A USB 2.0 port will operate as a USB 2.0 port provided the necessary USB
2.0 drivers are installed. Much of what Norman said has no relevance to
your problem other than that like Norman I admit to being surprised that
your mp3 player requires a USB 2.0 connection to allow it to be charged as
the voltages and current are the same regardless of whether the port is
USB 1, 1.1 or 2.0.

The difference between USB 1.0/1.1 and 2.0 is their speed with USB 1.1
rated at a maximum of 12Mbps and USB 2.0 480Mbps. That 480Mbps is not
really achievable is immaterial but 120Mbps is and that is ten times
faster than the theoretical maximum of USB 1.1. Note that some USB 2.0
Flash drives can hit 30MB/s (about 240Mbps) and some hard drives a little
more (40MB/s) but transfer rates depend on what other activity there is on
the PCI bus as well as the file make up, small files being slower to
transfer than large.
--
Mike Maltby



Dapper Dan wrote:

Thanks Mike. Just an additional question because I'm not sure if I
understood Norman's point. If I should go the PCMIA route, will it
perform to USB 2.0 or will it be limited to the USB 1.1 speeds.

Thanks again.