OT: USB 2.0

tdillard wrote on 4/25/2007, 2:02 PM
I'm thinking about getting a LightScribe drive, and most of the ones I'm looking at say that they can use USB 2.0. I've got probably 4-6 USB ports on my 3 year old Dell, is there any way to tell which may or may not be 2.0? I think one or two may be, and the others 1.x. Alternatively, does anyone know of an EXTERNAL LightScribe DVD burner that uses Firewire, as I also have some empty ports there. Thanks in advance for the help.

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johnmeyer wrote on 4/25/2007, 2:24 PM
Device Manager (under System in Control Panel) will tell you. Go to the bottom of the device list and you will see USB Serial Bus Controller. Open that and if you have USB 2, it will be listed as such.
Quryous wrote on 4/25/2007, 2:48 PM
Start looking for, and asking for USB 2.1. It has JUST been approved, and will be interesting to see how it is implemented. It will be backward compatible, and add several interesting capabilities. See Google for details.
tdillard wrote on 4/25/2007, 7:18 PM
I do see a USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller listed, designated 24CD, whatever that means.

Under that are 3 more USB University Host Controllers, designated 24C2, 24C4, and 24C7. Out of the 4 ports on my machine (not counting my hub), does that mean that I have 1 2.0 port? How do I tell which of the 4 ports it is? I can't tell that any of them are marked on the box itself.

TD
Chienworks wrote on 4/25/2007, 7:31 PM
Are they all built-in ports that came with the computer? If so, and if any of them are USB 2.0, then all of them are. There is no reason a manufacturer would mix 2.0 and 1.0 ports on the motherboard. USB 2.0 has been pretty common for probably at least 6 years now, so a 3 year old PC would be very unlikely to include any 1.0 ports.
CClub wrote on 4/26/2007, 4:50 AM
Have you seen any Lightscribe discs actually "printed" rather than what you see in the online pictures? I've never seen them appear that dark, even with the new utility you can download from their website to try to darken it. You almost have to turn the disc into the light to get a clear image. I'd think about one of the inexpensive printers that print directly onto a printable disc (Epson, or Canon with the adapters you can buy on eBay). You'd be paying almost the same as a new Lightscribe DVD drive.