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Will an external DVD work with USB 1.1 or must i upgrade to 2.0

Jun 8, 2004 6:39PM PDT

i hsve a laptop which only has a cd player and want to add a dvd/cdrw i have 2 ways to do it i can replace the original cd (ibm PII 600e and compaq evo 1050) or go exteral with the usb post but is usb 1.1 fast enough for dvd playback (both computers have a pcmcia II port)

thank you thegreatfixer

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Re:Will an external DVD work with USB 1.1 or must i upgrade to 2.0
Jun 8, 2004 10:11PM PDT
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Re:Will an external DVD work with USB 1.1 or must i upgrade to 2.0
Jun 10, 2004 8:41PM PDT

Nope your going to have to upgrade to USB 2.0

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Re:Will an external DVD work with USB 1.1 or must i upgrade
Jun 11, 2004 1:10AM PDT

thank you all