USB PORTS 2.0 or not?
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go to the device manager and expand USB-Controller. If there is an entry "USB 2.0-Root-Hub" then it's USB 2.0, otherwise it's 1.1 or 1.0\n\nFor the motherboard look in the User's Manual. If you haven't one, there is an excellent system analysis program called Everest from Lavalys and it's free (Home Edition).
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You can`t, but if you need the speed of a 2.0 USB port, you can buy a PCMCIA USB2.0 card, they are no very expensive, and some even have 4 ports and Firewire ports.
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Even if they're outdated they still should have valid drivers available. Only the speed will be slow compared with the new USB 2.0. Instructions on how to make them work depend on your OS. Make sure they are enabled from BIOS (if that option is available). Go to device manager and see if the USB devices are there. If they're having problems, check the messages related to them. Usually you have to replace/update the driver.
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It really depends on your motherboard, on some computers the USB 2.0 drivers cannot be installed because windows does not have the necessary drivers.\n\nTo download the correct USB 2.0 drivers visit your motherboard manufacturer's website. You can determine your motherboard manufacturer by downloading and running cpuZ from this website and clicking on the mainboard tab at the top\n\nhttp://www.cpuid.com\n\ngreetz brimu
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USB 1.1 is slow.\n\nUSB 2.x is much, much faster.\n\nI'm not a computer geek, but it sounds like you would have to replace the 1.1 card.
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No, you can't upgrade an existing USB port to be faster that it already is, you need to add entirely new ports using something like your sadly knacked PCMCIA slot.
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You need to find the make/model of your motherboard.  Your motherboard will have a certain chipset on it, either "via" or "nforce" whichever it is you need to go to the appropriate website and download what is called your "chipset drivers" this will have your usb2.0 hub drivers.
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Software upgrade is useless (but can be done anyway). The only upgrade i can recommend is to get a PCMCIA USB 2.0 adapter card. But be aware that with this card the speed (e.g. with an external hard disk) will only be increased about 6 times and not 40 times like many vendor promise (PCI specifications for notebooks - they are hardly known!).\n\nPCMCIA USB 2.0 adapter\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16839101111
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Go to Pricewatch or Geeks.com and get a USB 2 card and install it.
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The first thing you must do is to find your motherboard model. Then go to the motherboard's manufacturer site and search for updated drivers. Usually they have a section for this named 'downloads' or 'support' on their site. Note that older motherboards does not have support for usb 2.0. Search for your model and see the datasheet specifications. If the motherboard does not have usb 2.0 hardware version then you must buy a separate usb 2.0 PCI card (like this one, for example http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nisis-Easycard-USB2-Card-internal/dp/B00006TSXL). Make sure that card has win98 support when you buy one
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In short, yes. The data will just transfer slower than it would on a USB2 port.
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I had a bunch of trouble from a USB 1.0 Hub being used in USB 2.0 Ports. First thing make sure it is USB 2 hub and then make sure the hub is plugged into the BACK of the computer (motherboard) not the front panel which goes to motherboard headers.
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For more USB ports, just buy an USB hub.\n\nTo add more serial ports try an USB to Quad-Serial like the link below.
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yes u can\n\nusing USB ports
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You wont be able to read SMART attributes for a USB device because they don't exist. The SMART technology is built onto a small board on the bottom of Hard Disk Drives - sort of like a mini-motherboard. USB devices aren't really "drives" although they use a similar protocol in order for the OS to acknowledge the device.
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There are ethernet connectors that actually connect to a USB port. I had one on my old desktop, and it worked fine (pretty inexpensive too!).
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no, but you can get a pci usb 2.0 card