Farhan Karim asks:
I am buying a Dell Inspiron 15z. It has 4 USB 3.0 ports, but I have two 8GB USB 2.0 flash drives. Will those work?
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Tagged: compatibility, hardware tips, usb, usb 3.0, usb flash drive
System: Windows
Tagged: compatibility, hardware tips, usb, usb 3.0, usb flash drive
15 Answers -
jessemanalansan
July 30, 2012I think they would be compatible.
Bruce Epper
July 30, 2012Yes. USB 3.0 ports are backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices.
Muhammad Ahmad
July 30, 2012Yes you can use your USB 2.0 on USB 3.0 ports , they will work as they should but you may receive the notification that “This device can perform faster”
ferdinan Sitohang
July 30, 2012Yes it will work, the transfer rate will be adjustable into usb V.2
David Downes
July 30, 2012USB 2 will work in usb 3 as it is backwards compatible
Mihovil Pletikos
July 30, 2012yes but you won’t get usb 3.0 speeds
Suman Acharya
July 30, 2012yes but with all the features of usb 2.
Sc Ling
July 30, 2012Yes, you can but data reading and transferring would be at the USB 2.0 slower speed. You have to use a USB 3.0 devices in order to enjoy the higher 3.0 speed.
Oron
July 30, 2012Yes, USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with previous versions. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0#Implementation_differences_compared_to_USB_2.0 .
I am a DJ. I just purchased an Audio Interface (Traktor Audio 2). I can’t get it to work at all with my USB 3.0 ports; I have Windows 7.I have been on the phone with “Native Intruments”, the manufacturer off and on and one of their techs finally fessed up and told me that they have been having serious issues with their current devices working with Windows 3.0.
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/online-help/compatibility/windows-7/
October 20, 2012So as you can see 3.0 is not entirely backwards compatible. If you have a fix besides converting all of my ports to 2.0 speed I would thank you! I might even try that if I can be assured it wouldn’t cause more issues…
Jeff Hamilton
July 30, 2012Sure. They are backwards-compatible, and will work just fine!
Alex Olariu
July 31, 2012yes, usb technology is backwards compatible
Moonlight M3lody
July 31, 2012As far as I know, it’s usable, though your USB drive wouldn’t get the speed advantage
Dewan Shrestha
August 1, 2012yes usb 2.0 is compatible with usb3.0 port but usb 3.0 wouldnot be compatible with usb 2.0 port
Pk Apratwad
August 2, 2012yes why not
Alex Perkins
October 9, 2012Yes but you will only get USB 2.0 speeds of up to 480Mbits/s or 60 megabytes a second.