5 Port USB 2.0 PCI Hi
Speed Card Adapter
This high speed 5-port USB 2.0 PCI card for desktop PC user is a high-speed
Universal Serial Bus (USB) host adapter that has more user-friendly features
than the current I/O interfaces such as serial/parallel ports. It works with all
types of USB devices including digital cameras, video cameras, printers,
scanners, joysticks and more. With hot-swapping feature, it allows you to
attach/remove USB devices without re-configure setting or turning your system
off. With this USB 2.0 PCI 5 port, you can enjoy instant, no hassle new
peripheral connections and expansions.
What are the advantages of USB 2.0 VS
USB 1.1 ?
USB 2.0 will move data at a
blazing rate of 480 Mbps (Megabits per second), and is fully backward compatible
with the first generation of USB devices. With the increase in speed, USB 2.0
offers enhanced functionality, allowing more devices to share the increased
bandwidth. The new USB 2.0 PCI card will allow you to take full advantage of the
USB 2.0 technology on your current USB 1.1 systems.
High performance devices such as mass storage, broadband network connection, color printer and scanner can now be practically implemented in USB 2.0 for required bandwidth. Unlike in USB 1.1 and other buses, low- and full-speed devices will run at high speed rate of USB 2.0.
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USB 2.0 & USB 1.1 Compliant
All 5 ports(4 external ports+ 1 internal port) are both USB 2.0 and 1.1
complaint so you will enjoy the
convenience and newfound speed that has made USB an industry standard by
upgrading your old system to support USB 2.0 or replace the bad USB ports with
new ports in a snap. Take full
advantage of the high speed USB 2.0 connectivity on your current systems with
USB 1.1.
With the increase in USB 2.0 speed, this card delivers more enhanced functionality, allowing more high speed USB devices to share the increased USB 2.0 bandwidth.
What kind of USB 2.0 devices are
available now?
USB 2.0 provides a simple
way to attach peripherals to your computer. Using USB 2.0, you can connect
external storage, scanners, CD-RW drives, hard drives, Zip drives, PDAs, vide
equipments, digital camcorder, digital camera and others, all with USB's
legendary hot-plug-and-play simplicity. USB 2.0 is the mainstream connection
standards.
- Transfer digital movies, photos, music and
more at speed up to 480 Mbps, which is 40 times faster than USB
1.1.
- Super easy installation. Works in any available PCI slot.
- Upgrade your old system to USB 2.0 standard or expand your existing system with additional USB 2.0 ports.
- 4 external USB 2.0 ports+ 1 internal USB 2.0 port.
- Supports high-speed (480 Mbps), full-speed (12 Mbps), and low-speed (1.5 Mbps) data transfer modes.
- Supports all USB 2.0 devices and fully backward-compatible with Original USB 1.1 devices.
- Connect up to 127 devices by cascading multiple hubs.
- Compliant with PCI specification 2.2.
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 bus allows the sharing of the storage peripheral among many PCs through optional high speed USB 2.0 hub devices.
- OHCI/EHCI Compliant, Support all USB Speeds.
- Over current protection, each port 500mA.
- Supports Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista.
- VIA USB 2.0 PCI Controller Chip built in.
- Compliant with USB specification v.1.0, v.1.1, and v.2.0 (data transfer rate at 1.5/12/480 Mbps).
- Compliant with Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) specification.
- 5 ports in three (3) independent host controller design, two (2) OHCI and one (1) EHCI.
- 4-external and 1-internal connectors.
- Tiered star topology supporting up to five tiers and 127 devices, no cable segment exceeding five meters.
- 32-bits 33 MHz host interface compliant with PCI specification v.2.2.
- USB 2.0 are 40 times faster than USB 1.1.
- PCI multi-function device consists of two OHCI Host Controller cores for full or low-speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller cores for high-speed signaling.
- Root Hub with five external and one internal downstream ports (one external & one internal sharing a same port), which are shared by OHCI and EHCI Host Controller core.
- All downstream ports can handle high-speed (480 Mbps),. full-speed (12 Mbps), and low-speed (1.5 Mbps) transfer rate.
- Supports PCI-Bus Power Management Interface specification v. 1.1.
- Fully Plug-N-Play compatible.
- OHCI/EHCI support for Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista.
