A31p USB Upgrade

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A31p USB Upgrade

#1 Post by Seweryn » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:24 am

Hi,

Is it possible to upgrade the USB in A31p to 2.0 but not using the PCIMCIA PC Card? I mean any modification on main board?

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DIGITALgimpus
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#2 Post by DIGITALgimpus » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:55 pm

at a minimum it would require soldering... but that's assuming the pinning for USB1 and USB2 chipsets were the same, and I'm virtually positive they aren't.

So no, PCMCIA all the way.
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#3 Post by ElbertR » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:32 pm

You can use the Ultrabase docking station which has a build in PCI slot (and an ultrabay). Just put a regular USB 2.0 pci card in the ultrabase.

Some A31P models have a firewire connector which is also quite fast.
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