Compaq Evo D500 USB ports USB 1 or USB 2

[Anthony Diodati]

Hi
New to the group and relatively new to XP,

Does anyone know if the Compaq Evo D500 has USB 1 Or USB 2 ?
I had assumed it was new enough to be USB 2, but I'm not sure, because
I got a Mad dog Multi media Hard drive case to run my old HD as a
slave, but when I turn it on, it says something like "this drive could
run faster with a high speed USB"
Then it says to click here,
And it says on top "Hi Speed USB device attached to a non-HI SPEED
HUB"
then it tells me there are no high speed USB host controllers
installed on this computer.

Someone in another group suguested looking in the Device Manager. And see
if the USB section include the word
"Enhanced"?
I did, and It does not say "Enhanced" anywhere (in the USB section).

What do I do?
Can I get a PCI card that will make it USB 2? I think I have seen these.
What is the approximate cost of one of these cards.


Thanks, Tony

 

[Paul]

Hi
New to the group and relatively new to XP,

Does anyone know if the Compaq Evo D500 has USB 1 Or USB 2 ?
I had assumed it was new enough to be USB 2, but I'm not sure, because
I got a Mad dog Multi media Hard drive case to run my old HD as a
slave, but when I turn it on, it says something like "this drive could
run faster with a high speed USB"
Then it says to click here,
And it says on top "Hi Speed USB device attached to a non-HI SPEED
HUB"
then it tells me there are no high speed USB host controllers
installed on this computer.

Someone in another group suguested looking in the Device Manager. And see
if the USB section include the word
"Enhanced"?
I did, and It does not say "Enhanced" anywhere (in the USB section).

What do I do?
Can I get a PCI card that will make it USB 2? I think I have seen these.
What is the approximate cost of one of these cards.


Thanks, Tony

There are some specs here. It says the Northbridge is 815E. That is
not the critical part to your question. The Southbridge is what supports
the USB ports. And the page here doesn't say what Southbridge is present.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10947_div/10947_div.HTML

The 815E is not listed in this chart. But other chipsets around the
same era, don't have USB2 on the Southbridge.

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/mature/index.htm

To learn more about your hardware, run this program.
Click "Mainboard" tab, then look at Southbridge. I
downloaded both the ICH and ICH2 datasheets from Intel,
and neither of them appears to have USB2.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Another tool for USB debugging is this one.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/stream/vidcap/UVCViewdwn.mspx

Start that program running. You'll see a list on the left of the
window, with the ports and the controller they are joined to.
A typical setup for USB 1.1, is one controller drives two ports.
So, you'd see "USB universal host controller" and then two ports
underneath it, slightly indented. That is USB 1.1.

If there was a USB 2 controller onboard, there could be four, six,
or eight ports shown as being members of that controller. Usually,
a USB2 controller is asked to control more ports, than a USB 1.1
controller.

To cure this, purchase a USB2 PCI card. That should add an Enhanced
entry, and more entries in the UVCView program window.

Occasionally, with older hardware, there are issues with adding PCI
cards. Sometimes a PCI won't show up properly, the BIOS ignores it,
or the computer won't post. My guess would be, the 815E is far enough
advanced in time, that you won't have that problem, and the PCI USB2
card will work.

Paul

 

[Anthony Diodati]

There are some specs here. It says the Northbridge is 815E. That is
not the critical part to your question. The Southbridge is what supports
the USB ports. And the page here doesn't say what Southbridge is present.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10947_div/10947_div.HTML

The 815E is not listed in this chart. But other chipsets around the
same era, don't have USB2 on the Southbridge.

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/mature/index.htm

To learn more about your hardware, run this program.
Click "Mainboard" tab, then look at Southbridge. I
downloaded both the ICH and ICH2 datasheets from Intel,
and neither of them appears to have USB2.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Another tool for USB debugging is this one.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/stream/vidcap/UVCViewdwn.mspx

Start that program running. You'll see a list on the left of the
window, with the ports and the controller they are joined to.
A typical setup for USB 1.1, is one controller drives two ports.
So, you'd see "USB universal host controller" and then two ports
underneath it, slightly indented. That is USB 1.1.

If there was a USB 2 controller onboard, there could be four, six,
or eight ports shown as being members of that controller. Usually,
a USB2 controller is asked to control more ports, than a USB 1.1
controller.

To cure this, purchase a USB2 PCI card. That should add an Enhanced
entry, and more entries in the UVCView program window.

Occasionally, with older hardware, there are issues with adding PCI
cards. Sometimes a PCI won't show up properly, the BIOS ignores it,
or the computer won't post. My guess would be, the 815E is far enough
advanced in time, that you won't have that problem, and the PCI USB2
card will work.
Paul

Wow,
Lots of good information.
Thanks,
I will look into it.
Tony