mhz
512MB SDRAM
GeForce2 MX/4X 32MB
24x CD/DVD-ROM
32/10/24 VeloCD TDK CD-RW
Sound Blaster Live! 5.5

USB 2 devices are only compatible with USB 2 ports. However, USB 2 ports are backward capatible with with USB 1.1 devices. In other words to run a USB 2 device you need a USB 2 port. To run a USB 1.1 device, you can either use a USB 1.1 port or a USB 2 port.

Steve

Steve,

"In other words to run a USB 2
- device you need a USB 2 port."

Not true Steve. You can run a USB 2 device on a non-USB 2 machine, you just can't take advantage of the increased speed a USB 2 device is capable of. I have a USB 2 scanner, and it runs just fine on my non-USB 2.0 machine.

Jim



Dell Dimension 8200
Windows XP Home
2.2GHz P4
1 GB PC800 RDRam
Dell P992 19" Trinitron Monitor
64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 w/DVI
120GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
Intellimouse Explorer
3Com PCI Remote Wake Up Network Card
16X DVD-Rom Drive
24X/10X/40X CD-RW
Iomega 250MB Zip Drive
SB Live! Digital Sound Card
Harmon Kardon HK-695 Surround Sound w/sub
Performance USB Keyboard
56K Conexant V.92 Telephony Modem Voice/Data/Fax
Epson Perfection 2450 Photo Scanner
Epson Stylus C80 Printer