Is there anyway to change a USB port from a 1.1 to a 2.0?

I have a eMac ATI Graphics model and wondering if I can change from a 1,1 USB port to a 2.0, do I have to buy something off ebay? And how can I speed up from 800MHz to 1GHz?Is there anyway to change a USB port from a 1.1 to a 2.0?
As far as I have been able to ascertain there are no expansion slots that would accept a USB 2.0 expansion card. The only expansion slot is for the airport extreme card which unfortunately is not a standard expansion slot. Although it looks very similar to the mini-PCI standard.

There is nothing that can convert a USB 1.1 port to a USB 2.0 port externally as the low speed of USB 1.1 is the limiting factor.

The only possibility I can think of is replacing the USB controller chip which is soldered to the logic board or possibly even integrated into a larger multi purpose chip making it impossible. Even if such surgery is possible there is no guarantee it will work



It is possible to over-clock the CPU of the eMac. As the CPU is a low power unit, there is plenty of headroom. Over-clocking on the eMac however is not for the inexperienced. Soldering of some very small SMT (surface mount) resistors is required.



It seems obvious to me that the eMac is built with a rather deliberate set of limitations. Planned obsolescence.



In other words its time to buy a new or better second hand machine.Is there anyway to change a USB port from a 1.1 to a 2.0?
No, that is a hardware thing!Is there anyway to change a USB port from a 1.1 to a 2.0?
no. This is a hardware constraint. If you have empty PCI expansion slots on your motherboard, you can buy a PCI card that has USB 2.0 ports.Is there anyway to change a USB port from a 1.1 to a 2.0?
USB 1.1 and 2.0 have different hardware. The chip that makes and receives the signals is a different version in 2.0. So 2.0 is backwards compatible but 1.1 is not forwards compatible. You need different hardware. I'm not sure how you do this on a Mac because they're self-contained, but for a PC you can buy a card with USB 2.0 ports on it. You might be able to get something like this for the Mac. I don't know if it has card slots, but they might make something that plugs into an existing port, like the Firewire port.Is there anyway to change a USB port from a 1.1 to a 2.0?
An USB port is hardware. You have revision 1.1, which is technically different compared to revision 2.0. You cannot do anything to %26quot;upgrade%26quot; from USB 1.1 to USB 2.0, sorry. As for the speed which you mention, I assume that you are referring to your processor speed? You could overclock your processor, but this is not advised for someone who is not experienced such as yourself, as you could very well ruin your hardware.