Hi,
I bought a cheapo case that claims it has front USB 2.0 ports, but the old motherboard I put in it came out of a case with USB 1.1 ports, so the header on the motherboard is 1.1 also. What I'm wondering is, will the case ports function properly if I connect them to the old motherboard? Wikipedia claims the spec is backwards compatible, however does that only imply USB 2.0 devices work in USB 1.1 ports?
I connected the header to the ports via a joined cable, so there is no chance of my screwing up the pins, but still my external USB 2.0 drive did not work, the old computer detected it, but I could not access it.
Thanks for your input.
I bought a cheapo case that claims it has front USB 2.0 ports, but the old motherboard I put in it came out of a case with USB 1.1 ports, so the header on the motherboard is 1.1 also. What I'm wondering is, will the case ports function properly if I connect them to the old motherboard? Wikipedia claims the spec is backwards compatible, however does that only imply USB 2.0 devices work in USB 1.1 ports?
I connected the header to the ports via a joined cable, so there is no chance of my screwing up the pins, but still my external USB 2.0 drive did not work, the old computer detected it, but I could not access it.
Thanks for your input.