USB 1.0 and 1.1

[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).

 

[John Dulak]

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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[Ingeborg]

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?))

 

[philo]

"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