USB Ports


  1. lvr181
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    USB Ports


    I am currently running Windows 7 64bit Home Edition on my Gigabyte motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H). This motherboard has front and rear USB ports.

    Q1. How do I distinguish between USB 1.1 and USB 2 for these ports?

    Q2. How do I update the USB 1.1 ports to USB 2?

    Any practical help or suggestion would be much appreciated by this newbie

    Thanks.
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  3. pbcopter
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    As far as I know, all the USB ports on that board are 2.0, however they are backward compatible with 1.1 devices.
    What problems are you having?
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  4. lvr181
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    pbcopter said:
    As far as I know, all the USB ports on that board are 2.0, however they are backward compatible with 1.1 devices.
    What problems are you having?
    I keep getting a message that one of my USB devices would "run quicker on USB 2 port".......or words to that effect.
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