USB Port type 1 or 2

[mazzie]

Have a Compaq Presario 700 aka 711au, which is a little over a year old, running XP home and has 2 USB ports. I'd like to purchase an external USB CD-RW burner but dont know if I have USB 1 or 2, the burning speed will differ greatly, how do I find out what type of USB ports (1 or 2) I have?

help on this much appreciated

 

[dakota81]

The device drivers in the device manager typically has the word "2.0" in the driver names for usb2.0 ports. Other than that, check compaq's site for system information?

 

[greyted]

mazzie,
Try the following link, it has a very good explanation with regard to USB data transfer rates.

http://www.usb.org/info/usb_nomenclature

Ted

"The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity."
Benjamin Disraeli.

 

[shaner66]

Chances are you have USB 1.1 (but look in device manager to be sure). But even if you do have 1.1, you can purchase a PCI card that will give you USB 2.0 ports for your PC.