Only have USB 1.1 and want to upgrade to 2, can I?

spahndirge

Hi, I have a fairly ****e laptop but it does me for the moment, I have an external HD and an mp3 player which are usb2 compatible, the only way I can get usb2 speeds is through my PCMCIA connection, which I know **** all about.

Can anyone give me advice and what I should do?

Board@Work

Yeah you can get PCMCIA usb 2.0 cards as long as you have Win98SE or greater.

I got mine at www.a1computers.ie

Can't remember what i paid for it sorry

spahndirge

Cheers, I've seen them on komplett before but they're not around much anymore. Anyway, one guy told me once before that some PCMCIA adapters won't give usb 2 speeds. I don't know if that was bull**** or not, but it put me off buying one.

Anyway, last question....how do you know what type of PCMCIA slot is in a laptop? I've seen one on overclockers that works with a 32-bit, type II CardBus slot, but how do I know if I have that? I can't find it in sys info anywhere.

PS - My laptop is about 3 years old now (P3 1.19Ghz, 256MB).

Karoma

Look in Windows Device Manager:
[Start -> control Panel -> (classic view) System -> hardware -> device manager]
check under PCMCIA Adapters for any metion of CardBus or consult your manual/manufacturers website..
[ex: http://www.synchrotech.com/support/img/device-manager-cb.jpg ]

mayto

can get one here http://cgi.ebay.de/4-Port-PCMCIA-USB-2-0-Cardbus-5111_W0QQitemZ5231019017QQcategoryZ47572QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
for about 17 euro incl. del off german ebay.says they ship to europe but email to be sure they ship to ireland.probably get one even cheaper if you look around yourself.

spahndirge

Thanks a million guys, just bought one from ebay for €15