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USB Ports - 2.0 or not?

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Mighty

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Is there a simple way to tell if USB ports are 2.0 or not. I want to buy an external hard drive but the one I am looking at is USB 2.0. Will it still work if the ports are not USB 2.0?

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yes it will, but only at reduced speed.
check device manager, under usb there should be somting like "enhanched usb" mentioned
 
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The device manager only tells you if you have any, alas not where they are...

read the manual on the motherboard, it will usually tell you if you have them or not and where they are located at...

PS: if the mobo is a recent (last couple years) then you can bet that you have USB 2.0 ...

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