I want an external CD burner but laptop has USB 1.1. What ..

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In article <e5215b74.0406271514.26e377f1@posting.google.com>,
Jerry <gebrennan@att.net> wrote:
>I was hoping to get an external CD burner for my two-year-old Dell
>Inspiron laptop, only to find out that all the burners nowadays are
>designed for USB 2.0 ports. Of course, my machine ie equipped with
>USB 1.1. So exactly what are my options. Are there burners out there
>still for USB 1.1? Can my machine be somehow jerryrigged to handle a
>newer burner?? Or am I SOL?!?

USB 2.0 burners will work on USB 1.1 ports, but your top speed will be
limited to 4X. If that isn't fast enough, get a USB 2.0 PC card for your
laptop to add the high speed ports.

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In article <e5215b74.0406271518.5578211d@posting.google.com>,
Jerry <gebrennan@att.net> wrote:

USB 2.0 burners will work on USB 1.1 ports, but your top speed will be
limited to 4X. If that isn't fast enough, get a USB 2.0 PC card for your
laptop to add the high speed ports.

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Can't you get an internal CD-RW / DVD unit? Most laptops offer them now.

"Jerry" <gebrennan@att.net> wrote in message
news:e5215b74.0406271514.26e377f1@posting.google.com...
> I was hoping to get an external CD burner for my two-year-old Dell
> Inspiron laptop, only to find out that all the burners nowadays are
> designed for USB 2.0 ports. Of course, my machine ie equipped with
> USB 1.1. So exactly what are my options. Are there burners out there
> still for USB 1.1? Can my machine be somehow jerryrigged to handle a
> newer burner?? Or am I SOL?!?
>
> Thanks in advance for advice proffered!
>
> Jerry

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Mike S. wrote:
> In article <e5215b74.0406271518.5578211d@posting.google.com>,
> Jerry <gebrennan@att.net> wrote:
>
> USB 2.0 burners will work on USB 1.1 ports, but your top speed will be
> limited to 4X. If that isn't fast enough, get a USB 2.0 PC card for your
> laptop to add the high speed ports.
>
>
Or get a USB 2 adapter on a PC card. Or get a firewire burner if you
have a 1394 port. (Fortunately, the parallel-port burners are gone.)

You can even use a SCSI adapter, though you'll have to hunt for a SCSI
removable writer.

Mike
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Carbus USB2 adapter (e.g., Belkin)

Jerry wrote:

> I was hoping to get an external CD burner for my two-year-old Dell
> Inspiron laptop, only to find out that all the burners nowadays are
> designed for USB 2.0 ports. Of course, my machine ie equipped with
> USB 1.1. So exactly what are my options. Are there burners out there
> still for USB 1.1? Can my machine be somehow jerryrigged to handle a
> newer burner?? Or am I SOL?!?
>
> Thanks in advance for advice proffered!
>
> Jerry

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Hi both Mikes,

Thanks a million for the info! It was just what I needed to know.
And just what I WANTED to hear--that my cause is not lost!

I really appreciate your input,

Jerry

Mike Richter <mrichter@cpl.net> wrote in message news:<2k9u93F18s5q7U1@uni-berlin.de>...
> Mike S. wrote:
> > In article <e5215b74.0406271518.5578211d@posting.google.com>,
> > Jerry <gebrennan@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > USB 2.0 burners will work on USB 1.1 ports, but your top speed will be
> > limited to 4X. If that isn't fast enough, get a USB 2.0 PC card for your
> > laptop to add the high speed ports.
> >
> >
> Or get a USB 2 adapter on a PC card. Or get a firewire burner if you
> have a 1394 port. (Fortunately, the parallel-port burners are gone.)
>
> You can even use a SCSI adapter, though you'll have to hunt for a SCSI
> removable writer.
>
> Mike

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Mike Richter wrote:
>
> Mike S. wrote:
> > In article <e5215b74.0406271518.5578211d@posting.google.com>,
> > Jerry <gebrennan@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > USB 2.0 burners will work on USB 1.1 ports, but your top speed will be
> > limited to 4X. If that isn't fast enough, get a USB 2.0 PC card for your
> > laptop to add the high speed ports.
> >
> >
> Or get a USB 2 adapter on a PC card. Or get a firewire burner if you
> have a 1394 port. (Fortunately, the parallel-port burners are gone.)

I've been using an Adaptec USB2connect (AUA-1420A) card, and couldn't
be happier.

Notan

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Notan wrote:

> I've been using an Adaptec USB2connect (AUA-1420A) card, and couldn't
> be happier.
>
> Notan

I have one of these too, but I could not get it to work properly on a two
year old laptop running Windows XP (it worked fine on the same laptop with
Windows 2000 and on a new one with XP). This may be a problem if the laptop
pre-dated Windows XP and you are using that OS.

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