[access-uk] Re: USB connectivity

  • From: "ANDY COLLINS" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:50:18 +0100

Hi George - have to say, this is what I thought to be the case. I'm trying to help a friend, who is running an oldish XP machine, probably with 1.1 USB ports, but not sure yet, cos don't know where to look in control panel for confirmation? He's bought an external HD, plugged it in, but it won't play. Firstly he got an error warning saying that the software was untested and to continue with the installation might cause damage; assuming this was the usual Microsoft scare mongering, he continued anyway, but apparently, the drive isn't showing up in My Computer.


Any observations?

Thanks -

Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 11:39 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity


I hate to disagree, Chris, but you can usually connect USB 2 devices
to a type 1 port, but will only get USB 1 speed.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of chris hallsworth
Sent: 26 July 2010 23:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity

No. However a USB 1.1 device will work on a USB 2.0 port. They are
backwards compatible. But not the other way round.


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On 26/07/2010 22:58, ANDY COLLINS wrote:
Hi all -

Will a high-speed 2.1 USB external hard drive run on an XP computer
whose ports are the old 1.1 speed? -

Andy
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