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Don - 18 Dec 2005 07:31 GMT

Folks

with my current computer system and using Breeze Downloader pro through a
Sandisk 12 in 1 card reader I get 0.9m per second download time with the
card reader in my boxes usb port. Hence a 1 Gig card ultra 11 card takes
around.15 to 20 minutes to download to my hard disk. I have little to
gauge this with to see if that is a good download time. I shoot raw and
each file is around 8mg. Any thoughts would be welcome. For instance,
would using ultra 3 cards or whatever make a difference. Are other programs
faster than down loader pro etc etc?

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Eric Gill - 18 Dec 2005 08:11 GMT

> with my current computer system and using Breeze Downloader pro
> through a Sandisk 12 in 1 card reader I get 0.9m per second download
> time with the card reader in my boxes usb port.

Good Lord. Something in there must be USB 1. You should be getting
something like 10-12.

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Scott W - 18 Dec 2005 11:25 GMT

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That is really slow. What operating system are you using? With XP the
card reader should just show up as a drive and you can simply copy the
files to your hard drive.

Scott

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Jer - 18 Dec 2005 13:24 GMT

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> would using ultra 3 cards or whatever make a difference. Are other programs
> faster than down loader pro etc etc?

That sucks! because either your USB port on the PC or the USB card
reader is only USB v1.0 - if everything was USB v2.0, you'd see a huge
improvement.

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Darrell - 18 Dec 2005 18:00 GMT

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> would using ultra 3 cards or whatever make a difference. Are other
> programs faster than down loader pro etc etc?

Sounds slow, are you using a USB 2.0 High Speed port? I saw that type of
speed with my USB 1.1

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Don - 19 Dec 2005 09:56 GMT

Folks

Thanks for all the comments. The reader claims to be "High Speed USB 2.
When I look in control panel and device manager I cannot see what the ports
are. How do I find this out?

regards

Don

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> Sounds slow, are you using a USB 2.0 High Speed port? I saw that type of
> speed with my USB 1.1

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Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) - 19 Dec 2005 10:21 GMT

>Folks
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>Thanks for all the comments. The reader claims to be "High Speed USB 2.
>When I look in control panel and device manager I cannot see what the ports
>are. How do I find this out?

First start at the machine BIOS and be sure your USB ports are configured
there to be USB2.0, not 1.1.

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David J Taylor - 19 Dec 2005 11:38 GMT

Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) wrote:

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> First start at the machine BIOS and be sure your USB ports are
> configured there to be USB2.0, not 1.1.

This information may help:

http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm

David

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Don - 20 Dec 2005 05:32 GMT

Folks (Ed and David)

Thanks for the information. Looks like I have the slo mo version. Standard
USB not enhanced for USB2. Looks like and upgrade is necessary.

regards

Don from Down Under

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