USB2 HD with USB1 MB?

DOOM

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Can I use a USB 2.0 External HD with my mobo's onboard USB1 or do I have to get a USB2 controller?

If the latter is the case, what ramifications will adding a controller have on my system (IRQs, system performance, device conflicts/resource sharing, etc.)?

thanks in advance

-DOOM
 

Crashman

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The drive will work but only at 1MB/s, that's 1/33'rd of the old ATA33 standard. In fact, it's 1/16th of the 6 year old PIO Mode 4 standard. It's, uh, slow.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?