USB 2.0 question

[BillW]

I currently have an external disk drive, camera, scanner and PDA attached to
my computer via a USB 1.1 PCI card. If I disconnect all the devices, pull
the 1.1 card, replace it with a 2.0 card and reconnect all of the devices,
will everything continue to run as before? Or, will the devices be
recognized as new because they're coming in through a new "path"? Thanks
for your help.

 

[Johnny Lingo]

I currently have an external disk drive, camera, scanner and PDA attached
to my computer via a USB 1.1 PCI card. If I disconnect all the devices,
pull the 1.1 card, replace it with a 2.0 card and reconnect all of the
devices, will everything continue to run as before? Or, will the devices
be recognized as new because they're coming in through a new "path"?
Thanks for your help.

They will all be recognized as "New Hardware", but everything should work
just fine as the drivers are already known!

 

[Ron Sommer]

I just had this happen.
It will be a new path. I had to delete the old installed device and
reinstall using the new path.

 

[CWatters]

I currently have an external disk drive, camera, scanner and PDA attached to
my computer via a USB 1.1 PCI card. If I disconnect all the devices, pull
the 1.1 card, replace it with a 2.0 card and reconnect all of the devices,
will everything continue to run as before? Or, will the devices be
recognized as new because they're coming in through a new "path"? Thanks
for your help.

You need to be running SP1 at least.

It also matters how you get to SP1. I believe there is a subtle difference
between PC delivered with SP1 installed and PC that were upgraded to SP1.

How to obtain and to install USB 2.0 drivers in Windows XP Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329632&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH