--- You wrote: The seller has offered to swap (I posted negative feedback), but I > want to know what a realistic time is to transfer 1 Gig at full usb2 > rates. At 480Mb/s it should take 17 odd seconds, but is that > practical? Is there anybody with a usb2 thumb drive can advise please? > > TIA > > Santa --- end of quote --- Are you sure you have a usb 2 port on your computer? Sounds silly but some laptops have two usb ports and only one is high speed. If that is the case, try the other usb port. System Profiler will show a usb bus and a high speed usb bus if you have both. If it doesn't show high speed usb, you don't have the hardware on the machine.
Also, even if you have a usb 2 card, they don't work right in certain computers. Beige machines can't run usb 2 and make a mess of it when they try. Really ugly. Also, usb 2 is not supported in os 8 or 9, only in X. So even if you have usb 2 hardware it will function as usb 1 unless you are running some version of X. I took the usb 2 card from my Beige and put it in my "new" g4. Works like a dream now and I see full transfer rate, really fast when reading a cf card in a usb 2 reader. (Unless I'm running 9, of course.) Hope this helps, Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
