Today's computers are more powerful and faster than ever. Upgrade your notebook computer to USB 2.0 and connect the latest and fastest USB peripherals. Take advantage of today's technology and do more with USB Turbo 2.0 for notebooks. USB 2.0 is designed to handle the demands of high-bandwidth devices for external storage, multi-media, video capture and conferencing.USB 2.0 is both forward and backward compatible with USB 1.1 and even utilizes the same cables and connectors resulting in a seamless transition process for you. This means you can put USB 2.0 to work while maintaining connectivity with your USB 1.1 devices. Expand the possibilities for next generation printers, scanners, external hard drives, networking and video applications that demand the raw speed of transferring up to 480 Mbits of data in one second.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
It actually works, September 14, 2008
By
Ron W (St. Louis, MO or Chicago, IL USA)
I bought this card after buying several PCI cards to add USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and 800 ports to my Mac G4. I was attempting to squeeze more life out of my machine which I won't be able to replace for a few more years probably. As any G4 owner with a newer iPod has learned, there are only USB 1.1 ports on these computers. This wasn't a problem when iPods were FireWire based (the good ol' days). But when I replaced my old iPod with a new USB 2.0 model, I found my G4 took anywhere from 10 to 24 hours to sync with it.
So this was the impetus behind my decision to buy several PCI cards to get a bunch more ports. Though, somewhat ironically, the USB card I bought (Sonnet Allegro) worked fine with everything EXCEPT my iPod. After transferring 60 to 100MB onto the iPod, I would get a message that the disk was unwritable! A few tests later, I determined that the card was the problem. The iPod just didn't like it.
So I bought this USB card from ADS and now my iPod works, along with everything else!
... I still prefer FireWire though. It's just plain better.
ADS USB 2.0 upgrade, April 9, 2008
By
S. Tumminello (Natchez, MS United States)
Very straight forward to install and use. No surprises but a tight fit in the PCI slot requires a little more force that one would normally expect.
Great upgrade from USB 1, February 16, 2008
By
Michael DiVitto (Northborough, MA USA)
This is a great card. My old G4 Mac only had USB 1. What a speed difference. I love having the four USB 2 ports. I needed more so I got a USB 2 hub which hasn't seemed to affect the speed any. I can use multiple devices without any problems (ie: iPod and scanner at the same time). I don't know what use the internal USB port is, but I'm sure there must be some use for it.
Meh, January 25, 2008
By
Joog (Washington, DC)
I added this product to a Dell running Windows 2000. The CD was supposed to automatically popup with a screen to install the necessary drivers, but it did not. I couldn't even figure out how to get the automated driver install to work at all. I manually installed the drivers off of the CD. The device works, but not at USB 2.0 speeds. My camera and MP3 player, the two USB2 devices that led me to get this, run at slow speeds. It does seem to have sped up my WiFi (I have a USB WiFi adapter), but not to USB 2.0 speeds. Basically, I got some additional USB1 ports with slightly faster internet.
USB 2 add-on, December 26, 2007
By
Jim Penname (New Jersey USA)
I put this card into my 2001 G4 quicksilver, largely to accomodate my daughter's new iPod touch.
It dropped right in, I did install some tiny bit of software from the Cd just to be thorough.
It works perfectly. The iPod liked it, the cameras like it, it is a very worthy item to install in a computer that is pre-USB 2.
I already had the D-Link hub and that plugged right in and works just great with it too.
All in all, this is well worth the 20-25 bones just to plug in the iPod. A very good deal.
