Since the usb ports in the 2650 are usb 1.x I decided to try to add a usb 2.0 pci add in card. Well, low and behold the card does not fit. The distance between the back of the card and the part which sits in the pci slot is greater than the actual distance in my 2650. Has anyone successfully added a usb card to the 2650 or similar?
Any of the Dell Tech staff have a part # for an actual approved solution? I am adding some external storage that is usb 2/ firewire and it is far too slow at usb1x. Functionally it works nice, but practially speaking, I need the added speed.
I have installed PCI-cards in a 2650 before, and they fit perfectly! Have you tried to put you USB add-in card in an other machine? Maybe the size of the card is just wrong. I've seen this in cheap cards before...
I have not tried this card in another box yet no. But my 2650 has a modem and a scsi card in it so, I know it can handle the cards, must be a cheap card. I will have to look around more. Was hoping folks out here would have had success with a specific card then I would get that one rather than continue to try several.
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Posted October 5th, 2004 06:00
Hi,
I have installed PCI-cards in a 2650 before, and they fit perfectly!
Have you tried to put you USB add-in card in an other machine? Maybe the size of the card is just wrong. I've seen this in cheap cards before...
Hope this helps.....