USB 1.0 and 1.1

[Guest freddy]

I had a technician ask me if I had a 1.0 or a 1.1 USB on my old Win 98

PC. It is an Emachines Etower 333 with 3.2 GB hard drive and 32 MB

RAM.

Anyone know-or if not know how I can find out? It was bought in Spring

1999.

The question I forgot to ask him-what difference does it make? I am

concerned with transfering my photos, videos and audio to my more

modern XP or Vista machines. The 98 has NO CD burner just a floppy

(LOL).

[Guest John Dulak]

Re: USB 1.0 and 1.1

 

freddy wrote:

> I had a technician ask me if I had a 1.0 or a 1.1 USB on my old Win 98

> PC. It is an Emachines Etower 333 with 3.2 GB hard drive and 32 MB

> RAM.

> Anyone know-or if not know how I can find out? It was bought in Spring

> 1999.

> The question I forgot to ask him-what difference does it make? I am

> concerned with transfering my photos, videos and audio to my more

> modern XP or Vista machines. The 98 has NO CD burner just a floppy

> (LOL).

>

 

Freddy;

 

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Device Manager.

 

Expand the "USB Controllers" section by clicking on the "+" sign to

the left of the entry.

 

Click on the entry that refers to the chipset controller NOT the "Root

Hub" entry.

 

Click on the properties button and on the "General" tab you should see

an entry for "Hardware Version"

 

I assume you wish to transfer files using a USB Flash drive. If so you

will need a Win98 driver from the drive manufacturer's web site.

 

OR

If you cannot find a Win98SE driver at the ,manufacturer's web site,

or want an easier way to deal with it in Win98SE, install the

"unofficial" Native USB Mass Storage Driver for Win98SE:

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

Direct Download:

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/drivers/nusb31e.exe

 

Discussion:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43605

 

From personal experience I can verify that this driver works with

both USB versions 1 and 2 on a variety of flash drives.

 

HTH & GL

 

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[Guest Ingeborg]

Re: USB 1.0 and 1.1

 

freddy wrote:

> I had a technician ask me if I had a 1.0 or a 1.1 USB on my old Win 98

> PC. It is an Emachines Etower 333 with 3.2 GB hard drive and 32 MB

> RAM.

> Anyone know-or if not know how I can find out? It was bought in Spring

> 1999.

> The question I forgot to ask him-what difference does it make? I am

> concerned with transfering my photos, videos and audio to my more

> modern XP or Vista machines. The 98 has NO CD burner just a floppy

> (LOL).

>

 

Are you sure he asked for 1.0 and 1.1, and not 1.1 and 2.0? 1.0 interfaces

are rare. However, when you machine was new in 1999, you've got 1.1. The

main difference is speed. (USB 1.0 does 1.5 Mbit/s, 1.1 does 11 Mb, 2.0

does 480 Mb).

 

(BTW, it's not a good idea to try to use USB on a W98 machine. Most USB

device drivers need at least W98SE. I'd recommend to put a networkcard in

it, (You do have a network, don't you?))

[Guest philo]

Re: USB 1.0 and 1.1

 

 

"freddy" <melbedewy1226@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:1189468757.715201.314900@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> I had a technician ask me if I had a 1.0 or a 1.1 USB on my old Win 98

> PC. It is an Emachines Etower 333 with 3.2 GB hard drive and 32 MB

> RAM.

> Anyone know-or if not know how I can find out? It was bought in Spring

> 1999.

> The question I forgot to ask him-what difference does it make? I am

> concerned with transfering my photos, videos and audio to my more

> modern XP or Vista machines. The 98 has NO CD burner just a floppy

> (LOL).

>

 

Unless you've installed a USB-2 card...

your machine would be USB1.1

 

It would be rather slow in transferring a lot of data...

however since your drive is just 3.2 gigs you would not have a ton of data

there...

so your data transfer should be possible without too much of a problem