I wonder if this is another occurrence of a monster cable up sell? Charge more for the slight improvements.
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Fred Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cables that I have bought recently from brand-name sources have a logo that > looks like the middle logo at the top of the page: > http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ I would trust such cables to be fully > compliant. What you say (the faq says) below is true, but how do you know if > you bought "fully compliant original USB cables" when you bought cables way > back when? Do you still have the product literature? . . . Simple physics > says that physical cable construction is important for useful bandwidth. Try > the old cable and see what happens. You may be all right. Testing will take > you some time. > > The logo is on a piece of label "paper" (plastic, foil, etc.) that is > wrapped around the cable and sticks to itself such that it "wings out" from > the cable. > > Cables that come with a product such as a hub should be compliant, but > generally don't have the label. > > All this is just observed practice. > > Fred Holmes > > > > > At 09:33 PM 2/28/2008, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >>Yes. The cable should have a "high speed USB" label/logo on it. The > >>physical composition of a cable assembly is important for the bandwidth of > >>the signal it is designed to carry. Older USB cables won't carry USB2 / > >>high speed. > > > >What does this logo look like? I have never seen such on a cable. > > > >The FAQ at www.usb.org/developers/usb20/faq20/ says: > > > >Q: Aren't the requirements for cables different at the new higher speed > >or will Original USB cables work with Hi-Speed USB? > > > >A: Fully compliant Original USB cables will work fine at Hi-Speed USB > >speeds... > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
