Adding a 4 port USB 2.0 card to a older PC with Built in USB 1.0 ?

[Gary]

I've got an older homebuilt machine with USB 1.0 built in on the MB.
I'm currently using a mouse and a card reader on both available ports.
I want to buy an all in one Printer / Copier / Fax / Scanner etc that
I'd bet requires USB 2.0 ( it's a HP - 6210 FWIW) Can I run both USB
1.0 from the built in USB ports and also add a 4 port 2.0 USB card to
use with the new all in one printer /scanner etc combo ? Or do I have
to disable the built in USB 1.0 ports ?

I noticed in setup that there was a setting for "Assign IRQ for USB"
that was enabled, and also there was another setting "onchip USB "
that was enabled. FWIW.

The PC is an AMD K6-II 450 with an Epox MVP3G2 MB ( If you can
remember back that far ) and 256 megs of memory, with Windows ME.

I've just got a video card, sound card & network card installed and an
external dial up modem installed as backup to Comcast so there should
be ? A free IRQ or two I'd suspect, unless having two versions of USB
on one computer may cause unforeseen problems ?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance ..... Gary

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[Jonathan Oakley]

I've got an older homebuilt machine with USB 1.0 built in on the MB.
I'm currently using a mouse and a card reader on both available ports.
I want to buy an all in one Printer / Copier / Fax / Scanner etc that
I'd bet requires USB 2.0 ( it's a HP - 6210 FWIW) Can I run both USB
1.0 from the built in USB ports and also add a 4 port 2.0 USB card to
use with the new all in one printer /scanner etc combo ? Or do I have
to disable the built in USB 1.0 ports ?

I noticed in setup that there was a setting for "Assign IRQ for USB"
that was enabled, and also there was another setting "onchip USB "
that was enabled. FWIW.

The PC is an AMD K6-II 450 with an Epox MVP3G2 MB ( If you can
remember back that far ) and 256 megs of memory, with Windows ME.

I've just got a video card, sound card & network card installed and an
external dial up modem installed as backup to Comcast so there should
be ? A free IRQ or two I'd suspect, unless having two versions of USB
on one computer may cause unforeseen problems ?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance ..... Gary

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Hi,

I think it should work just fine. I basically have the same set up. A
mobo with onboard USB 1.0, which routes to the front and back of the
case. I installed a USB 2.0 PCI card (Iogear, but any will be fine), and
this worked just fine in conjunction with USB 1.0.
Lately, I removed the Iogear card as I needed firewire. So now I've a
i1394 and USB 2.0 card working fine with onboard USB 1.0. Card is Syba,
I believe.

Good luck,,
Jonathan.

 

[Gary]

Hi,

I think it should work just fine. I basically have the same set up. A
mobo with onboard USB 1.0, which routes to the front and back of the
case. I installed a USB 2.0 PCI card (Iogear, but any will be fine), and
this worked just fine in conjunction with USB 1.0.
Lately, I removed the Iogear card as I needed firewire. So now I've a
i1394 and USB 2.0 card working fine with onboard USB 1.0. Card is Syba,
I believe.

Good luck,,
Jonathan.

Thanks for the information Johnathan !

Regards ... Gary

 

[Peter]

I've got an older homebuilt machine with USB 1.0 built in on the MB.
I'm currently using a mouse and a card reader on both available ports.
I want to buy an all in one Printer / Copier / Fax / Scanner etc that
I'd bet requires USB 2.0 ( it's a HP - 6210 FWIW) Can I run both USB
1.0 from the built in USB ports and also add a 4 port 2.0 USB card to
use with the new all in one printer /scanner etc combo ? Or do I have
to disable the built in USB 1.0 ports ?

Just a thought, but why do you think that device won't work with USB 1?
Most devices are backward compatible as far as I know.

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