[AT] Rivet how-to USB

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

It is possible to get a add in card that has USB 2.0 on it and use that 
instead of the one on the motherboard.

You can probably disable the USB port in the BIOS and reclaim the 
resources it uses.

Larry D. Goss wrote:
> Well, the bottom line is that you probably can't upgrade the machine.
> If the Root of the USB is 1.0, it's probably built in on the motherboard
> and you're stuck with it.  That's only a problem if you let it be.  All
> USB systems are pyramidal in structure.  The breadth and depth of the
> pyramid is basically unlimited, but there can only be one controller
> operating on the system.  The standard says when a USB 2.0 device is
> detected logically below a USB 1.0 device, a warning message has to be
> displayed on your monitor.  But the standard also says that if a
> consumer can physically connect devices together as they are
> manufactured (without cutting and splicing, etc) he or she has the
> expectation that the system WILL WORK, and the manufacturers are
> obligated to support that.  As a result, you can cancel out all the
> warning messages that appear down by the icon tray and go merrily ahead
> using the system.  The only degradation will be in communication speed.
> 
> Not all USB devices are built to the latest standard, and they won't be.
> There isn't any reason to construct many computer devices to 2.0 because
> it just makes them more expensive and doesn't effect their operation.
> Items such as keyboards, tablets, and mice fall into this category.
> Almost all of them are USB 1.0.  That's one of the reasons why the
> communication cables on those devices are permanently fastened to the
> end device -- that's part of the Standard.
> 
> If your All-in-one has a detachable data cable, it has to be operating
> at the later standard.  If you hot plug your printer into your computer
> while the computer is running and you get the warning message on your
> monitor, then you know that your root USB hub on the mother board is
> going to be a bottle-neck and slow down communications of high
> resolution images both going and coming from the printer.  You'll either
> have to live with it or scrap your computer.
> 
> Larry
> 
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> Larry the printer is setup for Blue tooth I may try to see if I can go
> to  
> that with my old Sony Vaio 1.7.  The cable and the book says 10.5 ft.
> max so I 
> should be OK with 10 ft.  I do have the 1.0 USB though I  think I may
> have to 
> upgrade to 2.0  if possible on this machine. So far I  really like this 
> multifunction printer the pictures that it makes are just like  the real
> thing you 
> would hard presses to tell the difference and with the new  inks they
> say 30 
> years in all weather and 100 years archived that's not bad. 
>  
> Sometimes I take my Generator and Compressor both to shows its nice to
> have  
> the power around when needed. 
>  
> Walt  Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460 
> 
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