On Tuesday 28 Mar 2006 18:29, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 18:03 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > > Some boards have different speed ports at different locations. > I have seen some with a pair of 1.1 ports and a pair of 2.0 ports on the > back, and depending on which motherboard connector you used for the > front panel connectors you could also get different speeds there. > Most of the newer boards are at least consistent with having all 2.0 > ports and most newer cases are all 2.0 compliant. > > Some older cases had front panel connectors that were built with 1.1 > standards and may not be capable of running 2.0 so if they try it causes > errors. Sometimes the ability to handle high speed devices is bios > dependent as well. > I know that the front panel connectors switch from USB 2.0 to USB 1.1 as a BIOS setting. I've copied a 100MB file from a USB flash drive and the difference is evident. Also it's the same USB socket with the same cable that works in one mode and not the other. Dave F -- Registered Linux user number 393408 I use and recommend the email service at 1 & 1 For domain registration, email and web hosting please visit: http://oneandone.co.uk/xml/init?k_id=6389763
