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

If you have a Cardbus Slot you can get a USB2 port adapter for it; been 
there, done that.  I think Belkin makes one.

Phil

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

For a while I used the LG burner on 1.1  it was very slow but worked at 4X .
It does more internally.
Jim

"Jerry" <gebrennan@att.net> wrote in message
news:e5215b74.0406271522.79aff29@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

In article <e5215b74.0406271522.79aff29@posting.google.com>, 
gebrennan@att.net says...
> 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 devices generally work on the 1.1 system, although slower.  I 
just bought an external hard drive from Western Digital, which uses USB 
2.0.  Works like greased lightning on my new Inspiron 1100 at home, but 
is much slower on the older Inspiron 8100 at work, which still only has 
the 1.1 standard.  But it works.  Chances are you'll find the same 
results, but I suggest either going with the option of adding USB 2.0 
capability via a PCMCIA card (as suggested elsewhere in this discussion) 
or checking with the manufacturer in advance of your purchase to find 
out if the device you wish to buy is backward-compatible.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: kb6ojs@arrl.net

Steve Silverwood <kb6ojs@arrl.net> wrote in message news:<MPG.1b6b2c66215949469896a3@news-server.socal.rr.com>...
> In article <e5215b74.0406271522.79aff29@posting.google.com>, 
> gebrennan@att.net says...
> > 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 devices generally work on the 1.1 system, although slower.  I 
> just bought an external hard drive from Western Digital, which uses USB 
> 2.0.  Works like greased lightning on my new Inspiron 1100 at home, but 
> is much slower on the older Inspiron 8100 at work, which still only has 
> the 1.1 standard.  But it works.  Chances are you'll find the same 
> results, but I suggest either going with the option of adding USB 2.0 
> capability via a PCMCIA card (as suggested elsewhere in this discussion) 
> or checking with the manufacturer in advance of your purchase to find 
> out if the device you wish to buy is backward-compatible.

Hi,
     We offer an external USB 2.0 CDRW on our site that should work
well with your USB 1.1 laptop. As mentioned before in this post, it
will knock down to the slower speed but should work fine if you aren't
transfering large files or a large amount of files all at once. It can
be located at http://www.siliconalleycomputers.com/externalcdrw.html .
USB 1.1 compatible drives are becoming more and more rare. New drives
aren't being made at that standard anymore, to our knowledge.
     Furthermore, if you want to have it work at the USB 2.0 standard,
we also have a Cardbus card available by request. Just contact us for
a price quote.

Silicon Alley Computers