Can i use a usb 2.0 or 3.0 pci card with compaq w6000

Im only guessing that its an older PC and your USB connection is probably USB 1? If this is so you can install a PCI USB 2.0 internal card which normally gives you 4 ports which is about 20 times faster. Cheers from Scott and please vote ........bout $10 - $15 at most i think at any good PC shop

No it does not have an agp port. IT has a PCI Express Port for video cards. Its much better and faster.
Details on your machine and what it has can be found at this link. Hope it helps.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2912877&CatId=2643

1. The usb cable could be defective

2. The usb port could be malfunctioning

3. The drive could be defective.

Try using another usb port, or try adding a PCI card usb ports

it always takes longer when you use a USB connection. if you have the option for firewire cable, then it will be faster. It will also go faster if you exit out of all running programs. for example chats that are running, and other programs that run by your clock that you are not using. like adobe, photo shop, and other misc applications.

Ed it sounds like a RAM problem. How much ram do you have. These days you need at least 1g. How big is your hard drive. You need to have at least 10g constantly free at all times. This might mean a larger one. You may be running 2.0 devices but is your system truly 2.0 or higher. Go to start, run, try this:

• Right-click My Computer
• Click on Properties
• Click on the Hardware tab
• Click on the Device Manager button
• Scroll down as needed until you see Universal Serial Bus Controllers
• Expand that by clicking on the boxed plus sign in front of Universal Serial Bus Controllers

At this point you should see something like this:
"... on most machines the presence of 'Enhanced', even only once, means that all USB ports are USB 2.0 ports ..." Note the highlighted line: "Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller". While the exact text may vary, the key is the word "Enhanced".
If it's "Enhanced", it's USB 2.0. If it's not, then it's USB 1.x.
Now, wasn't that obvious?
Important: on most machines the presence of "Enhanced", even only once (which it typically is), means that all USB ports are USB 2.0 ports. Typically a machine will have only one type of port and this tells you which kind they all are.
The one exception to this scenario is a machine with USB 1.1 ports that has a USB 2.0 expansion card added. In this case I know of no way to tell which is which, other than simply knowing you added a USB 2.0 card to a machine with built-in 1.1 ports. Obviously in a case like this, the built-in ports are 1.1, and the added expansion card ports are 2.0.
Hope this helps.
JimmyC

The message comes up when a USB 2 device is connected to a slower USB 1 or 1.1 port. It is only to advise you that the devise will operate faster on a USB 2 port. If your computer has only USB 1 or 1.1 ports, you will always see the message. You can buy and install a card with USB 2 ports and install it. It will come with the USB 2 drivers. Install the card and the drivers and then connect your USB 2 device to the new hardware and you should not see the message anymore.

Good luck, And let me know ho it works out for you.

~ Spoem

Check the back of the printer, is there a another connector or only the usb?

if the printer has only usb, you would need to buy a usb card for your old tower
You would need to look inside your tower and check if you have a white PCI slot available

heres what it will look like



And heres a USB - PCI card that will fit into the white slot giving you the USB connectors needed for the printer and everything else

http://cgi.ebay.com/Internal-PCI-USB-2-0-Controller-Card-5-Ports-4-1-VIA_W0QQitemZ400008832746QQihZ027QQcategoryZ90718QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

USB 2.0 is just faster.
If you have USB 1.0 ports on the computer the new drive will revert to that speed.

sounds not,  some of the older systems only have 1.1, Usb 2 is not all that old (about 2-3 years).
you can upgrade to USB2 bu adding a USB2 PCI card to your system, this would give you some ports on the back and it may be possible to link the ports on the front to the new PCI card to upgrade those as well (depending on how they are connected to the mobo)
you can get USB2 cards with a Pin header which would allow for a pin block connection.

Suggest you look at the motherboard book to check if or how many USB connections are in fact USB 2 compatible. Most modern Motherboards only have 2 USB 2.0 Compatible connections, most are 3.0 or 4.0 compatible. Hope this helps, Malcolm Campbell.