Tiger
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I have USB but not USB 2.0 which I could do with for my iPod.
How do I go about getting it?
Ben.
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John
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Usb 2.0 pci card, I would personally go to ebay, shouldn't cost more than about a tenner.
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Tiger
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will that be compatible with any motherboard?
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John
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Should be yip, make sure it has drivers for whatever OS you are using but that shoudln't be a problem either.
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Tiger
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cheers, i'll have a browse when i get 5 mins.
Any idea what the transfer speed difference is between usb 1.0 and 2.0?
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John
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Usb 1.0 is something like 12mb/s and 2.0 is 480mb/s.
Quite a bit faster.
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dave17
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Might aswel get a firewire card?
[Edited on 05-01-2006 by dave17]
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Tiger
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Didnt realise it was that much quicker
How much are firewire cards? What is the difference between the 2?
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John
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ipod have ditched firewire iirc
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John
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Fastest firewire is 800mb/s but as above, i'd check which connections your ipod has as the dropped it.
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Tiger
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Even with the brand new ones? Ive just got i 5th gen iPod video?
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John
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Its the brand new ones they dropped firewire on.
Check though as I'm not 100% sure.
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Tiger
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Cheers.
One of the lads at work mentioned updating the driver to get higher speed out of my current usb 1.0 but I reckon he's talking pish - is he?
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John
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He is. Fastest you get is 12mb/s and thats rubbish for transfering stuff to your ipod.
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James_DT
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quote: Originally posted by John
Its the brand new ones they dropped firewire on.
Check though as I'm not 100% sure.
Yes, they have. If you plug them in with an iPod Firewire cable, it comes up with a "Firewire not supported" error message.
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