No need to "shove some probes in the plugs and get a reading" -- simply
refer to the manual for your motherboard to determine if your USB
controllers are version 1.1 or version 2.0.

steve



"Xx Ice xX" <XxIcexX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5BF1B57B-7D82-477F-9BC2-DF6FA888C91E@microsoft.com...
> Under Universal Serial Bus in the device manager, it looks as follows:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> - USB Root Hub
> - USB Root Hub
> - USB Root Hub
> - USB Root Hub
> - Via Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
> - Via Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
> - Via Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
> - VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Physicaly, the computer has 2 USB ports on the lower backside of the comp,
> 2
> USB ports on the higher backside of the comp, and 2 front panel ports.
>
> Motherboard is KM4M series - VIA KM400 chipset based.
>
> My question is, I have 6 USB ports firstly, whats all the other crap under
> Universal Serial Bus? And secondly, I have looked at the motherboard
> documentation and I know the 2 front conectors are 2.0, are the backones
> 2.0
> or 1.1 or wat?
>
> Basically: Can i shove some probes in the plugs and get a reading to tell
> what version they are or is there some way i can be sure of the version of
> the port i test.
>
> Any help on this will be very very appriciated cuz this is pissing me off
> haha
> thanks heaps
> Ice