Do you have USB 2.0?

by Dave Johnson

February 20 2009

Do you have USB 2.0? There is a few ways to find out. If you plug in a new USB device and a message pops up saying “this device can perform faster” then you probably have USB 1.1, but that doesn’t mean all your USB ports are 1.1. To find out for sure if you have USB 2.0 fallow these steps

Select Start >> Control Panel >> System >> Hardware tab >> Device Manager

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Once in Device Manager scroll down to the bottom and expand “universal serial bus controllers.”

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There should be an “Enhanced” USB host controller in the list somewhere, if not then you have USB 1.1. If it has “Enhanced” in the name then you have USB 2.0, and you’re good to go.

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