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Posted by: jgoodwin, March 12th, 2006, 9:51pm

I HAVE FOUR USB 1 PORTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO UPGRADE TO HIGH SPEED 2. HOW DO I DO THIS? OS IS WIN XP-PRO. THANKS. JACK

Posted by: Ray, March 13th, 2006, 8:13pm; Reply: 1

I think that you have to upgrade your hardware. You need to buy a PCI card of USB2 connections and install it. I don't think that you can just upgrade a driver or software to make a USB1 port into a USB2 port. USB2 ports are compatible with and will transmit USB1 signals, but a USB1 port cannot transmit USB2 signals.

Posted by: jgoodwin, March 14th, 2006, 3:29am; Reply: 2

Thanks, Ray. I'm not skilled enough to install hardware, so I'll have to get a tech to do it. Jacik

Posted by: Ray, March 14th, 2006, 1:10pm; Reply: 3

   It is not too hard.  First, you need to buy a USB2 PCI card (you should be able to get them at any computer parts store or even BestBuy or CompUSA).
   I have instructions in issue #5 of Ray's Computer Tips at http://superwin.com/RaysComputerTips/Issue5.htm#computer on how to install a PCI card.
   If you don't want to do it, maybe you could find a friend or relative that would do it for you.
   I guess you could get a tech to do it.  Since it is not very hard, surely he would not charge much to do it.

Posted by: jgoodwin, March 15th, 2006, 4:48am; Reply: 4

I'll start shopping for the USB2 PCI Card and print out your instructions. Thanks again. :)

Posted by: Ray, March 15th, 2006, 12:54pm; Reply: 5

The card may or may not have instructions with it. If it does, follow them.