USB 2.0 External CD Burner on a USB 1.1 computer

[James Knott]

Mel Seder wrote:
> --- 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.

Well, they're not that expensive, so no reason you couldn't install one.


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