Seems this either a typo, or a contradiction:
"The USB 3.0 sockets are backward-compatible with older ... cables"
would mean I can use the old cables for 3.0, but then
"but older USB cables are not forward-compatible with USB 3.0"
says I can NOT use the old cables.
I have no 3.0, but some day I probably will, so I'd like to know what
exactly you mean.
kind regards
michael
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Michael Scherer
Univ.klinik f. Psychiatrie
email: michael.sche...@meduniwien.ac.at
phone: +43 6991 941 22 54
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Knecht" <markkne...@gmail.com>
To: <gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
Sent: Monday, 07 May, 2012 17:43
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Drivers For USB HDD
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote:
here are 3 or now I
think 4 different USB specs - EHCI, OHCI, UHCI, and then whatever USB
3.0 is using
XHCI
Furthermore, USB 3.0 has 9-pin ports and cables (for type-A) versus
the 4-pin of USB 1/2. The USB 3.0 sockets are backward-compatible with
older USB devices and cables, but older USB cables are not
forward-compatible with USB 3.0.
Good point. None of my USB 2.0 drives work in my USB 3.0 port. I do
have a USB 3.0 drivers, supposedly, and one drive that claims to be
eSata/USB 3.0 compatible, but I've not tried to get it working using
USB 3.0.
- Mark
