ipod help

[7out]

Got my wife an ipod. The instructions say my comp has to have a hi powered usb 2.0 port which it doesn't have. Is there a cheap, easy solution for this?

 

[wherzwaldo]

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[Quagmire]

U can get a firewire card from bestbuy. Thats what I did, easy to install.

 

[OhYouSuck]

yeah, or a usb 2.0, you don't have to have usb 2.0, i used my regular USB port for the longest before i went and bought a 2.0 port. It'll just take a little bit longer to upload files onto it.

 

[Titan]

My wife & I had the same problem when we got our iPods. Go to Fry's and pick up the $14 USB 2.0 card...took me 5 minutes to install.

 

[Roger]

my dad has a mini ipod and he can sync up through his USB 1.1 port it just won't charge, thus he plugs into a wall to charge it, but adding the USB 2.0 ports is probably the better way to go.

 

[7out]

Thanks for the help everyone.

 

[twid]

if your computer that you'll be attaching it to is a laptop, you'll want a PCMCIA usb 2.0 or firewire card, but it had better be one of the few that use a specific apple approved chipset or it won't work right. there's an info file on in in the ipod support area on apple.com. i had problems with this until i got my new computer; i couldn't transfer songs properly.