USB 1.1

[Stephen]

My 2001 dell computer has USB 1.1. I want to connect a External Hard drive
and DVD burner. I have heard that it wont work since the external drives are
USB2.0 does anyone know the facts on this.
Thanx
Stephen

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excuse if you see twice.

 

[CWatters]

My 2001 dell computer has USB 1.1. I want to connect a External Hard drive
and DVD burner. I have heard that it wont work since the external drives are
USB2.0 does anyone know the facts on this.

Try adding a USB 2.0 PCI card. They are quite cheap.

 

[Herb Fritatta]

My 2001 dell computer has USB 1.1. I want to connect a External Hard drive
and DVD burner. I have heard that it wont work since the external drives are
USB2.0 does anyone know the facts on this.
Thanx
Stephen

P.S. I posted this message before [today] It didn't seem to post , so please
excuse if you see twice.

You will need to add a USB 2.0 PCI card, and have SP1 installed. The
original XP distribution did not include support for USB 2.0. USB 2.0
devices should be backwards-compatible with 1.1, but they will only run
at 1.1 speed.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My 2001 dell computer has USB 1.1. I want to connect a External Hard drive
and DVD burner. I have heard that it wont work since the external drives are
USB2.0 does anyone know the facts on this.

An external DVD burner should be OK on USB 1.1 - it may be a 'USB 2.0
device connected to a USB 1.1 port', but the speed of that is about
adequate for a basic 1x speed DVD burning. A hard drive is likely to be
badly limited. I would suggest buying a cheap USB 2.0 PCI card to plug
in and add a pair of USB 2.0 ports