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| Thread ID: 40534 | 2003-12-10 14:58:00 | Adding more USB 2.0 ports | Mark Veldhuizen (2570) | Press F1 |
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| 199197 | 2003-12-10 14:58:00 | I have a lot of USB products, such as MOUSE, KEYBOARD, SCANNER, PRINTER, DIGITAL CAMERA, WACOM TABLET, ADSL and I am also sure there will be many more to come . Anyway, on my computer I am building, I have an MSI KT4AV mobo, which has 4 USB2 . 0 ports at the back, and also 2 at the front, bringing it to six . Six isn't enough, so I had a look at a store today for USB2 . 0 hubs and stuff and I found that the cheapest, and best looking solution, was to buy a PCI USB2 . 0 card, which gives me 5 USB 2 . 0 ports, four external and one internal, in the case (for Card readers and stuff I imagine) . Anyway, it costs 25 euros which is about 50 NZD (I'm in France ATM) so it's not too bad . The thing is, the box for the card is basically saying it's for USB1 . 1 motherboards, to add USB2 . 0 support . But my MOBO is already USB2 . 0 and I already have 6 ports . I just want 10 . SOOO, will adding this USB2 . 0 card, designed primarily for adding USB2 . 0 support to a USB1 . 1 mobo, cause any conflicts or problems when installing it? I'd like all 10 (or 11 counting 1 internal) to work perfectly and in 2 . 0 speed . So, basically my question is: will it work fine or will adding an entire USB2 . 0 card cause conflicts because I already have USB2 . 0 support? Thanks . |
Mark Veldhuizen (2570) | ||
| 199198 | 2003-12-10 18:24:00 | it shouldn't cause any conflict, but it might pay to get another card. | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 199199 | 2003-12-10 21:02:00 | Sounds like just advertising blurb. Most older computers have USB 1.1, so by splashing it over everywhere, they are trying to sell to that market. If it is a PCI card that supports USB 2 , then I can't see there is a problem. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 199200 | 2003-12-11 00:04:00 | I have on board usb 1.1 and pci usb 2 with no conflicts running on xp pro. The only trouble I had was getting the drivers for usb 2. It seems that Microsoft control the copyright for these in xp pro, I had to get an driver update from their site. |
beama (111) | ||
| 199201 | 2003-12-11 01:50:00 | That card doesn't care whether the mother board has USB1.0, 1.11, 2.0, or none at all. :D It will matter that there's a PCI bus for it to plug into. It's a USB2.0 card, and it needs a driver so the OS can use it. Given that, it will be a happy USB 2.0 card. ;-) External hubs probably need to have power supplies ... because a "6er" has to be able to provide 3A, whereas each port on the computer will have a maximum of 500 mA, so any ports on a hub plugged into a port have to share that. (I'd like that internal unit to have a power connector, rather than taking it all though the PCI bus. ) |
Graham L (2) | ||
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