USB 2.0 External CD Burner on a USB 1.1 computer

[Mel Seder]

--- Teodor Iliescu <tiliescu-ZdyLq7YhDA8hunQcOVOuvCwD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Mel Seder wrote:
> 
> > Are the USB 2.0 cd burners built for the newer High Speed USB ports
> > only?
> 
> They are also USB 1.1 backwards compatible. Unfortunately, the only
> speed 
> you will get out of them on a USB 1.1 port is about 4x. Something to 
> consider when burning lots of CDs. Not sure about all burners, but
> you can 
> use this as a general rule.
> 
> 4 x 150k/s = 600k/s (4x speed)
> 
> Do you have a USB 2.0 card, or a does your motherboard support USB
> 2.0?
> 
I have an ASUS P4B266 motherboard.  Their shipping box says USB 2.0
(optional) so I suspect I don't have it.  I don't remember putting in
any kind of USB card when I assembled the computer.




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