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August 12th, 2003, 11:51 PM
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| USB 2.0 Burner in USB 1.0 Port Hi, My employer wanted to reward me for all my summer work at school, and she has purchased for me a USB 2.0 external burner. I am HOPING that it will run off my USB 1.0 port on my PowerBook G3 Pismo. I know USB 2.0 is backwards compatible, but do you think they made it so the plug is also backwards compatible, meaning, I would be able to plug the USB 2.0 cord into my computer (I know it will fit), but the question is if toast or my computer will be able to recognize the drive. If it works, I would be really happy. But it probably wont burn as fast as it would if it were plugged into a USB 2.0 port. The burner is 48x cd-r, do you know how fast it would go through USB 1.0? any help much appreciated p.s. im picking up the burner tomorrow, so i'll let you know how it goes. EDIT: is there a USB 2.0 to FW 400 converter?
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August 13th, 2003, 04:43 AM
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| If it does work, you'll be burning at 8x max, maybe even 4x or 2x. Every USB 1 burner I've personally used has only worked reliably at 2x.
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August 13th, 2003, 09:27 AM
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| USB 1.1 only supports 4x4x6x. However, you can get a Cardbus USB 2.0 card to run it at full speed for not so bad - Belkin (I think) makes a Mac-compatible PC card. And yes, Toast should recognize the drive with no trouble.
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August 13th, 2003, 08:46 PM
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| yup, you were right. well, since im running 7b28, toast doesnt work on my computer, so i plugged the burner to my sister's ibook and toast read it with no problems. ican burn from usb 1.1 at 4x. how much does the belkin card cost? and it is for sure full speed 48x?
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August 13th, 2003, 09:29 PM
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August 13th, 2003, 10:22 PM
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| FYI, USB 2 is backward compatible with USB 1.1 in that you can connect either version to the other (USB 2 burner to USB 1.1 bus, and vice versa) and, either way, you will get USB 1.1 speed.
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August 13th, 2003, 10:28 PM
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| yeah im thinking about getting the Dlink...kinda short on cash tho if i wanna do the powerlogix 900 upgrade and buy a 512 chip. hrm....what to do what to do...what do you think is most important?
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August 13th, 2003, 10:36 PM
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| What do you need more, power or fast burning?
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