A USB 2.0 capable thumb drive is the perfect device for this. XP will
"spank" you if its a USB 1.1 port that you plug the thumb drive in by a
notification.

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Jonny
"Xx Ice xX" <XxIcexX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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