On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Michael Scherer <a6702...@unet.univie.ac.at> wrote: > Seems this either a typo, or a contradiction: > "The USB 3.0 sockets are backward-compatible with older ... cables" > would mean I can use the old cables for 3.0, but then > > "but older USB cables are not forward-compatible with USB 3.0" > says I can NOT use the old cables. > I have no 3.0, but some day I probably will, so I'd like to know what > exactly you mean. > > kind regards > > michael > > -- > Michael Scherer > Univ.klinik f. Psychiatrie > email: michael.sche...@meduniwien.ac.at > phone: +43 6991 941 22 54 >
I believe what Paul was saying was that _IF_ a USB 3.0 Controller is designed to support both 3.0 AND 2.0 devices then the socket is compatible with both 2.0 & 3.0 cables. However if you use a 2.0 cable you have to use a 2.0 device. You cannot, TTBOMK, use a 2.0 cable with a 3.0 device. At least that's how I read his response. HTH, Mark
